Lists
- A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: The Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Peter Sobczynski: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Uproxx: 20 Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Christy Lemire: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Vulture: David Edelstein: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Seongyong Cho: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Atlantic: Christopher Orr: 35 Best Movies of 2016
- Hollywood Reporter: Todd McCarthy: 19 Best Films of 2016
- Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Noah Gittell: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Patrick McGavin: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: Best Movies of 2016
- A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2016
- IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016
- Chicago Reader: Leah Pickett: Top Ten Films of 2016
- A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Susan Wloszczyna: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Matt Fagerholm: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Alan Zilberman: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Jana Monji: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Collin Souter: Top Ten Films of 2016
- A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2016
- IndieWire: Anne Thompson: 10 Best Films of 2016
- Keith Phipps: Top 15 Films of 2016
- Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016
- ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2016
- Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: 26 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Jacob Oller: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Time: Stephanie Zacharek: Top 20 Movies of 2016
- David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2016
- A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Tina Hassannia: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Dan Callahan: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Sight & Sound Poll: Top 30 Films of 2016
- Time Out New York: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Village Voice: Bilge Ebiri: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- Roxana Hadadi: Top 50 Movies of the Decade
- Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s
- Glenn Kenny: 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016
- A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Consequence of Sound: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
- Film School Rejects: The 100 Best Movies of the Decade
- IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the Decade
- New York Times: Manohla Dargis: 28 Best Movies of 2016
- Slate: Dana Stevens: Top 15 Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s
- Verge: Tasha Robinson: 15 Best Movies of 2016
- Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: Top 25 Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Craig Lindsey: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2016