Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2016 Movies

Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2016

01 December 2016

Elle - Paul Verhoeven

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 20 Films of 2016

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  1. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
  2. In Bed with Victoria
    Justine Triet
  3. Right Now, Wrong Then
    Hong Sang-soo
  4. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
  5. Staying Vertical
    Alain Guiraudie
  6. Kaili Blues
    Bi Gan
  7. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  8. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
  9. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
  10. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  11. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
  12. Midnight Special
    Jeff Nichols
  13. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
  14. Julieta
    Pedro Almodóvar
  15. Carol
    Todd Haynes
  16. The Hateful Eight
    Quentin Tarantino
  17. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater
  18. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)
    Abbas Fahdel
  19. It's Only the End of the World
    Xavier Dolan
  20. This Summer Feeling
    Mikhaël Hers

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