2016’s Top Films
There are two kinds of people in the world.
There are some people who, rather than merely “entertaining” themselves, watch the most important, the most beautiful, the most challenging, and the most thought-provoking films released each year; and there are some people who don’t.
The list below was created to assist the former.
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January 29th – The Finest Hours (2016), directed by Craig Gillespie
February 5th – Hail, Caesar (2016), directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
February 19th – Risen (2016), directed by Kevin Reynolds
February 19th – Embrace of the Serpent (2015), directed by Ciro Guerra
March 4th – Knight of Cups (2015), directed by Terrence Malick
March 11th – Eye in the Sky (2015), directed by Gavin Hood
April 15th – The Jungle Book (2016), directed by Jon Favreau
April 29th – L’attesa (2015), directed by Piero Messina
April 29th – The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), directed by Matt Brown
May 6th – Captain America: Civil War (2016), directed by Anthony & Joe Russo
May 13th – Last Days in the Desert (2015), directed by Rodrigo Garcia
May 13th – Love & Friendship (2016), directed by Whit Stillman
May 13th – High-Rise (2015), directed by Ben Wheatley
May 13th – Dheepan (2015), directed by Jacques Audiard
May 13th – Sunset Song (2015), directed by Terence Davies
May 20th – The Nice Guys (2016), directed by Shane Black
June 3rd – The Fits (2015), directed by Anna Rose Holmer
June 3rd – Time to Choose (2015), directed by Charles Ferguson
June 10th – Genius (2016), directed by Michael Grandage
June 24th – Free State of Jones (2016), directed by Gary Ross
June 24th – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), directed by Taika Waititi
July 1st – The BFG (2016), directed by Steven Spielberg
July 1st – The Innocents (2016), directed by Anne Fontaine
July 8th – Our Little Sister (2015), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
July 22nd – Star Trek Beyond (2016), directed by Justin Lin
August 12th – Pete’s Dragon (2016), directed by David Lowery
August 12th – Hell or High Water (2016), directed by David Mackenzie
August 12th – Anthropoid (2016), directed by Sean Ellis
August 19th – A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), directed by Natalie Portman
September 2nd – The Light Between the Oceans (2016), directed by Derek Cianfrance
September 9th – Cameraperson (2016), directed by Kirsten Johnson
September 23rd – Queen of Katwe (2016), directed by Mira Nair
September 30th – Denial (2016), directed by Mick Jackson
October 14th – Certain Women (2016), directed by Kelly Reichardt
November 4th – Doctor Strange (2016), directed by Scott Derrickson
November 4th – Hacksaw Ridge (2016), directed by Mel Gibson
November 4th – Loving (2016), directed by Jeff Nichols
November 11th – Arrival (2016), directed by Denis Villeneuve
November 18th – The Edge of Seventeen (2016), directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
November 18th – Manchester by the Sea (2016), directed by Kenneth Lonergan
November 25th – Moana (2016), directed by Ron Clements & Don Hall
November 25th – Lion (2016), directed by Garth Davis
November 25th – Allied (2016), directed by Robert Zemeckis
December 2nd – Jackie (2016), directed by Pablo Larraín
December 9th – La La Land (2016), directed by Damien Chazelle
December 16th – Collateral Beauty (2016), directed by David Frankel
December 16th – Fences (2016), directed by Denzel Washington
December 23rd – Silence (2016), directed by Martin Scorsese
December 30th – Live By Night (2016), directed by Ben Affleck
December 30th – Hidden Figures (2016), directed by Theodore Melfi
December 30th – Paterson (2016), directed by Jim Jarmusch