Year-End Lists

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2016 Movies

Chicago Reader: Leah Pickett: Top Ten Films of 2016

22 December 2016

Leah Pickett: Top Ten Films of 2016, as published by The Chicago Reader

  1. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
  2. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  3. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
  4. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
  5. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
  6. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
  7. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
  8. 13th
    Ava DuVernay
  9. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  10. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan

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