2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

The winners of the 2016 Indiewire Critics' Poll were announced on December 19, 2016.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Director
1st: Moonlight 2nd: Manchester by the Sea 3rd: La La Land 4th: Toni Erdmann 5th: O.J.: Made in America 6th: Paterson 7th: The Handmaiden 8th: Arrival 9th: Hell or High Water 10th: Jackie	1st: Barry Jenkins - Moonlight 2nd: Damien Chazelle - La La Land 3rd: Maren Ade - Toni Erdmann 4th: Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea 5th: Chan-wook Park - The Handmaiden 6th: Pablo Larraín – Jackie 7th: Kelly Reichardt - Certain Women (tied) 7th: Denis Villeneuve – Arrival (tied) 9th: Paul Verhoeven - Elle 10th: Martin Scorsese - Silence
Best Actor	Best Actress
1st: Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler 2nd: Adam Driver - Paterson as Paterson 3rd: Colin Farrell - The Lobster as David 4th: Peter Simonischek - Toni Erdmann as Winfried Conradi / Toni Erdmann 5th: Denzel Washington - Fences as Troy Maxson 6th: Joel Edgerton - Loving as Richard Loving 7th: Ryan Gosling - La La Land as Sebastian Wilder 8th: Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash 9th: Vincent Lindon - The Measure of a Man as Thierry Taugourdeau 10th: Ethan Hawke - Born to Be Blue as Chet Baker	1st: Isabelle Huppert - Elle as Michèle Leblanc 2nd: Natalie Portman - Jackie as Jackie Kennedy 3rd: Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann as Ines Conradi 4th: Sônia Braga - Aquarius as Doña Clara (tied) 4th: Emma Stone - La La Land as Mia Dolan (tied) 6th: Amy Adams - Arrival as Louise Banks 7th: Rebecca Hall - Christine as Christine Chubbuck 8th: Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving 9th: Annette Bening - 20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields 10th: Isabelle Huppert - Things to Come as Nathalie Chazeaux
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
1st: Mahershala Ali - Moonlight as Juan 2nd: Alden Ehrenreich - Hail, Caesar! as Hobie Doyle 3rd: Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler 4th Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton 5th: Trevante Rhodes - Moonlight as Adult Chiron 6th: Ralph Fiennes - A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes 7th: Tom Bennett - Love & Friendship as Sir James Martin 8th: André Holland – Moonlight as Adult Kevin 9th: Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals as Carlos Holt 10th: John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane as Howard Stambler	1st: Lily Gladstone - Certain Women as Jamie 2nd: Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea as Randi 3rd: Naomie Harris - Moonlight as Paula 4th: Viola Davis - Fences as Rose Maxson 5th: Tilda Swinton - A Bigger Splash as Marianne Lane 6th: Greta Gerwig - 20th Century Women as Abigail "Abbie" Porter 7th: Kate McKinnon - Ghostbusters as Dr. Jillian "Holtz" Holtzmann 8th: Kristen Stewart – Certain Women as Beth Travis 9th: Janelle Monáe - Hidden Figures as Mary Jackson 10th: Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake as Katie Morgan
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
1st: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan 2nd: Moonlight - Barry Jenkins 3rd: Love & Friendship - Whit Stillman 4th: Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan 5th: The Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou 6th: Arrival - Eric Heisserer 7th: Toni Erdmann - Maren Ade 8th: Jackie - Noah Oppenheim 9th: Paterson - Jim Jarmusch 10th: La La Land - Damien Chazelle	1st: Moonlight - James Laxton 2nd: La La Land - Linus Sandgren 3rd: Arrival - Bradford Young 4th: The Handmaiden - Chung-hoon Chung 5th: Jackie - Stéphane Fontaine 6th: American Honey - Robbie Ryan 7th: The Neon Demon - Natasha Braier 8th: Knight of Cups - Emmanuel Lubezki 9th: Cameraperson - Kirsten Johnson 10th: Nocturnal Animals - Seamus McGarvey
Best Editing	Best Original Score or Soundtrack
1st: Moonlight - Nat Sanders, Joi McMillon 2nd: O.J.: Made in America - Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski 3rd: La La Land - Tom Cross 4th: Cameraperson - Nels Bangerter 5th: Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda 6th: Manchester by the Sea - Jennifer Lame 7th: Arrival - Joe Walker 8th: The Handmaiden - Jae-Bum Kim, Sang-beom Kim 9th: I Am Not Your Negro - Alexandra Strauss 10th: Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel	1st: Jackie - Mica Levi 2nd: La La Land - Justin Hurwitz 3rd: Moonlight - Nicholas Britell 4th: Arrival - Jóhann Jóhannsson 5th: The Neon Demon - Cliff Martinez 6th: Sing Street 7th: The Childhood of a Leader - Scott Walker 8th: American Honey (tied) 8th: The Handmaid - Yeong-wook Jo (tied) 10th: The Fits - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Best Documentary	Best First Feature
1st place: O.J.: Made in America 2nd place: Cameraperson 3rd place: I Am Not Your Negro 4th place: 13th 5th place: Weiner 6th place: Fire at Sea 7th place: Tower 8th place: Kate Plays Christine 9th place: De Palma 10th place: No Home Movie	1st: The Witch - Robert Eggers 2nd: Krisha - Trey Edward Shults 3rd: The Edge of Seventeen - Kelly Fremon Craig 4th: Swiss Army Man - Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert 5th: Indignation - James Schamus (tied) 5th: Kali Blues - Gan Bi 7th: Weiner - Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg 8th: Under the Shadow - Babak Anvari (tied) 8th: The Eyes of My Mother - Nicolas Pesce (tied) 10th: Cameraperson - Kirsten Johnson
Most Anticipated of 2017	Best Undistributed Film
1st place: Blade Runner 2049 2nd place: Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3rd place: Dunkirk 4th place: Phantom Thread 5th place: Baby Driver 6th place: John Wick: Chapter 2 7th place: Alien: Covenant 8th place: The Beguiled 9th place: Wonder Woman 10th place: The Lost City of Z	1st place: Sieranevada 2nd place: Nocturama 3rd place: My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea 4th place: Hermia & Helena 5th place: Yourself and Yours 6th place: Una 7th place: The Lure 8th place: Austerlitz 9th place: Prevenge 10th place: Dark Night
Best Overlooked Film
1st place: The Fits 2nd place: Always Shine 3rd place: Happî awâ 3rd place: Krisha 5th place: Evolution 6th place: Embrace of the Serpent 7th place: Chevalier 7th place: Little Men 9th place: Sand Storm 9th place: Sunset Song

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
10	Moonlight
9	La La Land
8	Jackie
7	Arrival
7	Manchester by the Sea
5	The Handmaiden
5	Toni Erdmann
4	Cameraperson
3	O.J.: Made in America
	Hell or High Water
	Paterson
	Nocturnal Animals
	Certain Women
2	Love & Friendship
	Elle
	Loving
	Fences
	A Bigger Splash
	The Lobster
	American Honey
	The Neon Demon
	Krisha
	I Am Not Your Negro
	Weiner
	The Fits

Multiple wins

Wins	Films
6	Moonlight

References

^ Kohn, Eric (December 19, 2016). "2016 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances of the Year According to Over 200 Critics". IndieWire. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
^ Greene, Steve (December 19, 2016). "2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Full List of Results". IndieWire. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

[1] Kohn, Eric (December 19, 2016). "2016 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances of the Year According to Over 200 Critics". IndieWire. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

[2] Greene, Steve (December 19, 2016). "2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Full List of Results". IndieWire. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

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