Year-End Lists

Peter Travers: Best Films of 2016, as submitted to the IndieWire Poll

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1. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
2. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
3. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
4. Fences
   Denzel Washington
5. Silence
   Martin Scorsese
6. Hell or High Water
   David Mackenzie
7. The Birth of a Nation
   Nate Parker
8. Loving
   Jeff Nichols
9. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
10. 13th
    Ava DuVernay

This list contributes to:

• Top 50 Films of 2016 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll