15th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (2016)

Best Film

	La La Land
	Arrival
	Hell or High Water
	Manchester by the Sea
	Moonlight

Best Director

	Damien Chazelle - La La Land
	Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
	Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
	David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water
	Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

Best Ensemble

	Hell or High Water
	20th Century Women
	Fences
	Manchester by the Sea
	Moonlight

Best Actor

	Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
	Joel Edgerton - Loving
	Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
	Ryan Gosling - La La Land
	Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress

	Natalie Portman - Jackie
	Amy Adams - Arrival
	Annette Bening - 20th Century Women
	Ruth Negga - Loving
	Emma Stone - La La Land

Best Supporting Actor

	Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
	Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
	Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
	Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
	Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress

	Viola Davis - Fences
	Greta Gerwig - 20th Century Women
	Naomie Harris - Moonlight
	Molly Shannon - Other People
	Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay

	Eric Heisserer - Arrival
	Luke Davies - Lion
	Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
	Patrick Ness - A Monster Calls
	August Wilson - Fences

Best Original Screenplay

	Damien Chazelle - La La Land
	Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney - Moonlight
	Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou - The Lobster
	Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
	Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water

Best Editing

	Tom Cross - La La Land
	Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders - Moonlight
	Blu Murray - Sully
	Sebastián Sepúlveda - Jackie
	Joe Walker - Arrival

Best Cinematography

	Linus Sandgren - La La Land
	Stéphane Fontaine - Jackie
	James Laxton - Moonlight
	Seamus McGarvey - Nocturnal Animals
	Bradford Young - Arrival

Best Art Direction

	David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco - La La Land
	Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
	Paul Hotte and Patrice Vermette - Arrival
	Craig Lathrop - The Witch
	Véronique Melery and Jean Rabasse - Jackie

Best Original Score

	Justin Hurwitz - La La Land
	Nicholas Britell - Moonlight
	Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival
	Mica Levi - Jackie
	Cliff Martinez - The Neon Demon

Best Foreign Language Film

	Elle • France
	The Handmaiden • South Korea
	Julieta • Spain
	The Salesman • France / Iran
	Toni Erdmann • Austria / Germany

Best Documentary Film

	13th
	Gleason
	I Am Not Your Negro
	O.J.: Made in America
	Weiner

Best Animated Film

	Kubo and the Two Strings
	Finding Dory
	Moana
	Sausage Party
	Zootopia

Best Youth Performance

	Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
	Lewis MacDougall - A Monster Calls
	Sunny Pawar - Lion
	Hailee Steinfeld - The Edge of Seventeen
	Anya Taylor-Joy - The Witch

Best Animated Voice Performance

	Liam Neeson - A Monster Calls
	Jason Bateman - Zootopia
	Auliʻi Cravalho - Moana
	Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Dory
	Ginnifer Goodwin - Zootopia

Best Motion Capture Performance

	Mark Rylance - The BFG
	Liam Neeson - A Monster Calls

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.

	Jackie
	Jason Bourne
	Loving
	Miss Sloane
	Snowden