Year-End Lists

Ty Burr: Best Films of 2016, as submitted to the IndieWire Poll

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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. Jackie
   Pablo Larraín
6. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
7. The Fits
   Anna Rose Holmer
8. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
9. Tower
   Keith Maitland
10. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater

This list contributes to:

• Top 50 Films of 2016 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll