Year-End Lists

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2016

1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Arrival
   Denis Villeneuve
3. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
4. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
5. The Lobster
   Yorgos Lanthimos
6. Jackie
   Pablo Larraín
7. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
8. Green Room
   Jeremy Saulnier
9. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
10. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
11. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
12. Hell or High Water
    David Mackenzie
13. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
14. 20th Century Women
    Mike Mills
15. Midnight Special
    Jeff Nichols
16. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
17. Embrace of the Serpent
    Ciro Guerra
18. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
19. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
20. Cemetery of Splendor
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
21. Loving
    Jeff Nichols
22. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
23. Kubo and the Two Strings
    Travis Knight
24. The Wailing
    Na Hong-jin
25. One More Time with Feeling
    Andrew Dominik

Near Misses

• The Witch
  Robert Eggers
• Krisha
  Trey Edward Shults
• Moana
  Ron Clements and John Musker
• Swiss Army Man
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• 13th
  Ava DuVernay

A Little Further Down

• Tower
  Keith Maitland
• Mountains May Depart
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Sing Street
  John Carney
• Kate Plays Christine
  Robert Greene
• Don’t Think Twice
  Mike Birbiglia
• The Invitation
  Karyn Kusama
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  Taika Waititi
• Certain Women
  Kelly Reichardt
• The Edge of Seventeen
  Kelly Fremon Craig
• Pete’s Dragon
  David Lowery
• Evolution
  Lucile Hadzihalilovic
• Love & Friendship
  Whit Stillman
• Always Shine
  Sophia Takal
• I Am Not Your Negro
  Raoul Peck