Nominees for 2016's Best Director

Here are IGN's nominees for Best Director of 2016. We'll announce our winner in January, but our opinion isn't the only one that matters - cast your vote in the poll below to help decide the IGN People's Choice winner!

EditDamien Chazelle, La La Land

From IGN's Review: "La La Land is an ambitious premise that breaths new life into the classic Hollywood musical while also serving as a love letter to the people who chase their dreams in Los Angeles. It's a testament to Chazelle's tight script and execution of his vision through his directing that the movie works as well as it does, and Hurwitz's fantastic music is the heart of the story. While both its leads are great, Stone in particular shines as Mia. La La Land is a joyous film that doesn't veer too far into treacly sentimentality, and is worthy of the accolades it is sure to receive."

From IGN's Review: "Moonlight is one of the most emotional and impressive films of 2016, and a can’t-miss addition to this year’s packed awards season."

From IGN's Review: "Manchester by the Sea is a welcome return from writer and director Kenneth Lonergan, who has taken this opportunity to give us his cinematic masterpiece. Featuring a once-in-a-lifetime performance from Casey Affleck, Manchester will stay with you for weeks and months on an end after you see it."

From IGN's Review: "Hell or High Water surprises with its complex narrative, stuns with its cinematography, and makes up for this summer’s shortcomings."

From IGN's Review: "Arrival is a language lesson masquerading as a blockbuster, though much more entertaining than that sounds. The film features shades of Interstellar, Contact and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but never feels derivative. Rather it’s smart, sophisticated sci-fi that that asks BIG questions, and does a pretty good job of answering them."

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