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Top US films 2016

  • An argument for empathy … Alex Hibbert in Moonlight.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 1 Moonlight

    Our countdown of 2016’s top films concludes as Benjamin Lee salutes a poetic and poignant movie that depicted the life of a gay black man with heart-swelling humanity
  • Kate Beckinsale: ‘I think it’s important as an actor to have periods where you’re not flavour of the month.’

    Kate Beckinsale: ‘Austen’s Lady Susan is like Emma on steroids’

  • Swinton with Ralph Fiennes in A Bigger Splash.

    Tilda Swinton: ‘Our film started as sick satire – now it’s a recognisable portrait’

  • Toni Erdmann film still

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 2 Toni Erdmann

  • Intoxicating … Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 2 La La Land

  • Elle

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 3 Elle

  • Amy Adams in Arrival.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 3 Arrival

  • Exquisite unease ... A Bigger Splash with Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 4 A Bigger Splash

    As our countdown continues, Andrew Pulver admires Luca Guadagnino’s unnerving drama of desire and betrayal that boasts remarkable performances
  • Fractured, flawed portrait of a first lady … Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy in Pablo Larraín’s biopic Jackie.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 5 Jackie

    Our countdown continues as Benjamin Lee welcomes a surprisingly candid portrait of Jackie Kennedy by Natalie Portman
  • Waves of sadness and anger … Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary about migrants, Fire at Sea

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 6 Fire at Sea

    As our countdown continues, Peter Bradshaw gives a nod to a documentary portrait of the wartime-like life of migrants to Lampedusa
  • Radiant and frightening … Kate Beckinsale with Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 7 Love & Friendship

    As our countdown continues, Catherine Shoard bows down before Whit Stillman’s revisionist yet traditional take on Jane Austen
  • Michael Barbieri, left, and Theo Taplitz in Little Men.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 8 Little Men

    As our countdown continues, Peter Bradshaw pays tribute to Ira Sachs’s New York-set drama about the lost friendship – and the true cost of gentrification
  • The sexual tension is all but unbearable … The Handmaiden

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 9 The Handmaiden

    As our countdown moves into the final fortnight, Peter Bradshaw welcomes a dazzling and sexy adaptation of Sarah Waters’s story about lesbian love
  • Good exposure … Anthony Weiner and now estranged wife Huma Abedin in 2013.

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 10 Weiner

    As our countdown enters the final fortnight, Peter Bradshaw welcomes a documentary about disgraced US politician Anthony Weiner that’s a classic study of self-delusion
  • Moonlight<br>Moonlight 2016 film still. Alex Hibbert and Mahershala Ali

    The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: the full list

    The Guardian film team’s favourite movies released in the US this year
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