Sight & Sound Reveals Their Top 20 Films of 2016

The best-of-2016 lists are being released at a decent clip, and Sight & Sound has joined the discussion with the results of their annual poll. The BFI international film magazine polled over 150 critics, who each nominated their top five films of the past year. Those selections were used to create a collective top 20.

Topping the list of diverse choices is Maren Ade’s German-Austrian comedy Toni Erdmann. The rest of the selections are below.

1. Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
2. Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
3. Elle – Paul Verhoeven
4. Certain Women – Kelly Reichardt
5. American Honey – Andrea Arnold
6. I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach
7. Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
8. Things to Come (L’Avenir) -Mia Hansen-Løve
9. Paterson – Jim Jarmusch
10. The Death of Louis XIV – Albert Serra
11. Personal Shopper – Olivier Assayas
12. Sieranevada – Cristi Puiu
13. Fire at Sea (Fuocoamare) – Gianfranco Rosi
14. Nocturama – Bertrand Bonello
15. Julieta – Pedro Almodóvar
16. La La Land – Damien Chazelle
17. Cameraperson – Kirsten Johnson
18. Love & Friendship – Whit Stillman
19. Aquarius – Kleber Mendonça Filho
20. Victoria – Sebastian Schipper