I have two lists. One is for movies released in 2016 in France, and that one is basically definitive.
1. Room (Lenny Abrahamson)
2. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy)
3. Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello)
4. The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino)
5. Les ogres (Léa Fehner)
6. Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)
7. Ah-ga-ssi / The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
8. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)
9. Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
10. Creed (Ryan Coogler)
Full Letterbox'd listAnd then there's the "2016 as according to IMDB" list, which is of course a work in progress, and will continue to be for the next four to six months at least.
1. Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello)
2. Jackie (Pablo Larrain)
3. La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
4. Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)
5. Ah-ga-ssi / The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
6. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)
7. Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
8. 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)
9. Moana (John Musker & Ron Clements)
10. Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)
Full Letterbox'd List