Year-End Lists

Keith Phipps: Top 15 Films of 2016, as posted to Twitter

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1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. Paterson
   Jim Jarmusch
3. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
4. Jackie
   Pablo Larraín
5. Arrival
   Denis Villeneuve
6. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
7. Silence
   Martin Scorsese
8. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
9. Little Men
   Ira Sachs
10. Certain Women
    Kelly Reichardt

• Everybody Wants Some!!
  Richard Linklater
• 20th Century Women
  Mike Mills
• The Handmaiden
  Park Chan-wook
• Krisha
  Trey Edward Shults
• Hell or High Water
  David Mackenzie

This list contributes to:

• Top 50 Films of 2016 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll