Screen critics: best films of 2016

By Screen staff2016-12-13T09:23:00+00:00

Ten Screen critics select their favourite films of the year.

Click the critics below to find out their top five, best documentary, best UK film and undiscovered gems.

Fionnuala Halligan, chief film critic

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‘Back To The Wharf’: Macao Review
2020-12-04T13:10:00Z
A man tries to return home after a boyhood tragedy in which he was complicit
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‘Meander’: Macao Review
2020-12-04T09:16:00Z
An ’enjoyable genre romp’ around a booby-trapped network of metal tubes
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‘Here We Are’: Macao Review
2020-12-04T07:00:00Z
Nir Bergman’s road trip across Israel is a loving portrait of a father and his autistic son

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‘Black Light’: Macao Review
2020-12-04T06:00:00Z
Bae Jong-dae’s solid debut tracks the fall-out after a fatal car-crash
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‘Let Them All Talk’: Review
2020-12-03T17:00:00Z
All aboard for Steven Soderbergh’s cruise across the Atlantic with Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest
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‘Narcissus Off Duty’: DocLisboa Review
2020-12-03T07:00:00Z
Caetano Veloso revisits a time in Brazil when he was locked up for no reason in a softly emotional documentary