Jason Shawhan: Best Films & Performances of 2016

Jason Shawhan

The Nashville Scene/INTERFACE 2037

Additional Comments: Consumed with worry. It is an epitaph for 2016 and a prophecy for 2017.

FULL RESULTS: 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

1. Arrival
2. The Lobster
3. Cemetery of Splendour
4. Elle
5. The Witch
6. Chevalier
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. I Am Not Your Negro
9. Clown
10. The Neon Demon

Best Director

1. Paul Verhoeven, Elle
2. Joel Potrykus, The Alchemist Cookbook
3. Karyn Kusama, The Invitation
4. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
5. Lucile Hadžihalilović, Evolution

Best Actress

1. Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch
2. Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann
3. Narges Rashidi, Under the Shadow
4. Sonia Braga, Aquarius
5. Emma Stone, La La Land

Best Actor

1. Ty Hickson, The Alchemist Cookbook
2. Colin Farell, The Lobster
3. Ryan Gosling, The Nice Guys
4. Anton Yelchin, Green Room
5. Aharon Traitel, Tikkun

Best Supporting Actress

1. Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
2. Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
3. Janelle Monae, Moonlight
4. Abbey Lee, The Neon Demon
5. Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2. Joe Mangianello, Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday
3. Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!
4. Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
5. Makis Papadimitriou, Chevalier

Best Documentary

1. The Seventh Fire
2. I Am Not Your Negro
3. 13th
4. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
5. Tickled
6. De Palma
7. No Home Movie

Best Undistributed Film

1. The Lure
2. Found Footage 3D
3. Nocturama
4. What’s the Matter with Gerald?
5. The Death of Louis XIV
6. Prevenge
7. All the Cities of the North

Best First Feature

1. Clown
2. The Witch
3. Keanu
4. The Greasy Strangler
5. For the Plasma

Best Screenplay

1. Chevalier
2. The Nice Guys
3. The Invitation
4. The Alchemist Cookbook
5. Love & Friendship

Best Original Score/Soundtrack

1. The Neon Demon
2. The Witch
3. Mountains May Depart
4. American Honey
5, Green Room

Best Cinematography

1. The Neon Demon
2. Tikkun
3. The Love Witch
4. The Witch
5. La La Land