Year-End Lists

David Fear: Best Films of 2016, as submitted to the IndieWire Poll

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1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
4. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
5. The Fits
   Anna Rose Holmer
6. No Home Movie
   Chantal Akerman
7. The Witch
   Robert Eggers
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
   Richard Linklater
9. Green Room
   Jeremy Saulnier
10. Krisha
    Trey Edward Shults

This list contributes to:

• Top 50 Films of 2016 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll