Top 50 of 2016 (#25 – #1): KEVIN RAKESTRAW

Out of curiousity, I went ahead and broke down the titles that ended up securing a place on my year-end list. Of the 50 titles, 52% of them happened to theatrical offerings while the other 48% were viewed via the internet; websites like NoBudge (6), Mubi (5), FestivalScope (4) comprising the bulk of that 48%, with a couple of titles from Fandor, Vimeo, Filmmaker Magazine, Field of Vision and Kinet.Media. 64% come by way of the US. 58% were directed by male filmmakers, 34% by female and 8% by a group of female and male directors.

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#25: SPL 2: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES directed by Soi Cheang

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#24: SUNDAY directed by Iva Gocheva

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#23: THE DAY BEFORE THE END directed by Lav Diaz

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#22: WE ALL LOVE THE SEASHORE directed by Keina Espiñeira

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#21: COSMOS directed by Andrzej Żuławski

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#20: LITTLE SISTER directed by Zach Clark

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#19: HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE directed by Taika Waititi

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#18: LOVE & FRIENDSHIP directed by Whit Stillman

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#17: THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE directed by Perry Blackshear

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#16: THE PHENOM directed by Noah Buschel

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#15: MEN GO TO BATTLE directed by Zachary Treitz

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#14: ELLE directed by Paul Verhoeven

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#13: THE FITS directed by Anna Rose Holmer

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#12: FOR THE PLASMA directed by Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan

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#10: 13TH directed Ava DuVernay

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#9: OCEAN FALLS directed by Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson

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#8: CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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#7: LEMONADE directed by Beyoncé Knowles, Dikayl Rimmasch, Todd Tourso, Mark Romanek, Kahlil Joseph, Melina Matsoukas and Jonas Åkerlund

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#6: THE LOBSTER directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

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#5: KAILI BLUES directed by Gan Bi

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#4: CERTAIN WOMEN directed by Kelly Reichardt

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#3: PROJECT X directed by Henrik Moltke and Laura Poitras

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#2: 0.5MM directed Momoko Ando

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#1: THE PARK directed by Randa Maroufi