Year-End Lists

Todd McCarthy: 19 Best Films of 2016, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
2. La La Land
   Damien Chazelle
3. 13th
   Ava DuVernay
4. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
5. I Am Not Your Negro
   Raoul Peck
6. Elle
   Paul Verhoeven
7. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
8. The Handmaiden
   Park Chan-wook
9. Silence
   Martin Scorsese
10. Hell or High Water
    David Mackenzie

Nine Other Worthy Films

• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• Eye in the Sky
  Gavin Hood
• The Edge of Seventeen
  Kelly Fremon Craig
• I, Daniel Blake
  Ken Loach
• Life, Animated
  Roger Ross Williams
• Aquarius
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Southside with You
  Richard Tanne
• Certain Women
  Kelly Reichardt
• Sunset Song
  Terence Davies