Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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The 10 Best Movies of 2016 Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson

The Best Movies of 2016 ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

25 Best Films of 2016 David Ehrlich

Best Films of 2016 IndieWire Poll: B. Ruby Rich

Best Films of 2016 Observer: Mark Kermode

25 Best Films of 2016 Time Out London

Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound Poll

Top 10 Films of 2016 Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet

Top 10 Films of 2016 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

Top 20 Films of 2016 Les Inrocks

10 Best Films of 2016 Artforum: John Waters

Cemetery of Splendor - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Top Ten Films of 2015 Cinema Scope

47 Noteworthy Films of 2015 Glenn Kenny

In Jackson Heights - Frederick Wiseman

10 Best Movies of 2015 Reverse Shot

Inside Out - Pete Docter

The 20 Best Films of 2015 CBS News: David Morgan

The Assassin - Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Top 17 Films of 2015 Keyframe Daily: David Hudson

19 Best Movies of 2015 BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore

Spotlight - Tom McCarthy

10 Best Movies of 2015 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

The Best Films of 2015 A.V. Club: Nick Schager

15 Favorite Films of 2015 Nictate

Chi-Raq - Spike Lee

50 Best Movies of 2015 Paste

Appropriate Behavior - Desiree Akhavan

Favorite Fifteen Films of 2015 Marya E. Gates

Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller

Top 10 Films of 2015 In Review Online

Son of Saul - László Nemes

Top 5 Films of 2015 Jonathan Rosenbaum

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