2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Jana J. Monji

Jana J. Monji 

Pasadena Weekly, RogerEbert.com, AgeOfTheGeek.org

FULL RESULTS: 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

Best Film

1. La La Land
2. A Monster Calls
3. The Eagle Huntress
4. Zootopia
5. 20th Century Women
6. Arrival
7. The Red Turtle
8. OJ: Made in America
9. Manchester by the Sea
10. Fences

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle, La La Land
2. Ava DuVernay, 13th
3. Denzel Washington, Fences
4. Ezra Edelman, OJ: Made in America
5. JA Bayona, A Monster Calls

Best Actress

1. Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
2. Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
3. Amy Adams, Arrival
4. Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
5. Emma Stone, La La Land

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
2. Denzel Washington, Fences
3. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
4. Ryan Gosling, La La Land
5. Michael Fassbender, The Light Between Oceans

Best Supporting Actress

1. Felicity Jones, A Monster Calls
2. Elle Fanning, 20th Century Women
3. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Miss Sloane
4. Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
5. Viola Davis, Fences

Best Supporting Actor

1. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
2. Jan Bijvoet, Embrace of the Serpent
3. Jovan Adepo, Fences
4. Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
5. Kyle Chandler, Manchester by the Sea

Best Documentary

1. The Eagle Huntress
2. 13th
3. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
4. Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
5. OJ: Made in America
6. For the Love of Spock
7. Gleason
8. Hooligan Sparrow
9. The Ivory Game
10. Life, Animated

Best Undistributed Film

1. The Future Perfect

Best First Feature

1. The Eagle Huntress
2. The Birth of a Nation
3. Southside with You
4. The Eyes of My Mother
5. Swiss Army Man

Best Screenplay

1. A Monster Calls
2. Zootopia
3. Embrace of the Serpent
4. Hail, Caesar!
5. La La Land

Best Original Score/Soundtrack

1. La La Land
2. Hidden Figures
3. Hail, Caesar!
4. A Monster Calls
5. Arrival

Best Cinematography

1. The Eagle Huntress
2. A Monster Calls
3. La La Land
4. The Handmaiden
5. Moonlight

Best Editing

1. A Monster Calls
2. La La Land
3. 20th Century Women
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. The Eagle Huntress

Best Overlooked Film

1. Land of Mine

Most Anticipated of 2017

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2. Incredibles 2

FULL RESULTS: 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

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