The Wallys: Best in Film 2016

TOP TWENTY FILMS

1. MOONLIGHT (U.S., Barry Jenkins)

2. JACKIE (U.S., Pablo Larraín)

3. ARRIVAL (U.S., Denis Villeneuve)

4. THE LOBSTER (Ireland, Yorgos Lanthimos)

5. EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (Colombia, Ciro Guerra)

6. AMERICAN HONEY (U.S., Andrea Arnold)

7. KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (U.S., Travis Knight)

8. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (New Zealand, Taika Waititi)

9. SON OF SAUL (Hungary, László Nemes)

10. FENCES (U.S., Denzel Washington)

11. KRISHA (U.S., Trey Edward Shults)

12. TAXI (Iran, Jafar Panahi)

13. THE FITS (U.S., Anna Rose Holmer)

14. LA LA LAND (U.S., Damien Chazelle)

15. A BIGGER SPLASH (Italy, Luca Guadagnino)

16. HELL OR HIGH WATER (U.S., David Mackenzie)

17. THE SALESMAN (Iran, Asghar Farhadi)

18. ELLE (France, Paul Verhoeven)

19. 20th CENTURY WOMEN (U.S., Mike Mills)

20. GREEN ROOM (U.S., Jeremy Saulnier)

• You can read my thoughts on these films here.

BEST PICTURE

Arrival

Embrace of the Serpent

Jackie

The Lobster

Moonlight

BEST DIRECTOR

Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)

Pablo Larraín (Jackie)

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Honorable Mention: Andrea Arnold (American Honey), Damien Chazelle (La La Land), László Nemes (Son of Saul)

BEST ACTOR

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Colin Farrell (The Lobster)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul)

Denzel Washington (Fences)

HM: Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Joel Edgerton (Loving), Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight)

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Viola Davis (Fences)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Krisha Fairchild (Krisha)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

HM: Amy Adams (Arrival), Kate Beckinsale (Love & Friendship), Ruth Negga (Loving), Sarah Paulson (Blue Jay), Zhao Tao (Mountains May Depart)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Tom Bennett (Love & Friendship)

Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!)

Ralph Fiennes (A Bigger Splash)

Ogata Issei (Silence)

HM: Gil Birmingham (Hell or High Water), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences), Tracey Letts (Indignation)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Sylvia Chang (Mountains May Depart)

Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Riley Keough (American Honey)

Antonia Zegers (The Club)

HM: Olivia Colman (The Lobster), Paulina García (Little Men), Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women), Molly Shannon (Other People), Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Embrace of the Serpent

The Fits

Hidden Figures

Moonlight

The Salesman

HM: 20th Century Women, Green Room, The Witch

BEST BODY OF WORK

Charlie Brooker (“Black Mirror”)

Olivia Colman (“Broadchurch,” The Lobster and “The Night Manager”)

Tom Hanks (A Hologram for the King, “Saturday Night Live” and Sully)

Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story,” Blue Jay and “The People v. O.J. Simpson”)

Rachel Weisz (Complete Unknown, Denial, The Light Between Oceans, The Lobster and Youth)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Marc Haimes and Chris Butler (Kubo and the Two Strings)

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou (The Lobster)

Noah Oppenheim (Jackie)

Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room)

Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Whit Stillman (Love & Friendship)

Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople)

August Wilson (Fences)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Anomalisa

April and the Extraordinary World

Finding Dory

Kubo and the Two Strings

Zootopia

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

13th

The Look of Silence

O.J.: Made in America

Taxi

The Witness

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Elle

Embrace of the Serpent

Mountains May Depart

The Salesman

Son of Saul

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Mátyás Erdély (Son of Saul)

James Laxton (Moonlight)

Robbie Ryan (American Honey)

Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

Bradford Young (Arrival)

HM: Adam Arkapaw (The Light Between Oceans), Stéphane Fontaine (Jackie), David Gallego (Embrace of the Serpent), Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (Victoria), Vittorio Storaro (Café Society)

BEST EDITING

Saela Davis (The Fits)

Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Lobster)

Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)

Sebastián Sepúlveda (Jackie)

Joe Walker (Arrival)

HM: Joe Bini (American Honey), Julia Bloch (Green Room), Megan Gill (Eye in the Sky)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Jess Gonchor, Dawn Swiderski and Nancy Haigh (Hail, Caesar!)

Craig Lathrop and Mary Kirkland (The Witch)

Nelson Lowry (Kubo and the Two Strings)

Ryu Seong-hie (The Handmaiden)

David Wasco, Austin Gorg and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (La La Land)

HM: Green Room, High-Rise, Love & Friendship

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Suzy Benzinger (Café Society)

Jo Sang-gyeong (The Handmaiden)

Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (Love & Friendship)

Giulia Persanti and Raf Simons (A Bigger Splash)

Mary Zophres (Hail, Caesar!)

HM: Erin Benach (Loving), Pierre-Jean Larroque (Marguerite), Arianne Phillips (Nocturnal Animals)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Nicholas Britell (Moonlight)

Jo Yeong-wook (The Handmaiden)

Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival)

Mica Levi (Jackie)

Dario Marianelli (Kubo and the Two Strings)

BEST SONG SCORE

Becky Bentham, John Carney and Gary Clark (Sing Street)

Earworm Music (American Honey)

Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Gizicki (La La Land)

Lauren Marie Mikus (Green Room)

Robin Urdang (A Bigger Splash)

BEST SONG

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” (La La Land)

“City of Stars” (La La Land)

“Letter to the Free” (13th)

“No Dames” (Hail, Caesar!)

“Runnin’” (Hidden Figures)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Arrival

Embrace of the Serpent

The Fits

Green Room

The Witch

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Arrival

Doctor Strange

Hidden Figures

Kubo and the Two Strings

Midnight Special