Lists from all three of the NYT’s esteemed critics: Manohla Dargis, A.O. Scott, and Stephen Holden. Full writeups can be accessed here.
Manohla Dargis:
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
10. From the Notebook of…
A.O. Scott:
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 and Things to Come (TIE)
Stephen Holden:
1. Moonlight
2. O.J.: Made in America
3. American Honey
4. Embrace of the Serpent
5. Manchester by the Sea
6. Neon Bull
7. Fire at Sea
8. Elle
9. Aquarius
10. Runners-up (Fireworks Wednesday, Krisha, Sunset Song, Wiener-Dog, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years, Chronic, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, 20th Century Women, 13TH, Paterson and Things to Come)