Welcome to my second-annual “Year in Film” rankings, where I list out every movie I’ve watched and reviewed in 2016.
Last year, I reviewed 87 films (most of them reviewed via the Now Conspiring podcast). But in 2016, I’m putting more focus into written reviews, so you can more easily search the archives.
Here are the rankings so far, with corresponding reviews linked:
#1 Moana
#2 Sing Street
#3 Manchester by the Sea
#4 Hell or High Water
#5 Moonlight
#6 Sully
#7 Zootopia
#8 Midnight Special
#9 Kubo and the Two Strings
#10 Captain America: Civil War
#11 Green Room
#12 Pete’s Dragon
#13 The Conjuring 2
#14 Swiss Army Man
#15 Southside with You
#16 Hail, Caesar!
#17 Everybody Wants Some!!
#18 Hunt for the Wilderpeople
#19 The Jungle Book
#20 10 Cloverfield Lane
#21 Edge of Seventeen
#22 Hacksaw Ridge
#23 Arrival
#24 Captain Fantastic
#25 Finding Dory
#26 Don’t Think Twice
#27 Deadpool
#28 Doctor Strange
#29 Don’t Breathe
#30 Queen of Katwe
#31 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
#32 Justice League vs. Teen Titans
#33 The Lobster
#34 The Witch
#35 The BFG
#36 The Nice Guys
#37 Kung Fu Panda 3
#38 X-Men: Apocalypse
#39 Demolition
#40 Snowden
#41 The Light Between Oceans
#42 Neon Demon
#43 Star Trek Beyond
#44 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
#45 The Accountant
#46 Magnificent Seven
#47 Suicide Squad
#48 Money Monster
#49 Hardcore Henry
#50 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
#51 Batman: The Killing Joke
#52 Jason Bourne
#53 Gods of Egypt
#54 Ghostbusters
#55 Warcraft
#56 Independence Day: Resurgence
#57 Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
#58 The Secret Life of Pets
#59 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
#60 Sausage Party
#61 Alice Through the Looking Glass
#62 Dirty Grandpa
#63 The Divergent Series: Allegiant
#64 The Legend of Tarzan
Impressive set of rankings. Zootopia is also currently my favorite film of 2016. ^_^
Here are my 2016 power rankings as of 3/19/2016 (5-star system with 1/2-star intervals):
1.) Zootopia (****1/2)
2.) Race (****)
3.) Kung Fu Panda 3 (****)
4.) Hail, Caesar! (****)
5.) 10 Cloverfield Lane (****)
6.) The Witch (***1/2)
7.) Risen (***1/2)
8.) How To Be Single (***1/2)
9.) Deadpool (***)
10.) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (***)
11.) Eddie The Eagle (***)
12.) London Has Fallen (***)
13.) Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (***)
14.) The Finest Hours (***)
15.) Jane Got A Gun (***)
16.) The 5th Wave (1/2)
17.) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (1/2)
18.) Gods Of Egypt ()
19.) The Masked Saint ()
20.) Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer ()
21.) The Boy ()
22.) The Choice (*1/2)
23.) The Forest (*)
24.) Norm Of The North (1/2)
25.) Dirty Grandpa (0)
Looks like the system mistook the asterisks from #16 onward incorrectly. ^_^
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16.) The 5th Wave (2 1/2 stars)
17.) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (2 1/2 stars)
18.) Gods Of Egypt (2 stars)
19.) The Masked Saint (2 stars)
20.) Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (2 stars)
21.) The Boy (2 stars)
22.) The Choice (1 1/2 stars)
23.) The Forest (1 star)
24.) Norm Of The North (1/2 star)
25.) Dirty Grandpa (0)
Hey 🙂 I totally agree with Dirty Grandpa in the last place as this movie is really bad. (although it is with Zac Efron… at first I really liked him, but his latest movies are always a bit similar and playing only with that bad Boy Image. )
Zac Efron almost redeems the film for me. Sadly, he just plays another feckless human being who falls victim to the antics of a delusional loved one.
Robert De Niro deserves to be put into a career straitjacket unless a passing project involves either David O. Russell or Martin Scorsese.
Interesting rating style. But, i think Dr Strange need to be up under top 10 movies. Also i am a big Zac Effron fan dirty grandpa deserve batter position.