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by Barry Jenkins

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Appears on 264 lists

#1 26 Best Movies of 2016: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
#1 Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 10 Best Movies of 2016: A.O. Scott: New York Times
#1 Top Ten Films of 2016: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2016: Alan Zilberman: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 10 Best Movies of 2016: Melissa Anderson: Artforum
#1 20 Best Movies of 2016: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
#1 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2016: Marya E. Gates
#1 12 Best Movies of 2016: K. Austin Collins: The Ringer
#1 Top 20 Movies of 2016: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
#1 Best Films of 2016: B. Ruby Rich: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Top 10 Movies of 2016: Jake Coyle: AP
#1 16 Best Movies of 2016: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
#1 25 Best Films of 2016: David Ehrlich
#1 Top 15 Films of 2016: Keith Phipps
#1 20 Best Movies of 2016: Stephen Holden: New York Times
#1 Top 10 Films of 2016: Miriam Bale: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 The Ten Best Films of 2016: RogerEbert.com
#1 The Best Films of 2016: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
#1 Top Ten Films of 2016: Patrick McGavin: RogerEbert.com
#1 Best Films of 2016: Diana Drumm: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Katie Kilkenny: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Sam Adams: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: David Ansen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Steve Dollar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Alonso Duralde: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Jon Frosch: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Todd Gilchrist: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Tim Grierson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Dan Kois: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Josh Spiegel: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Andrew Parker: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Angie Han: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Ben Nicholson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Brandon Harris: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Chris Evangelista: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Chris Knipp: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Corey Craft: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Craig Skinner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Tucker: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: David Fear: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Emanuel Levy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Fico Cangiano: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Hunter Harris: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Jared Mobarak: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Jim Fouratt: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Kimber Myers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Lisa Kennedy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Lisa Rosman: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Matt Donato: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Michael Calleri: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Michael Tully: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Nick Rudow: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Patrick Heidmann: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Peter Howell: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Ray Pride: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Ryan McNeil: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Stephen Farber: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Ty Burr: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Mike Rubin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Alan Scherstuhl: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Elizabeth Stoddard: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Max Weiss: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Don Simpson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Niclas Goldberg: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: William Bibbiani: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
#1 Top 50 Films of the 2010s: The Young Folks
#1 The 40 Best Films of the 2010s: Independent
#1 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
#2 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker
#2 20 Best Films of 2016: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 20 Best Films of 2016: A.V. Club
#2 Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Noah Gittell: RogerEbert.com
#2 The Best Films of 2016: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
#2 20 Best Films of 2016: Uproxx
#2 11 Best Movies of 2016: Alison Willmore: BuzzFeed
#2 Top Ten Feature Films of 2016: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
#2 20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
#2 The 10 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
#2 Top 30 Films of 2016: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#2 10 Best Films of 2016: Amy Taubin: Artforum
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Leah Pickett: Chicago Reader
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
#2 Best Films of 2016: Annlee Ellingson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Peter Debruge: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Julia Cooper: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Kate Erbland: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Aaron Hillis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: David Sims: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Katie Walsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Jason Bailey: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Joanna Langfield: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Kristian Lin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Michael Dunaway: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Peter Keough: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Peter Travers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Rob Thomas: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Saul Austerlitz: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Kyle Turner: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Emily St. James: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Jada Yuan: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
#2 The Best Films of the 2010s: Hyperallergic
#2 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
#2 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
#2 The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com
#3 Top Ten Films of 2016: Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com
#3 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
#3 28 Best Movies of 2016: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
#3 Top Ten Films of 2016: Danny Bowes: RogerEbert.com
#3 Best Films of 2016: Daryl Chin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Bob Chipman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Laura Kern: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Robert Levin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Mike Ryan: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Christopher Schobert: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Cory Everett: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Geoff Berkshire: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: John Keefer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Joshua Brunsting: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Rene Rodriguez: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Ren Jender: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence of Sound
#4 Top 10 Films of 2016: Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 10 Best Films of 2016: Anne Thompson: IndieWire
#4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Dan Callahan: RogerEbert.com
#4 The Best Films of 2016: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
#4 Top 10 Movies of 2016: Lindsey Bahr: AP
#4 The Best Movies of 2016: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
#4 Top 10 Movies of 2016: Mara Reinstein: Us Weekly
#4 Best Films of 2016: Jeremy Smith: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Chuck Wilson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Dwight Brown: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Erik Childress: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Ethan Alter: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: John Powers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Kevin B. Lee: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Kristy Puchko: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Nathaniel Rogers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Zac Oldenburg: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 The Best of the 2010s: TIFF Cinematheque
#4 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
#5 Top Ten Films of 2016: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
#5 The Best Films of 2016: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
#5 Best Films of 2016: Sean Axmaker: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: Adam Kempenaar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: Ella Taylor: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: Gary M. Kramer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: John DeCarli: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: Neil Miller: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: Alec Kubas-Meyer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#5 Top Ten Films of 2016: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
#5 The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade: Karen Han: Polygon
#5 Best 10 Films of the 2010s: AP
#6 12 Best Movies of 2016: Reverse Shot
#6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Fagerholm: RogerEbert.com
#6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Niles Schwartz: RogerEbert.com
#6 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny
#6 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
#6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Jana Monji: RogerEbert.com
#6 20 Best Movies of 2016: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
#6 Best Films of 2016: Andrew Lapin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Walber: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Hans Morgenstern: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Max Covill: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Alex Engquist: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
#6 Top 25 Films of the 2010s: Matt Goldberg: Collider
#6 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
#6 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Far Out
#7 Best Films of 2017: Saige Walton
#7 Top 10 Films of 2016: Scott Tobias: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Movies of 2016: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
#7 10 Favorite Films of 2016: Darren Hughes
#7 Top 11 Films of 2016: Nictate
#7 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
#7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Nick Allen: RogerEbert.com
#7 20 Best Movies of 2016: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
#7 Top 10 Films of 2016: In Review Online
#7 Best Films of 2016: Josh Larsen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Genevieve Yue: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Alexander Huls: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Eric Hynes: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Stacia Kissick Jones: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 Top 30 Films of the 2010s: Keith Phipps
#7 Top 50 Movies of the 2010s: Roxana Hadadi
#8 Top Ten Films of 2016: Susan Wloszczyna: RogerEbert.com
#8 15 Favorite Films of 2016: Keith Uhlich
#8 Best Films of 2016: Amy Nicholson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#8 Best Films of 2016: Patrick Gamble: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#8 Best Films of 2016: Robert Koehler: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Top Ten Films of 2016: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
#9 Top Ten Films of 2016: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
#9 25 Best Films of 2016: Matt Prigge: Metro
#9 Best Films of 2016: Jason Anderson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Lance Goldenberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Michael Koresky: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: April Wolfe: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Barnes: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Jason Gorber: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Mark Keizer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Chris Wisniewski: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 The Best Movies of the 2010s: Esquire
#10 The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
#10 Best Films of 2016: Michael Atkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Willow Maclay: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Gerald Peary: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Jay Kuehner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: John Gholson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Jordan Ruimy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Juan Barquin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Jordan Hoffman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Sam Weisberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#11 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
#12 Best Films of the 2010s: Reverse Shot
#15 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Time Out New York
#17 Favorite Films of 2017: Joanna Di Mattia: Senses of Cinema World Poll
#19 Top 26 Films of 2017: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#21 The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
#14 The Best Films of 2016: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader Runner-up
#28 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
#29 Top Films of 2016: Michael Sicinski Top Thirty (World Premieres Only)
#9 Top Films of 2016: Michael Sicinski Top Ten Releases (Poll-Eligible Only)
#44 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

Best Films of 2017: Lizelle Bisschoff: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Ian Christie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Mark Cosgrove: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Catharine Des Forges: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Michał Oleszczyk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Samira Ahmed: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Mark Cousins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Rachel Dwyer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017: Fanta Sylla: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2017: Mark Kermode: Observer
The 10 Best Films of 2016: David Morgan: CBS News
Top Ten Films of 2016: Bill Stamets: RogerEbert.com
Top 15 Movies of 2016: Dana Stevens: Slate 1-10, in chronological order
Top Films of 2016: Miriam Bale
Top Ten Films of 2016: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
The 10 Best Films of 2016: Jourdain Searles
Best Films of 2016: Robert Abele: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016: Pete Vonder Haar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016: Tomris Laffly: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016: Brent Simon: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016: Alissa Wilkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
The 10 Best Movies of the 2010s: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
The 10 Most Influential Films of the 2010s: New York Times
Favorite Films of the 2010s: A.O. Scott: New York Times
Best Films of the 2010s: Miriam Bale
15 Best Movies of 2016: Tasha Robinson: Verge
The Best Films of the 2010s: Benzine
Best Films of 2017: Helen de Witt: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Extremely Strong Titles I Haven't Included
Top Ten Films of 2016: Cinema Scope Special mentions
The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the 2010s: Richard Brody: New Yorker
19 Best Films of 2016: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter Nine Other Worthy Films
Best Black Films of the 2010s: Jourdain Searles
The Best Movies of the 2010s: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

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