1. Captain Fantastic - Matt Ross
2. Arrival - Denis Villeneuve
6. Florence Foster Jenkins - Stephen Frears + Best True-Story Movie of the Year
7. Snowden - Oliver Stone
8. Finding Dory - Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
10. Kung Fu Panda 3 - Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Other great movies of 2016 (in alphabetic order):
After the Storm/海よりもまだ深く (Umi yori mo Mada Fukaku) - Hirokazu Kore-eda + Best Japanese Movie of the Year
Café Society - Woody Allen + Best Romcom of the Year
Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson + Best War Movie of the Year + Comeback of the Year: Mel Gibson
The Jungle Book - Jon Favreau + Best 3D Movie of the Year + Best Animal Movie of the Year
La La Land - Damian Chazelle + Best Musical of the Year
Looking: The Movie, TV movie - Andrew Haigh + Best TV Movie of the Year + Best San Francisco Title of the Year
Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford + Best Crime Drama of the Year + Best Los Angeles Movie of the Year + Most Stylish Movie of the Year
Zootopia - Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Good, recommendable movies of 2016 (in alphabetic order):
The Conjuring 2 - James Wan
Ghostbusters - Paul Feig
Lights Out - David F. Sandberg
The Lost City of Z - James Gray + Most Undeserved Flop of the Year + Best Adventure of the Year + Best Jungle Movie of the Year + Best Ensemble of the Year
The Neon Demon - Nicolas Winding Refn
Passengers - Morten Tyldum + Best Space Movie of the Year
Sausage Party - Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Star Trek Beyond - Justin Lin
Their Finest - Lone Scherfig + Best Moviemaking Movie of the Year
Wiener-Dog - Todd Solondz + Most Under-Appreciated Movie of the Year + Best Dramedy of the Year + Best Dog Movie of the Year
The Worst Movies of 2016:
1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Gareth Edwards
3. London Has Fallen - Babak Najafi
5. Warcraft - Duncan Jones
Other failed, poor or mediocre 2016 movies (in alphabetic order):
13 Hours/13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Hail, Caesar!
Pete's Dragon
X-Men: Apocalypse
[37 titles in total]
Notes:
The first update to the 2016 lists adds 14 titles to the mix, upping the reviewed total from 23 to 37.
At the top of the best-of list, Matt Ross' emotionally riveting Captain Fantastic reigns supreme. It is followed by Denis Villeneuve's sensational sci-fi drama thriller Arrival and new entry Ken Loach's indignation-fueled social realism drama I, Daniel Blake. The remainder of the list is filled out by a batch of great films: Other new entries; Barry Jenkins' triumphant gay coming-of-age drama Moonlight, Kleber Mendonça Filho's soulful Aquarius, followed by Stephen Frears' delightful Florence Foster Jenkins, Oliver Stone's highly topical biopic Snowden, Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane's excellent animation sequel Finding Dory, new entry indie horror, André Øvredal's terrifying The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and finally Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh Nelson's hilarious Kung Fu Panda 3.
Jon Favreau's magical The Jungle Book, Mel Gibson's forceful true-story war movie Hacksaw Ridge, Andrew Haigh's touching, romantic TV movie Looking: The Movie, and Woody Allen's deeply funny and poignant showbiz period picture Café Society get squeezed out of the top 10 in this update, which brings a bunch of greatness to the list.
Other terrific offerings of 2016 include: An unusual, very adult and very funny animation (Sausage Party), another fine Star Trek movie (Star Trek Beyond), a funny Ghostbusters reboot (Ghostbusters), a cool, super-hyped musical (La La Land), a violent, sophisticated crime drama (Nocturnal Animals) and an ambitious, impressive Amazonia epic (The Lost City of Z).
On the still short worst-of list we find big-budgeted blunders only, so far: Gareth Edwards' tentpole blockbuster for Disney, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story still is my least liked 2016 movie, probably because Star Wars in general is so close to my heart and this was the first Star Wars film that I found myself actively disliking. It is followed by new entry J.A. Bayona's amazingly misguided family fantasy flick, the disastrously bleak A Monster Calls and Babak Najafi's senseless terrorism actioner sequel London Has Fallen. Next is new entry James Bobin's career-stopping, hugely expensive flop Alice Through the Looking Glass and finally Duncan Jones' somewhat insipid computer game adaptation Warcraft.
Among the first-rate filmmakers who churned out sub-par efforts in 2016 are Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Ethan and Joel Coen (Hail, Caesar!).
Notes on the 2017 Oscars:
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the awards for the first time, doing fairly well and bringing lightness and laughs to much of the evening.
The biggest winner was La La Land with 6 Oscars. It tied with All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997) the record for most nominations with 14. It won Best Director (Damian Chazelle, youngest ever, at 32), Actress (Emma Stone), Score (Justin Hurwitz), Song (City of Stars), Production Design and Cinematography (Linus Sandgren). Moonlight became the first all-black cast movie and the first LGBT movie to win the Best Picture Oscar. It also won Mahershala Ali the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, becoming the first Muslim to win an Oscar. It also won for Best Adapted Screenplay (Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney). Manchester by the Sea won Best Actor (Casey Affleck) and Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan). Fences won Best Supporting Actress (Viola Davis). Hacksaw Ridge won Best Sound Mixing and Film Editing, Arrival Best Sound Editing, Suicide Squad Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Best Costumes and The Jungle Book Best Visual Effects. Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman won the Best Foreign Film Oscar ahead of Land of Mine, A Man Called Ove, Tanna and masterpiece Toni Erdmann. O.J.: Made in America won Best Documentary, and Zootopia Best Animation. The short Oscars went to The White Helmets (doc.), Sing (live action) and Piper (animated).
Honorary Oscars went to Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn Stalmaster and Frederick Wiseman.
The historic happening at the awards was a mix-up at the most crucial moment, when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, saluted for the 50th anniversary of Bonnie and Clyde, were to hand over the Best Picture award. A wrong envelope was passed to them, which made them first give the statuette to the La La Land people, before, two minutes later, crew members stormed on-stage and reversed the win to its rightful recipients, Moonlight. The bizarre event was an embarrassment for the whole production but also made it more talked about globally than it otherwise would have been.
2016 titles still on the watch-list:
Midnight Special (seen - good), Gods of Egypt, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Baskets (TV-series), King Cobra, War Dogs, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, It's Only the End of the World, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, American Honey, Elle, Spa Night, Sully (seen - bad), Undrafted, Why Him?, Hidden Figures, Shin Godzilla (seen - good), Paterson, The Salesman, Legion, Maudie, Chuck, Afterimage, Harmonium, Karate Kill, Killing Ground, Red Christmas, Hunt for the Wilderpeople (seen - great).
Previous annual lists:
2017 in films - according to Film Excess
2016 in films - according to Film Excess
2015 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2015 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2015 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess 2014 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2014 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2014 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2014 in films - according to Film Excess 2013 in films - according to Film Excess [UPDATED IV]
2013 in films - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2013 in films - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2013 in films - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2013 in films - according to Film Excess
2012 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED IV]
2012 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2012 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2012 in films - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2012 in films - according to Film Excess 2011 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2011 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2011 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2011 in films - according to Film Excess 2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess 2009 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2009 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess
2012 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2012 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2012 in films - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2012 in films - according to Film Excess 2011 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED III]
2011 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2011 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2011 in films - according to Film Excess 2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2010 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess 2009 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED I]
2009 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess
What do you think of the 2016 lists?
What films of the year are your favorites and least favorites?
Is any essential title/s missing on the watch-list?
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