Year-End Lists

Ann Hornaday: 26 Best Movies of 2016, as published by The Washington Post

1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. Hell or High Water
   David Mackenzie
4. The Confirmation
   Bob Nelson
5. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
6. Cameraperson
   Kirsten Johnson
7. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
8. Lemonade
   Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
9. 13th
   Ava DuVernay
10. Southside with You
    Richard Tanne

“…had I not been constrained by numerical obstinacy”

• Loving
  Jeff Nichols
• Arrival
  Denis Villeneuve
• The Fits
  Anna Rose Holmer
• A Bigger Splash
  Luca Guadagnino
• Love & Friendship
  Whit Stillman
• Sully
  Clint Eastwood
• Captain Fantastic
  Matt Ross
• Paterson
  Jim Jarmusch
• Eye in the Sky
  Gavin Hood
• Hail, Caesar!
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Last Days in the Desert
  Rodrigo García
• I Am Not Your Negro
  Raoul Peck
• Tower
  Keith Maitland
• Weiner
  Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
• The Eagle Huntress
  Otto Bell
• Jackie
  Pablo Larraín