FILMS SEEN IN THE YEAR 2016

(Films released or first shown in Chicago in 2016)

1.) Moonlight 97

USA Barry Jenkins

2.) Kaili Blues (Lu bian ye can) 96

China Bi Gan

3.) Louder Than Bombs 95

Norway France Denmark Joachim Trier

4.) O.J.: Made in America 94

USA Ezra Edelman

5.) Manchester by the Sea 94

USA Kenneth Lonergan

6.) 'Til Madness Do Us Part (Feng Ai) 94

Hong Kong France Japan Wang Bing

7.) Sunset Song 94

Great Britain Luxembourg Terence Davies

8.) Right Now, Wrong Then (Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da) 93

South Korea Hong Sang-soon

9.) The Lobster 93

Greece Netherlands Ireland Great Britain France Yorgos Lanthimos

10.) La La Land 93

USA Damien Chazelle

11.) Jackie Robinson 93

USA Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon

12.) Little Men 93

USA Greece Ira Sachs

13.) Midnight Special 93

USA Jeff Nichols

14.) American Honey 92

Great Britain USA Andrea Arnold

15.) Graduation (Bacalaureat) 92

Romania France Belgium Cristian Mungiu

16.) Hell or High Water 92

USA David Mackenzie

17.) Jackie 92

Chile USA France Pablo Larraín

18.) Knight of Cups 92

USA Terrence Malick

19.) Harmonium (Fuchi ni tatsu) 91

Japan Kôji Fukada

20.) Requiem for an American Dream 91

USA Peter D. Hutchinson, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott

21.) The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger 91

Great Britain Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe, Bartek Dziadosz, and Christopher Ross

22.) Volta à Terra (Return to Earth) 91

Portugal João Pedro Plácido

23.) The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies) 90

Finland Juho Kuosmanen

24.) Fences 90

USA Denzel Washington

25.) Anomalisa 90

USA Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson

26.) 45 Years 90

Great Britain Andrew Haigh

27.) Sieranevada 89

Romania France Croatia Macedonia Bosnia-Herzegovina Cristi Puiu

28.) Journey Through French Cinema (Voyage à travers le cinéma français) 89

France Bertrand Tavernier

29.) Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) 89

Iceland Denmark Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

30.) Cameraperson 89

USA Kristen Johnson

31.) Certain Women 89

USA Kelly Reichardt

32.) Nuts! 89

USA Penny Lane

33.) Staying Vertical (Rester vertical) 88

France Alain Guiraudie

34.) Arrival 88

USA Denis Villeneuve

35.) Apprentice 88

Indonesia Germany France Qatar Hong Kong Boo Junfeng

36.) The Aquatic Effect (L'effet aquatique) 88

France Iceland Sólveig Anspach

37.) Sing Street 88

Ireland Great Britain USA John Carney

38.) Hunt for the Wilderpeople 88

New Zealand Taika Waititi

39.) Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World 88

USA Werner Herzog

40.) After the Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku) 87

Japan Hirokazu Kore-eda

41.) Southside With You 87

USA Richard Tanne

42.) The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography 87

USA Errol Morris

43.) Princess 87

Israel Tali Shalom-Ezer

44.) Loving 86

USA Jeff Nichols

45.) Dog Days (San fu tian) 86

China Jordan Schiele

46.) A War (Krigen) 86

Denmark Tobias Lindholm

47.) Layla M 86

Netherlands Belgium Mijke De Jong

48.) Destined 85

USA Qasim Basir

49.) Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 85

Germany France Thorsten Schütte

50.) The Other Side 84

Italy France Robert Minervini

51.) Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare) 84

Italy France Gianfranco Rosi

52.) The Eagle Huntress 83

Great Britain USA Mongolia Otto Bell

53.) Being 17 (Quand on a 17 ans) 82

France André Téchiné

54.) Nocturnal Animals 82

USA Tom Ford

55.) Café Society 82

USA Woody Allen

56.) Samuel In the Clouds 81

Belgium Netherlands Bolivia Pieter van Eecke

57.) The Academy of Muses (La academia de las musas) 81

Spain José Luis Guerín

58.) Neruda 81

Chile Argentina France Spain Pablo Larraín

59.) Men Go to Battle 81

USA Zachary Treitz

60.) Christine 81

USA Great Britain Antonio Campos

61.) The Nice Guys 81

USA Shane Black

62.) Hidden Figures 81

USA Theodore Melfi

63.) The Lady In the Van 80

Great Britain Nicholas Hytner

64.) Born to Be Blue 80

USA Great Britain Canada Bruce Budreau

65.) Things to Come (L'avenir) 79

France Germany Mia Hansen-Love

66.) Hail, Caesar! 79

USA Joel and Ethan Coen

67.) Captain Fantastic 79

USA Matt Ross

68.) The Salesman (Forushande) 78

Iran France Asghar Farhadi

69.) Everybody Wants Some !! 78

USA Richard Linklater

70.) Sweet Dreams (Fai bei sogni) 78

Italy France Marco Bellocchio

71.) Aquarius 78

Brazil France Kleber Mendonça Filho

72.) The Birth of a Nation (2016) 78

USA Nate Parker

73.) The President 78

Georgia France Great Britain Germany Mohsen Makhmalbaf

74.) Miles Ahead 78

USA Don Cheadle

75.) Wedding Doll (Hatuna MeNiyar) 77

Israel Nitzan Giladi

76.) Money Monster 77

USA Jodie Foster

77.) Star Trek Beyond 77

USA Justin Lin

78.) Tanna 76

Australia Vanuatu Martin Butler and Bentley Dean

79.) Soul On a String 75

China Zhang Yang

80.) Paradise (Rai) 75

Russia Germany Andrei Konchalovsky

81.) Rules Don't Apply 75

USA Warren Beatty

82.) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 74

USA Great Britain China Ang Lee

83.) Elle 69

France Germany Belgium Paul Verhoeven

84.) American Pastoral 68

USA Ewan McGregor

85.) The Revenant 67

USA Alejandro González Iñárritu

86.) Fado 66

Germany Portugal Jonas Rothlaender

87.) Down By Love (Éperdument) 65

France Belgium Pierre Godeau

88.) The Daughter (La Hija) 60

Argentina Louis Sampieri

89.) (M)uchenik (The Student) 56

Russia Kirill Serebrennikov

BEST ACTOR

Tom Courtenay – 45 Years

Pilou Asbaek – A War

Michael Shannon – Midnight Special

Ethan Hawke – Born to Be Blue

Gabriel Byrne – Louder Than Bombs

Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys

Russell Crowe – The Nice Guys

Colin Farrell – The Lobster

Julian Dennison – Hunt for the Wilderpeople

*Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic

*Jeff Bridges– Hell or High Water

*Parker Sawyers – Southside With You

Shia LaBeouf – American Honey

Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation

Mimi Branescu – Sieranevada

*Adrian Titieni – Graduation

Hiroshi Abe – After the Storm

Cory Hardrict – Destined

*Tadanobu Asano – Harmonium

Jarkko Lahti – The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Baldur Einarsson – Heartstone

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals

Joel Edgerton – Loving

*Casey Affleck – Manchester By the Sea

Denzel Washington – Fences

Ryan Gosling – La La Land

BEST ACTRESS

Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years

Maggie Smith – The Lady in the Van

Agyness Deyn – Sunset Song

*Isabelle Huppert – Louder Than Bombs (1) + Elle (2) + Things to Come (3)

Rachel Weisz – The Lobster

Shira Haas – Princess

Moran Rosenblatt – Wedding Doll

Kristen Stewart – Café Society

Tika Sumpter – Southside With You

Sasha Lane – American Honey

Luise Heyer – Fado

Yōko Maki – After the Storm

*Huang Lu – Dog Days

Florence Loiret-Caille – The Aquatic Effect

*Sonia Braga – Aquarius

Ruth Negga – Loving

Rebecca Hall – Christine

*Amy Adams – Arrival

*Viola Davis – Fences

*Natalie Portman – Jackie

Emma Stone – La La Land

Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures

BEST SUPP ACTOR

Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar!

Peter Mullan – Sunset Song

Ian Pirie – Sunset Song

Jaeden Lieberher – Midnight Special

Stephen McHattie – Born to Be Blue

Keith Stanfield – Miles Ahead

*Jack Reynor – Sing Street

*Devin Druid – Louder Than Bombs

Sam Neill – Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Frank Langella – Captain Fantastic

Corey Stoll – Café Society

*Ben Foster – Hell or High Water

Michael Barbieri – Little Men

*Christian Bouillette – Staying Vertical

Taiyô Yoshizawa – After the Storm

Luo Lanshan – Dog Days

Samir Guesmi – The Aquatic Effect

Eero Milonoff – The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

René Auberjonois – Certain Women

Garrett Hedlund – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Aaron Taylor Johnson – Nocturnal Animals

Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

*Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight

André Holland – Moonlight

Lucas Hedges – Manchester By the Sea

*Stephen Henderson – Fences

John Hurt – Jackie

BEST SUPP ACTRESS

Scarlett Johansson – Hail, Caesar!

Kristen Dunst – Midnight Special

Natalie Portman – Knight of Cups

Carmen Ejogo – Born to Be Blue

Emayatzy Corinealdi – Miles Ahead

Lucy Boynton – Sing Street

Zoey Deutch – Everybody Wants Some!!

Angourie Rice – The Nice Guys

*Léa Seydoux – The Lobster

Rachel House – Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Sofia Boutella – Star Trek Beyond

Rachel Korine – Men Go to Battle

Paulina García – Little Men

*Tatiana Iekel – Sieranevada

Maria-Victoria Dragus – Graduation

Linda Hair –Staying Vertical

*Kirin Kiki – After the Storm

Margot Bingham – Destined

Édith Scob – Things to Come

*Bérénice Bejo – Sweet Dreams

Arianna Scommegna – Sweet Dreams

Oona Airola – The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir – Heartstone

Diljá Valsdóttir – Heartstone

Zoraide Coleto – Aquarius

*Lily Gladstone – Certain Women

Kristen Stewart – Certain Women (2) and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (1)

Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply

*Naomie Harris – Moonlight

Michelle Williams – Manchester By the Sea

BEST DIRECTOR

Hong Sang-soo S. Korea Right Now, Wrong Then

Terrence Malick USA Knight of Cups

Jeff Nichols USA Midnight Special (1) + Loving (2)

David Mackenzie USA Hell or High Water

*Barry Jenkins USA Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan USA Manchester By the Sea

Damien Chazelle USA La La Land

Ira Sachs USA Greece Little Men

Pablo Larraín USA Chile France Jackie

Andrew Haigh Great Britain 45 Years

*Andrea Arnold USA Great Britain American Honey

Terence Davies Great Britain Luxembourg Sunset Song

*Joachim Trier Norway France Denmark Louder Than Bombs

Yorgos Lanthimos Greece Netherlands Ireland Great Britain France The Lobster

*Bi Gan China Kaili Blues

Cristi Puiu Romania France Croatia Macedonia Bosnia-Herzegovina Sieranevada

*Cristian Mungiu Romania France Belgium Graduation

*Kôji Fukada Japan Harmonium

Juho Kuosmanen Finland The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland Denmark Heartstone

BEST SCREENPLAY

Charlie Kauffman – Anomalisa

Terence Davies, adapted from Lewis Grassic Gibbon – Sunset Song

Jeff Nichols – Midnight Special

Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt – Louder Than Bombs

*Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou – The Lobster

Hong Sang-soo – Right Now, Wrong Then

*Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias – Little Men

Cristi Puiu – Sieranevada

Alain Guiraudie – Staying Vertical

Sólveig Anspach and Jean-Luc Gaget – The Aquatic Effect

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson – Heartstone

Juho Kuosmanen and Mikko Myllylahti – The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Tom Ford, adapted from Austin Wright – Nocturnal Animals

Eric Heisserer, adapted from Ted Chiang – Arrival

*Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

*Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By the Sea

*August Wilson – Fences

*Noah Oppenheim – Jackie

Damien Chazelle – La La Land

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

*Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant (2) + Knight of Cups (1)

*Michael McDonough – Sunset Song

Magnus Nordenhof Jønck – A War

Jakob Ihre – Louder Than Bombs

Thimios Bakatakis – The Lobster

Vittorio Storaro – Café Society

Wang Tianxing – Kaili Blues

Giles Nuttgens – Hell or High Water

Óscar Durán – Little Men

*Jani-Petteri Passi – The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Christopher Blauvelt – Certain Women

Robbie Ryan – American Honey

*Barbu Balasoiu – Sieranevada

*Tudor Vladimir Panduru – Graduation

Alexander Haßkerl – Fado

Julien Hirsch – Being 17

Guo Daming – Soul On a String

Kenichi Negishi – Harmonium

Sturla Brandth Grøvlen – Heartstone

Bradford Young – Arrival

*James Laxton – Moonlight

Jody Lee Lipes – Manchester By the Sea

Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie

Linus Sandgren – La La Land

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

The Lady in the Van

Hail, Caesar!

Sunset Song

A War

*Louder Than Bombs

Everybody Wants Some!!

*The Lobster

Right Now, Wrong Then

Hell or High Water

Little Men

*Sieranevada

Graduation

After the Storm

*The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Heartstone

Certain Women

*Moonlight

*Manchester By the Sea

Fences

Jackie

BEST ART DIRECTION

The Revenant

Hail, Caesar!

*Knight of Cups

*Sunset Song

The Lobster

Café Society

Kaili Blues

Hell or High Water

Men Go to Battle

Little Men

Graduation

After the Storm

Dog Days

*The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Heartstone

Arrival

American Honey

*Moonlight

*Jackie

*La La Land

BEST EDITING

45 Years

Knight of Cups

Sunset Song

A War

Midnight Special

Born to Be Blue

*Louder Than Bombs

The Lobster

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Right Now, Wrong Then

*Kaili Blues

Hell or High Water

Little Men

Sieranevada

Graduation

After the Storm

Dog Days

*The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

*Heartstone

Arrival

*Moonlight

Manchester By the Sea

*Jackie

BEST COSTUMES

45 Years

*Hail, Caesar!

Sunset Song

Born to Be Blue

Miles Ahead

Sing Street

Everybody Wants Some!!

The Nice Guys

*Captain Fantastic

Star Trek Beyond

Café Society

Men Go to Battle

American Honey

*Dog Days

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

*Jackie

*La La Land

*Hidden Figures

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner – The Revenant

Hanan Townshend – Knight of Cups

David Wingo – Midnight Special

*Ola Fløttum – Louder Than Bombs

Ishai Adar – Princess

Vince Giordano – Café Society

*Giong Lim – Kaili Blues

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Hell or High Water

*Dickon Hinchliffe – Little Men

*Patrick Jonsson – Dog Days

*Miika Snåre – The Happiest Day in the Life of Ollie Mäki

Simon Fisher Turner – The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival

Nicholas Britell – Moonlight

Lesley Barber – Manchester By the Sea

*Mica Levi – Jackie

BEST DOCUMENTARY

O.J.: Made in America

‘Til Madness Do Us Part

Jackie Robinson

Requiem for an American Dream

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Volta à Terra