2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Lisa Kennedy

Lisa Kennedy 

Freelance and the Denver Post

FULL RESULTS: 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

Best Film

1. Moonlight
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. Toni Erdmann
4. La La Land
5. Arrival
6. Hell or High Water
7. Mountains May Depart
8. I Am Not Your Negro
9. Life, Animated
10. A Bigger Splash

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle, La La Land
2. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
3. Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
4. Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
5. Raoul Peck, I Am Not Your Negro

Best Actress

1. Viola Davis, Fences
2. Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann
3. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
4. Tao Zhao, Mountains May Depart
5. Ruth Negga, Loving

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
2. Don Cheadle, Miles Ahead
3. Joel Edgerton, Loving
4. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
5. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Best Supporting Actress

1. Felicity Jones, A Monster Calls
2. Blake Lively, Cafe Society
3. Janelle Monae, Moonlight
4. Naomie Harris, Moonlight
5. Laura Dern, Certain Women

Best Supporting Actor

1. Jack Reynor, Sing Street
2. Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!
3. Andre Holland, Moonlight
4. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
5. Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash

Best Documentary

1. Life, Animated
2. I Am Not Your Negro
3. 13th
4. Fire at Sea
5. The Eagle Huntress
6. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
7. Weiner

Best Undistributed Film

1. Women Who Kill
2. California Typewriter

Best First Feature

1. Kicks
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Edge of Seventeen
4. Miles Ahead
5. Spa Night

Best Screenplay

1. Moonlight
2. Arrival
3. Manchester by the Sea
4. The Handmaiden
5. Toni Erdmann

Best Original Score/Soundtrack

1. La La Land
2. The Fits
3. A Bigger Splash
4. Arrival
5. American Honey

Best Cinematography

1. La La Land
2. Arrival
3. Moonlight
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. Fire at Sea

Best Editing

1. La La Land
2. I Am Not Your Negro
3. Fire at Sea
4. The Fits

Best Overlooked Film

1. Keanu
2. Morris From America
3. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
4. The Light Between Oceans

Most Anticipated of 2017

1. Dunkirk
2. Darkest Hour
3. Guardians of the Galaxy 2
4. Victoria and Abdul
5. Tulip Fever

FULL RESULTS: 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

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