Year-End Lists

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 30 Films of 2016 (a poll of 163 critics, published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

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1. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
2. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
3. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
4. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
5. American Honey
   Andrea Arnold
6. I, Daniel Blake
   Ken Loach
7. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
8. Things to Come
   Mia Hansen-Løve
9. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
10. The Death of Louis XIV
    Albert Serra
11. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
11. Sieranevada
    Cristi Puiu
13. Fire at Sea
    Gianfranco Rosi
13. Julieta
    Pedro Almodóvar
13. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
16. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
16. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
18. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman
19. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
19. Victoria
    Sebastian Schipper
21. Embrace of the Serpent
    Ciro Guerra
21. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater
21. Evolution
    Lucile Hadzihalilovic
21. Hell or High Water
    David Mackenzie
21. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
26. Lemonade
    Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
26. Nocturnal Animals
    Tom Ford
26. The Ornithologist
    João Pedro Rodrigues
26. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
26. Neruda
    Pablo Larraín

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Nicole Brenez: 5 Best Films of 2016