It's that time of year again - your vote for best film of 2016?

Probably the Revenant has the pioneering epic scope to be my best film category.
Other than that, there's not many stand out to be regarded as a best film of 2016. I really enjoyed The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, a Finnish Film about a top European standard lightweight boxer who fought for the world title in 1962 against Davey Moore. Deadpan Finnish humor in abundance and a love story, all told as close to the events as happened.

 

I haven't seen many of the films mentioned by others in this thread, but of the ones I have seen, I'm going with Captain Fantastic.

 

I just learned Moonlight is back at my regular theatre this week, thanks to its Golden Globe win, I'm sure. Great news!

 

Hidden Fences. Great film.

 

Started another thread as I'd missed this one for some reason (my bad). Here is my list of movies (all based on the UK release schedule). I've also thrown in my favourite DVDs, Blu-Rays and TV Shows of 2016 too....still lots to catch up on, so as always, favourites can change:

My Top 15 Movies of the Year (in UK release schedule/date order...)
The Revenant
The Hateful Eight
The Assassin
Deadpool
Midnight Special
Love and Friendship
Tale of Tales
Things To Come
American Honey
I, Daniel Blake
Nocturnal Animals
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Paterson
Rogue 1: A Star Wars Story

Also enjoyed:
Hail Caesar; Anomalisa; Finding Dory; Kubo and Two Strings, Victoria, Julieta, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week, Dad's Army (although not even close to the greatness of the BBC TV series)...and a film universally panned that I quite liked: Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.

and now looking forward to seeing La La Land; Manchester By The Sea and Silence in early 2017...

My Top 10 Blu-Rays/DVD's (UK Release Schedule/Date Order)
"Man With A Movie Camera" Vertov Ltd Edition 4 Disc Blu-Ray/DVD Set
"Hitchcock/Truffaut" DVD
“In A Lonely Place” Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
“Cat People” Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
“Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” Blu-Ray with Ltd Edition Art Cards
"Dr. Strangelove" Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
"Don't Look Back" Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
"Only Angels Have Wings" Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
"It Happened One Night" Criterion Collection Blu-Ray
"Paths of Glory" Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray

My Top 15 TV Shows of the Year (UK Schedule)
War and Peace (BBC)
Deutschland 83 (Channel 4)
Brooklyn 99: Season 3 (E4)
The Night Manager (BBC)
Happy Valley: Season 2 (BBC)
Better Call Saul: Season 2 (Netflix)
House of Cards: Season 4 (Netflix)
Line of Duty: Season 3 (BBC)
Game of Thrones: Season 6 (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Modern Family: Season 6,7,8 (Selected Episodes on Sky)
Peaky Blinders: Season 3 (BBC)
Mr Robot: Seasons 1 & 2 (NBC Universal/Amazon Prime Video)
Stranger Things: Season 1 (Netflix)
Westworld: Season 1 (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Crown: Season 1 (Netflix)

also enjoyed: Humans: Season 2 (Channel 4); Witness For The Prosecution (BBC); Inside No.9:The Devil of Christmas (BBC) and lots of Sports coverage...

 

Films
manchester by the sea
hell or high water
la la land
nocturnal animals
st vincent
captain fantastic
the arrival
hail, caesar
rogue one
sully
hidden figures
hacksaw ridge

Series
OJ vs The People

Binge
the crown
stranger things
this is us

Haven’t Seen
moonlight
fences
julieta
paterson
the edge of seventeen
café society
lion

Music
what happened Ms. Simone
Eight Day a Week

Worst Film
the witch

 

Hacksaw Ridge was the best film that I viewed theatrically in 2016.

 

I think my favorites were:

THE NICE GUYS
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
HELL OR HIGH WATER

And I really liked:

TRAIN TO BUSAN
TOWER

 

I saw "Fences" on Tuesday night and it's in my Top 3 along with Manchester By The Sea and Captain Fantastic.

Denzel Washington was superb in this film (as was Viola Davis)

 

My 2016 faves in no particular order...
Moonlight
Hacksaw Ridge
Arrival
Hell or High Water
Manchester By The Sea

I have not seen Fences or Hidden Figures yet.

 

I missed the Golden Globes and thought you had made the mistake!

Nice list, btw.

 

Hidden Figures has been the top film at the box office two weeks in a row. So even if the Oscars end up mostly snubbing it, it's nice to see audiences have picked up on how good it is.

Oscar nominations are eight days away, btw.

 

St. Vincent was 2014.

C'mon man.

 

The Witch was my favorite movie of the year. Green Room a close second.

 

For pure entertainment value nothing beats Deadpool. For getting my thinking on, Arrival.

 

Worst film
The Witch

I really wanted to like it and I am a fan of the horror genre. Admittedly, saying it's the 'worst' might be a tad harsh. The thing is, there are several things I liked about 'The Witch', but in the end the whole film seemed like a lot of smoke & mirrors with no legitimate payoff, be it good or bad thematically. I only saw it once in the theatre. I guess the time is right for a second viewing.

 

Check out Blue Ruin if you missed it.

 

some of movies I've enjoyed last year...

Army of One, War Dogs, Warcraft, Deadpool, Everybody Wants Some, The Lobster, Neon Demon, Tale of Tales, Arrival, The Witch, Touched By Fire, Keanu (as an odd tribute to George Michael before he died)...

 

I second that - "Ruin" is a pretty solid movie!

 

Films I loved:
Deadpool
La La Land

Films I liked:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which I didn't see until 2016)
Zootopia (actually liked it far more than I expected)
Secret Life of Pets
Captain America: Civil War
10 Cloverfield Lane
Dr. Strange (surprisingly good)

Films I didn't hate:
Star Wars: Rogue One
Jungle Book
X-Men: Apocalpyse

Films I found disappointing:
Hail Caesar
Ghostbusters
Sausage Party
Batman vs. Superman
Fantastic Beasts (very dull for a $150M big-budget fantasy/adventure)
Star Trek: Beyond
Suicide Squad (couldn't make it half an hour through)
Jason Bourne (even stupider and more lapses of logic than I had expected)

 

No question, American Honey.

 

Planning to screen as soon as Netflix sends!

Figure I'll have most of 2016 covered by end of March.

 

also Goksung (The Wailing) had a great story if you can make it to the end of the film.

 

I've been struggling to get through that one.

 

I was kind of irritated with the film and wanted to quit watching it until around the second half. It was totally worth it in the end!