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Arrival 2016

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

All-time standing

#1051 of 4,399

In the top 25% of movies

By scope

2010s #45 of 931 Top 5% 2016 #4 of 96 Top 4%

Ballots (20)

All time 1

Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Decade 9

2010s

Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #19
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The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #21
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The Irish Times

The Irish Times

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #25
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A.V. Club

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #46
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Little White Lies

Little White Lies

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #57
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MUBI

MUBI

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
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The Ringer

The Ringer

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
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2000-2021

Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2021
  • Decade list · 2000-2021
  • Ranked #27
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2000-2025

New York Times

New York Times

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2000-2025
  • Ranked #29
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Year 10

Atlantic

Atlantic

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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Us Weekly

Us Weekly

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #3

A.V. Club

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #7
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Esquire

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #7
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #7
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IndieWire

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #8
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Uproxx

Uproxx

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #12

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #14

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #15
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