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

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016

16 December 2016

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016, a survey of the site's ten regular film critics and two assistant editors

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  1. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  2. Paterson
    Jim Jarmusch
  3. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
  4. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
  5. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
  6. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  7. 13th
    Ava DuVernay
  8. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
  9. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman
  10. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach

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