Best Films of 2016

As promised, I'm working my way backwards through the annual Metracritic lists of top films as compiled from the rankings posted by film critics. I didn't see all of these films in 2016-2017 so I'm looking for possible viewing opportunities in the next few weeks (or months) of home lockdown.

FILMS MENTIONED ON MOST CRITIC TOP 10 LISTS - 2016

Movie and Metascore		# 1st Place	# 2nd Place	# Other	Points
1	99 Moonlight	65	33	91	353
2	94 La La Land	37	19	82.5	232
3	96 Manchester by the Sea	21	29	95	218
4	81 Arrival	14	7	75.5	133
5	93 Toni Erdmann	16	11	45	116
6	88 Hell or High Water	7	7	68	105
7	90 Paterson	1	12	56	84
8	96 O.J.: Made in America *	7	10	41	82
9	84 The Handmaiden	3	9	53.5	81
10	89 Elle	5	10	36.5	72
11	81 Jackie	2	6	45.5	64
12	79 American Honey	2	6	32.5	52
13	82 The Lobster	1	5	36	50
14	86 Cameraperson	2	5	26	42
15	79 Silence	3	3	26	41
16	83 20th Century Women	3	1	28.5	40
	79 Sing Street	1	0	35.5	40
	83 The Witch	0	1	37.5	40
19	83 Everybody Wants Some!!	1	1	32.5	38
20	79 Green Room	0	3	29.5	36
21	82 Certain Women	2	1	25	33
22	90 The Fits	2	5	15.5	32
23	95 I Am Not Your Negro	1	2	22.5	30
24	87 Love & Friendship	0	0	28	29
25	78 Zootopia	0	2	24	28
	84 Kubo and the Two Strings	0	2	23	28
27	65 Deadpool	1	1	20.5	27
28	79 Loving	1	0	22.5	26
	79 Fences	2	0	19.5	26
	83 13th	1	1	20	26

* The eight-hour documentary O.J.: Made in America was screened in two theaters to qualify for film awards prior to airing as a miniseries on ESPN. As a result, you may see it appear in lists from movie critics in addition to those from TV critics.

This is a quick and crude ranking -- keep in mind that I haven't seen some of these films in four years.
Readers may recall that 2016 was a trying year for my family, so it's not really a surprise that I missed seeing so many of the top ranked films. Once I see them, I will move them in the list and mark the updates with yellow highlighting. 

Best Films of 2016

Hell or High Water
Moonlight
Manchester By the Sea

Excellent

Paterson
Sing Street
La La Land

13th
I Am Not Your Negro
The Lobster
The Fits
Fences

Certain Women

Very Good, But Flawed

20th Century Women
Deadpool
Green Room
Love & Friendship
American Honey
Arrival
Everybody Wants Some!
Jackie

Cameraperson

Update: I would have ranked Cameraperson higher for the cinematography, but the film simply lacked narrative structure. It is a series of scenes, some are connected to one another, but some are not. The commonality is the talented woman behind the camera.

Have Not Yet Seen

Elle
The Handmaiden
Kubo and the Two Strings
Loving
O.J. Made In America
Silence
Toni Erdmann
The Witch
Zootopia

I confess that Toni Erdmann has been on my priority list for awhile. While in Ottawa on sabbatical, I checked it out from the local library, but never watched it (partly because of the length). I'm unlikely to see the animated Kubo or Zootopia. There are several documentaries on the list and a horror flick, genres I never prioritize for quite different reasons.


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