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Lit­tle White Lies con­trib­u­tors’ Top 10 films of 2016

07 Dec 2016

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Our writ­ers pick their per­son­al favourites in our end of year poll.

It’s that time of year again, but before we reveal our offi­cial 25 best films of 2016 list, we thought we’d round up some of our con­trib­u­tors’ per­son­al Top 10s. We asked every­one to pick and rank their favourite new films, the only cri­te­ria being that they must have either a) received a UK or US release in 2016 or b) screened at an inter­na­tion­al film fes­ti­val this year. Check out the indi­vid­ual lists below and share your per­son­al Top 10 with us @LWLies

David Jenk­ins

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1. Cer­tain Women
2. Knight of Cups
3. Every­body Wants Some!!
4. Juli­eta
5. Sul­ly
6. Love & Friend­ship
7. Fur­ther Beyond
8. Heav­en Knows What
9. Hail, Cae­sar!
10. Anom­al­isa

Sophie Monks Kaufman

1. Pater­son
2. Knight of Cups
3. Evo­lu­tion
4. Things to Come
5. Hail, Cae­sar!
6. Love & Friend­ship
7. The BFG
8. Anom­al­isa
9. Wein­er
10. High-Rise

Adam Wood­ward @AWLies

1. Every­body Wants Some!!
2. Toni Erd­mann
3. Man­ches­ter by the Sea
4. Embrace of the Ser­pent
5. Kate Plays Chris­tine
6. Things to Come
7. Pater­son
8. Cam­er­ap­er­son
9. Chi-Raq
10. The Neon Demon

Sim­ran Hans @heavier_things

1. Moon­light
2. Noc­tura­ma
3. Amer­i­can Hon­ey
4. Man­ches­ter by the Sea
5. Per­son­al Shop­per
6. Lemon­ade
7. Cer­tain Women
8. The Hand­maid­en
9. Elle
10. The Fits

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Glenn Heath Jr @MatchCuts

1. Ceme­tery of Splen­dour
2. Knight of Cups
3. Right Now, Wrong Then
4. Aquar­ius
5. Elle
6. Cer­tain Women
7. Noc­tura­ma
8. Lemon­ade
9. Every­body Wants Some!!
10. Three

Christi­na New­land @christinalefou

1. Mus­tang
2. Chi-Raq
3. Creed
4. La La Land
5. Hell or High Water
6. Lov­ing
7. Pater­son
8. Son of Saul
9. Lemon­ade
10. No Home Movie

For­rest Car­dame­nis @FCardamenis

1. Knight of Cups
2. Ceme­tery of Splen­dor
3. Hap­py Hour
4. No Home Movie
5. Kate Plays Chris­tine
6. Moun­tains May Depart
7. Toni Erd­mann
8. Cam­er­ap­er­son
9. Cross­cur­rent
10. Man­ches­ter by the Sea

Anton Bitel @AntBit

1. Remain­der
2. Anom­al­isa
3. Wel­come to Me
4. Aloys
5. Men and Chick­en
6. Ceme­tery of Splen­dour
7. We Are the Flesh
8. Hell or High Water
9. Baskin
10. Hail, Caesar!

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Craig Williams @craigfilm

1. Elle
2. Things to Come
3. Every­body Wants Some!!
4. Hail, Cae­sar!
5. Hack­saw Ridge
6. Sul­ly
7. Chi-Raq
8. Cer­tain Women
9. Knight of Cups
10. Creed

Jus­tine Smith @redroomrantings

1. Right Now, Wrong Then
2. The Invi­ta­tion
3. The Hand­maid­en
4. Toni Erd­mann
5. Train to Busan
6. The Love Witch
7. The Jun­gle Book
8. Into the Infer­no
9. Creepy
10. I, Olga

Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams

1. Man­ches­ter by the Sea
2. Moon­light
3. Love & Friend­ship
4. Pater­son
5. Lit­tle Sis­ter
6. Kubo and the Two Strings
7. La La Land
8. Every­body Wants Some!!
9. Kate Plays Chris­tine
10. Evo­lu­tion

Kather­ine McLaugh­lin @Coconutboots

1. Man­ches­ter by the Sea
2. Moon­light
3. Things to Come
4. Elle
5. I Am Not a Ser­i­al Killer
6. The Witch
7. Creed
8. Juli­eta
9. Evo­lu­tion
10. The Invitation

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Mar­tyn Con­te­rio @Cinemartyn

1. Amer­i­can Hon­ey
2. The Wail­ing
3. Pater­son
4. Nasty Baby
5. Ceme­tery of Splen­dour
6. Knight of Cups
7. Mid­night Spe­cial
8. The Pearl But­ton
9. Heav­en Knows What
10. Mus­tang

Matt Thrift @Matt_Cinephile

1. Knight of Cups
2. Voy­age of Time: Life’s Jour­ney
3. Cer­tain Women
4. The Assas­sin
5. Things to Come
6. Ara­bi­an Nights
7. Toni Erd­mann
8. OJ: Made in Amer­i­ca
9. Ceme­tery of Splen­dour
10. Man­ches­ter by the Sea

Manuela Laz­ic @ManiLazic

1. Elle
2. Pater­son
3. Toni Erd­mann
4. Man­ches­ter by the Sea
5. The Love Witch
6. Cam­er­ap­er­son
7. Speak­ing is Dif­fi­cult
8. Justin Tim­ber­lake + the Ten­nessee Kids
9. Cer­tain Women
10. Aquar­ius

Ele­na Laz­ic @elazic

1. Man­ches­ter by the Sea
2. Elle
3. Cer­tain Women
4. Pater­son
5. Toni Erd­mann
6. Creed
7. 13 Hours
8. Fences
9. The Hate­ful Eight
10. Sul­ly

Ethan Vest­by @ethanves

1. Elle
2. Dirty Grand­pa
3. Sul­ly
4. Knight of Cups
5. Moun­tains May Depart
6. My Gold­en Days
7. SPL II: A Time For Con­se­quences
8. 31
9 Hail, Cae­sar!
10. Cos­mos

Aimee Knight @siraimeeknight

1. Unlock­ing the Cage
2. The Shal­lows
3. Mus­tang
4. Wiener
5. Rams
6. The Witch
7. The Secret Life of Pets
8. Shin Godzil­la
9. Kedi
10. Gimme Danger

Ella Don­ald @_pingus

1. La La Land
2. Amer­i­can Hon­ey
3. The Neon Demon
4. Green Room
5. Maggie’s Plan
6. High-Rise
7. 13th
8. Lemon­ade
9. Pete’s Drag­on
10. San Junipero (Black Mir­ror, episode 4 of sea­son 3),

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