At a meeting of Luxembourg's Film Critics' Association (Association Luxembourgeoise de la Presse Cinématographique, ALPC), they voted "Spotlight" as their top film of 2016, narrowly beating "I Daniel Blake" into top spot.

The association met for its 3rd General Assembly and considered the top six as voted by its 25 members in an earlier voting round which had considered a total of 292 films that had been screened on general release in Luxembourg cinemas throughout 2016.

The top six films were:

1. Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and others.

2. I Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach

3. La Supplication, directed by Pol Cruchten

4. Elle, directed by Paul Verhoeven

5, 6. Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, and Toni Erdmann, directed by Maren Ade.

Last year, the ALPC had chosen Birdman from the Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu as their top film. Two years ago, it was Mommy, by the Canadian Xavier Dolan, which had taken favour with the Luxembourg cinematographic press.

The ALPC was created in 2014 by a group of journalists, employed and freelancer, regularly engaged in cinematographic critique. Its members work for print, radio, television and online publications.