Year-End Lists

Jourdain Searles: The 10 Best Films of 2016 in no particular order

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2017]

• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• Arrival
  Denis Villeneuve
• Moana
  Ron Clements and John Musker
• The Love Witch
  Anna Biller
• The Handmaiden
  Park Chan-wook
• Zootopia
  Byron Howard and Rich Moore
• Lemonade
  Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
• The Fits
  Anna Rose Holmer
• Hidden Figures
  Theodore Melfi
• The Witch
  Robert Eggers

Other Great Films from 2016

• La La Land
  Damien Chazelle
• Ouija: Origin of Evil
  Mike Flanagan
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  Taika Waititi
• Love & Friendship
  Whit Stillman
• Captain America: Civil War
  Anthony and Joe Russo
• Rogue One
  Gareth Edwards
• Jackie
  Pablo Larraín
• Kubo and the Two Strings
  Travis Knight
• The Invitation
  Karyn Kusama
• Queen of Katwe
  Mira Nair