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The Lobster

by Yorgos Lanthimos

The Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos

Appears on 81 lists

#1 Best Films of 2016: Michael Nordine: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Lance Goldenberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Amy Nicholson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Kyle Turner: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Kent Turner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Rania Richardson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Rob Thomas: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Best Films of 2016: Zac Oldenburg: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
#2 Top 11 Films of 2016: Nictate
#2 The Best Films of 2016: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
#2 Best Films of 2016: Michael Atkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Jason Shawhan: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: John DeCarli: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Kimber Myers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#2 Best Films of 2016: Russell Hainline: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Josh Larsen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Carlos Aguilar: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#3 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Walber: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2016: Marya E. Gates
#4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
#4 Best Films of 2016: Greg Cwik: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Alonso Duralde: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2016: Saul Austerlitz: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
#5 The Best Films of 2016: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
#5 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
#5 Best Films of 2016: Drew Hunt: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#5 Best Films of 2016: John Gholson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: David Sims: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Alec Kubas-Meyer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Emanuel Levy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Juan Barquin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Nick Rudow: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Best Films of 2016: Travis Crawford: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
#7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Jacob Oller: RogerEbert.com
#7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Fagerholm: RogerEbert.com
#7 Best Films of 2016: Sam Adams: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Tim Grierson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Mike Rubin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Nathaniel Rogers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Neil Miller: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Piers Marchant: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 Best Films of 2016: Rob Hunter: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#7 The Best Movies of the 2010s: Esquire
#8 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Schindel: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 25 Best Films of 2016: David Ehrlich
#9 Top Ten Films of 2016: Leah Pickett: Chicago Reader
#9 Best Films of 2016: Angie Han: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Herb Stratford: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Max Covill: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 Best Films of 2016: Patrick Heidmann: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#9 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
#9 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
#10 20 Best Films of 2016: A.V. Club
#10 The 10 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
#10 Best Films of 2016: Diana Drumm: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Edwin Arnaudin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Jada Yuan: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Mark Keizer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#10 Best Films of 2016: Rene Rodriguez: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#11 20 Best Films of 2016: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#12 The Best Films of 2016: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
#13 Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#13 Best Movies of 2016: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
#14 Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#21 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Far Out
#26 Top 35 Films of 2015: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#27 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
#32 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
#33 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
#37 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
#53 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club

The 10 Best Films of 2016: David Morgan: CBS News
Best Films of 2016: Robert Abele: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Top Ten Films of 2016: Bill Stamets: RogerEbert.com
15 Best Movies of 2016: Tasha Robinson: Verge
20 Best Movies of 2016: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune 11-20 Alphabetically
20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN Runner-up
Top Ten Films of 2015: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Special mention

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