An annual tradition here at The End, this is a look at my favorite film discoveries of the year, any movie more than a few years old that I saw for the first time in 2016. Previous years include: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006. I watched 320 or so movies in 2016, less than one third of which qualified for this list. Here are 60 that I liked.

1. Mahjong (Edward Yang, 1996)

2. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)

3. Canyon Passage (Jacques Tourneur, 1946)

4. The Yakuza Papers (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973-74)

5. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988)

6. School on Fire (Ringo Lam, 1988)

7. Viva Erotica (Derek Yee & Law Ch-leung, 1996)

8. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008)

9. Isn’t Life Wonderful (DW Griffith, 1924)

10. La bête humaine (Jean Renoir, 1938)

11. The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)

12. Prospero’s Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991)

13. Duelle (Jacques Rivette, 1976)

14. Phantoms of Nabua (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2009)

15. Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993)

16. The Big Road (Sun Yu, 1935)

17. Viola (Matías Piñeiro, 2012)

18. Suicide Club (Sion Sono, 2001)

19. Persuasion (Roger Michell, 1995)

20. Swamp Water (Jean Renoir, 1941)

21. Noroît (Jacques Rivette, 1976)

22. The God of Cookery (Stephen Chow, 1996)

23. Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, 1989)

24. Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA (Spencer Williams, 1946)

25. Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997)

26. The Unchanging Sea (DW Griffith, 1910)

27. Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)

28. La chienne (Jean Renoir, 1931)

29. Burning Paradise in Hell (Ringo Lam, 1994)

30. Hearts of the World (DW Griffith, 1918)

31. Medicine for Melancholy (Barry Jenkins, 2008)

32. The Golden Coach (Jean Renoir, 1952)

33. Beyond Hypothermia (Patrick Leung, 1996)

34. Under the Cherry Moon (Prince, 1986)

35. The Bitter Stems (Fernando Ayala, 1956)

36. The Stunt Woman (Ann Hui, 1996)

37. The Anthem (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)

38. The Razor’s Edge (Edmund Goulding, 1946)

39. So Dark the Night (Joseph H. Lewis, 1946)

40. Ebola Syndrome (Herman Yau, 1996)

41. Viva (Anna Biller, 2007)

42. Youth of the Beast (Seijun Suzuki, 1963)

43. Looking for Mr. Perfect (Ringo Lam, 2003)

44. Gates of the Night (Marcel Carné, 1946)

45. Stage Door (Shu Kei, 1996)

46. Wishful Drinking (Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, 2010)

47. Desk Set (Walter Lang, 1957)

48. Bastards (Claire Denis, 2013)

49. Death Duel (Chor Yuen, 1977)

50. A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2009)

51. Big Bullet (Benny Chan, 1996)

52. The Flame and the Arrow (Jacques Tourneur, 1950)

53. Young and Dangerous 3 (Andrew Lau, 1996)

54. The Sorrows of Satan (DW Griffith, 1926)

55. The Black Pirate (Albert Parker, 1926)

56. Shanghai Grand (Poon Man-kit, 1996)

57. Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2000)

58. Mismatched Couples (Yuen Woo-ping, 1985)

59. The Fun, The Luck and The Tycoon (Johnnie To, 1990)

60. Prison on Fire II (Ringo Lam, 1991)