Best of 2016
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1.
Zootopia
(2016)
In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy. (108 mins.)
Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore
2.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
(2016)
A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. (101 mins.)
Director: Taika Waititi
3.
Lion
(2016)
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. (118 mins.)
Director: Garth Davis
4.
Hacksaw Ridge
(2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. (139 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson
5.
La La Land
(2016)
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. (128 mins.)
Director: Damien Chazelle
6.
Moonlight
(2016)
A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. (111 mins.)
Director: Barry Jenkins
7.
Deadpool
(2016)
A fast-talking mercenary with a morbid sense of humor is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers and a quest for revenge. (108 mins.)
Director: Tim Miller
8.
A Monster Calls
(2016)
A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness. (108 mins.)
Director: J.A. Bayona
9.
Manchester by the Sea
(2016)
An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies. (137 mins.)
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
10.
Arrival
(2016)
When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors. (116 mins.)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
11.
Kubo and the Two Strings
(2016)
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past. (101 mins.)
Director: Travis Knight
12.
Captain Fantastic
(2016)
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent. (118 mins.)
Director: Matt Ross
13.
Hidden Figures
(2016)
The story of a team of African-American women mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the US space program. (127 mins.)
Director: Theodore Melfi
14.
Hell or High Water
(2016)
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas. (102 mins.)
Director: David Mackenzie
15.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(2016)
When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status. (87 mins.)
Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
16.
Silence
(2016)
Two priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism. (161 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
17.
The Nice Guys
(2016)
In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star. (116 mins.)
Director: Shane Black
18.
The Birth of a Nation
(2016)
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising. (120 mins.)
Director: Nate Parker
19.
Café Society
(2016)
In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man. (96 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
20.
Doctor Strange
(2016)
A former neurosurgeon embarks on a journey of healing only to be drawn into the world of the mystic arts. (115 mins.)
Director: Scott Derrickson
21.
Finding Dory
(2016)
The friendly but forgetful blue tang fish begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way. (97 mins.)
Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
22.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(2016)
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. (133 mins.)
Director: David Yates
23.
Don't Think Twice
(2016)
When a member of a popular New York City improv troupe gets a huge break, the rest of the group - all best friends - start to realize that not everyone is going to make it after all. (92 mins.)
Director: Mike Birbiglia
24.
Fences
(2016)
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life. (139 mins.)
Director: Denzel Washington
25.
Star Trek Beyond
(2016)
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test. (122 mins.)
Director: Justin Lin