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The Year in Film, Contributors’ Ballots
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The Year in Film, Contributors’ Ballots

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  • December 30, 2016
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Here's the complete list of individual ballots in this year's vote for the best films of 2016 among our writers.

Below, you’ll find the individual ballots from Movie Mezzanine’s contributors and editors with their specific choices for the ten best films of 2016. To come up with the combined list of the 25 best films of 2016, we assigned point values to each choice from each writer: the number-one pick got 10 points, the number-two pick got 9 points, and so on. Enjoy!

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Mallory Andrews

  1. Paterson
  2. Elle
  3. The Handmaiden
  4. Manchester by the Sea
  5. Cameraperson
  6. Certain Women
  7. Love & Friendship
  8. Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids
  9. Happy Hour
  10. O.J.: Made in America

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Jake Cole

  1. No Home Movie
  2. Cameraperson
  3. Paterson
  4. O.J.: Made In America
  5. Toni Erdmann
  6. Certain Women
  7. Elle
  8. Happy Hour
  9. Knight of Cups
  10. The Love Witch

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Andy Crump

  1. Moonlight
  2. Krisha
  3. Certain Women
  4. Silence
  5. Toni Erdmann
  6. Paterson
  7. Cameraperson
  8. The Fits
  9. Manchester by the Sea
  10. The Handmaiden

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Alex Engquist

  1. Happy Hour
  2. Mountains May Depart
  3. Cameraperson
  4. Moonlight
  5. The Love Witch
  6. Cemetery of Splendor
  7. Elle
  8. Certain Women
  9. Manchester by the Sea
  10. Love & Friendship

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Valerie Ettenhofer

  1. La La Land
  2. The Witch
  3. Lemonade
  4. OJ: Made in America
  5. Sing Street
  6. The Neon Demon
  7. The Fits
  8. Hell or High Water
  9. Moonlight
  10. The Invitation

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Sam Fragoso

  1. Moonlight
  2. Things to Come
  3. Paterson
  4. Always Shine
  5. Don’t Think Twice
  6. La La Land
  7. Certain Women / River of Grass (re-release)
  8. The Treasure
  9. Mountains May Depart
  10. Ouija: Origin of Evil

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Kenji Fujishima

  1. Paterson
  2. Cameraperson
  3. O.J.: Made in America
  4. Cemetery of Splendour
  5. The Illinois Parables
  6. Happy Hour
  7. Love & Friendship
  8. Swiss Army Man
  9. No Home Movie
  10. Right Now, Wrong Then

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Sean Gilman

  1. Paterson
  2. Love & Friendship
  3. Toni Erdmann
  4. Mountains May Depart
  5. Elle
  6. Lemonade
  7. SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (aka Kill Zone 2)
  8. Cemetery of Splendor
  9. Sully
  10. Sunset Song

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Tina Hassannia

  1. Toni Erdmann
  2. Certain Women
  3. Paterson
  4. Love & Friendship
  5. Happy Hour
  6. Elle
  7. The Edge of Seventeen
  8. Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids
  9. La La Land
  10. Cameraperson

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Fran Hoepfner

  1. The Handmaiden
  2. Jackie
  3. Moonlight
  4. Little Men
  5. Hell Or High Water
  6. American Honey
  7. Everybody Wants Some!!
  8. Weiner
  9. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
  10. Sing Street

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Nathanael Hood

  1. Paterson
  2. 13th
  3. Shin Godzilla
  4. I, Daniel Blake
  5. Jackie
  6. Hell or High Water
  7. Swiss Army Man
  8. Arrival/Rogue One
  9. Kubo and the Two Strings
  10. The Nice Guys

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Alex Huls

  1. Toni Erdmann
  2. O.J.: Made in America
  3. Manchester By the Sea
  4. Cameraperson
  5. Certain Women
  6. The Witch
  7. Moonlight
  8. Arrival
  9. La La Land
  10. The Shallows

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Elena Lazic

  1. Elle
  2. Manchester by the Sea
  3. Certain Women
  4. Paterson
  5. Toni Erdmann
  6. Love & Friendship
  7. Cameraperson
  8. Deepwater Horizon
  9. Green Room
  10. Sully

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Willow Maclay

  1. No Home Movie
  2. O.J.: Made in America
  3. Cameraperson
  4. Lemonade
  5. Elle
  6. Certain Women
  7. The Edge of Seventeen
  8. Happy Hour
  9. Mountains May Depart
  10. Sully

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Vikram Murthi

  1. Manchester by the Sea
  2. Cameraperson
  3. Happy Hour
  4. Paterson
  5. O.J.: Made In America
  6. Elle
  7. Everybody Wants Some!!
  8. Toni Erdmann
  9. Right Now, Wrong Then
  10. My Golden Days

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Max B. O’Connell

  1. Happy Hour
  2. Manchester by the Sea
  3. Certain Women
  4. Everybody Wants Some!!
  5. O.J.: Made in America
  6. Lemonade
  7. Rules Don’t Apply
  8. Elle
  9. The Witch
  10. Kill Zone 2

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Justine Smith

  1. Manchester by the Sea
  2. The Invitation
  3. The Handmaiden
  4. Toni Erdmann
  5. Into the Inferno
  6. Train to Busan
  7. The Love Witch
  8. The Lobster
  9. The Witch
  10. The Jungle Book

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Josh Spiegel

  1. Moonlight
  2. La La Land
  3. Manchester by the Sea
  4. Kubo and the Two Strings
  5. Cameraperson
  6. Silence
  7. Hail, Caesar!
  8. Love & Friendship
  9. De Palma
  10. Fences

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Colin Stacy

  1. Hail, Caesar!
  2. The Handmaiden
  3. Things to Come
  4. Sunset Song
  5. The Neon Demon
  6. Manchester By The Sea
  7. No Home Movie
  8. Kate Plays Christine
  9. Certain Women
  10. Love & Friendship

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Emma Stefansky

  1. Moonlight
  2. The Handmaiden
  3. Hell or High Water
  4. Cemetery of Splendor
  5. A Bigger Splash
  6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  7. The Love Witch
  8. The Fits
  9. Love & Friendship
  10. Hail, Caesar!

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Kyle Turner

  1. Lemonade
  2. Elle
  3. Moonlight
  4. The Lobster
  5. Kubo and the Two Strings
  6. The Purge: Election Year
  7. Love & Friendship
  8. Certain Women
  9. The Handmaiden
  10. Spa Night
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  2. James on January 4, 2017 at 11:03 PM said:

    “Ouija: The Origin of Evil” one of the best movies of the year? Surely, you jest?

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