Year-End Lists

Christopher Orr: 35 Best Movies of 2016, as published by The Atlantic

1. Arrival
   Denis Villeneuve
2. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
3. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
4. Hell or High Water
   David Mackenzie
5. The Lobster
   Yorgos Lanthimos
6. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
7. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
8. Zootopia
   Byron Howard and Rich Moore
9. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
10. Loving
    Jeff Nichols
11. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
12. Sing Street
    John Carney

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically)

• The Birth of a Nation
  Nate Parker
• Captain America: Civil War
  Anthony and Joe Russo
• Don’t Think Twice
  Mike Birbiglia
• Elle
  Paul Verhoeven
• Elvis & Nixon
  Liza Johnson
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  David Yates
• Fences
  Denzel Washington
• God Knows Where I Am
  Jedd Wider and Todd Wider
• Green Room
  Jeremy Saulnier
• Hacksaw Ridge
  Mel Gibson
• The Jungle Book
  Jon Favreau
• Kubo and the Two Strings
  Travis Knight
• Life, Animated
  Roger Ross Williams
• Love & Friendship
  Whit Stillman
• Moana
  Ron Clements and John Musker
• A Monster Calls
  J.A. Bayona
• The Nice Guys
  Shane Black
• Operation Avalanche
  Matt Johnson
• Rogue One
  Gareth Edwards
• Tallulah
  Sian Heder
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
  Dan Trachtenberg
• Weiner
  Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
• The Witch
  Robert Eggers