Top Ten of 2016

[baby doll]

Screw 2015. There's no such thing as the past.

[baby doll]

Masterpieces
Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic) (http://offscreen.com/view/tiff-2015-wavelengths)
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke) (http://lesamantsreguliers.wordpress.c om/the-peoples-republic-of-loneliness-jia-zhangkes-mountains-may-depart/)
The Terrorizers (Edward Yang)

Must Sees
Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
The Club (Pablo LarraÃ*n) (http://offscreen.com/view/tiff-2015-wavelengths)
Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross)
Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi)
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi)
Neruda (Pablo LarraÃ*n)

Worth Seeing
The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker)
The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosoda)
Cafe Society (Woody Allen)
Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Dheepan (Jacques Audiard) (https://lesamantsreguliers.wordpress.c om/2016/02/12/la-guerre-nest-pas-finie-jacques-audiards-dheepan/)
Christine (Antonio Campos)
Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
Weiner (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)

Has Redeeming Facet
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway) (https://lesamantsreguliers.wordpress.c om/2015/04/10/theory-and-practice-peter-greenaways-eisenstein-in-guanajuato/)
The Family Fang (Jason Bateman)
Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight)
Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata)

Worthless
No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman)

Walked Out
Afternoon (Tsai Ming-liang)

[TGM]

I didn't even know anyone had already made this thread. :p

1. Zootopia
2. The Neon Demon
3. Swiss Army Man
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. The Conjuring 2
6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
7. Deadpool
8. Warcraft
9. Green Room
10. Kung Fu Panda 3

11. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
12. Hush
13. Eye in the Sky
14. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
15. The Nice Guys
16. The Shallows
17. Demolition
18. Midnight Special
19. Hail, Caesar!
20. 10 Cloverfield Lane

21. X-Men: Apocalypse
22. The Witch
23. Elvis & Nixon
24. The Legend of Tarzan
25. Finding Dory
26. The Secret Life of Pets
27. Money Monster
28. The Huntsman: Winter's War
29. Allegiant
30. Gods of Egypt

31. Jane Got A Gun
32. Keanu
33. The Purge: Election Year
34. The BFG
35. The Lobster
36. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
37. Risen
38. Race
39. The Finest Hours
40. Central Intelligence

41. Free State of Jones
42. Everybody Wants Some!!
43. Now You See Me 2
44. The Jungle Book
45. The 5th Wave
46. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
47. I Saw the Light
48. The Masked Saint
49. The Forest
50. London Has Fallen

51. Hardcore Henry
52. Ghostbusters
53. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
54. Independence Day: Resurgence

[Spinal]

1. A Man Called Ove
2. Sing Street
3. Arrival
4. Moonlight
5. Don't Think Twice
6. Hell or High Water
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. The Handmaiden
9. The Lobster
10. Lion

[Peng]

1. Everybody Wants Some!!
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Right Now, Wrong Then
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane
5. Green Room
6. Sing Street
7. The Witch
8. The Jungle Book
9. Midnight Special
10. Our Little Sister

[Stay Puft]

1. Mountains May Depart
2. The Lobster
3. Louder Than Bombs
4. Mermaid
5. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
6. Knight of Cups
7. Cemetery of Splendour
8. Afternoon
9. A Bigger Splash
10. Midnight Special

[Ivan Drago]

1. Swiss Army Man
2. The Neon Demon
3. Hail, Caesar!
4. The Lobster
5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
6. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
7. Sing Street
8. Weiner
9. The Nice Guys
10. Dheepan


11. Midnight Special
12. The Witch
13. Everybody Wants Some!!
14. Deadpool
15. 10 Cloverfield Lane
16. Captain America: Civil War
17. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
18. The Shallows
19. Transpecos
20. A Bigger Splash
21. Green Room
22. Zootopia
23. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
24. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
25. Love and Friendship
26. Lights Out
27. Ghostbusters
28. The Jungle Book
29. X-Men: Apocalypse
30. Finding Dory
31. The Purge: Election Year
32. High-Rise
33. A Tale of Love and Darkness
34. The BFG
35. Hardcore Henry
36. Saving Banksy
37. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
38. Warcraft

[Stay Puft]

23. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World

Whoa, somebody on MC has actually seen this.

Your thoughts?

(I haven't even seen Queen of the Desert yet.)

[Spinal]

Two months to go. What's your list look like now?

[Dukefrukem]

1.Green Room 2015
★★★★★

2.Zootopia 2016
★★★★★

3.The Witch 2015
★★★★★

4.Captain America: Civil War 2016
★★★★★

5.Deadpool 2016
★★★★★

6.Midnight Special 2016
★★★★½

7.The Conjuring 2 2016
★★★★

8.The Shallows 2016
★★★★½

9.Star Trek Beyond 2016
★★★★

10.The Nice Guys 2016
★★★★

[ContinentalOp]

1. The Nice Guys
2. Deadpool
3. The Birth of a Nation
4. Men & Chicken
5. Zootopia

[Peng]

1. Everybody Wants Some!!
2. The Handmaiden
3. OJ: Made in America
4. Captain America: Civil War
5. Right Now, Wrong Then
6. 10 Cloverfield Lane
7. Love and Friendship
8. After the Storm
9. Elle
10. Pete's Dragon

Hardest to rank is between After the Storm and Elle. Kore-eda's and Verhoeven's are two so completely different films I like about the same that it will probably depend on my mood at the time for which comes first.

[Ivan Drago]

Two months to go. What's your list look like now?

1. Swiss Army Man
2. Moonlight
3. The Neon Demon
4. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
5. The Greasy Strangler
6. American Honey
7. Train To Busan
8. Hail, Caesar!
9. The Lobster
10. The Handmaiden


11. Sing Street
12. Ouija: Origin of Evil
13. Doctor Strange
14. The Innocents
15. De Palma
16. Weiner
17. White Girl
18. Pete’s Dragon
19. Oasis: Supersonic
20. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
21. The Nice Guys
22. Dheepan
23. Midnight Special
24. Everybody Wants Some!!
25. The Witch
26. Don’t Breathe
27. Kate Plays Christine
28. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
29. Captain America: Civil War
30. 10 Cloverfield Lane
31. Don’t Think Twice
32. The Light Between Oceans
33. Deadpool
34. Blair Witch
35. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
36. The Shallows
37. Indignation
38. Transpecos
39. Kubo And The Two Strings
40. A Bigger Splash
41. Green Room
42. Zootopia
43. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
44. The Girl on the Train
45. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
46. Love and Friendship
47. Lights Out
48. Wiener-Dog
49. Captain Fantastic
50. The Accountant
51. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
52. Tickled
53. Ghostbusters
54. Keanu
55. Nuts!
56. The Jungle Book
57. X-Men: Apocalypse
58. Finding Dory
59. Cafe Society
60. The Purge: Election Year
61. High-Rise
62. A Tale of Love and Darkness
63. The BFG
64. Complete Unknown
65. Hardcore Henry
66. Saving Banksy
67. Nerve
68. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
69. Warcraft
70. Suicide Squad

[Melville]

Love
1. The Lobster

Like
2. Arrival
3. The Witch
4. The Neon Demon
5. The Invitation
6. Weiner
7. Hail, Caesar!

OK
8. The Nice Guys
9. Captain America: Civil War

Dislike
10. Everybody Wants Some!!
11. X-Men: Apocalypse

[Watashi]

1. Arrival
2. Sing Street
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
5. Hail Caesar!
6. Pete's Dragon
7. The Nice Guys
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Sunset Song
10. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

[Lazlo]

1. O.J.: Made in America
2. American Honey
3. Arrival
4. Everybody Wants Some!!
5. Hunt For the Wilderpeople
6. Sing Street
7. Kubo and the Two Strings
8. Weiner
9. The Witch
10. The Nice Guys

[Stay Puft]

update:

1. Things to Come
2. Moonlight
3. Mountains May Depart
4. The Lobster
5. Louder Than Bombs
6. Mermaid
7. Certain Women
8. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
9. Knight of Cups
10. Cemetery of Splendour

[Henry Gale]

My top two go back and forth every other day, but right now:


La La Land (Chazelle)
Manchester by the Sea (Lonergan)
Everybody Wants Some!! (Linklater)
Arrival (Villeneuve)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Waititi)
Kubo and the Two Strings (Knight)
The Nice Guys (Black)
Green Room (Saulnier)
The Handmaiden (Park)
The Witch (Eggers)

11. The Lobster (Lanthimos)
12. Sing Street (Carney)
13. The Edge of Seventeen (Craig)
14. 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg)
15. Hell or High Water (Mackenzie)
16. The Bad Batch (Amirpour)
17. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Schaffer/Taccone)
18. Loving (Nichols)
19. Captain America: Civil War (Russo/Russo)
20. X-Men: Apocalypse (Singer)
21. High-Rise (Wheatley)
22. Star Trek Beyond (Lin)

[Pop Trash]

1. OJ: Made in America
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. Elle
4. The Lobster
5. La La Land
6. De Palma
7. Hail, Caesar!
8. Certain Women
9. The VVitch
10. The Neon Demon

[Watashi]

If we're including OJ, that's easily my #1.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Kubo and the Two Strings
2. The Invitation
3. Green Room
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane
5. Dr. Strange
6. The Witch
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. The Jungle Book
9. Zootopia

workin on it

[Irish]

1. OJ: Made in America
2. Elle
3. High-Rise
4. The Wailing
5. Green Room
6. The Blue Room
7. Train to Busan
8. The Shallows
9. Under the Shadow
10. ARQ

[transmogrifier]

The Nice Guys
Seoul Station
Green Room
Don't Breathe
Café Society
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Deadpool
Triple 9
Sausage Party
Train to Busan

None are world beaters. Been a pretty dull year for mainstream cinema.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Swiss Army Man
2. Moonlight
3. The Neon Demon
4. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
5. The Greasy Strangler
6. American Honey
7. Train To Busan
8. Hail, Caesar!
9. The Lobster
10. The Handmaiden


11. Sing Street
12. Ouija: Origin of Evil
13. Doctor Strange
14. The Innocents
15. De Palma
16. Weiner
17. White Girl
18. Pete’s Dragon
19. Oasis: Supersonic
20. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
21. The Nice Guys
22. Dheepan
23. Midnight Special
24. Everybody Wants Some!!
25. The Witch
26. Don’t Breathe
27. Kate Plays Christine
28. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
29. Captain America: Civil War
30. 10 Cloverfield Lane
31. Don’t Think Twice
32. The Light Between Oceans
33. Deadpool
34. Blair Witch
35. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
36. The Shallows
37. Indignation
38. Transpecos
39. Kubo And The Two Strings
40. A Bigger Splash
41. Green Room
42. Zootopia
43. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
44. The Girl on the Train
45. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
46. Love and Friendship
47. Lights Out
48. Wiener-Dog
49. Captain Fantastic
50. The Accountant
51. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
52. Tickled
53. Ghostbusters
54. Keanu
55. Nuts!
56. The Jungle Book
57. X-Men: Apocalypse
58. Finding Dory
59. Cafe Society
60. The Purge: Election Year
61. High-Rise
62. A Tale of Love and Darkness
63. The BFG
64. Complete Unknown
65. Hardcore Henry
66. Saving Banksy
67. Nerve
68. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
69. Warcraft
70. Suicide Squad

1. Moonlight
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Neon Demon
4. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
5. The Greasy Strangler
6. American Honey
7. Arrival
8. Train To Busan
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. The Lobster


11. The Handmaiden
12. Sing Street
13. Ouija: Origin of Evil
14. Doctor Strange
15. A Man Called Ove
16. The Innocents
17. De Palma
18. Weiner
19. White Girl
20. Pete’s Dragon
21. Oasis: Supersonic
22. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
23. The Nice Guys
24. Dheepan
25. Midnight Special
26. Everybody Wants Some!!
27. The Witch
28. Don’t Breathe
29. Kate Plays Christine
30. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
31. Captain America: Civil War
32. 10 Cloverfield Lane
33. Don’t Think Twice
34. The Light Between Oceans
35. Deadpool
36. Blair Witch
37. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
38. The Shallows
39. Indignation
40. Transpecos
41. Kubo And The Two Strings
42. A Bigger Splash
43. Green Room
44. Zootopia
45. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
46. The Girl on the Train
47. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
48. Love and Friendship
49. Lights Out
50. Wiener-Dog
51. Captain Fantastic
52. The Accountant
53. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
54. Tickled
55. Ghostbusters
56. Keanu
57. Nuts!
58. The Jungle Book
59. X-Men: Apocalypse
60. Finding Dory
61. Cafe Society
62. The Purge: Election Year
63. High-Rise
64. A Tale of Love and Darkness
65. The BFG
66. Complete Unknown
67. Hardcore Henry
68. Saving Banksy
69. Nerve
70. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
71. Warcraft
72. Suicide Squad

[Dead & Messed Up]

Kubo and the Two Strings
The Invitation
Green Room
10 Cloverfield Lane
Star Trek Beyond
Dr. Strange
The Jungle Book
The Witch
Captain America: Civil War
Zootopia

[Mal]

Top 10
1. Kate Plays Christine
2. Things to Come
3. Neruda
4. The Neon Demon
5. The Invitation
6. Moana
7. La La Land
8. Kubo and the Two Strings
9. Everybody Wants Some!!
10. Under the Shadow


bottom five
5. Zoolander 2
4. Independence Day: Resurgence
3. Demolition
2. The Accountant
1. Suicide Squad

[ledfloyd]

I still have sooo much to see. Finishing up my bachelor's degrees has been time-consuming.

1. Elle
2. OJ: Made in America
3. Lemonade
4. Certain Women
5. Love and Friendship
6. My Golden Days
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. Hail, Caesar
9. 13th
10. Wiener-Dog

[Ivan Drago]

1. Elle

I can't wait for this. I've missed Paul Verhoeven for so long.

[Pop Trash]

1. Elle


hELLE yeah!



sorry

[Ivan Drago]

1. Moonlight
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Neon Demon
4. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
5. The Greasy Strangler
6. American Honey
7. Arrival
8. Train To Busan
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. The Lobster


11. The Handmaiden
12. Sing Street
13. Ouija: Origin of Evil
14. Doctor Strange
15. A Man Called Ove
16. The Innocents
17. De Palma
18. Weiner
19. White Girl
20. Pete’s Dragon
21. Oasis: Supersonic
22. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
23. The Nice Guys
24. Dheepan
25. Midnight Special
26. Everybody Wants Some!!
27. The Witch
28. Don’t Breathe
29. Kate Plays Christine
30. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
31. Captain America: Civil War
32. 10 Cloverfield Lane
33. Don’t Think Twice
34. The Light Between Oceans
35. Deadpool
36. Blair Witch
37. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
38. The Shallows
39. Indignation
40. Transpecos
41. Kubo And The Two Strings
42. A Bigger Splash
43. Green Room
44. Zootopia
45. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
46. The Girl on the Train
47. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
48. Love and Friendship
49. Lights Out
50. Wiener-Dog
51. Captain Fantastic
52. The Accountant
53. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
54. Tickled
55. Ghostbusters
56. Keanu
57. Nuts!
58. The Jungle Book
59. X-Men: Apocalypse
60. Finding Dory
61. Cafe Society
62. The Purge: Election Year
63. High-Rise
64. A Tale of Love and Darkness
65. The BFG
66. Complete Unknown
67. Hardcore Henry
68. Saving Banksy
69. Nerve
70. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
71. Warcraft
72. Suicide Squad

1. Moonlight
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Neon Demon
4. One More Time With Feeling
5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
6. The Greasy Strangler
7. American Honey
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Arrival
10. Train To Busan


11. Hail, Caesar!
12. The Lobster
13. The Handmaiden
14. Sing Street
15. Ouija: Origin of Evil
16. Doctor Strange
17. A Man Called Ove
18. The Innocents
19. De Palma
20. Weiner
21. White Girl
22. Pete’s Dragon
23. Oasis: Supersonic
24. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
25. The Invitation
26. The Nice Guys
27. Dheepan
28. Midnight Special
29. The Witch
30. Don’t Breathe
31. Kate Plays Christine
32. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
33. Captain America: Civil War
34. 10 Cloverfield Lane
35. Don’t Think Twice
36. The Light Between Oceans
37. Deadpool
38. Blair Witch
39. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
40. The Shallows
41. Indignation
42. Transpecos
43. Kubo And The Two Strings
44. A Bigger Splash
45. Green Room
46. Zootopia
47. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
48. The Girl on the Train
49. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
50. Love and Friendship
51. Lights Out
52. Wiener-Dog
53. Captain Fantastic
54. The Accountant
55. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
56. Tickled
57. Ghostbusters
58. Keanu
59. Nuts!
60. The Jungle Book
61. X-Men: Apocalypse
62. Finding Dory
63. Cafe Society
64. The Purge: Election Year
65. High-Rise
66. A Tale of Love and Darkness
67. The BFG
68. Complete Unknown
69. Hardcore Henry
70. Saving Banksy
71. Nerve
72. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
73. Warcraft
74. Suicide Squad

[Mal]

1. Moonlight
2. Kate Plays Christine
3. Things to Come
4. Neruda
5. The Neon Demon
6. The Invitation
7. Moana
8. La La Land
9. Kubo and the Two Strings
10. Everybody Wants Some!!

[Ivan Drago]

1. Moonlight
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Neon Demon
4. One More Time With Feeling
5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
6. The Greasy Strangler
7. American Honey
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Arrival
10. Train To Busan


11. Hail, Caesar!
12. The Lobster
13. The Handmaiden
14. Sing Street
15. Ouija: Origin of Evil
16. Doctor Strange
17. A Man Called Ove
18. The Innocents
19. De Palma
20. Weiner
21. White Girl
22. Pete’s Dragon
23. Oasis: Supersonic
24. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
25. The Invitation
26. The Nice Guys
27. Dheepan
28. Midnight Special
29. The Witch
30. Don’t Breathe
31. Kate Plays Christine
32. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
33. Captain America: Civil War
34. 10 Cloverfield Lane
35. Don’t Think Twice
36. The Light Between Oceans
37. Deadpool
38. Blair Witch
39. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
40. The Shallows
41. Indignation
42. Transpecos
43. Kubo And The Two Strings
44. A Bigger Splash
45. Green Room
46. Zootopia
47. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
48. The Girl on the Train
49. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
50. Love and Friendship
51. Lights Out
52. Wiener-Dog
53. Captain Fantastic
54. The Accountant
55. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
56. Tickled
57. Ghostbusters
58. Keanu
59. Nuts!
60. The Jungle Book
61. X-Men: Apocalypse
62. Finding Dory
63. Cafe Society
64. The Purge: Election Year
65. High-Rise
66. A Tale of Love and Darkness
67. The BFG
68. Complete Unknown
69. Hardcore Henry
70. Saving Banksy
71. Nerve
72. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
73. Warcraft
74. Suicide Squad
1. Moonlight
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Neon Demon
4. One More Time With Feeling
5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
6. The Greasy Strangler
7. American Honey
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Manchester By The Sea
10. Arrival


11. Train To Busan
12. Hail, Caesar!
13. The Lobster
14. The Handmaiden
15. Sing Street
16. Ouija: Origin of Evil
17. Doctor Strange
18. A Man Called Ove
19. The Innocents
20. De Palma
21. Weiner
22. Rules Don’t Apply
23. White Girl
24. Pete’s Dragon
25. Oasis: Supersonic
26. Voyage of Time
27. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
28. The Invitation
29. Loving
30. The Nice Guys
31. Dheepan
32. Midnight Special
33. The Witch
34. Don’t Breathe
35. Kate Plays Christine
36. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
37. Captain America: Civil War
38. 10 Cloverfield Lane
39. Don’t Think Twice
40. The Light Between Oceans
41. Deadpool
42. Blair Witch
43. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
44. The Shallows
45. Indignation
46. Christine
47. Transpecos
48. Kubo And The Two Strings
49. A Bigger Splash
50. Green Room
51. Zootopia
52. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
53. The Girl on the Train
54. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
55. Love and Friendship
56. Lights Out
57. Wiener-Dog
58. Captain Fantastic
59. The Accountant
60. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
61. Tickled
62. Ghostbusters
63. Keanu
64. Nuts!
65. The Jungle Book
66. X-Men: Apocalypse
67. Finding Dory
68. Cafe Society
69. The Purge: Election Year
70. High-Rise
71. A Tale of Love and Darkness
72. Nocturnal Animals
73. The BFG
74. Complete Unknown
75. Hardcore Henry
76. Saving Banksy
77. Nerve
78. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
79. Warcraft
80. Suicide Squad

[Idioteque Stalker]

1. Manchester By the Sea
2. The Witch
3. Arrival
4. Moonlight
5. Sing Street
6. Everybody Wants Some!!
7. The Lobster
8. The Neon Demon

Lots of cool looking movies left to see.

[Lazlo]

1. O.J.: Made in America
2. American Honey
3. Arrival
4. Everybody Wants Some!!
5. Hunt For the Wilderpeople
6. Sing Street
7. Kubo and the Two Strings
8. Weiner
9. The Witch
10. The Nice Guys

1. O.J.: Made in America
2. American Honey
3. Arrival
4. Everybody Wants Some!!
5. Hunt For the Wilderpeople
6. Sing Street
7. Kubo and the Two Strings
8. Our Little Sister
9. Krisha
10. Weiner

[Ivan Drago]

1. Moonlight
2. Swiss Army Man
3. The Neon Demon
4. One More Time With Feeling
5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
6. The Greasy Strangler
7. American Honey
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Manchester By The Sea
10. Arrival


11. Train To Busan
12. Hail, Caesar!
13. The Lobster
14. The Handmaiden
15. Sing Street
16. Ouija: Origin of Evil
17. Doctor Strange
18. A Man Called Ove
19. The Innocents
20. De Palma
21. Weiner
22. Rules Don’t Apply
23. White Girl
24. Pete’s Dragon
25. Oasis: Supersonic
26. Voyage of Time
27. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
28. The Invitation
29. Loving
30. The Nice Guys
31. Dheepan
32. Midnight Special
33. The Witch
34. Don’t Breathe
35. Kate Plays Christine
36. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
37. Captain America: Civil War
38. 10 Cloverfield Lane
39. Don’t Think Twice
40. The Light Between Oceans
41. Deadpool
42. Blair Witch
43. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
44. The Shallows
45. Indignation
46. Christine
47. Transpecos
48. Kubo And The Two Strings
49. A Bigger Splash
50. Green Room
51. Zootopia
52. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
53. The Girl on the Train
54. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
55. Love and Friendship
56. Lights Out
57. Wiener-Dog
58. Captain Fantastic
59. The Accountant
60. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
61. Tickled
62. Ghostbusters
63. Keanu
64. Nuts!
65. The Jungle Book
66. X-Men: Apocalypse
67. Finding Dory
68. Cafe Society
69. The Purge: Election Year
70. High-Rise
71. A Tale of Love and Darkness
72. Nocturnal Animals
73. The BFG
74. Complete Unknown
75. Hardcore Henry
76. Saving Banksy
77. Nerve
78. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
79. Warcraft
80. Suicide Squad

1. Moonlight
2. La La Land
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Neon Demon
5. One More Time With Feeling
6. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
7. The Greasy Strangler
8. American Honey
9. Everybody Wants Some!!
10. Manchester By The Sea


11. Arrival
12. Train To Busan
13. Hail, Caesar!
14. The Lobster
15. The Handmaiden
16. Sing Street
17. Ouija: Origin of Evil
18. Doctor Strange
19. A Man Called Ove
20. The Innocents
21. De Palma
22. Weiner
23. Rules Don’t Apply
24. White Girl
25. Pete’s Dragon
26. Oasis: Supersonic
27. Voyage of Time
28. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
29. The Invitation
30. Loving
31. The Nice Guys
32. Dheepan
33. Midnight Special
34. The Witch
35. Don’t Breathe
36. Kate Plays Christine
37. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
38. Captain America: Civil War
39. 10 Cloverfield Lane
40. Don’t Think Twice
41. The Light Between Oceans
42. Deadpool
43. Blair Witch
44. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
45. The Shallows
46. Indignation
47. Christine
48. Transpecos
49. Kubo And The Two Strings
50. A Bigger Splash
51. Green Room
52. Zootopia
53. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
54. The Girl on the Train
55. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
56. Love and Friendship
57. Lights Out
58. Wiener-Dog
59. Captain Fantastic
60. The Accountant
61. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
62. Tickled
63. Ghostbusters
64. Keanu
65. Nuts!
66. The Jungle Book
67. X-Men: Apocalypse
68. Finding Dory
69. Cafe Society
70. The Purge: Election Year
71. High-Rise
72. A Tale of Love and Darkness
73. Nocturnal Animals
74. The BFG
75. Complete Unknown
76. Hardcore Henry
77. Saving Banksy
78. Nerve
79. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
80. Warcraft
81. Suicide Squad

[Mal]

1. Moonlight
2. Kate Plays Christine
3. Things to Come
4. Nocturnal Animals
5. Jackie
6. Neruda
7. The Neon Demon
8. The Invitation
9. Moana
10. Fences

[Ezee E]

As it stands, here are my top ten, in no particular order. I've missed a ton, and plenty that I certainly intend to see.

It feels like every other top list, but whatever.

-Arrival
-Don't Breathe
-Green Room
-Hell or High Water
-Jackie
-La La Land
-Manchester by the Sea
-Moonlight
-Nocturnal Animals
-Una

[TGM]

Alright, just got finished writing my yearly Top 10 of the year post. I'd appreciate it if you all would check it out and see what you think. :)

http://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2016/12/my-top-10-movies-of-2016.html

(And yes, Irish, you are that film buff friend that I reference in my #6 entry. :p )

[Melville]

Love
1. The Lobster
2. Green Room

Like
3. Arrival
4. The Witch
5. The Neon Demon
6. The Invitation
7. Weiner
8. 10 Cloverfield Lane
9. Hail, Caesar!

OK
10. Keanu
11. The Nice Guys
12. Captain America: Civil War
13. Jason Bourne

Dislike
14. Everybody Wants Some!!
15. X-Men: Apocalypse
16. Love & Friendship

[Watashi]

I'm interested to read your Love & Friendship thoughts, Melville, because outside of a fun Tom Bennett performance, I got very little out of it. Stillman has done much better.

[transmogrifier]

The 44 films I have seen from 2016 so far in order.

Masterpiece

Ha!

Great

Ha!

Recommended

1. The Nice Guys - 71
2. Seoul Station - 71
3. The Green Room - 70

Solid, Some Qualms

4. Don't Breathe - 69
5. Cafe Society - 69
6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople - 68
7. Deadpool - 67
8. Triple 9 - 67
9. Sausage Party - 67
10. Train to Busan - 67
11. Kubo and the Two Strings - 66
12. Star Trek Beyond - 65
13. Hell or High Water - 65
14. 10 Cloverfield Lane - 65
15. The Wailing - 64
16. The Handmaiden - 63
17. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping - 63
18. Zootopia - 62
19. Elle - 61
20. I Am a Hero - 61
21. Yourself and Yours - 60
22. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - 60
23. Kung Fu Panda - 60

Mixed

24. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 59
25. Doctor Strange - 58
26. The BFG - 58
27. X-Men Apocalyspe - 58
28. Everybody Wants Some!! - 57
29. Captain America: Civil War - 56
30. Rogue One - 56
31. Sing Street - 56
32. The Magnificent Seven - 55
33. The Witch - 55
34. Finding Dory - 54
35. Warcraft - 53
36. Asura: City of Madness - 52
37. Conjuring 2 - 51

Not Recommended

38. Pandora - 49
39. La La Land - 48
40. Ghostbusters - 47
41. Independence Day: Resurgence - 45
42. The Shallows - 42

Poor

43. Hail, Ceasar! - 39

Very Bad

Extremely Bad

44. Suicide Squad - 16

Absolute Shitefest

[Ezee E]

Gotta see Moonlight, trans!

[Melville]

I'm interested to read your Love & Friendship thoughts, Melville, because outside of a fun Tom Bennett performance, I got very little out of it. Stillman has done much better.
Partly the sense of humor just didn't jive with me at all. But partly I thought the execution was off; for the humor to work, it needed to be delivered in a punchy way with lively comedic timing -- and probably a livelier camera and editing rhythm. Instead it felt lifeless and baggy to me and seemed to rely entirely on the audience finding the performances and dialogue funny in themselves. Unfortunately, I didn't, and I didn't laugh once.

But I also hated Damsels in Distress, so clearly Stillman isn't for me.

[Peng]

Probably gonna update this again around Oscar time.

1. Toni Erdmann
2. Everybody Wants Some!!
3. La La Land
4. The Handmaiden
5. OJ: Made in America
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. Right Now, Wrong Then
8. 10 Cloverfield Lane
9. Love and Friendship
10. After the Storm

[Ivan Drago]

1. Moonlight
2. La La Land
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Neon Demon
5. One More Time With Feeling
6. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
7. The Greasy Strangler
8. American Honey
9. Everybody Wants Some!!
10. Manchester By The Sea


11. Arrival
12. Train To Busan
13. Hail, Caesar!
14. The Lobster
15. The Handmaiden
16. Sing Street
17. Ouija: Origin of Evil
18. Doctor Strange
19. A Man Called Ove
20. The Innocents
21. De Palma
22. Weiner
23. Rules Don’t Apply
24. White Girl
25. Pete’s Dragon
26. Oasis: Supersonic
27. Voyage of Time
28. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
29. The Invitation
30. Loving
31. The Nice Guys
32. Dheepan
33. Midnight Special
34. The Witch
35. Don’t Breathe
36. Kate Plays Christine
37. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
38. Captain America: Civil War
39. 10 Cloverfield Lane
40. Don’t Think Twice
41. The Light Between Oceans
42. Deadpool
43. Blair Witch
44. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
45. The Shallows
46. Indignation
47. Christine
48. Transpecos
49. Kubo And The Two Strings
50. A Bigger Splash
51. Green Room
52. Zootopia
53. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
54. The Girl on the Train
55. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
56. Love and Friendship
57. Lights Out
58. Wiener-Dog
59. Captain Fantastic
60. The Accountant
61. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
62. Tickled
63. Ghostbusters
64. Keanu
65. Nuts!
66. The Jungle Book
67. X-Men: Apocalypse
68. Finding Dory
69. Cafe Society
70. The Purge: Election Year
71. High-Rise
72. A Tale of Love and Darkness
73. Nocturnal Animals
74. The BFG
75. Complete Unknown
76. Hardcore Henry
77. Saving Banksy
78. Nerve
79. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
80. Warcraft
81. Suicide Squad

1. Moonlight
2. La La Land
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Neon Demon
5. Jackie
6. One More Time With Feeling
7. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
8. The Greasy Strangler
9. American Honey
10. Everybody Wants Some!!


11. Manchester By The Sea
12. Arrival
13. Train To Busan
14. Hail, Caesar!
15. The Lobster
16. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
17. The Handmaiden
18. Hell Or High Water
19. Sing Street
20. Ouija: Origin of Evil
21. The Love Witch
22. Doctor Strange
23. A Man Called Ove
24. Hacksaw Ridge
25. Rules Don’t Apply
26. The Innocents
27. De Palma
28. Weiner
29. White Girl
30. Pete’s Dragon
31. Oasis: Supersonic
32. Voyage of Time
33. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
34. The Invitation
35. Loving
36. The Nice Guys
37. Dheepan
38. Midnight Special
39. The Witch
40. Don’t Breathe
41. Kate Plays Christine
42. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
43. Captain America: Civil War
44. 10 Cloverfield Lane
45. Don’t Think Twice
46. The Light Between Oceans
47. Deadpool
48. Blair Witch
49. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
50. The Shallows
51. Indignation
52. Christine
53. Transpecos
54. Kubo And The Two Strings
55. A Bigger Splash
56. Green Room
57. Zootopia
58. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
59. The Girl on the Train
60. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
61. Love and Friendship
62. Lights Out
63. Wiener-Dog
64. Captain Fantastic
65. The Accountant
66. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
67. Tickled
68. Ghostbusters
69. Keanu
70. Nuts!
71. The Jungle Book
72. X-Men: Apocalypse
73. Finding Dory
74. Cafe Society
75. The Purge: Election Year
76. High-Rise
77. A Tale of Love and Darkness
78. Nocturnal Animals
79. The Secret Life Of Pets
80. The BFG
81. Complete Unknown
82. Hardcore Henry
83. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
84. Saving Banksy
85. Nerve
86. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
87. Warcraft
88. Suicide Squad

[ledfloyd]

1. Toni Erdmann
2. Elle
3. Moonlight
4. OJ: Made in America
5. Lemonade
6. Certain Women
7. Love and Friendship
8. My Golden Days
9. Everybody Wants Some!!
10. Hail, Caesar

I still have only seen 20 films this year. But 1-5 on this list are all top ten material in any year. And the next five are all quite strong.

[Spinal]

1. Toni Erdmann



1. Toni Erdmann

Definitely the movie I'm most eager to see at this point.

[baby doll]

Masterpieces
Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic) (http://offscreen.com/view/tiff-2015-wavelengths)
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke) (http://lesamantsreguliers.wordpress.c om/the-peoples-republic-of-loneliness-jia-zhangkes-mountains-may-depart/)
The Terrorizers (Edward Yang)

Must Sees
Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
The Club (Pablo LarraÃ*n) (http://offscreen.com/view/tiff-2015-wavelengths)
Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi)
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi)

Worth Seeing
The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker)
The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosoda)
Cafe Society (Woody Allen)
Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Dheepan (Jacques Audiard) (https://lesamantsreguliers.wordpress.c om/2016/02/12/la-guerre-nest-pas-finie-jacques-audiards-dheepan/)
Christine (Antonio Campos)
Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)
Weiner (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)

Has Redeeming Facet
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway) (https://lesamantsreguliers.wordpress.c om/2015/04/10/theory-and-practice-peter-greenaways-eisenstein-in-guanajuato/)
The Family Fang (Jason Bateman)
Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight)
Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata)

Worthless
No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman)

Walked Out
Afternoon (Tsai Ming-liang)Given how many of these films I saw prior to 2016, I'm tempted to chuck the whole thing and just go by festival dates, in which case my top five for the year (so far) would be:

The Woman Who Left (Lav Diaz)
Hermia & Helena (Matias Piñeiro)
Harmonium (Fukada Koji)
The Ornithologist (João Pedro Rodrigues)
Safari (Ulrich Seidl)

[ContinentalOp]

1. The Nice Guys
2. Elle
3. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
4. Deadpool
5. Phantom Boy
6. The Birth of a Nation
7. Men & Chicken
8. Zootopia

3 more to see, hopefully will have a top ten by then: Moonlight, Paterson, La La Land

[Watashi]

Definitely the movie I'm most eager to see at this point.

I just saw this and it's definitely a Spinal-y movie.

[Idioteque Stalker]

I'm not Spinal, but I love Spinal-y movies.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Kubo and the Two Strings
The Invitation
Green Room
Arrival
10 Cloverfield Lane
Star Trek Beyond
Lion
Dr. Strange
The Jungle Book
The Witch

[Irish]

Alright, just got finished writing my yearly Top 10 of the year post. I'd appreciate it if you all would check it out and see what you think. :)

http://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2016/12/my-top-10-movies-of-2016.html

(And yes, Irish, you are that film buff friend that I reference in my #6 entry. :p )

I've been thinking about this, off and on, since you posted it. I think your choice here is the most interesting way to go about it --- diamonds in the rough over perfect carats.

I've seen so many top 10 lists from crix this year that are the same. (It's like, thanks, I've heard Moonlight is a great film from 100 other sources. I don't need to hear it again.)

Your list is a helluva lot more fresh, more idiosyncratic, and more interesting.

Some weeks ago I got my hands on Kael's "For Keeps." It's 1,300 pages of her reviews and essays. One of the aspects I like about her writing is that she'll pan a film, but then take pains to point out one or two attributes that are worth talking about. Maybe a performance. Maybe production design. Maybe edits or shots. The film isn't any good, she says, but here, pay attention to this one part of it. It strikes me as a much more vital way to approach pop art.

I'm at the point where I find flawed movies with good ideas vastly more interesting than good movies with perfect execution --- like, I'd rather talk about Alien 3 than Alien, for example. The Rover over Fury Road. Automata over Ex Machina, etc.

Anyway, great list, TGM. You have me more than half-convinced to check out Batman v Superman, which is something I thought I'd never do.

[Henry Gale]

My top two go back and forth every other day, but right now:


La La Land (Chazelle)
Manchester by the Sea (Lonergan)
Everybody Wants Some!! (Linklater)
Arrival (Villeneuve)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Waititi)
Kubo and the Two Strings (Knight)
The Nice Guys (Black)
Green Room (Saulnier)
The Handmaiden (Park)
The Witch (Eggers)

11. The Lobster (Lanthimos)
12. Sing Street (Carney)
13. The Edge of Seventeen (Craig)
14. 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg)
15. Hell or High Water (Mackenzie)
16. The Bad Batch (Amirpour)
17. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Schaffer/Taccone)
18. Loving (Nichols)
19. Captain America: Civil War (Russo/Russo)
20. X-Men: Apocalypse (Singer)
21. High-Rise (Wheatley)
22. Star Trek Beyond (Lin)




La La Land (Chazelle)
Manchester by the Sea (Lonergan)
Jackie (Larrain)
Everybody Wants Some!! (Linklater)
Arrival (Villeneuve)
Moonlight (Jenkins)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Waititi)
The Nice Guys (Black)
Kubo and the Two Strings (Knight)
Green Room (Saulnier)


11. The Handmaiden (Park)
12. Toni Erdmann (Ade)
13. Moana (Musker/Clements)
14. The Witch (Eggers)
15. Sing Street (Carney)
16. 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg)
17. The Lobster (Lanthimos)
18. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Schaffer/Taccone)
19. Hell or High Water (Mackenzie)
20. The Edge of Seventeen (Craig)
21. The Bad Batch (Amirpour)
22. High-Rise (Wheatley)
23. Captain America: Civil War (Russo/Russo)
24. Loving (Nichols)
25. X-Men: Apocalypse (Singer)
26. Star Trek Beyond (Lin)

[Ezee E]

Update -

-Arrival
-Don't Breathe
-Green Room
-Hell or High Water
-Jackie
-La La Land
-Manchester by the Sea
-Moonlight
-Nocturnal Animals
-Una OJ Simpson: Made In America

[Melville]

Love
1. The Lobster
2. Green Room

Like a lot
3. Eye in the Sky
4. Hell or High Water
5. Arrival
6. The Witch
7. Silence

Like
8. The Neon Demon
9. The Invitation
10. Weiner
11. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
12. 10 Cloverfield Lane
13. Hail, Caesar!

OK
14. Keanu
15. The Nice Guys
16. Captain America: Civil War
17. Jason Bourne

Dislike
18. Everybody Wants Some!!
19. X-Men: Apocalypse
20. Love & Friendship

[dreamdead]

Gonna appropriate Melville's structure:

Love
The Lobster
Silence
The Handmaiden

Like a lot
The Witch
Mountains May Depart
Cemetery of Splendor
Manchester by the Sea
OJ: Made in America
Love and Friendship
Arrival
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Nice Guys
Moonlight
The Fits
The Wailing

Like
Green Room
La La Land
A Bigger Splash
The Invitation
Hail, Caesar!
Louder than Bombs
Krisha
Don't Breathe
Sing Street

OK
American Honey
Everybody Wants Some!!
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Doctor Strange
Keanu
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Hush
Deadpool
Zootopia
Neon Demon

[Sycophant]

I've finally got enough movies to write a top ten, so here it is. I expect some repositioning and a few to fall off the bottom as I continue to catch up with this year. Got a ton I'm really excited to see still (Red Turtle, Silence, Moonlight, Toni Erdmann, Arrival, and Manchester by the Sea, 20th Century Women chief among them).

Almost done watching Edelman's OJ film and I'm pretty sure it'll end up on here.

1. The Lobster
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Love and Friendship
4. Certain Women
5. The Mermaid
6. Into the Inferno
7. 10 Cloverfield Lane
8. Hail, Caesar!
9. Our Little Sister
10. The Witch

[Irish]

Our Little Sister

Did you ever post about this? Curious what you thought.

(I only saw about 20 minutes and it seemed like a very twee, slow-moving indie which I can sometimes appreciate but I'm not always in the mood for.)

Edit:

Okay, I may have confused "Little Sister (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5434870/)" for "Our Little Sister (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3756788/)." *cough* :D

[origami_mustache]

1. Kaili Blues
2. O.J.: Made In America
3. It's Only the End of the World
4. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
5. The Lobster
6. 20th Century Women
7. Cemetery of Splendor
8. Weiner-Dog
9. The Handmaiden
10. High-Rise


HM:
Certain Women
Toni Eridmann
Knight of Cups
Journey to the Shore
Moonlight
Harmonium
The Witch
One More Time With Feeling
Arrival
Into the Inferno

[Rico]

Still need to see most of the end of year movies. But for now...

1. The Lobster
2. Sing Street
3. Swiss Army Man
4. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
5. The Nice Guys
6. Hell or High Water
7. Don't Think Twice
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Nocturnal Animals
10. Kubo and the Two Strings

[dreamdead]

Welcome, Rico!

I regret having Kubo play on a flight over Christmas--though without sound--as I'm now trying to wait long enough for images to fade so that I can enjoy the experience more fully. Certain Women, American Honey, and The Handmaiden are also on the docket.

[Idioteque Stalker]

1. Manchester by the Sea
2. Moonlight
3. The Witch
4. Arrival
5. Jackie
6. Everybody Wants Some!!
7. Paterson
8. Toni Erdmann
9. Sing Street
10. The Lobster

[Stay Puft]

1. Kaili Blues
2. It's Only the End of the World
3. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
4. The Lobster
5. Cemetery of Splendor
6. Weiner-Dog
7. Certain Women
8. Journey to the Shore
9. The Handmaiden
10. Toni Erdmann

Long time no see, om. Be sure to stop by the Voyage of Time thread (http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showthread.php?6497-Voyage-of-Time-(Terrence-Malick)&highlight=voyage) and keep Henry Gale and I company. :)

[Stay Puft]

Adding the Almodóvar joint, doing a bit of rearranging...

1. Things to Come
2. Moonlight
3. Mountains May Depart
4. The Lobster
5. Julieta
6. Mermaid
7. Certain Women
8. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
9. Louder Than Bombs
10. Cemetery of Splendour

[ContinentalOp]

1. The Nice Guys
2. Elle
3. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
4. Deadpool
5. Paterson
6. Phantom Boy
7. Moonlight
8. The Birth of a Nation
9. Men & Chicken
10. Zootopia

[Watashi]

1. OJ: Made in America
2. Arrival
3. Moonlight
4. Sing Street
5. Hail Caesar!
6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
7. Swiss Army Man
8. Manchester By the Sea
9. Christine
10. The Handmaiden

The only "big" films I have yet to see: Silence, 20th Century Women, Paterson

[Ezee E]

Update -
UPDATE:

-Arrival
-Don't Breathe
-Green Room Deepwater Horizon
-Hell or High Water
-Jackie
-La La Land
-Manchester by the Sea
-Moonlight
-Nocturnal Animals
-OJ Simpson: Made In America

[Ivan Drago]

I just saw this and it's definitely a Spinal-y movie.

If I may ask, what are the characteristics of a 'Spinal-y' movie?

[Ezee E]

What a basic looking top ten I feel like. Oh well.

UPDATE:

-Arrival
-Deepwater Horizon
-Hell or High Water
-Jackie
-La La Land
-Manchester by the Sea
-Moonlight
-Nocturnal Animals
-OJ Simpson: Made In America
-Silence

[Dukefrukem]

My top 10 is super boring. Bad year for cinema.

1. Swiss Army Man
2. Green Room
3. Zootopia
4. The Witch
5. Captain America: Civil War
6. Deadpool
7. Midnight Special
8. Triple 9
9. Don't Breathe
10. The Neon Demon

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Embrace of the Serpent
2. Moonlight
3. Silence
4. La La Land
5. Manchester by the Sea
6. Microbe et Gasoil
7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8. Arrival
9. Midnight Special
10. Green Room

[baby doll]

My top 10 is super boring. Bad year for cinema.I'm not so sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your logic there, Duke. Just because you haven't seen very many good movies doesn't mean good movies haven't been produced.

[transmogrifier]

I'm not so sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your logic there, Duke. Just because you haven't seen very many good movies doesn't mean good movies haven't been produced.

I think it's been a very poor year for American mainstream cinema.

[Peng]

Yeah, was gonna say that after the unexpectedly stellar 2014-2015, 2016's blockbusters were a huge step-down. Other areas may be even better though.

[Izzy Black]

2016 has been one of the worst years in cinema. I personally can't think of a year worse than 2016.

[Watashi]

2016 was good for movies.

[Henry Gale]

2016 politically, societally, culturally: Pretty terrible.

2016 film, television, music, other artistic output: Great. And made even more special due to the above.

[baby doll]

Given how many films are produced each year, it seems impossible--or at least extremely unlikely--that there could be a bad year for movies, assuming we define a "good year" as one with a fair number of exceptional films (let's say fifteen to twenty). Of course, maybe you don't, or wouldn't, like Aquarius, Captain Fantastic, Fire at Sea, Harmonium, Hermia & Helena, Kékzakállú, La Mort de Louis XIV, Neruda, The Ornithologist, Safari, or The Woman Who Left as much as I do (and I'm less enthusiastic about The Dreamed Path, La La Land, and Moonlight than some other people), but I'm sure you'd find something you liked if you watched a large enough sample.

[Ezee E]

I like my top ten a lot, but just seem to be on many other lists.

So I'll just talk Deepwater Horizon and Silence.

[Dukefrukem]

2016 has been one of the worst years in cinema. I personally can't think of a year worse than 2016.

+1 .

[Izzy Black]

Given how many films are produced each year, it seems impossible--or at least extremely unlikely--that there could be a bad year for movies, assuming we define a "good year" as one with a fair number of exceptional films (let's say fifteen to twenty).

I wouldn't define it that way, but even if I did, I don't think there have been 15-20 exceptional films in 2016.


Of course, maybe you don't, or wouldn't, like Aquarius, Captain Fantastic, Fire at Sea, Harmonium, Hermia & Helena, Kékzakállú, La Mort de Louis XIV, Neruda, The Ornithologist, Safari, or The Woman Who Left as much as I do (and I'm less enthusiastic about The Dreamed Path, La La Land, and Moonlight than some other people), but I'm sure you'd find something you liked if you watched a large enough sample.

I'll definitely find something I like. I saw a few films I liked last year. But none of the films I saw were particularly exceptional, or at least, nowhere near the quality of great films from almost every previous year I can think of in memory. Cinema on an international level tends to do better, but even then, several of the more acclaimed non-US films from last year I am either not particularly interested in seeing, or I saw them and found them middling.

I will say I have yet to see The Woman Who Left and that has a good chance of being a favorite, but still, my metric is fundamentally comparative. I can give you 10 films from each of the 10 years prior to 2016 that I consider good to great. I can think of exactly zero truly great films from 2016. Actually, I'd put Stillman's Love & Friendship up there, but that's pretty much it for me.

I also admit I haven't seen nearly as much as I have in previous years, but I also have not wanted to see nearly as much as I have in previous years. So there's that.

[transmogrifier]

I also have not wanted to see nearly as much as I have in previous years. So there's that.

This is pretty much me as well. I look at all the lists here and see a bunch of films I found well overrated (La La Land, Sing Street, Elle, The Witch, Hell or High Water, Zootopia, Captain America, Hail Caesar!, Everybody Wants Some!!), a bunch of solid but no more genre films (The Nice Guys, Don't Breathe, The Green Room, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Triple 9) and several prestige or auteur pictures I'm not really all that jazzed to see (Moonlight, Jackie, Midnight Special, The Neon Demon, Certain Women, Love and Friendship, Captain Fantastic, Louder than Bombs, Knight of Cups etc.)

Basically the only five US films that I still really care about seeing are Manchester By the Sea, Silence, Arrival, Paterson, and American Honey for some reason).

It's been a shitty year for American film. I haven't seen enough non-American films to comment.

[Izzy Black]

American cinema has been garbage, full stop.

[Ezee E]

I want to see American Honey. Can't track it down anywhere.

[Lazlo]

I want to see American Honey. Can't track it down anywhere.

It's on Blu-Ray or available to rent from Amazon. Check it out, it's great.

[Melville]

Love
1. The Lobster
2. Green Room
3. Sing Street

Like a lot
4. Eye in the Sky
5. Hell or High Water
6. Arrival
7. The Witch
8. La La Land
9. Silence

Like
10. The Neon Demon
11. The Invitation
12. Weiner
13. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
14. 10 Cloverfield Lane
15. Hail, Caesar!

OK
16. Don't Breathe
17. Keanu
18. The Nice Guys
19. Captain America: Civil War
20. Jason Bourne

Dislike
21. Everybody Wants Some!!
22. X-Men: Apocalypse
23. Love & Friendship

Currently not a great list, but I haven't seen a whole lot. I'll be surprised if I don't love Manchester by the Sea.

[Ezee E]

I guess I should add The Lobster to 2016 Movies I need to see.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Moonlight
2. La La Land
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Neon Demon
5. Jackie
6. One More Time With Feeling
7. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
8. The Greasy Strangler
9. American Honey
10. Everybody Wants Some!!


11. Manchester By The Sea
12. Arrival
13. Train To Busan
14. Hail, Caesar!
15. The Lobster
16. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
17. The Handmaiden
18. Hell Or High Water
19. Sing Street
20. Ouija: Origin of Evil
21. The Love Witch
22. Doctor Strange
23. A Man Called Ove
24. Hacksaw Ridge
25. Rules Don’t Apply
26. The Innocents
27. De Palma
28. Weiner
29. White Girl
30. Pete’s Dragon
31. Oasis: Supersonic
32. Voyage of Time
33. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
34. The Invitation
35. Loving
36. The Nice Guys
37. Dheepan
38. Midnight Special
39. The Witch
40. Don’t Breathe
41. Kate Plays Christine
42. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
43. Captain America: Civil War
44. 10 Cloverfield Lane
45. Don’t Think Twice
46. The Light Between Oceans
47. Deadpool
48. Blair Witch
49. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
50. The Shallows
51. Indignation
52. Christine
53. Transpecos
54. Kubo And The Two Strings
55. A Bigger Splash
56. Green Room
57. Zootopia
58. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
59. The Girl on the Train
60. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
61. Love and Friendship
62. Lights Out
63. Wiener-Dog
64. Captain Fantastic
65. The Accountant
66. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
67. Tickled
68. Ghostbusters
69. Keanu
70. Nuts!
71. The Jungle Book
72. X-Men: Apocalypse
73. Finding Dory
74. Cafe Society
75. The Purge: Election Year
76. High-Rise
77. A Tale of Love and Darkness
78. Nocturnal Animals
79. The Secret Life Of Pets
80. The BFG
81. Complete Unknown
82. Hardcore Henry
83. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
84. Saving Banksy
85. Nerve
86. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
87. Warcraft
88. Suicide Squad

1. Moonlight
2. La La Land
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Neon Demon
5. Jackie
6. Elle
7. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stoppin’
8. The Greasy Strangler
9. Everybody Wants Some!!
10. Manchester By The Sea



11. American Honey
12. One More Time With Feeling
13. Arrival
14. Blue Jay
15. Silence
16. Train To Busan
17. Hail, Caesar!
18. The Lobster
19. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
20. The Handmaiden
21. Hell Or High Water
22. Sing Street
23. Ouija: Origin of Evil
24. The Love Witch
25. Doctor Strange
26. A Man Called Ove
27. Moana
28. Hacksaw Ridge
29. Rules Don’t Apply
30. The Innocents
31. De Palma
32. Fences
33. Weiner
34. White Girl
35. Pete’s Dragon
36. Oasis: Supersonic
37. Voyage of Time
38. Hidden Figures
39. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
40. The Invitation
41. Loving
42. The Nice Guys
43. Dheepan
44. Midnight Special
45. The Witch
46. Don’t Breathe
47. Kate Plays Christine
48. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
49. Captain America: Civil War
50. 10 Cloverfield Lane
51. Don’t Think Twice
52. The Light Between Oceans
53. Deadpool
54. Blair Witch
55. Hunt For The Wilderpeople
56. The Shallows
57. Indignation
58. Christine
59. Transpecos
60. Kubo And The Two Strings
61. A Bigger Splash
62. Green Room
63. Zootopia
64. Lo and Behold, Reveries in a Connected World
65. A Monster Calls
66. 20th Century Women
67. The Girl on the Train
68. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
69. Love and Friendship
70. Lights Out
71. Wiener-Dog
72. The Founder
73. Captain Fantastic
74. The Accountant
75. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
76. Tickled
77. Ghostbusters
78. Keanu
79. Nuts!
80. The Jungle Book
81. X-Men: Apocalypse
82. Finding Dory
83. Cafe Society
84. The Purge: Election Year
85. High-Rise
86. A Tale of Love and Darkness
87. Nocturnal Animals
88. The Secret Life Of Pets
89. The BFG
90. Complete Unknown
91. Hardcore Henry
92. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
93. Saving Banksy
94. Nerve
95. Assassin's Creed
96. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
97. Warcraft
98. Suicide Squad

[Peng]

Probably final now, with only three contenders I still want to see left: Happy Hour, I Am Not Your Negro, and One More Time With Feeling.

1. Toni Erdmann
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. Everybody Wants Some!!
4. 20th Century Women
5. La La Land
6. Cameraperson
7. The Handmaiden
8. Moonlight
9. Paterson
10. Tower

11. Silence
12. OJ: Made in America
13. Captain America: Civil War
14. Right Now, Wrong Then
15. Elle
16. After the Storm
17. Arrival
18. 10 Cloverfield Lane
19. Jackie
20. Love and Friendship

Mainstream cinema is pretty meh in 2016 so this is probably the first year ever where my top 10 feels almost unrecognizably cinephile-ish to me (two docs! I feel like I don't know myself anymore :p). No equivalences of Fury Road, Inside Out, Interstellar, Snowpiercer, etc.

[Stay Puft]

I keep going back and forth on which Malick film I should put on my list, or if I should put both, or neither.
I'm still not satisfied with the list but the Top 5 is feeling like a solid lock at this point.

1. Things to Come
2. Moonlight
3. Mountains May Depart
4. Paterson
5. The Lobster
6. Julieta
7. Mermaid
8. Certain Women
9. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
10. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

[Sycophant]

I haven't gotten to nearly everything I want to from 2016, but here's an updated list, with a couple new films and a whole lot of juggling:

1. Arrival
2. The Lobster
3. Shin Godzilla
4. O.J. Made in America
5. Love and Friendship
6. Certain Women
7. The Mermaid
8. The Witch
9. 10 Cloverfield Lane
10. Into the Inferno

I am really, really bummed Silence left theaters here before I could see it. Also, just so behind.

[Melville]

Love
1. The Lobster
2. Green Room
3. Sing Street

Like a lot
4. Eye in the Sky
5. Hell or High Water
6. Arrival
7. The Witch
8. American Honey
9. La La Land
10. Silence

Like
11. The Neon Demon
12. The Invitation
13. Weiner
14. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
15. 10 Cloverfield Lane
16. Tale of Tales
17. 13th
18. Hail, Caesar!
19. Goat

OK
20. Don't Breathe
21. Keanu
22. The Nice Guys
23. OJ: Made in America
24. Captain America: Civil War
25. Jason Bourne

Dislike
26 Sausage Party
27. Everybody Wants Some!!
28. X-Men: Apocalypse
29. Love & Friendship

[Melville]

I still haven't seen many of the year's most acclaimed movies.

Love
1. The Lobster
2. Green Room
3. Sing Street

Like a lot
4. Eye in the Sky
5. Hell or High Water
6. Nocturnal Animals
7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8. Doctor Strange
9. Arrival
10. The Witch
11. American Honey
12. La La Land
13. Silence

Like
14. The Neon Demon
15. The Invitation
16. 10 Cloverfield Lane
17. Tale of Tales
18. Zootopia
19. Weiner
20. 13th
21. Hail, Caesar!
22. Goat

OK
23. The Light Between Oceans
24. The Edge of Seventeen
25. Don't Breathe
26. Keanu
27. The Nice Guys
28. OJ: Made in America
29. Captain America: Civil War
30. Jason Bourne

Dislike
31. Sausage Party
32. Everybody Wants Some!!
33. X-Men: Apocalypse
34. Love & Friendship

Bumped Hunt for the Wilderpeople way up after a second viewing. I should probably pay more attention when I watch movies.

[Rico]

So I'm closing the book on 2016. Here is my top 10.

1. The Lobster
2. Swiss Army Man
3. Sing Street
4. The Nice Guys
5. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
6. Kubo and the Two Strings
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. Don't Think Twice
9. Zootopia
10. The Edge of Seventeen

And 35 more...
11. Don't Breathe
12. 10 Cloverfield Lane
13. Arrival
14. Hell or High Water
15. Green Room
16. Nocturnal Animals
17. The Neon Demon
18. Deadpool
19. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
20. Patriots Day
21. Hacksaw Ridge
22. Rogue One
23. Paterson
24. La La Land
25. Captain America: Civil War
26. Train to Busan
27. Moonlight
28. The Handmaiden
29. Captain Fantastic
30. A Monster Calls
31. 20th Century Women
32. American Honey
33. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
34. The Witch
35. Jackie
36. Silence
37. Manchester by the Sea
38. Hidden Figures
39. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
40. Office Christmas Party
41. Love & Friendship
42. Toni Erdmann
43. Sully
44. Lion
45. Finding Dory

[baby doll]

spicy
Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic)
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)
The Terrorizers (Edward Yang)

warm
Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross)
The Club (Pablo LarraÃ*n)
Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi)
Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi)
Neruda (Pablo LarraÃ*n)

mild
The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker)
Café Society (Woody Allen)
Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Christine (Antonio Campos)
Dheepan (Jacques Audiard)
Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)
I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade)

cold
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway)
The Family Fang (Jason Bateman)
Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata)

frozen
No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman)

inedible
Afternoon (Tsai Ming-liang)

Obviously there's still a shit-ton of stuff I haven't seen, never-mind all the terrific films that never get released in the States.

[Odise]

I like my top home golf simulators (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/24/3067824/0/en/Best-Home-Golf-Simulator-of-2025-Practice-Like-A-Pro-Without-Leaving-Home-WhatBest-Announces-Top-Golf-Simulator-Winners.html) a lot, but just seem to be on many other lists.

So I'll just talk Deepwater Horizon and Silence.

I still haven't seen Deepwater Horizon. I'll try and watch it soon though.

[Spinal]

spicy
Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic)


This was indeed a damn good movie. Spicy even.

[Ivan Drago]

I like baby doll's rating scale.

[Melville]

Catchin' up on 2016 movies til I die.

Love
1. The Lobster
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. Horace and Pete
4. Green Room
5. Sing Street

Like a lot
6. Eye in the Sky
7. Moonlight
8. Hell or High Water
9. Nocturnal Animals
10. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
11. The Handmaiden
12. Doctor Strange
13. American Honey
14. The Witch
15. Jackie
16. Arrival
17. La La Land
18. Silence

Like
19. Elle
20. The Neon Demon
21. The Invitation
22. 10 Cloverfield Lane
23. Tale of Tales
24. Hacksaw Ridge
25. Zootopia
26. Certain Women
27. Weiner
28. The Fits
29. 13th
30. Hail, Caesar!
31. Goat

OK
32. High-Rise
33. The Light Between Oceans
34. Loving
35. The Edge of Seventeen
36. Don't Breathe
37. Rogue One
38. Keanu
39. The Nice Guys
40. OJ: Made in America
41. Sully
42. Captain America: Civil War
43. Jason Bourne
44. Lion
45. Krisha

Dislike
46. Deepwater Horizon
47. Sausage Party
48. Everybody Wants Some!!
49. X-Men: Apocalypse
50. Love & Friendship
51. 20th Century Women

Still to see: Toni Erdmann, Kubo, Cemetery of Splendor, I Am Not Your Negro, Midnight Special, The Red Turtle

Edited to add The Handmaiden and the Fits.

[Grouchy]

Oh, I did this the other day. It looked like this:

1. Elle
2. The Handmaiden
3. The Neon Demon
4. Toni Erdmann
5. Swiss Army Man
6. Silence
7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8. Sing Street
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. Train to Busan

Worst of the year by far goes to Suicide Squad.

[Spinal]

1. A Man Called Ove
2. Sing Street
3. Arrival
4. Moonlight
5. Don't Think Twice
6. Hell or High Water
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. The Handmaiden
9. The Lobster
10. Lion

My 2016 would now look like:

1. A Man Called Ove
2. Sing Street
3. Arrival
4. Moonlight
5. I Am Not Your Negro
6. Don't Think Twice
7. Evolution
8. Hell or High Water
9. The Red Turtle
10. The Handmaiden

[transmogrifier]

1. A Monster Calls
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. The Nice Guys
4. The Girl with all the Gifts
5. Seoul Station

That's it so far.