Year-End Lists

Michael Snydel: Top Ten Films of 2016, as published by RogerEbert.com

1. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
2. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
3. Love & Friendship
   Whit Stillman
4. Right Now, Wrong Then
   Hong Sang-soo
5. 20th Century Women
   Mike Mills
6. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
7. Cameraperson
   Kirsten Johnson
8. Krisha
   Trey Edward Shults
9. Lemonade
   Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
10. Certain Women
    Kelly Reichardt

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016

Niles Schwartz: Top Ten Films of 2016, as published by RogerEbert.com

1. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
2. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
3. Knight of Cups
   Terrence Malick
4. Love & Friendship
   Whit Stillman
5. Hail, Caesar!
   Joel & Ethan Coen
6. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
7. Rules Don't Apply
   Warren Beatty
7. Café Society
   Woody Allen
8. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
9. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
10. The Mermaid
    Stephen Chow

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016

Michał Oleszczyk: Top Ten Films of 2016, as published by RogerEbert.com

1. Aferim!
   Radu Jude
2. Knight of Cups
   Terrence Malick
3. A Bigger Splash
   Luca Guadagnino
4. Mountains May Depart
   Jia Zhang-ke
5. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
6. Hacksaw Ridge
   Mel Gibson
7. Cosmos
   Andrzej Zulawski
8. Hardcore Henry
   Ilya Naishuller
9. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
10. 10 Cloverfield Lane
    Dan Trachtenberg

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016

DIY Magazine: 16 Albums That Shaped 2016

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2011]

• Lemonade
  Beyoncé
• 22, A Million
  Bon Iver
• Chaleur Humaine
  Christine and the Queens
• Not to Disappear
  Daughter
• Blackstar
  David Bowie
• Blond
  Frank Ocean
• Endless
  Frank Ocean
• How to Be a Human Being
  Glass Animals
• The Life of Pablo
  Kanye West
• A Moon Shaped Pool
  Radiohead
• Adore Life
  Savages
• Konnichiwa
  Skepta
• Tell Me If You Like To
  Spring King
• I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
  The 1975
• Ash & Ice
  The Kills
• Weaves
  Weaves
• Alas Salvation
  Yak

Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2016, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Mustang
   Deniz Gamze Ergüven
2. Chi-Raq
   Spike Lee
3. Creed
   Ryan Coogler
4. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
5. Hell or High Water
   David Mackenzie
6. Loving
   Jeff Nichols
7. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
8. Son of Saul
   László Nemes
9. Lemonade
   Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
10. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016

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

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

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

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• RogerEbert.com: Alan Zilberman: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Bill Stamets: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Christy Lemire: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Collin Souter: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Craig Lindsey: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Dan Callahan: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Danny Bowes: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Godfrey Cheshire: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Jacob Oller: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Jana Monji: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Mark Dujsik: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Matt Fagerholm: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Michael Snydel: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Michał Oleszczyk: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Nick Allen: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Niles Schwartz: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Noah Gittell: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Patrick McGavin: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Peter Sobczynski: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Scout Tafoya: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Sean Mulvihill: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Seongyong Cho: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Simon Abrams: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Susan Wloszczyna: Top Ten Films of 2016
• RogerEbert.com: Tina Hassannia: Top Ten Films of 2016

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. A Seat at the Table
   Solange
2. Blond
   Frank Ocean
3. Konnichiwa
   Skepta
4. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
5. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
   A Tribe Called Quest
6. Blackstar
   David Bowie
7. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
   The 1975
8. A Moon Shaped Pool
   Radiohead
9. Hopelessness
   ANOHNI
10. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
11. 1-800 Dinosaur Presents Trim
    Trim
12. The Life of Pablo
    Kanye West
13. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
14. Made in the Manor
    Kano
15. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
16. Love & Hate
    Michael Kiwanuka
17. Freetown Sound
    Blood Orange
18. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
19. Atrocity Exhibition
    Danny Brown
20. Do Hollywood
    The Lemon Twigs
21. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
22. Awaken, My Love!
    Childish Gambino
23. Human Energy
    Machinedrum
24. Black Focus
    Yussef Kamaal
25. Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
    Travis Scott
26. Blood Bitch
    Jenny Hval
27. Control
    Rosie Lowe
28. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
29. Open Your Eyes
    DJ Earl
30. For All We Know
    NAO
31. Dangerous Woman
    Ariana Grande
32. I, Gemini
    Let’s Eat Grandma
33. Infinite Summer
    NZCA Lines
34. Bonito Generation
    Kero Kero Bonito
35. EARS
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
36. Redemption
    Dawn Richard
37. Project Nautilus
    Yamaneko
38. Anti
    Rihanna
39. The Getaway
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
40. Oh No
    Jessy Lanza

Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2023 • Best Fiction of 2023 • Best Nonfiction of 2022 • Best Fiction of 2022 • The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 • The 18 Best Novels of 2021 • Best Fiction of 2020 • Best Nonfiction of 2020 • Best Fiction of 2019 • Best Nonfiction of 2019 • Best Fiction of 2018 • Best Nonfiction of 2018 • Best Nonfiction of 2017 • Best Fiction of 2017 • Best Nonfiction of 2016 • Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 • Best Fiction Books of 2015 • Best Fiction of 2014 • Best Nonfiction of 2014]

• All That Man Is
  David Szalay
• Before the Feast
  Sasa Stanisic
• The Border of Paradise
  Esmé Weijun Wang
• Commonwealth
  Ann Patchett
• A Doubter's Almanac
  Ethan Canin
• A Gentleman in Moscow
  Amor Towles
• The Girls
  Emma Cline
• Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
  Max Porter
• Donald Ray Pollock
  Donald Ray Pollock
• Imagine Me Gone
  Adam Haslett
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  Iain Reid
• Innocents and Others
  Dana Spiotta
• Jerusalem
  Alan Moore
• LaRose
  Louise Erdrich
• The Mothers
  Brit Bennett
• Mr. Splitfoot
  Samantha Hunt
• My Struggle

  Book Five
  Karl Ove Knausgaard
• The Nix
  Nathan Hill
• No Knives in the Kitchens of This City
  Khaled Khalifa
• On the Edge
  Rafael Chirbes
• The Remnants
  Robert Hill
• Smoke
  Dan Vyleta
• Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings
  Stephen O'Connor
• The Whale

  A Love Story
  Mark Beauregard
• What Belongs to You
  Garth Greenwell

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2011]

1. Blackstar
   David Bowie
2. A Moon Shaped Pool
   Radiohead
3. My Woman
   Angel Olsen
4. Junk
   M83
5. Freetown Sound
   Blood Orange
6. Human Performance
   Parquet Courts
7. Teens of Denial
   Car Seat Headrest
8. You Want It Darker
   Leonard Cohen
9. Front Row Seat to Earth
   Weyes Blood
10. Eternally Even
    Jim James
11. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
12. Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
    Underworld
13. Tween
    Wye Oak
14. The Bride
    Bat for Lashes
15. Blind Spot
    Lush
16. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
17. Running out of Love
    The Radio Dept.
18. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
19. Is the Is Are
    DIIV
20. Wildflower
    The Avalanches
21. Amen & Goodbye
    Yeasayer
22. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
23. Palana
    Charlie Hilton
24. Boy King
    Wild Beasts
25. How to Be a Human Being
    Glass Animals
26. Puberty 2
    Mitski
27. Luck or Magic
    Britta Phillips
28. Mangy Love
    Cass McCombs
29. SVIIB
    School Of Seven Bells
30. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
31. Otero War
    Caveman
32. Next Thing
    Frankie Cosmos
33. Atrocity Exhibition
    Danny Brown
34. Human Ceremony
    Sunflower Bean
35. Blond
    Frank Ocean
36. The Midnight Sun
    C Duncan
37. Life of Pause
    Wild Nothing
38. If You See Me, Say Yes
    Flock of Dimes
39. Total Depravity
    The Veils
40. Chaosmosis
    Primal Scream
41. Adore Life
    Savages
42. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
43. Take It, It's Yours
    Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
44. Singing Saw
    Kevin Morby
45. Building a Beginning
    Jamie Lidell
46. Minor Victories
    Minor Victories
47. Fading Lines
    Amber Arcades
48. No Burden
    Lucy Dacus
49. Melt
    Boxed In
50. Do Hollywood
    The Lemon Twigs
51. Nonagon Infinity
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
52. Infinite Summer
    NZCA Lines
53. The Colour in Anything
    James Blake
54. The Hope Six Demolition Project
    PJ Harvey
55. Pretty Years
    Cymbals Eat Guitars
56. A Hand Through The Cellar Door
    Luke Temple
57. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
58. Midnight Room
    Springtime Carnivore
59. Every Now & Then
    Jagwar Ma
60. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
61. Moth
    Chairlift
62. Mass Gothic
    Mass Gothic
63. FLOTUS
    Lambchop
64. Soft Hair
    Soft Hair
65. Foreverland
    The Divine Comedy
66. Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
    Xiu Xiu
67. Blood Bitch
    Jenny Hval
68. Love Yes
    TEEN
69. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
70. Jet Plane and Oxbow
    Shearwater
71. Heads Up
    Warpaint
72. Strange Diary
    Psychic Twin
73. Dead Blue
    Still Corners
74. Bloom Forever
    Thomas Cohen
75. Schmilco
    Wilco
76. A Corpse Wired For Sound
    Merchandise
77. Here
    Teenage Fanclub
78. City Sun Eater in the River of Light
    Woods
79. Summer 08
    Metronomy
80. IV
    Black Mountain
81. Marlon Williams
    Marlon Williams
82. Love Streams
    Tim Hecker
83. Preoccupations
    Preoccupations
84. Commontime
    Field Music
85. Painting of a Panic Attack
    Frightened Rabbit
86. Brilliant Sanity
    Teleman
87. EUSA
    Yann Tiersen
88. Post Pop Depression
    Iggy Pop
89. Plaza
    Quilt
90. Patience
    The Invisible
91. Innocence Reaches
    of Montreal
92. Night Thoughts
    Suede
93. Luxury Alone
    Weird Dreams
94. Fall Forever
    Fear of Men
95. One Day All Of This Won't Matter Any More
    Slow Club
96. Will
    Julianna Barwick
97. Eyes on the Lines
    Steve Gunn
98. Love You to Death
    Tegan and Sara
99. Waltzed in from the Rumbling
    Plants and Animals
100. Treasure House
     Cat’s Eyes

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
2. The Life of Pablo
   Kanye West
3. Blond
   Frank Ocean
4. Coloring Book
   Chance The Rapper
5. A Moon Shaped Pool
   Radiohead
6. Blackstar
   David Bowie
7. Malibu
   Anderson .Paak
8. Teens of Denial
   Car Seat Headrest
9. 22, A Million
   Bon Iver
10. Wildflower
    The Avalanches
11. Jeffery
    Young Thug
12. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
    Sturgill Simpson
13. Freetown Sound
    Blood Orange
14. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
15. Untitled Unmastered
    Kendrick Lamar
16. Anti
    Rihanna
17. Hopelessness
    ANOHNI
18. Atrocity Exhibition
    Danny Brown
19. Human Performance
    Parquet Courts
20. Junk
    M83
21. The Colour in Anything
    James Blake
22. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
23. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
24. Bottomless Pit
    Death Grips
25. E•MO•TION: Side B
    Carly Rae Jepsen
26. AIM
    M.I.A.
27. Light Upon the Lake
    Whitney
28. The Glowing Man
    Swans
29. Cheetah
    Aphex Twin
30. Sleep Cycle
    Deakin
31. Puberty 2
    Mitski
32. and the Anonymous Nobody…
    De La Soul
33. Sirens
    Nicolas Jaar
34. Leave Me Alone
    Hinds
35. Moth
    Chairlift
36. Preoccupations
    Preoccupations
37. Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
    Underworld
38. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
39. Cardinal
    Pinegrove
40. Nonagon Infinity
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
41. The Hope Six Demolition Project
    PJ Harvey
42. RR7349
    S U R V I V E
43. Blank Face LP
    Schoolboy Q
44. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
45. Love Streams
    Tim Hecker
46. The Impossible Kid
    Aesop Rock
47. Stranger to Stranger
    Paul Simon
48. Rojus (Designed to Dance)
    Leon Vynehall
49. Joanne
    Lady Gaga
50. Tempo
    Olga Bell
51. Singing Saw
    Kevin Morby
52. SEPT. 5TH
    dvsn
53. Endless
    Frank Ocean
54. I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
    Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
55. Roosevelt
    Roosevelt
56. Gore
    Deftones
57. Trans Day of Revenge
    G.L.O.S.S.
58. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
    The 1975
59. Paradise
    White Lung
60. The Follower
    The Field