
Well, better late than never.
Once again, the writers of Dim the House Lights have pooled their lists together, and through the magic of mathematics, yours truly has compiled what the DtHL hive mind considers to be the very best in film for 2016. Now, not everyone had the same access to every film, and some of us saw key movies after the due date for ballots, and we’re spread across two continents so the release date situation is kind of weird, and there’s only five of us, so the sample size is wonky…
Listen, it’s not a perfect system, but dammit, it’s our system, and I stand by it. Now, all the Golden Bulb championship belts are ready to be handed out, so without further delay, here are the winners of the 2017 Dim the House Lights Golden Bulb Awards!
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BEST PICTURE
1. Paterson [29/4]
2. Elle [19/3]
3. Moonlight [19/2]
4. Manchester by the Sea [16/2]
5. The Witch [14/3]
6. Cemetery of Splendor [14/2]
7. Silence [13/2]
T8. Hell or High Water [8/2]
T8. Green Room [8/2]
T10. American Honey [6/2]
T10. Hypernormalisation [6/2]
*
12. The Shallows [4/2]
13. The Alchemist Cookbook [2/2]
ORPHANS
A Bigger Splash
Cavalier
Dead Slow Ahead
The Dressmaker
Everybody Wants Some!!
The Handmaiden
La La Land
Lemonade
The Lobster
Mountains May Depart
The Nice Guys
OJ: Made In America
Pass-Thru
Shin Godzilla
Speaking Is Difficult
SPL II: A Time for Consequences
Sunspring
This House Has People In It
Toni Erdmann
The Wailing
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BEST DIRECTOR
T1. Robert Eggers, The Witch [10/3]
T1. Paul Verhoeven, Elle [10/3]
3. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight [10/2]
4. Jim Jarmusch, Paterson [9/2]
5. Andrea Arnold, American Honey [5/2]
*
6. Jaume Collet-Serra, The Shallows [2/2]
ORPHANS
Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann
Hideaki Anno, Shin Godzilla
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Luca Guadagnino, A Bigger Splash
Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles, Lemonade
David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water
Na Hong-jin, The Wailing
Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden
Joel Potrykus, The Alchemist Cookbook
Trey Edward Shults, Krisha
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Cemetery of Splendor
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BEST ACTOR
1. Adam Driver, Paterson [15/4]
2. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea [12/3]
3. Peter Simonchek, Toni Erdmann [10/3]
T4. Ty Hickson, The Alchemist Cookbook [6/2]
T4. Michael Shannon, Midnight Special [6/2]
*
6. Trevante Rhodes, Moonlight [5/2]
ORPHANS
Christian Bale, Knight of Cups
Paul Dano, Swiss Army Man
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Andrew Garfield, Silence
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
John Hawkes, Too Late
Kwak Do-won, The Wailing
Chris Pine, Hell or High Water
Matthias Schoenaerts, A Bigger Splash
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Isabelle Huppert, Elle [19/4]
2. Jenjira Pongpas, Cemetery of Splendour [10/2]
3. Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch [8/3]
4. Emma Stone, La La Land [7/2]
5. Krisha Fairchild, Krisha [5/2]
ORPHANS
Amy Adams, Arrival
Kate Beckinsale, Love and Friendship
Sandra Huller, Toni Erdmann
Blake Lively, The Shallows
Kim Min-hee, The Handmaiden
Tilda Swinton, A Bigger Splash
Addison Timlin, Little Sister
Zhao Tao, Mountains May Depart
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash [9/2]
2. Tom Bennett, Love and Friendship [8/2]
3. Andre Holland, Moonlight [7/2]
4. Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar! [5/3]
5. Ralph Ineason, The Witch [4/2]
ORPHANS
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell of High Water
Amari Cheatom, The Alchemist Cookbook
Joel Edgerton, Midnight Special
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Kevin Guthrie, Sunset Song
Shia LaBoeuf, American Honey
Banlop Lomnoi, Cemetery of Splendor
Ma Dong-seouk, Train to Busan
Peter Sarsgaard, Jackie
Glen Powell, Everybody Wants Some!!
Harvey Scrimshaw, The Witch
Shinya Tsukamoto, Silence
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Golshifteh Parahani, Paterson [14/4]*
2. Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea [9/2]
3. Kristen Stewart, Certain Women [6.5/2]
T4. Kirsten Dunst, Midnight Special [5/2]
T4. Lily Gladstone, Certain Women [5/2]*
*
6. Janelle Monae, Moonlight [2/2]
ORPHANS
Lucy Boynton, Sing Street
Chun Woo-hee, The Wailing
Anne Consigny, Elle
Mackenzie Davis, Always Shine
Zoey Deutch, Everybody Wants Some!!
Elizabeth Gray, Sunspring
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Isabelle Huppert, Louder than Bombs
Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash
Rose Leslie, Morgan
Jena Malone, The Neon Demon
Kate McKinnon, Ghostbusters
Imogen Poots, Green Room
Kristen Stewart, Cafe Society
*points moved from lead actress
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BEST YOUNG PERFORMER
1. Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch [21/5]
2. Sasha Lane, American Honey [9/2]
T3. Alex Hibbert, Moonlight [7/2]
T3. Royalty Hightower, The Fits [7/2]
5. Harvey Scrimshaw, The Witch [6/2]
*
6. Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen [5/2]
7. Angourie Rice, The Nice Guys [3/2]
8. Julian Dennison, Hunt for the Wilderpeople [2/2]
ORPHANS
Ty Hickson, The Alchemist Cookbook
Jaeden Lieberher, Midnight Special
Ashton Sanders, Moonlight
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BEST CAST
1. Moonlight [10/3]
2. A Bigger Splash [8/2]
T3. Certain Women [6/2]
T3. Midnight Special [6/2]
5. Hail, Caesar! [5/2]
*
T6. Everybody Wants Some!! [2/2]
T6. Green Room [2/2]
ORPHANS
American Honey
Chevalier
The Handmaiden
Manchester by the Sea
Mustang
OJ: Made in America
Paterson
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Silence
The Witch
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Jim Jarmusch, Paterson [15/4]
2. Robert Eggers, The Witch [10/3]*
3. Maren Ade, Toni Erdmann [9/3]
4. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea [8/3]
5. Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water [6/3]
*points moved from adapted screenplay
ORPHANS
Hideaki Anno, Shin Godzilla
Benjamin, Sunspring
Shane Black, The Nice Guys
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Hail, Caesar!
Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Efthymis Filippou and Athina Rachel Tsangari, Chevalier
Jia Zhangke, Mountains May Depart
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Swiss Army Man
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. David Birke, Elle [17/5]
2. Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight [10/2]
3. Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence [10/2]
4. David Kajganich and Alain Page, A Bigger Splash [8/2]
5. Chung Seo-kyung and Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden [7/3]
*
6. Whit Stilman, Love and Friendship [3/2]
ORPHANS
Pedro Almodovar, Julieta
Irena Brignull, Mark Osborne, and Bob Persichetti, The Little Prince
Chuck Hogan, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
P. J. Hogan and Jocelyn Moorhouse, The Dressmaker
Amy Jump, High-Rise
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Deadpool
Kelly Reichardt, Certain Women
Makoto Shinkai, Your Name
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
T1. Hypernormalisation [8/3]
T1. OJ: Made in America [8/3]
3. De Palma [5/2]
ORPHANS
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
Dead Slow Ahead
Demon in the Freezer
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
No Home Movie
One More Time With Feeling
Kate Plays Christine
Speaking Is Difficult
Tickled
A Train Arrives at the Station
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Flavio Labiano, The Shallows [11/4]
2. James Laxton, Moonlight [9/2]
3. Khalik Allah, Par Ekberg, Santiago Gonzalez, Chayse Irvin, Reed Morano, Dikayl Rimmasch, and Malik Hassan Sayeed, Lemonade [8/2]
T4. Diego Garcia, Cemetery of Splendor [6/2]
T4. Emmanuel Lubezki, Knight of Cups [6/2]
T4. Robbie Ryan, American Honey [6/2]
*
7. Chung Chung-hoon, The Handmaiden [5/2]
8. Jarin Blaschke, The Witch [3/2]
ORPHANS
Natasha Braier, The Neon Demon
Mauro Herce, Dead Slow Ahead
Yorick Le Saux, A Bigger Splash
Giles Nuttgens, Hell or High Water
Rodrigo Prieto, Silence
Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Nelson Yu Lik-wai, Mountains May Depart
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BEST ANIMATED FILM
T1. Your Name [9/2]
T2. Zootopia [9/2]
ORPHANS
Barbie: Star Light Adventure
The Boy and the Beast
Glove
Kubo and the Two Strings
Kung Fu Panda 3
Lost in Time
The Little Prince
Moana
Sausage Party
Treasure Hunter
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BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
1. Elle [20/5]
2. Cemetery of Splendor [10/2]
3. Toni Erdmann [7/3]
4. The Handmaiden [6/2]
ORPHANS
The Boy and the Beast
Chevalier
The Day Before the End
Dead Slow Ahead
Julieta
Mountains May Depart
Shin Godzilla
SPL II: A Time for Consequences
Train to Busan
The Wailing
Your Name
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BEST EDITING
1. Job ter Burg, Elle [10/3]
2. Bill Yukich, Lemonade [7/2]
3. Julia Bloch, Green Room [5/2]
4. Thelma Schoonmaker, Silence [4/2]
T5. Jennifer Lame, Manchester by the Sea [3/2]
T5. Kim Jae-bum and Kim Sang-bum, The Handmaiden [3/2]
ORPHANS
Dion Beebe, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Joe Bini, American Honey
Zach Clark, Always Shine
Adam Curtis, Hypernormalisation
A. J. Edwards, Keith Fraase, and Geoffrey Richman, Knight of Cups
Walter Fasano, A Bigger Splash
Kim Sun-min, The Wailing
Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders, Moonlight
Joel Negron, The Shallows
David M. Richardson, SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Ben O’Brien, Robby Rackleff, and Alan Resnick, This House Has People In It
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BEST FX
1. Arrival [10/3]
2. The Shallows [9/3]
T3. The Jungle Book [5/2]
T3. Rogue One [5/2]
5. Blair Witch [3/2]
ORPHANS
The Alchemist Cookbook
The BFG
Drive-Thru
Green Room
Midnight Special
The Shallows
Shin Godzilla
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Star Trek Beyond
Tale of Tales
This House Has People In It
The Wailing
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BEST MUSIC
1. Beyoncé Knowles and Teresa Labarbera Whites, Lemonade
2. Marc Korven, The Witch
3. Brooke Blair, Will Blair, and Lauren Marie Mikus, Green Room
4. Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arrival
ORPHANS
The Alchemist Cookbook
American Honey
Everybody Wants Some!!
The Greasy Strangler
High-Rise
Hell or High Water
Jackie
Julieta
La La Land
Midnight Special
The Neon Demon
Paterson
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Rogue One
Toni Erdmann
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BEST SCENE
1. The diner scene, Moonlight [13/5]
2. Nude party,Toni Erdmann [9/2]
3. The finale, La La Land [7/2]
4. “No Dames,” Hail, Caesar! [5/2]
5. “The Greatest Love of All,” Toni Erdmann [4/2]
*
6. The first assault, Green Room [3/2]
ORPHANS
Sean’s monologue, The Alchemist Cookbook
Whale battle, The Boy and the Beast
Lights in the soldiers’ room, Cemetery of Splendor
Horse ride, Certain Women
Christmas dinner, Elle
Baseball vs. axe, Everybody Wants Some!!
The Vegas heist, OJ: Made in America
“I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” Paterson
Crucifixion at sea, Silence
Mochiki’s torture, Silence
Final fight, SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Final monologue, Sunspring
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BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE
1. Nellie, Paterson [18/4]
2. “Steven Seagull,” The Shallows [14/5]
3. “Black Philip,” The Witch [14/4]
4. “Lucky,” Elle [11/5]
5. Fiji, The Alchemist Cookbook [4/2]
ORPHANS
The horse from Certain Women
Jumpy, Knight of Cups
Jaro and Ryac, The Lobster
Godzilla, Shin Godzilla
The four wiener dogs from Wiener-Dog
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GENERATION AWARD: BEST FILM OF 1986
1. Blue Velvet [16/4]
T2. Manhunter [15/4]
T2. The Fly [15/4]
4. Aliens [11/3]
5. Something Wild [5/2]
*
6. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [3/2]
7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [2/2]
ORPHANS
Castle In the Sky
Down By Law
Hannah and Her Sisters
Henry: Portait of a Serial Killer