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

Michael Sicinski: Top 10 Films of 2016

31 December 2016

Cemetery of Splendor - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Michael Sicinski: Top 10 Films of 2016 (limited to “poll-eligible” films)

[see also The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022 • The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010s • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 25 Films of 2017 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 12 Films of 2012]

  1. Cemetery of Splendor
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  2. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
  3. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  4. Homo sapiens
    Nikolaus Geyrhalter
  5. Right Now, Wrong Then
    Hong Sang-soo
  6. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
  7. The Love Witch
    Anna Biller
  8. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
  9. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  10. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman

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