The New York Times 2016
Intro
The following films appeared on The New York Times best of 2016 lists from Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott. These are abridged lists not including all entries.
Source: The Best Movies of 2016
Films
Manohla Dargis
1. No Home Movie
Belgium, France
Chantal Akerman
Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2015) | Film Comment (10, 2016) | Sight & Sound (6, 2015)
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2015)
2. Toni Erdmann
Germany
Maren Ade
Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2016) | Film Comment (1, 2016) | Sight & Sound (1, 2016)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2016) | New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Telluride (2016) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2016)
3. Moonlight
USA
Barry Jenkins
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2016) | Film Comment (2, 2016) | Sight & Sound (2, 2016 / 19, 2017)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Rotterdam (Black Rebels, 2017) | Telluride (2016) | Toronto (Platform, 2016)
4. O.J.: Made in America
USA
Ezra Edelman
Lists: Sight & Sound (21, 2016)
Festivals: Sundance (Special Events, 2016)
5. My Golden Days
Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse
France
Arnaud Desplechin
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015)
6. I Am Not Your Negro
USA, France
Raoul Peck
Lists: Sight & Sound (19, 2017)
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2017) | New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2016) | Toronto (Documentaries, 2016)
7. Arrival
USA
Denis Villeneuve
Festivals: Telluride (2016) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2016) | Venice (In Competition, 2016)
8. The Handmaiden
Ah-ga-ssi
South Korea
Park Chan-wook
Lists: Film Comment (16, 2016)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2016) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2017) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2016)
9. 13th
USA
Ava DuVernay
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2016)
10. From the Notebook of… [1971/1998]
Italy, Switzerland
Robert Beavers
Festivals: Berlin (Forum Expanded, 2016) | New York (Projections, 2016)
A.O. Scott
1. Moonlight
USA
Barry Jenkins
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2016) | Film Comment (2, 2016) | Sight & Sound (2, 2016 / 19, 2017)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Rotterdam (Black Rebels, 2017) | Telluride (2016) | Toronto (Platform, 2016)
2. O.J.: Made in America
USA
Ezra Edelman
Lists: Sight & Sound (21, 2016)
Festivals: Sundance (Special Events, 2016)
3. Toni Erdmann
Germany
Maren Ade
Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2016) | Film Comment (1, 2016) | Sight & Sound (1, 2016)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2016) | New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Telluride (2016) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2016)
4. Cameraperson
USA
Kirsten Johnson
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2016) | Film Comment (14, 2016) | Sight & Sound (16, 2016)
Festivals: Sundance (New Frontier, 2016)
5. Aferim!
Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic
Radu Jude
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2015)
6. American Honey
UK, USA
Andrea Arnold
Lists: Sight & Sound (5, 2016)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2016) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2017) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2016)
7. Aquarius
Brazil, France
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2016) | Film Comment (8, 2016) | Sight & Sound (19, 2016)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2016) | New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2016)
8. Sausage Party
USA
Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
9. A Bigger Splash
Italy, France
Luca Guadagnino
Festivals: Venice (In Competition, 2015)
10. Elle
France, Germany
Paul Verhoeven
Lists: Cinema Scope (4, 2016) | Film Comment (3, 2016) | Sight & Sound (3, 2016)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2016) | New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2016)
10. Things to Come
L’Avenir
France, Germany
Mia Hansen-Løve
Lists: Film Comment (9, 2016) | Sight & Sound (8, 2016)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2016) | New York (Main Slate, 2016) | Telluride (2016) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2016)