Lists
- Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: 26 Best Movies of 2016
- New York Times: A.O. Scott: 10 Best Movies of 2016
- Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2016
- AP: Jake Coyle: Top 10 Movies of 2016
- Time: Stephanie Zacharek: Top 20 Movies of 2016
- IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016
- A.V. Club: Katie Rife: The Best Films of 2016
- Artforum: Melissa Anderson: 10 Best Movies of 2016
- Keith Phipps: Top 15 Films of 2016
- David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2016
- Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2016
- IndieWire Poll: B. Ruby Rich: Best Films of 2016
- Village Voice Film Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 14 Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Alan Zilberman: Top Ten Films of 2016
- IndieWire: Eric Kohn: 16 Best Movies of 2016
- The Ringer: K. Austin Collins: 12 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Patrick McGavin: Top Ten Films of 2016
- New York Times: Stephen Holden: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- The Young Folks: Top 50 Films of the 2010s
- IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- The Independent: The 40 Best Films of the 2010s
- Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Sight & Sound Poll: Top 30 Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2016
- New Yorker: Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Christy Lemire: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2016
- A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2016
- Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: Top 25 Movies of 2016
- A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2016
- Artforum: Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Noah Gittell: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Chicago Reader: Leah Pickett: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Collin Souter: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Uproxx: 20 Best Films of 2016
- BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore: 11 Best Movies of 2016
- Senses of Cinema World Poll: Brian Darr: Top Ten Feature Films of 2016
- GCN: Steve Erickson: 20 Best Films of 2016
- Hyperallergic: The Best Films of the Decade
- Paste: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s
- Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s
- New York Times: Manohla Dargis: 28 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Mark Dujsik: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Danny Bowes: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Consequence: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
- AP: Lindsey Bahr: Top 10 Movies of 2016
- ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Dan Callahan: Top Ten Films of 2016
- IndieWire: Anne Thompson: 10 Best Films of 2016
- IndieWire Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Top 10 Films of 2016
- Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein: Top 10 Movies of 2016
- A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2016
- Film School Rejects: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- TIFF Cinematheque: The Best of the Decade: An Alternative View
- A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2016
- Polygon: Karen Han: The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade
- AP: Best 10 Films of the 2010s
- Atlantic: Christopher Orr: 35 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Matt Fagerholm: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Reverse Shot: 12 Best Movies of 2016
- Vulture: David Edelstein: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Jana Monji: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Glenn Kenny: 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Niles Schwartz: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Far Out: The 50 Best Films of the Decade (2010-2019)
- A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
- The Playlist: The 100 Best Films of the Decade
- Collider: Matt Goldberg: Top 25 Films of the 2010s
- Saige Walton: Best Films of 2017
- Darren Hughes: 10 Favorite Films of 2016
- Slant: 50 Best Films of 2016
- Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: Best Movies of 2016
- Village Voice Film Poll: Scott Tobias: Top 10 Films of 2016
- Village Voice: Bilge Ebiri: 20 Best Movies of 2016
- Nictate: Top 11 Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Nick Allen: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Roxana Hadadi: Top 50 Movies of the Decade
- Keith Phipps: Top 30 Films of the Decade
- Keith Uhlich: 15 Favorite Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Susan Wloszczyna: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Michael Sicinski: Top 10 Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Michał Oleszczyk: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Metro: Matt Prigge: 25 Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Esquire: The Best Movies of the 2010s
- Esquire: Nick Schager: The 25 Best Movies of 2016
- Boston Globe: Ty Burr: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade
- Reverse Shot: Best Films of the Decade
- Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones: The Best Films of 2016
- Time Out New York: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Senses of Cinema World Poll: Joanna Di Mattia: Favorite Films of 2017
- Sight & Sound Poll: Top 26 Films of 2017
- Vanity Fair: K. Austin Collins: The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Susannah Gruder: Best Movies of the 2010s
- Observer: Mark Kermode: Top 10 Films of 2017
- CBS News: David Morgan: The 10 Best Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Bill Stamets: Top Ten Films of 2016
- RogerEbert.com: Craig Lindsey: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Hollywood Reporter: Todd McCarthy: 19 Best Films of 2016
- Slate: Dana Stevens: Top 15 Movies of 2016
- Village Voice Film Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 14 Films of 2016
- Jourdain Searles: The 10 Best Films of 2016
- Verge: Tasha Robinson: 15 Best Movies of 2016
- Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2016
- Jourdain Searles: Best Black Films of the 2010s
- New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the 2010s
- Willow Maclay: Favourite Films of the 2010s
- Benzine: The Best Films of the Decade 2010-2019
- Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of the 2010s
- Miriam Bale: Best Films of the Decade
- New York Times: The 10 Most Influential Films of the 2010s
- ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of the 2010s
- New York Times: A.O. Scott: Favorite Films of the 2010s