Year-End Lists

Roger Koza’s La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2016 (as voted by critics, programmers, festival directors and filmmakers from 28 countries)

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1. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
2. The Death of Louis XIV
   Albert Serra
3. Aquarius
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. Sieranevada
   Cristi Puiu
5. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade

Honorable Mentions

• El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa
  José Luis Torres Leiva
• Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)
  Abbas Fahdel
• The Ornithologist
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Hermia & Helena
  Matías Piñeiro
• Paterson
  Jim Jarmusch
• Staying Vertical
  Alain Guiraudie

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Diego Lerer · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Ela Bittencourt · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Hans Hurch · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Miguel Gomes · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Nicole Brenez · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2016 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll