Year-End Lists

Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016 (as published by The Village Voice, comprised of votes from 124 critics)

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1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
4. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
5. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
6. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
7. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
8. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
9. Cameraperson
   Kirsten Johnson
10. Certain Women
    Kelly Reichardt
11. Cemetery of Splendor
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
12. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
13. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
14. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
15. Hell or High Water
    David Mackenzie
16. Silence
    Martin Scorsese
17. Jackie
    Pablo Larraín
18. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
19. Love & Friendship
    Whit Stillman
20. Things to Come
    Mia Hansen-Løve
21. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
22. Happy Hour
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
23. Everybody Wants Some!!
    Richard Linklater
24. Right Now, Wrong Then
    Hong Sang-soo
25. 13th
    Ava DuVernay
26. 20th Century Women
    Mike Mills
27. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
28. The Love Witch
    Anna Biller
29. Green Room
    Jeremy Saulnier
30. Fire at Sea
    Gianfranco Rosi
31. Loving
    Jeff Nichols
32. The Neon Demon
    Nicolas Winding Refn
33. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
34. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
35. Sing Street
    John Carney
36. Tower
    Keith Maitland
37. Fences
    Denzel Washington
38. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
39. Knight of Cups
    Terrence Malick
40. Weiner
    Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
41. Sunset Song
    Terence Davies
42. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
    Taika Waititi
42. The Edge of Seventeen
    Kelly Fremon Craig
44. Sully
    Clint Eastwood
45. The Other Side
    Roberto Minervini
46. I, Daniel Blake
    Ken Loach
47. My Golden Days
    Arnaud Desplechin
48. Embrace of the Serpent
    Ciro Guerra
48. The Nice Guys
    Shane Black
50. Julieta
    Pedro Almodóvar

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 14 Films of 2016
• Village Voice Film Poll: Scott Tobias: Top 10 Films of 2016