2016 has been horrid, but thankfully, cinema and television were spared. In anticipation of the end of this sickly year and the impending Oscar nominations, Film & TV staff is offering up our selections for the best movies and TV shows of 2016. Fight us on our picks in the comments below.
Nick Joyner (F&TV Editor)
TV:
1. Transparent
2. O.J.: Made in America
3. Stranger Things
4. Documentary Now!
5. Looking: The Movie
Movies:
1. Moonlight
2. Elle
3. American Honey
4. The Lobster
5. Manchester by the Sea
Dayzia Terry (F&TV Beat Reporter)
TV:
1. The Crown
2. The Fosters
3. Younger
4. The Get Down
5. Empire and The Real O'Neals (Tie)
Movies:
1. La La Land
2. Amanda Knox
3. Lemonade
4. Frank & Lola
5. Captain America: Civil War
Dalton DeStefano (F&TV Beat Reporter)
TV:
1. Veep
2. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
3. Game of Thrones
4. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
5. Black Mirror
Movies:
1. Jackie
2. American Honey
3. Other People
4. The Handmaiden
5. Moonlight
Michaela Reitano (F&TV Beat Reporter)
TV:
1. Stranger Things
2. Narcos
3. Game of Thrones
4. O.J.: Made in America
5. Black Mirror, Atlanta, and Shameless (Tie)
Movies:
1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
3. The Lobster
4. La La Land
5. Deadpool
