Best Of 2016: a Summary of World Cinema

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• Best Films According to World Famous Film Critics
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Most Awarded Films:

2016 Film Festivals

Country:	Awarded Film	Event
	I, Daniel Blake	Cannes Film Festival	France
	The Woman Who Left	Venice Film Festival	Italy
	Fire at Sea	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
	I Am Not Madame Bovary	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
	La La Land	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
	The Birth of a Nation	Sundance Film Festival	USA
	People That Are Not Me	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
	Daughter	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
	Swiss Army Man	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
	Like Crazy	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

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2016 Awards

Country:	Awarded Film	Award
	Moonlight	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
	Moonlight (Drama) La La Land (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
	Toni Erdmann	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
	La La Land	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
	Elle	Cesar Awards (France)	France
	Like Crazy	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
	The Fury of a Patient Man	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
	Toni Erdmann	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
	The Giant	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

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Critics' Association Awards 2016

Country:	Awarded Film	Awards
	Manchester by the Sea	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
	La La Land	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
	Moonlight	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
	La La Land	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
	La La Land	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

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The Book of Clarence

Best Films of 2016 According to World Famous Film Critics:

Peter Travers, Chief Critic of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		La La Land
2		Manchester by the Sea
3		Moonlight
4		Fences
5		Silence
6		Jackie
7		Sully
8		Loving
9		Hell or High Water
10		The Birth of a Nation

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A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Moonlight
2		O.J.: Made in America
3		Toni Erdmann
4		Cameraperson
5		Aferim!
6		American Honey
7		Aquarius
8		Sausage Party
9		A Bigger Splash
10		Elle
10		Things to Come

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Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		No Home Movie
2		Toni Erdmann
3		Moonlight
4		O.J.: Made in America
5		My Golden Days
6		I Am Not Your Negro
7		Arrival
8		The Handmaiden
9		13th

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Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Moonlight
2		Manchester by the Sea
3		Hell or High Water
4		The Confirmation
5		O.J.: Made in America
6		Cameraperson
7		La La Land
8		Lemonade
9		13th
10		Southside with You

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Eric Kohn, Chief Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Moonlight
2		Jackie
3		Weiner
4		Everybody Wants Some
5		Creative Control
6		Cameraperson
7		Paterson
8		Swiss Army Man
9		American Honey
10		Neruda

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Luis Martínez, Chief Critic of El Mundo - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Son of Saul
2		Everybody Wants Some
3		Paterson
4		Carol
5		Julieta
6		The Duke of Burgundy
7		Elle
8		The Academy of Muses
9		A Quiet Passion
10		Neruda

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Javier Ocaña, Critic of El País - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Things to Come
2		Spotlight
3		Carol
4		10 Cloverfield Lane
5		Elle
6		Graduation
7		Hell or High Water
8		A Quiet Passion
9		Paterson
10		The Invitation

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2016:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2016 Worldwide

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Captain America: Civil War	Action	Marvel / Sony Pictures	$1.153.300.000
2		Finding Dory	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$1.027.200.000
3		Zootopia	Animation	Walt Disney	$1.023.800.000
4		The Jungle Book	Adventure	Disney / Fairview / MPC	$966.500.000
5		The Secret Life of Pets	Animation	Universal / Illumination	$874.700.000
6		Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice	Fantasy	Warner / DC / Dune	$873.300.000
7		Deadpool	Action	Marvel / 20th Century Fox	$782.600.000
8		Suicide Squad	Thriller	Warner / DC	$745.600.000
9		Doctor Strange	Fantasy	Marvel	$637.300.000
10		Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Fantasy	Heyday / Warner	$611.800.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2016 in the US

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Finding Dory	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$486.300.000
2		Captain America: Civil War	Action	Marvel / Sony Pictures	$408.100.000
3		The Secret Life of Pets	Animation	Universal / Illumination	$368.000.000
4		The Jungle Book	Adventure	Disney / Fairview / MPC	$364.000.000
5		Deadpool	Action	Marvel / 20th Century Fox	$363.100.000
6		Zootopia	Animation	Walt Disney	$341.300.000
7		Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice	Fantasy	Warner / DC / Dune	$330.400.000
8		Suicide Squad	Thriller	Warner / DC	$325.100.000
9		Doctor Strange	Fantasy	Marvel	$217.200.000
10		Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Fantasy	Heyday / Warner	$187.400.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2016 in their Country of Origin

Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
	Welcome to Germany	Comedy	Wiedemann & Berg/Sentana/	$20.144.000
	Moses and the Ten Commandments: The Movie	Drama	Rede Record	$29.800.000
	A Monster Calls	Fantasy	Apaches/Telecinco/Participant	29.000.000
	Les Tuche 2 - Le rêve américain	Comedy	Eskwad / Pathé / TF1	$32.500.000
	Your name	Animation	CoMix Wave	$175.800.000
	¿Qué culpa tiene el niño?	Comedy	Grupo Telefilms/Alebrije/Adicta	$14.400.000
	Bridget Jones's Baby	Comedy	Miramax/StudioCanal/Universal	$60.900.000

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The Best Films of 2016 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2016 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
8.1		La La Land
7.8		Your name
7.6		Arrival
7.6		The Handmaiden
7.6		Moonlight
7.5		Captain Fantastic
7.5		Hacksaw Ridge
7.4		Toni Erdmann
7.4		My Life as a Zucchini
7.4		Manchester by the Sea

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The Best TV Series of 2016 according to Filmaffinity Users

Rating	Country:	TV Series
8.3		The Young Pope
8.0		Stranger Things
7.9		The Night Of
7.9		Erased
7.8		Horace and Pete
7.8		Westworld
7.8		American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
7.7		Vinyl
7.7		The Crown
7.6		American Crime 2

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