The Alamo Drafthouse Staff’s Top 10 Films of 2016

Every year, the staff of the Alamo Drafthouse, and this includes every location, BMD, Mondo and Fantastic Fest folks, vote on their personal top ten films of the year. James Shapiro then puts them all together and uses fancy statistical math to come up with a compiled top ten list.

So while everyone is raging about the Oscars, soothe yourself with this list from serious movie fans who know what they’re talking about.

Let’s start with the films that came closest to the top ten:

Elle 

Toni Erdmann

The Love Witch

O.J.: Made in America 

Hell or High Water

Seriously, those are all super great films. They fact that they're not in the top ten is indicative of what a wonderful movie year we got with 2016.

And now, starting with number ten, we have:

10. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

(dir. Taika Waititi)

9. The Handmaiden

(dir. Park Chan-wook)

8. Manchester by the Sea

(dir. Kenneth Lonergan)

7. The Witch

(dir. Robert Eggers)

6. Swiss Army Man

(dir. Daniels)

5. The Nice Guys

(dir. Shane Black)

4. Green Room

(dir. Jeremy Saulnier)

3. Moonlight

(dir. Barry Jenkins)

2. Arrival

(dir. Denis Villeneuve)

1. La La Land

(dir. Damien Chazelle)