Best of 2016

  Films

  1  Manchester by the Sea

  2  Silence

  3  Arrival

  4  Jackie

  5  Indignation

  6  Hell or High Water

  7  The Comedian

  8  Miss Sloane

  9  Fences

10  Sully

11  Paterson

12  The Birth of a Nation

13  Hacksaw Ridge

14  Nocturnal Animals

15  Lion

16  Moonlight

17  20^th Century Women

18  Lobster

19  Jason Bourne

20  Café Society

 Directors

 1  Martin Scorsese, Silence

 2  Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

 3  Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

 4  Pablo Larrain, Jackie

 5  David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water

  Actors

  1  Denzel Washington, Fences

  2  Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

  3  Andrew Garfield, Silence

  4  Robert De Niro, The Comedian

  5  Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals

  Actresses

  1  Amy Adams, Arrival

  2  Natalie Portman, Jackie

  3  Viola Davis, Fences

  4  Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane

  5  Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

  Supporting Actors

  1  Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

  2  Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

  3  Issei Ogata, Silence

  4  Stellan Skarsgard, Our Kind of Traitor

  5  Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

  Supporting Actresses

  1  Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

  2  Naomie Harris, Moonlight

  3  Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

  4  Edie Falco, The Comedian

  5  Linda Emond, Indignation

  Screenwriters

  1  Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

  2  Eric Heisserer, Arrival

  3  Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks, Silence

  4  James Schamus, Indignation

  5  August Wilson, Fences

  Cinematography

  1  Rodrigo Prieto, Silence

  2  Bradford Young, Arrival

  3  Stephane Fontaine, Jackie

  4  Tom Stern, Sully

  5  Linus Sandgren, La La Land