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Moonlight 2016

Directed by Barry Jenkins

All-time standing

#335 of 4,399

In the top 10% of movies

By scope

2010s #2 of 931 Top 1% 2016 #1 of 96 Top 1%

Ballots (81)

All time 8

Esquire

  • Published 2020
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #3
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #42
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #62
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Esquire

  • Published 2023
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2019
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  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2018
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  • Included, unranked

IndieWire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

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

Decade 37

2010s

Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #1
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IndieWire

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #1
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #1
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #1
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Little White Lies

Little White Lies

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #2
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #2
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RogerEbert.com

RogerEbert.com

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #2
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Good Morning America

Good Morning America

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #3
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Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #4
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Associated Press

Associated Press

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #5
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A.V. Club

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #6
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The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #6
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Vulture

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #6
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Esquire

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #9
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #15
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International Cinephile Society

International Cinephile Society

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #17
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The New Yorker

The New Yorker

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #17
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Deadline Hollywood

Deadline Hollywood

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
Film Comment

Film Comment

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

GQ

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

IGN

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
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Polygon

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
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Reverse Shot

Reverse Shot

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

The Skinny

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

Time

  • Published 2019
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  • Included, unranked
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Vulture

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

2000-2017

The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked

2000-2019

The Guardian

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2000-2019
  • Ranked #8
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2000-2020

Empire

Empire

  • Published 2020
  • Decade list · 2000-2020
  • Included, unranked

2000-2021

Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2021
  • Decade list · 2000-2021
  • Ranked #6
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2000-2022

Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2022
  • Decade list · 2000-2022
  • Ranked #13
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2000-2023

The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #12
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2023
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2000-2025

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2025
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  • Ranked #3
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New York Times

New York Times

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2000-2025
  • Ranked #5
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1980-2019

Cine21 (씨네21)

Cine21 (씨네21)

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 1980-2019
  • Included, unranked

Year 36

2017

Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #1
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #4
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Senses of Cinema World Poll

Senses of Cinema World Poll

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #17
Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #22
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2016

Associated Press

Associated Press

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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

IndieWire

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
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IndieWire Poll: B. Ruby Rich

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
RogerEbert.com

RogerEbert.com

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
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The Ringer: K. Austin Collins

The Ringer: K. Austin Collins

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

Time

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #1
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Village Voice Film Poll

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

Washington Post

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

A.V. Club

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
Film Comment

Film Comment

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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GCN

GCN

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
Senses of Cinema World Poll

Senses of Cinema World Poll

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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The New Yorker

The New Yorker

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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Uproxx

Uproxx

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
Variety

Variety

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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Rolling Stone

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

ScreenCrush

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #4
Us Weekly

Us Weekly

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #4
Atlantic

Atlantic

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #6
NPR

NPR

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #6
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Reverse Shot

Reverse Shot

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #6

Vulture

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #6
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In Review Online

In Review Online

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #7
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

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

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #10
Slate

Slate

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
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