TOP 10 of 2016: Best Films + Best Acting Performances (Male, Female and Ensemble) + Best Directing Works + Best Screenplay + Best Technical Achievements

BEST FILMS OF 2016

1. The Little Prince

2. Moonlight

3. La La Land

4. The Handmaiden

5. Sing Street

6. The Witch

7. I, Daniel Blake

8. Hail, Caesar!

9. Paterson

10. Hell or High Water

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCES OF 2016 - MALE ACTOR

1. Denzel Washington as Troy Maxson in Fences

2. Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea

3. Mahershala Ali as Juan in Moonlight

4. Trevante Rhodes as Chrion (Adult) in Moonlight

5. Adam Driver as Paterson in Paterson

6. Alden Ehrenreich as Hobie Doyle in Hail, Caesar!

7. Michael Shannon as Bobby Andes in Nocturnal Animals

8. Chris Pine as Toby Howard in Hell or High Water

9. Viggo Mortensen as Ben in Captain Fantastic

10. Lucas Hedges as Patrick in Manchester by the Sea

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCES OF 2016 - FEMALE ACTRESS

1. Isabelle Huppert as Nathalie Chazeaux in Things to Come

2. Viola Davis as Rose Maxson in Fences

3. Ruth Negga as Mildred Loving in Loving

4. Isabelle Huppert as Michèle Leblanc in Elle

5. Hailey Squires as Katie in I, Daniel Blake

6. Emma Stone as Mia in La La Land

7. Annette Bening as Dorothea in 20th Century Women

8. Sonia Braga as Clara in Aquarius

9. Adriana Ugarte as Julieta in Julieta

10. Royalty Hightower as Toni in The Fits

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE OF 2016

1. Moonlight

2. Hail, Caesar!

3. 20th Century Women

4. The Lobster

5. Fences

6. Captain Fantastic

7. Maggie's Plan

8. Nocturnal Animals

9. Manchester by the Sea

10. Hell or High Water

BEST DIRECTING WORKS OF 2016

1. Damien Chazelle for La La Land

2. Park Chan-wook for The Handmaiden

3. Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals

4. Barry Jenkins for Moonlight

5. Mark Osborne for The Little Prince

6. Ivo Ferreira for Letters from War

7. Pablo Larraín for Jackie

8. Denis Villeneuve for Arrival

9. Martin Scorsese for Silence

10. Robert Eggers for The Witch

BEST SCREENPLAYS OF 2016

1. Moonlight

2. I, Daniel Blake

3. 20th Century Women

4. Love & Friendship

5. Nocturnal Animals

6. The Lobster

7. La La Land

8. Manchester by the Sea

9. Hell or High Water

10. Toni Erdmann

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2016

1. The Jungle Book for Visual Effects

2. Moonlight for Cinematography

3. Hacksaw Ridge for Sound

4. Love & Friendship for Costume Design

5. Hail, Caesar! for Production Design

6. Jackie for Editing

7. Arrival for Cinematography

8. La La Land for Original Score

9. Knight of Cups for Cinematography

10. Letters from War for Cinematography

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