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

Little White Lies: 25 Best Films of 2016

22 December 2016

Everybody Wants Some!! - Richard Linklater

Little White Lies: 25 Best Films of 2016

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2012]

  1. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater
  2. Julieta
    Pedro Almodóvar
  3. Embrace of the Serpent
    Ciro Guerra
  4. Paterson
    Jim Jarmusch
  5. Knight of Cups
    Terrence Malick
  6. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman
  7. Sully
    Clint Eastwood
  8. Arabian Nights
    Miguel Gomes
  9. Midnight Special
    Jeff Nichols
  10. Heaven Knows What
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  11. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
  12. Chi-Raq
    Spike Lee
  13. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  14. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
  15. Further Beyond
    Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
  16. Son of Saul
    László Nemes
  17. Kate Plays Christine
    Robert Greene
  18. Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
  19. Cosmos
    Andrzej Zulawski
  20. Rogue One
    Gareth Edwards
  21. The Neon Demon
    Nicolas Winding Refn
  22. Fire at Sea
    Gianfranco Rosi
  23. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  24. High-Rise
    Ben Wheatley
  25. The BFG
    Steven Spielberg

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