Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Films of 2016, as submitted to The Village Voice Film poll, Indiewire poll, and the survey at RogerEbert.com
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
- Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
- O.J.: Made in America — Ezra Edelman
- Silence — Martin Scorsese
- Elle — Paul Verhoeven
- Hell or High Water — David Mackenzie
- Everybody Wants Some!! — Richard Linklater
- Kate Plays Christine — Robert Greene
- The Other Side — Roberto Minervini
- Hogtown — Daniel Nearing