Year-End Lists

Slant Magazine: 50 Best Films of 2016

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1. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
2. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
3. Happy Hour
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
4. Cemetery of Splendor
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
5. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
6. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
7. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
8. Cameraperson
   Kirsten Johnson
9. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
10. The Treasure
    Corneliu Porumboiu
11. Right Now, Wrong Then
    Hong Sang-soo
12. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
13. Knight of Cups
    Terrence Malick
14. Sunset Song
    Terence Davies
15. The Love Witch
    Anna Biller
16. Certain Women
    Kelly Reichardt
17. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater
18. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman
19. The Illinois Parables
    Deborah Stratman
20. Homo sapiens
    Nikolaus Geyrhalter
21. Kate Plays Christine
    Robert Greene
22. The Academy of Muses
    José Luis Guerín
23. Fire at Sea
    Gianfranco Rosi
24. Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)
    Abbas Fahdel
25. The Neon Demon
    Nicolas Winding Refn
26. Kaili Blues
    Bi Gan
27. In the Shadow of Women
    Philippe Garrel
28. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
29. Neon Bull
    Gabriel Mascaro
30. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
31. The Other Side
    Roberto Minervini
32. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
33. Wiener-Dog
    Todd Solondz
34. 20th Century Women
    Mike Mills
35. Mia Madre
    Nanni Moretti
36. Aferim!
    Radu Jude
37. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
38. Midnight Special
    Jeff Nichols
39. Little Men
    Ira Sachs
40. Cosmos
    Andrzej Zulawski
41. Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party
    Stephen Cone
42. Do Not Resist
    Craig Atkinson
43. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
44. Mountains May Depart
    Jia Zhang-ke
45. Demon
    Marcin Wrona
46. Creepy
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa
47. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
48. I Am Not Madame Bovary
    Feng Xiaogang
49. 13th
    Ava DuVernay
50. Fort Buchanan
    Benjamin Crotty