Sight & Sound Top 30 Films of 2016

BFI/Sight & Sound says it’s “time again for our annual international critics’ poll of the year’s top movies. This year we asked 163 critics and curators to name their five best films of the year – and the results are a small triumph for diversity.”

1. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, Germany-Austria) 49 votes
2. Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, USA) 34 votes
3. Elle (Paul Verhoeven, France-Germany) 33 votes
4. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, USA) 25 votes
5. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, USA-UK) 20 votes
6. I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach, UK-France-Belgium) 17 votes
7. Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Longeran, USA) 16 votes
8. Things to Come (L’Avenir) (Mia Hansen-Løve, France-Germany) 15 votes
9. Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, USA/Germany/France) 14 votes
10. The Death of Louis XIV (Albert Serra, France-Portugal-Spain) 13 votes
=11. Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, France) 12 votes
=11. Sieranevada (Cristi Puiu, Romania-France) 12 votes
=13. Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy-France) 11 votes
=13. Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) 11 votes
=13. Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, France-Germany-Belgium) 11 votes
=16. Cameraperson (Kirstsen Johnson, USA) 10 votes
=16. La La Land (Damien Chazelle, USA) 10 votes
18. Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, Ireland/France/The Netherlands/USA/UK) 9 votes
=19. Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil-France) 8 votes
=19. Victoria (Sebastian Schipper, Germany) 8 votes
=21. Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, Argentina-Colombia-Netherlands-Venezuela) 7 votes
=21. Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater, USA) 7 votes
=21. Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, France/Spain/Belgium 2015) 7 votes
=21. Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie, USA) 7 votes
=21. O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, USA) 7 votes
=26. Lemonade (Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso, USA)6 votes
=26. Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, USA) 6 votes
=26. The Ornithologist (O Ornitólogo)(João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal-France-Brazil) 6 votes
=26. Raw (Grave)(Julia Ducournau, France-Belgium) 6 votes
=26. Neruda (Pablo Larraín, France/Spain/Argentina/Chile) 6 votes

(thanks to Lester R. and Bryce Forestieri)