2016 Top Ten List
By IMDb date: first public screening
- 90/100
- Toni Erdmann (Marin Ade, 2016)
- 88/100
- Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016)
- 86/100
- Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
- 84/100
- Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
- 84/100
- Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016)
- 81/100
- Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
- 80/100
- 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, 2016)
- 79/100
- The Handmaiden (Park Chan-Wook, 2016)
- 78/100
- I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)
- 76/100
- Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, 2016)
2016 U.S. Releases by Grade
- 90/100
- Toni Erdmann (Marin Ade, 2016)
- 90/100
- Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-Soo, 2015)
- 86/100
- Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
- 86/100
- The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)
- 84/100
- Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
- 81/100
- Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
- 81/100
- Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier, 2015)
- 80/100
- 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, 2016)
- 79/100
- The Handmaiden (Park Chan-Wook, 2016)
- 78/100
- I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)
- 76/100
- Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, 2016)
- 75/100
- Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)
- 75/100
- Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016)
- 74/100
- The Nice Guys (Shane Black, 2016)
- 72/100
- Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016)
- 72/100
- Midnight Special (Jeff Nichols, 2016)
- 71/100
- Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
- 68/100
- Don’t Breathe (Fede Alvarez, 2016)
- 68/100
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, 2016)
- 67/100
- Julieta (Pedro Almodovar, 2016)
- 66/100
- Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie, 2016)
- 64/100
- Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, 2016)
- 64/100
- One More Time with Feeling (Andrew Dominik, 2016)
- 62/100
- Sausage Party (Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, 2016)
- 61/100
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016)
- 61/100
- The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016)
- 60/100
- Grimsby (Louis Leterrier, 2016)
- 58/100
- La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016)
- 57/100
- Meat (Maartje Seyferth and Victor Nieuwenhuijs, 2010)
- 56/100
- Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016)
- 52/100
- The Shallows (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2016)
- 49/100
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Gareth Edwards, 2016)
- 47/100
- Swiss Army Man (Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan, 2016)
- 45/100
- Ouija: Origin of Evil (Mike Flanagan, 2016)
- 44/100
- Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016)
- 38/100
- Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin, 2016)
- 37/100
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Ang Lee, 2016)
2016 U.S. Releases by Title
- 61/100
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016)
- 80/100
- 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, 2016)
- 37/100
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Ang Lee, 2016)
- 75/100
- Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)
- 84/100
- Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)
- 44/100
- Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016)
- 68/100
- Don’t Breathe (Fede Alvarez, 2016)
- 71/100
- Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
- 76/100
- Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, 2016)
- 81/100
- Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier, 2015)
- 60/100
- Grimsby (Louis Leterrier, 2016)
- 79/100
- The Handmaiden (Park Chan-Wook, 2016)
- 66/100
- Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie, 2016)
- 78/100
- I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)
- 67/100
- Julieta (Pedro Almodovar, 2016)
- 58/100
- La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016)
- 75/100
- Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016)
- 57/100
- Meat (Maartje Seyferth and Victor Nieuwenhuijs, 2010)
- 72/100
- Midnight Special (Jeff Nichols, 2016)
- 61/100
- The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016)
- 74/100
- The Nice Guys (Shane Black, 2016)
- 72/100
- Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016)
- 64/100
- One More Time with Feeling (Andrew Dominik, 2016)
- 45/100
- Ouija: Origin of Evil (Mike Flanagan, 2016)
- 86/100
- Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
- 68/100
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, 2016)
- 90/100
- Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-Soo, 2015)
- 49/100
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Gareth Edwards, 2016)
- 62/100
- Sausage Party (Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, 2016)
- 52/100
- The Shallows (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2016)
- 81/100
- Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
- 38/100
- Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin, 2016)
- 56/100
- Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016)
- 47/100
- Swiss Army Man (Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan, 2016)
- 90/100
- Toni Erdmann (Marin Ade, 2016)
- 64/100
- Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, 2016)
- 86/100
- The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)