I think we can all agree 2016 was a pretty incredible year of releases for Criterion and Criterion fans, and with December releases finally available I thought we might take some time to reflect on the year. What were your favorites released this year? What was the best month? Any surprises? Best individual release? Any disappointments? What do you think of FilmStruck now that it's out? Everything you hoped it would be? (Inspired by this post). If you need a refresher, here's a compilation of the monthly threads and releases by month:

January

• Lady Snowblood
• Bitter Rice
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• The American Friend
• Gilda

February

• The Graduate
• I Knew Her Well
• Death by Hanging
• The Kid
• The Emigrants / The New Land

March

• A Brighter Summer Day
• A Poem is a Naked Person
• The Manchurian Candidate
• Paris Belongs to Us
• Bicycle Thieves upgrade

April

• Phoenix
• Only Angels Have Wings
• The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates
• Barcelona
• Whit Stilman Box
• Brief Encounter standalone

May

• The Player
• Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
• In a Lonely Place
• The Naked Island
• Easy Rider standalone release

June

• Fantastic Planet
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Clouds of Sils Maria
• Le Amiche
• La chienne
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan

July

• Carnival of Souls
• A Touch of Zen
• The New World
• Night and Fog upgrade
• The In-Laws
• Muriel, or The Time of Return

August ("Well, well, Welles" - /u/ocean365)

• Chimes at Midnight
• The Immortal Story
• Woman in the Dunes
• A Taste of Honey
• Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

September

• Night Train to Munich upgrade
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
• Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman reissue (following brief OOP status after the dual-format was discontinued)
• Cat People
• Blood Simple
• Dekalog
• Valley of the Dolls
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

October

• The Executioner
• The Tree of Wooden Clogs (post-poned to February 2017)
• Boyhood
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro
• Short Cuts upgrade
• McCabe and Mrs. Miller (originally announced for release in August)

November

• One-Eyed Jacks
• The Squid and the Whale
• Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Lone Wolf and Cub

December

• Heart of a Dog
• The Exterminating Angel upgrade
• Roma
• The Asphalt Jungle

(If I missed any or made a mistake, let me know!)