MY LIST OF MOST FAVORITE FILMS I SAW IN 2016

MY LIST OF MOST FAVORITE FILMS I SAW IN 2016

You can read the short list in Senses of Cinema:
http://sensesofcinema.com/2017/world-poll/world-poll-2016-part-5/#26

The full list is below:

Favourite foreign films

1. Party Girl (Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis, 2014)

2. Happî awâ (Happy Hour, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2015)

3. Cirkeln (The Circle, Levan Akin, 2015)

4. Eika Katappa (Werner Schroeter, 1969)

5. Segreti di stato (Secret File, Paolo Benvenuti, 2003)

6. Tangerine (Sean Baker, 2015)

7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927)

8. Der subjektive Faktor (The Subjective Factor, Helke Sander, 1981)

9. February (Oz Perkins, 2015)

10. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)

11. Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light, Lino Brocka, 1975)

12. Nounai poizun berî (Poison Berry in My Brain, Yûichi Satô, 2015)

13. Toute une nuit (A Whole Night, Chantal Akerman, 1982)

14. Trailers (Rouzbeh Rashidi, 2016)

15. L’avenir (Things to Come, Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)

16. Kater (Tomcat, Klaus Händl, 2016)

17. Vingt et une nuits avec Pattie (21 Nights with Pattie, Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu, 2015)

18. I racconti dell’orso (The Bear Tales, Olmo Amato, Samuele Sestieri, 2015)

19. Liu san jie (Third Sister Liu, Su Li, 1960)

20. The Kingdom of Shadows (Daniel Fawcett, Clara Pais, 2016)

21. The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer, 2015)

22. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (Robert Eggers, 2015)

23. Pedro Páramo (Carlos Velo, 1967)

24. Unter der Laterne (Under the Lantern, Gerhard Lamprecht, 1928)

25. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)

26. Baal (Volker Schlöndorff, 1970)

27. The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016)

28. San shao ye de jian (Sword Master, Yee Tung-shing, 2016)

29. Zeit der Kannibalen (Age of Cannibals, Johannes Naber, 2014)

30. Liu lian wang fan (River of Exploding Durians, Edmund Yeo, 2014)

31. Partage de midi (Claude Mouriéras, 2011)

32. Shooting Stars (Anthony Asquith, A.V. Bramble, 1928)

33. El abrazo de la serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent, Ciro Guerra, 2015)

34. Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari, 2016)

35. Neerja (Ram Madhvani, 2016)

36. Kayan Beauties (Aung Ko Latt, 2012)

37. God of Sabre (1979, Hong Kong TV series)

38. Rosa blanca (Roberto Gavaldón, 1961)

39. Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016)

40. Cloud of Skin (Maximilian Le Cain, 2015)

41. Shin Gojira (Shin Godzilla, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi, 2016)

42. Rodinný film (Family Film, Olmo Omerzu, 2015)

43. The Big Short (Adam McKay, 2015)

44. Sarbjit (Omung Kumar, 2016)

45. La Salada (Juan Martín Hsu, 2014)

46. Raman Raghav 2.0 (Anurag Kashyap, 2016)

47. Spa Night (Andrew Ahn, 2016)

48. Noy (Above It All, Anysay Keola, 2015)

49. Mon âme par toi guérie (One of a Kind, François Dupeyron, 2013)

50. Les guichets du Louvre (Black Thursday, Michel Mitrani, 1974)

51. Nasty Baby (Sebastián Silva, 2015)

52. Near Death Experience (Benoît Delepine, Gustave Kervern, 2014)

53. The Infiltrator (Brad Furman, 2016)

54. Bakuman. (Hitoshi Ohne, 2015)

55. A Via Láctea (The Milky Way, Lina Chamie, 2007)

Favourite Thai films

1. Rak ti Khon Kaen (Cemetery of Splendor, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)

2. Dao khanong (By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016)

3. Kwam sao kong poot pee (Insurgency by a Tapir, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Wachara Kanha, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Chaloemkiat Saeyong, 2016)

4. Snap (Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, 2015)

5. Thudongkawat (Wandering, Boonsong Nakphoo, 2016)

6. Time Actually Passes Slower in Dream (Alwa Ritsila, Lucy Day, Watcharapong Narongphine, 2016)

7. Maha samut lae susaan (The Island Funeral, Pimpaka Towira, 2015)

8. Prayoon (Somchai Tidsanawoot, 2016)

9. Bermuda (Phawinee Sattawatsakul, 2016)

10. Santi-Vina (Marut, 1954)

11. Goodnight, Me (Satapron Suphawatee, 2016)

12. Orathai Isoon (Pussy’s Throne, Sukrit Wongsrikaew, 2016)

13. Rai gal (Subconsciousness, Tani Thitiprawat, 2016)

14. Thepthida Bar 21 (The Angel of Bar 21, Euthana Mukdasanit, 1978)

15. Thongphun Khokpho ratsadorn tem khan (The Citizen, Chatrichalerm Yukol, 1977)

16. May This Be Love (Jirapat Thaweechuen, 2015)

17. Fathers (Palatpol Mingpornpichit, 2016)

18. Pump nam mun (A Gas Station, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, 2016)

19. Jintara (Punkam, 1973)

20. Motel Mist (Prabda Yoon, 2016)

21. Bangkok Taxi (Pisuth Penkul, 2016)

22. Krasue krueng kon (The Dwarves Must Be Crazy, Bin Bunluerit, 2016)

23. The Forest (Paul Spurrier, 2016)

24. Lakota (Natthavee Hanvilai, 2015)

25. Kaning, gorn tee chan ja... (Kaning, Before I..., Worawit Jaramai, 2016)

Favourite foreign short films

1. Trespassed (Ho Yuhang, 2016)

2. Bite (Charlotte Lim Lay Kuen, 2016)

3. In the Dark and Deep Part of the Night (Enzo Cillo, 2015)

4. Zero Distance (Lennert De Taeye, 2016)

5. I’d Rather Not Say (Pedro Augusto Almeida, 2015)

6. Ai do dang di vao rung (Someone Is Going to Forest, Truong Minh Quy, 2013)

7. Sea of Ash (Michael MacGarry, 2015)

8. Late Spring: Regrets for Our Youth (Aaron Schimberg, 2009)

9. May Dinadala (The Weight, Giancarlo Abrahan, 2014)

10. The Soft Giraffe (Guillaume Vallée, 2013)

11. La légende dorée (The Golden Legend, Olivier Smolders, 2015)

12. Elephant (Mona Kakanj, 2014)

13. The Exquisite Corpus (Peter Tscherkassky, 2015)

14. Junilyn Has (Carlo Manatad, 2015)

15. Udhar (Tunggul Banjaransari, 2014)

16. Another City (Pham Ngoc Lan, 2016)

17. Sugih (The Dog’s Lullaby, Makbul Mubarak, 2015)

18. Soulik (Chiang Wei Liang, 2015)

19. The Reflection of Power (Mihai Grecu, 2015)

20. Cuentos excepcionales de un equipo juvenil femenino. Capitulo I: Las Arácnidas (Exceptional Tales from a Young Female Team. Chapter I: The Arachnids, Tom Espinoza, 2015)

Favourite Thai short films

1. There’s Nothing at the Beginning (Pattanapol Suthaporn, 2016)

2. Nai puentee nun (Block, Rattanawan Ngamwong, 2016)

3. Sueng mae (A Real Dream, Chinavorn Nongyao, 2016)

4. Anatomy of Her (2016, Waranyaa Punamsap, 2016)

5. Fun sam baht (Three-Baht Dreams, Sompong Soda, 2016)

6. Wattajakrawal (The Cycle of Universe, Pinmanee Emtanom, 2016)

7. Layer un tubsorn larkluen kong kwam narag lae unhapoom kong kwam suay (Because Neoteny Is a Real Deal, Theeraphat Ngathong, 2016)

8. Pason torn nuea nai pumi arkard ron chuen (Blackbird, Nattawoot Nimitchaikosol, 2016)

9. Sang nang sun (To Make a Short Film, Akkaphon Satum, 2016)

10. The Purple Kingdom (Pimpaka Towira, 2016)

11. Mochit, Almost Love Story (Wichanon Somumjarn, 2016, a segment in the omnibus film Bangkok Stories)

12. Ayu yaowares roon jaroen sri (Damsel in Distress, Sivaroj Kongsakul, 2016)

13. Proeh kwam kidtueng sampas mai dai (Because It Can’t Touch Nostalgia, Arissara Surasang, 2016)

14. My Vagina Comes from Text (Sasipa Songsermsakuldee, 2016)

15. Find My iPhone (Krittiya Somboon, 2016)

16. Same & Different (Aroonakorn Pick, 2015)

17. Fon med noi (Camouflaged Shades of Falling Rain, Boonyarit Wiangnon, 2016)

18. Aim (Aroonakorn Pick, 2016)

19. Isolate (Pasit Promnumpol, 2016)

20. Boy with a Basket of Fruit (Nontachai Vinyousupornchai, 2016)

21. A Letter to Bubble Home, Written by a Man Who Died from Cancer, Calling for Help (Sisu Satrawaha, Ukrit Malai, Tsai Shiang Chi, Karnchanit Posawat, Napol Wannachote, Varinda Narongrittikun, 2016)

22. A Little Tiger (Nutthapon Rakkhatham, 2016)

23. Violet Moon (Rinrada Pornsombutsatien, 2016)

24. Lasood ja, nok eek laew (Just Now, Satayu Deelertkulchai, 2016)

25. Chaw hk’aw (Badman, Maitree Chamroensuksakul, 2016)

26. Chingcha sawan (Ferris Wheel, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, 2015)

27. Dao kradas (Ever After, Surawee Woraphot, 2016)

28. Mue poon fun (To Infinity and Beyond, Parnupong Chaiyo, 2016)

29. Prod rawang ket untarai kang na, Prod rawang ket untarai kang na, Prod rawang ket untarai kang na (Shortcut, Chakorn Chaiprecha, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, 2016)

30. Sud cheewit (The Extremity of Life, Korn Kanogkekarin, 2016)

31. Sat narog (Creatures from Hell, Jantakan Khamkhangkwa, 2016)

32. Polaroid (When My Friends Disappear, Nattasun Nudsataporn, 2016)

33. Tis tawan plian (The Direction of the Sun Changes, Sikarin Suwanpaiboon, 2016)

34. Light of Happisadness (Arnont Nongyao, 2016)

35. 83 Soi Soonvijai 14 (Tthawat Taifayongvichit, 2016)

36. The Dream (Cholathee Suanraksa, 2016)

37. Parakij sud tai (The Last Mission, Chaweng Chaiwan, 2016)

38. Everything I Didn’t Say (Kattika Tanyong, 2016)

39. Amsterdam (Dith Tanasetvilai, 2016)

40. Hello Again (Noorahaya Lahtee, 2016)

41. Linger (Nukool Khunpisut, 2016)

42. My Inner Voice (Achawin Chayarattanasilp, 2016)

43. Yiab wai laew diaw gor luem (Just Buried, Be Happy, Jirayus Russmisaengthong, 2016)

44. Silom (Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul, 2016, a segment in the omnibus film Bangkok Stories)

45. Siang pleng hang seriparb (Sound from The Song of Freedom, Phuriphat PruekAmnuai, 2016)

46. 10 Audiences (Jakkrapan Sriwichai, 2016)

47. Huang wipalas (In the Box of Fish, Kiattisak Kingkaew, 2016)

48. Ta one tai kong rao ma doy mai roo tua (If Our Deaths Come Out of the Blue, Methawee Seethongphia, 2016)

49. Lucky (Jeeraporn Wichaidist, 2015)

50. Mask (Kanyarat Saelim, 2016)

Favourite Documentaries

1. Kon mailek soon (Mr. Zero, Nutcha Tantivitayapitak, 2016)

2. La montagne magique (The Magic Mountain, Andreï Schtakleff, 2015)

3. Los reyes del pueblo que no existe (Kings of Nowhere, Betzabé García, 2015)

4. Hôtel Monterey (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. The Memory of Justice (Marcel Ophüls, 1976)

6. El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button, Patricio Guzmán, 2015)

7. Walang rape sa Bontok (Bontok, Rapeless, Lester Valle, 2014)

8. BeFreier und BeFreite (Liberators Take Liberties, Helke Sander, 1992)

9. Geomiui ttang (Tour of Duty, Kim Dong-ryung, Park Kyoung-tae, 2012)

10. Anonymous in Bangkok (Sineenat Kamakot, 2016)

11. La cour de Babel (School of Babel, Julie Bertuccelli, 2013)

12. Piang rug (Everything Is Family, Wisaruta Rakwongwan, 2016)

13. Vietnam, the Movie (Nguyen Trinh Thi, 2016)

14. Elle pis son char (A Woman and Her Car, Loïc Darses, 2016)

15. Baladna alraheeb (Our Terrible Country, Mohammad Ali Atassi, Ziad Homsi, 2014)

16. Symbolic Threats (Lutz Henke, Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke, 2015)

17. Hot Sugar’s Cold World (Adam Bhala Lough, 2015)

18. Pleng yeoy (Yeoy Songs, Somboon Virayasiri, 1964)

19. Guido Models (Julieta Sans, 2015)

20. Pure (Smile, Natthanon Tapanya, 2016)

21. Garn tai kong hinghoi (The Death of Fireflies, Jirudtikal Prasonchoom, Pasit Tandaechanurat, 2016)

22. La Once (Tea Time, Maite Alberdi, 2014)

23. Nirgendland (No Lullaby, Helen Simon, 2014)

24. Bangkok Ghost Stories (Wachara Kanha, 2016)

25. A toca do lobo (The Wolf’s Lair, Catarina Mourão, 2015)

Favourite animations

1. Kimi no na wa. (Your Name, Makoto Shinkai, 2016)

2. Zvahlav aneb Saticky Slameného Huberta (Jabberwocky, Jan Svankmaker, 1971)

3. Jue ji (L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties, Guo Jingming, 2016)

4. Vynález zkázy (Invention for Destruction, Karel Zeman, 1958)

5. Wrathful King Kong Core (Lu Yang, 2011)

6. The Tiger of 142B (Harry and Henry Zhuang, 2015)

7. Krysar (The Pied Piper, Jirí Barta, 1986)

8. Station of the Train (Akapop Khansorn, 2015)

9. Lev a písnicka (The Lion and the Song, Bretislav Pojar, 1959)

10. Ruka (The Hand, Jirí Trnka, 1965)

11. Meitantei Conan: Junkoku no naitomea (Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare, Kôbun Shizuno, 2016)

12. Couleur de peau: Miel (Approved for Adoption, Laurent Boileau, Jung, 2012)

13. Anomalisa (Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman, 2015)

14. Pro mamu (About a Mother, Dina Velikovskaya, 2015)

15. Repete (Michaela Pavlátová, 1995)

Favourite video installations

1. Levitating Exhibition (Ukrit Sa-nguanhai, 2016)

2. Where the Wild Things Are (Sutthirat Supaparinya, 2016)

3. Three-Cornered World (Virada Banjurtrungkajorn, 2016)

4. The Dustpan (Kawita Vatanajyankur, 2015)

5. Re-constructing Emptiness No.2 (Vichaya Mukdamanee, 2014)

6. Hidden Love (Tada Hengsapkul, 2016)

7. Karaoke Twilight (Taweewit Kijtanasoonthorn, 2016)

8. Strange Loops (Pathompon Tesprateep, 2015)

9. The Game (Le Brothers, 2013-2015)

10. Self-Portrait (Amrit Chusuwan, 2016)