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Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones: The Best Films of 2016

22 December 2016

Embrace of the Serpent - Ciro Guerra

J.R. Jones: The Best Films of 2016, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Embrace of the Serpent
    Ciro Guerra
  2. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
  3. Don’t Think Twice
    Mike Birbiglia
  4. The Witness
    James D. Solomon
  5. London Road
    Rufus Norris
  6. The Club
    Pablo Larraín
  7. Son of Saul
    László Nemes
  8. Microbe & Gasoline
    Michel Gondry
  9. Tower
    Keith Maitland
  10. Weiner
    Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg

Runners-up

  1. Seasons
    Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud
  2. The President
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  3. Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
  4. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  5. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
  6. Hello, My Name Is Doris
    Michael Showalter
  7. The Measure of a Man
    Stéphane Brizé
  8. Hell or High Water
    David Mackenzie
  9. Gleason
    Clay Tweel
  10. Equity
    Meera Menon

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