Best Films of 2016 per Film Comment Magazine:
- Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
- Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
- Elle – Paul Verhoeven
- Cemetery of Splendor – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Certain Women – Kelly Reichardt
- Paterson – Jim Jarmusch
- Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Longeran
- Aquarius – Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Things to Come – Mia Hansen-Løve
- No Home Movie – Chantal Akerman
- The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos
- Right Now, Wrong Then – Hong Sang-soo
- Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman
- Cameraperson – Kirstsen Johnson
- Kaili Blues – Bi Gan
- The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook
- Everybody Wants Some!! – Richard Linklater
- The Fits – Anna Rose Holmer
- Neruda – Pablo Larraín
- The Other Side – Roberto Minervini
