2016 IndieWire Critics Poll

2016 IndieWire Critics Poll
2016 IndieWire Critics Poll
Date	December 19, 2016
Highlights
Best Film	Moonlight
Most awards	Moonlight (6)
Most nominations	Moonlight (10)
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Last updated February 18, 2025

The 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll was the eleventh instance of the IndieWire Critics Poll, an annual poll hosted by the website IndieWire to recognize various film-related achievements, including the year's best film, best director, and best score/soundtrack. The winners of the 2016 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 (TIE) 7th: Denis Villeneuve – Arrival (TIE) 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 (TIE) 4th: Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan (TIE) 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 Efthimis 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 Chung-hoon 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 and 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 (TIE) 8th: The Handmaiden – Yeong-wook Jo (TIE) 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 (TIE) 5th: Kali Blues – Gan Bi 7th: Weiner – Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg 8th: Under the Shadow – Babak Anvari (TIE) 8th: The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce (TIE) 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 and wins

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	Certain Women
	Hell or High Water
	Nocturnal Animals
	O.J.: Made in America
	Paterson
2	American Honey
	A Bigger Splash
	Elle
	Fences
	The Fits
	I Am Not Your Negro
	Krisha
	The Lobster
	Love & Friendship
	Loving
	The Neon Demon
	Weiner

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.

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[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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