The best of 2016 lists keep on coming and today we have what is certainly the most eclectic. As he does every year, John Waters has named his favorite films of the last 12 months. Ranging from the ultra-obscure to the arthouse to one studio feature, it’s another varied batch of movies to either put on your radar or revisit. Topping the list is one of the year’s most overlooked films, Trey Edward Shults‘ debut Krisha, which he calls, “hilariously harrowing.”
Also on the list is Richard Linklater‘s Everybody Wants Some!! (“the best accidentally gay movie ever made by a known heterosexual director”), Todd Solondz‘s Wiener Dog (“nasty, blunt, rude, and full of hideous surprises”), Paul Verhoeven‘s Elle, Pedro Almodóvar‘s Julieta (“If Hitchcock had actually understood women, might he not have made this serious and absolutely stunning hellodrama about female longing and loneliness?”), and more.
Check out the full list below and see Waters’ comments on each over at Artforum.
1. Krisha (Trey Edward Shults)
2. Tickled (David Farrier and Dylan Reeve)
3. Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)
4. Roar (Noel Marshall)
5. Wiener-Dog (Todd Solondz)
6. Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
7. Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar)
8 Like Cattles Towards Glow (Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley)
9. Valley of Love (Guillaume Nicloux)
10. A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies)