2016 Manhattan One-Week-Run Premieres

Here are my favorite films that played at least one week in Manhattan for the first time in 2016, in approximate order of preference:

1. L'avenir (Things to Come) (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
2. Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
3. The Apostate (Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Spain)
4. Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
5. Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse (My Golden Days) (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
6. For the Plasma (Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan, USA)
7. Francofonia (Aleksandr Sokurov, France)
8. Mia Madre (Nanni Moretti, Italy)
9. Short Stay (Ted Fendt, USA)
10. A Hologram for the King (Tom Tykwer, USA/Germany)
11. Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
12. The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer, USA)
13. Fatima (Philippe Faucon, France)

Edward Yang's 1986 The Terrorizers received its first NYC theatrical run this year, and would be on this list if it felt anything like a 2016 film. (Fireworks Wednesday is ten years old, but it passes.)