Year-End Lists

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The Best Films of 2016 Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones

Top Ten Films of 2016 Chicago Reader: Leah Pickett

Top 10 Films of 2016 Village Voice Film Poll: Scott Tobias

Top Ten Films of 2016 Cahiers du Cinéma

10 Favorite Films of 2016 Darren Hughes

Top 50 Films of 2016 Village Voice Film Poll

20 Best Movies of 2016 Village Voice: Bilge Ebiri

15 Favorite Films of 2016 Dennis Cooper

Best Movies of 2016 Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf

35 Best Movies of 2016 Atlantic: Christopher Orr

Top 10 Films of 2016 IndieWire Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum

The Best Films of 2016 A.V. Club: Katie Rife

The Best Films of 2016 A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger

The Best Films of 2016 A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd

The Best Films of 2016 A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo

20 Best Films of 2016 A.V. Club

The Best Films of 2016 A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Top 50 Films of 2016 IndieWire Poll

The 25 Best Movies of 2016 Esquire: Nick Schager

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Nick Allen

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Simon Abrams

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Jacob Oller

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow

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