Year-End Lists

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s always enjoyable video countdown: 25 Best Films of 2016.

1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Sunset Song
   Terence Davies
3. Jackie
   Pablo Larraín
4. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
5. A Bigger Splash
   Luca Guadagnino
6. Kubo and the Two Strings
   Travis Knight
7. The Fits
   Anna Rose Holmer
8. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
9. The Lobster
   Yorgos Lanthimos
10. The Love Witch
    Anna Biller
11. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
12. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
13. Indignation
    James Schamus
14. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
15. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
16. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
17. Silence
    Martin Scorsese
18. Swiss Army Man
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
19. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
20. Always Shine
    Sophia Takal
21. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
22. Kate Plays Christine
    Robert Greene
23. Lemonade
    Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
24. High-Rise
    Ben Wheatley
25. Weiner
    Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg