Best Movies of 2016: Every Film Approved by Our Critics This Year

In the Shadow of Women: Few filmmakers explore the mysteries of coupledom as touchingly as post–Nouvelle Vague maestro Philippe Garrel.; Credit: Courtesy of Distrib Films

You'll never guess what the white dude intends to do to this Edenic landscape.; Credit: Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories

John Hawkes as a world-weary detective in Too Late; Credit: Courtesy of Foe Killer Films

All-American; Credit: Courtesy of ESPN

Approaching the Unknown; Credit: Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, Joe Berlinger's intense and dazzling documentary; Credit: Courtesy of Third Eye Motion Picture Company/Netflix

Kubo and the Two Strings sears itself into your brain.; Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features

Demon, while not straight horror, has one foot in the genre (the other, of course, is in the grave).; Credit: Courtesy of the Orchard

The beauty of Moonlight; Credit: Courtesy of A24

Arrival, about the mysterious appearance of 12 floating extraterrestrial vessels in different corners of the world, is the best film Denis Villeneuve has made so far.; Credit: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Silence; Credit: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures