Year-End Lists

Stephen Holden: 20 Best Movies of 2016, as published by The New York Times

1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
3. American Honey
   Andrea Arnold
4. Embrace of the Serpent
   Ciro Guerra
5. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
6. Neon Bull
   Gabriel Mascaro
7. Fire at Sea
   Gianfranco Rosi
8. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
9. Aquarius
   Kleber Mendonça Filho

Runners-up

• Fireworks Wednesday
  Asghar Farhadi
• Krisha
  Trey Edward Shults
• Sunset Song
  Terence Davies
• Wiener-Dog
  Todd Solondz
• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
  Ron Howard
• Chronic
  Michel Franco
• Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened…
  Lonny Price
• 20th Century Women
  Mike Mills
• 13th
  Ava DuVernay
• Paterson
  Jim Jarmusch
• Things to Come
  Mia Hansen-Løve