The Complex Staff Lists Their Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2016

The Complex Pop staff lists their favorite movies and TV shows in 2016.

Dec 29, 2016
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You've seen our official lists for the best movies and TV shows of 2016, but we wanted to also give you an in-depth look at how those picks came together. We asked the Pop Culture staff, as well as some frequent contributors, to share their personal Best Of lists. From person to person, here's how everyone felt about the year in pop culture.

Kerensa Cadenas

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Twitter: @kerensacadenas

Movies

1. Moonlight

2. Elle

3. La La Land

4. Jean of the Joneses

5. The Handmaiden

6. 20th Century Women

7. The Love Witch

8. The Lobster

9. O.J.: Made in America

10. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

TV

1. Atlanta

2. Fleabag

3. Lady Dynamite

4. American Crime Story: People v. O.J. Simpson

5. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

6. High Maintenance

7. Better Things

8. Vanderpump Rules

9. Insecure

10. Chewing Gum

Andrew Gruttadaro

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Twitter: @andrewgrutt

​Movies

1. Moonlight

2. O.J.: Made in America

3. The Lobster

4. American Honey

5. 13th

6. Manchester by the Sea

7. Hail, Caesar!

8. The Nice Guys

9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

10. Paterson

TV

1. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

2. Atlanta

3. Mr. Robot

4. Stranger Things

5. Silicon Valley

6. Game of Thrones

7. Westworld

8. Horace & Pete

9. Broad City

10. Chewing Gum

Khal

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Twitter: @khal

Movies

1. Deadpool

2. Moonlight

3. O.J.: Made In America

4. Captain America: Civil War

5. I Am Not Your Negro

6. Kicks

7. Green Room

8. Doctor Strange

9. 13th

10. The Nice Guys

TV

1. Atlanta

2. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

3. Horace & Pete

4. Insecure

5. Stranger Things

6. Preacher

7. Mr. Robot

8. Better Call Saul

9. Luke Cage

10. Better Things

Frazier Tharpe

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Twitter: @The_Summerman

​Movies

1. The Handmaiden

2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

3. The Lobster

4. 10 Cloverfield Lane

5. The Witch

6. Hell or High Water

7. Captain America: Civil War

8. Arrival

9. Don't Breathe

10. Kubo and the Two Strings

TV

1. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

2. Atlanta

3. Game of Thrones

4. Mr. Robot

5. Better Things

6. Arrow

7. Stranger Things

8. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

9. The Night Of

10. The Girlfriend Experience

TV Episodes (because I'm a nerd)

1. Game of Thrones, "The Winds of Winter"

2. Atlanta, "B.A.N."

3. The Night Of, "The Beach"

4. Black Mirror, "San Junipero"

5. black-ish, "Hope"

6. Westworld, "The Original"

7. Atlanta, "Go for Broke"

8. Stranger Things, "The Monster"

9. You're the Worst, "Twenty-Two"

10. The Good Place, "Most Improved Player"

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

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Twitter: @kristenyoonsoo

Movies

1. Elle

2. Right Now, Wrong Then

3. Moonlight

4. The Handmaiden

5. Toni Erdmann

6. Silence

7. The Love Witch

8. The Lobster

9. The Witch 

10. Things to Come

TV

1. Fleabag

2. The scene in Halt and Catch Fire where they dance to Pixies’ “Velouria”

3. Criminal Minds before it went to shit

4. The Marnie/Charlie episode in Girls

5. Kether Donohue gently stabbing her husband in You’re the Worst

6. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

7. The latter half of Broad City, especially the decoy period panties

8. John Turturro's saran-wrapped feet in The Night Of

9. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (and The Schwimmerssance)

10. Jane the Virgin

[Ed. Note: Kristen slacked HARD on TV this year.]

Erik Abriss

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Twitter: @AbrissErik

Movies

1. Moonlight 

2. The Handmaiden 

3. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

4. The Lobster  

5. Green Room 

6. Krisha 

7. The Fits

8. Other People 

9. The Invitation

10. Tale of Tales

TV 

1. Bojack Horseman 

2. Atlanta

3. Search Party 

4. Queen Sugar

5. Documentary Now! 

6. Love 

7. American Crime 

8. Baskets 

9. Horace & Pete 

10. Preacher  

Lauren Duca

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Twitter: @laurenduca

Movies

1. Moonlight

2. La La Land

3. Hello, My Name Is Doris

4. Elle

5. Sing Street

6. Eyes of My Mother 

7. 10 Cloverfield Lane

8. The Lobster 

9. Weiner

10. The Invitation 

TV

1. RuPaul's Drag Race

2. Insecure

3. Lady Dynamite

4. Chelsea Does

5. Stranger Things

6. The Night Of 

7. Veep 

8. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

9. Jessica Jones

10. Bojack Horseman

Justin Davis

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Twitter: @OGJOHNNY5

Movies

1. Moonlight

2. Arrival

3. The Witch

4. Sausage Party

5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

6. The Neon Demon

7. The Invitation

8. Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice

9. The Nice Guys

10. Zootopia

TV

1. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

2. Search Party

3. Game of Thrones

4. Atlanta

5. Better Call Saul

6. Insecure

7. Westworld

8. Vice Principals

9. The Flash

10. American Crime

Julia Pimentel

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Twitter: @julia_rdsp

Movies

1. Moonlight

2. 13th

3. O.J.: Made in America

4. Elle

5. Lemonade

6. Deadpool

7. Neruda

8. Weiner

9. The Lobster

10. Finding Dory

TV 

1. Atlanta

2. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

3. Insecure

4. High Maintenance

5. Westworld

6. The Night Of

7. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

8. Veep

9. Horace & Pete

10. Vanderpump Rules

Danielle Elmers

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Twitter: @dani_elmers

Movies

1. Deadpool

2. Captain America: Civil War 

3. The Edge of Seventeen 

4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 

5. Moana 

6. Finding Dory

7. Zootopia 

8. The Legend of Tarzan 

9. The Jungle Book 

10. War Dogs

TV

1. Game of Thrones 

2. Atlanta 

3. Stranger Things 

4. This Is Us

5. Westworld

6. Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

7. Scorpion 

8. The Big Bang Theory 

9. Supergirl 

10. Modern Family  

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