Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2016

31 December 2016

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2016

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720152014201320122011]

Uproxx: 20 Best Films of 2016

31 December 2016

La La Land - Damien Chazelle

Uproxx: 20 Best Films of 2016

[see also 202320222021202020182017]

A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2016

31 December 2016

Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan

Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2016, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021The Best Films of 2021The Best Films of 2020The Best Films of 2019Top 15 Films of 2018Best Films of 2017The Best Films of 2015Top 15 Films of 201415 Best Films of 2012Best Films of 2011]


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Publishers Weekly: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016

31 December 2016

The Black Maria - Aracelis Girmay

Publishers Weekly: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720152014201320122011]

Keith Phipps: Top 15 Films of 2016

31 December 2016

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Keith Phipps: Top 15 Films of 2016, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2023202220212010s20182017201420122011]

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2016

31 December 2016

Barkskins - Annie Proulx

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2016

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720152014201320122011]

Verge: Tasha Robinson: 15 Best Movies of 2016

31 December 2016

The Handmaiden - Park Chan-wook

Tasha Robinson: 15 Best Movies of 2016, as published by The Verge

[see also 20232022201920182017201420122011]

Metro: Matt Prigge: 25 Best Films of 2016

31 December 2016

Toni Erdmann - Maren Ade

Matt Prigge: 25 Best Films of 2016, as published by Metro

[see also 201520122011]

Glenn Kenny: 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016

31 December 2016

Cosmos - Andrzej Zulawski

Glenn Kenny: 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016 (released in the United States)

[see also 2022202120202010s201920182017201520132012]

Another ten, in no particular order

Fifteen more, in little particular order

Should be seen by every citizen of the United States at the very least

Stuff that was amazing but wasn’t made in 2015/16

Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016

31 December 2016

Blond - Frank Ocean

Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016

[see also 20232022202120202010s201920182017]