Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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Highlights
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2016 Movies
RogerEbert.com: Craig Lindsey: Top Ten Films of 2016
17 December 2016
Craig Lindsey
:
Top Ten Films of 2016
, as published by
RogerEbert.com
Aquarius
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Fences
Denzel Washington
Hell or High Water
David Mackenzie
I Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck
La La Land
Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
The Nice Guys
Shane Black
O.J.: Made in America
Ezra Edelman
Paterson
Jim Jarmusch
Runner-ups
The Edge of Seventeen
Kelly Fremon Craig
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook
A Monster Calls
J.A. Bayona
Mountains May Depart
Jia Zhang-ke
My Golden Days
Arnaud Desplechin
Pete’s Dragon
David Lowery
Queen of Katwe
Mira Nair
Right Now, Wrong Then
Hong Sang-soo
Runner-ups (documentary)
13th
Ava DuVernay
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Ron Howard
Cameraperson
Kirsten Johnson
De Palma
Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow
Kate Plays Christine
Robert Greene
Life, Animated
Roger Ross Williams
Tower
Keith Maitland
Weiner
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
This list contributes to:
RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016