Films I've Watched From 2016
Listed from best to worst with a rating and my favourite scene given. I'll add everything I do see from the year.
Blue = best performance of the year.
Red = best scene of the year.
10 - masterpiece.
9.0-9.5 - amazing/near-masterpiece.
8.0-8.5 - great/really great.
7.0-7.5 - very good.
6.0-6.5 - good.
5.0-5.5 - okay.
4.0-4.5 - bad.
3.0-3.5 - terrible.
2.0-2.5 - disaster.
1.0-1.5 - no redeemable qualities.
Blue = best performance of the year.
Red = best scene of the year.
10 - masterpiece.
9.0-9.5 - amazing/near-masterpiece.
8.0-8.5 - great/really great.
7.0-7.5 - very good.
6.0-6.5 - good.
5.0-5.5 - okay.
4.0-4.5 - bad.
3.0-3.5 - terrible.
2.0-2.5 - disaster.
1.0-1.5 - no redeemable qualities.
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- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.Rating: 9.0/10
Best scene: Ending sequence.
MVP: Emma Stone as Mia. - DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Rating: 9.0/10
Best scene: Police interview.
MVP: Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler. - DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Rating: 9.0/10
Best scene: Juan and Little at the table/chair attack.
MVP: Mahershala Ali as Juan. - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.Rating: 8.5/10
Best scene: Final scene.
MVP: Amy Adams as Louise Banks. - DirectorMatt RossStarsViggo MortensenGeorge MacKaySamantha IslerIn 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.Rating: 8.5/10
Best scene: Ben drives alone.
MVP: Viggo Mortensen as Ben Cash. - DirectorJohn CarneyStarsFerdia Walsh-PeeloAidan GillenMaria Doyle KennedyA young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention.Rating: 8.5/10
Best scene: Brother's goodbye.
MVP: Jack Reynor as Brendan. - DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsJohn GoodmanMary Elizabeth WinsteadJohn Gallagher Jr.A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.Rating: 8.5/10
Best scene: Santa Claus!
MVP: John Goodman as Howard. - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsBlake JennerTyler HoechlinRyan GuzmanIn 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.Rating: 8.5/10
Best scene: The bit where they get drunk and party.
MVP: Zoey Deutch as Beverly. - DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsGong YooJung Yu-miMa Dong-seokWhile a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.Rating: 8.0/10
Best scene: Seok-woo's memories.
MVP: Yoo Gong as Seok-woo. - DirectorShane BlackStarsRussell CroweRyan GoslingAngourie RiceIn 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.Rating: 8.0/10
Best scene: Shadduck's party.
MVP: Ryan Gosling as Holland March. (HM: Angourie Rice) - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsAdam DriverGolshifteh FarahaniNellieA quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.Rating: 8.0/10
Best scene: Uh-huh.
MVP: Adam Driver as Paterson. - DirectorMel GibsonStarsAndrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonLuke BraceyWorld War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving 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.Rating: 8.0/10
Best scene: Entry onto Hacksaw Ridge/Doss' jump.
MVP: Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss. - DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsChris EvansRobert Downey Jr.Scarlett JohanssonPolitical involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.Rating: 8.0/10
Best scene: Airport battle.
MVP: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man. - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsSam NeillJulian DennisonRima Te WiataA national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Final chase sequence/Uncle Hec's haiku.
MVP: Julian Dennison as Ricky Baker/Sam Neill as Uncle Hec. - DirectorTom FordStarsAmy AdamsJake GyllenhaalMichael ShannonA wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Hidden poker/final scene.
MVP: Aaron-Taylor Johnson as Ray Marcus. - DirectorScott DerricksonStarsBenedict CumberbatchChiwetel EjioforRachel McAdamsWhile on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: The Cloak of Levitation chooses Strange.
MVP: Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange. - DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsFelicity JonesDiego LunaAlan TudykIn a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Darth Vader boards the command ship.
MVP: Donnie Yen as Chirrut Îmwe. - DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergKurt RussellDouglas M. GriffinA dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: The explosion/Williams reunited with his family.
MVP: Kurt Russell as Jimmy Harrell. (HM: John Malkovich) - DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsChris PineBen FosterJeff BridgesToby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Final scene.
MVP: Jeff Bridges as Marcus Hamilton. - DirectorGarth DavisStarsDev PatelNicole KidmanRooney MaraA five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: The return.
MVP: Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley. - DirectorJames WanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMadison WolfeEd and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Portrait of a Nun/final sequence.
MVP: Madison Wolfe as Janet Hodgson. - DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate DickieA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: William and Katherine's deaths/Thomasin gives in to Black Philip.
MVP: Anya Taylor-Joy as Thomasin. - DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsLewis MacDougallSigourney WeaverFelicity JonesConor, a twelve-year-old boy, encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: The end of the tale.
MVP: Lewis MacDougall as Conor O'Malley. - DirectorJeremy SaulnierStarsAnton YelchinImogen PootsAlia ShawkatA punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Pat gives over the gun.
MVP: Anton Yelchin as Pat. - DirectorMike FlanaganStarsJohn Gallagher Jr.Kate SiegelMichael TruccoA deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Scenario monologue/'died fighting'.
MVP: Kate Siegel as Maddie Young. - DirectorFede AlvarezStarsStephen LangJane LevyDylan MinnetteHoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: The bit where they hold their breath.
MVP: Stephen Lang as The Blind Man. - DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerDon HallStarsAuli'i CravalhoDwayne JohnsonRachel HouseIn ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Know who you are.
MVP: Auli'i Cravalho as Moana. - DirectorByron HowardRich MooreJared BushStarsGinnifer GoodwinJason BatemanIdris ElbaIn a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: n/a
MVP: Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps. - DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsLogan Marshall-GreenEmayatzy CorinealdiMichiel HuismanWhen a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Where's Choi?/ending scene.
MVP: Logan Marshall-Green as Will. - DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: Knife to the head.
MVP: Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool. - DirectorKelly Fremon CraigStarsHailee SteinfeldHaley Lu RichardsonBlake JennerHigh-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.Rating: 7.5/10
Best scene: The hug.
MVP: Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine. - DirectorThea SharrockStarsEmilia ClarkeSam ClaflinJanet McTeerA girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: Will you stay?
MVP: Sam Claflin as Will Traynor. - DirectorMike BirbigliaStarsKeegan-Michael KeyGillian JacobsMike BirbigliaWhen 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.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: The Well.
MVP: Keegan-Michael Key as Jack. - DirectorDavid YatesStarsEddie RedmayneKatherine WaterstonAlison SudolIn 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: No-Maj walks into the rain.
MVP: Dan Fogler as Jacob 'No-Maj' Kowalski. - DirectorTravis KnightStarsCharlize TheronArt ParkinsonMatthew McConaugheyA young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: You are my quest.
MVP: Charlize Theron as Monkey. - DirectorJon FavreauStarsNeel SethiBill MurrayBen KingsleyAfter a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: Mowgli vs. Shere Khan.
MVP: Neel Sethi as Mowgli. - DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsElle FanningChristina HendricksKeanu ReevesAn aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: Jesse in the pool/eyeball snack.
MVP: Jena Malone as Ruby. - DirectorJustin LinStarsChris PineZachary QuintoKarl UrbanThe crew of the USS Enterprise 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.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: Kirk versus Krall.
MVP: Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk. - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsTom HanksAaron EckhartLaura LinneyWhen pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.Rating: 7.0/10
Best scene: The flight/landing.
MVP: Tom Hanks as Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger. - DirectorAkiva SchafferJorma TacconeStarsAndy SambergJorma TacconeAkiva SchafferWhen 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.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: The Parent Trap/Incredible Thoughts Performance.
MVP: Andy Samberg as Conner. - DirectorRob BurnettStarsCraig RobertsPaul RuddSelena GomezA man suffering a family loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: Birth.
MVP: Craig Roberts as Trevor. - DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsBlake LivelyÓscar JaenadaAngelo Josue Lozano CorzoA mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: The bit where Nancy tries to outsmart a shark.
MVP: Blake Lively as Nancy. (HM: Steven Seagull) - DirectorJohn HamburgStarsZoey DeutchJames FrancoTangie AmbroseA holiday gathering threatens to go off the rails when Ned Fleming realizes that his daughter's Silicon Valley millionaire boyfriend is about to pop the question.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: Toilet controls.
MVP: Bryan Cranston as Ned Fleming. - DirectorConrad VernonGreg TiernanStarsSeth RogenKristen WiigJonah HillA sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a journey to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they are picked off the shelf.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: Food revolution.
MVP: Michael Cera as Barry. - DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsTeresa PalmerGabriel BatemanMaria BelloRebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: Opening sequence.
MVP: Teresa Palmer as Rebecca. - DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: Underwater/ending scene.
MVP: Paul Dano as Hank. - DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonTommy Lee JonesAlicia VikanderThe CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.Rating: 6.5/10
Best scene: Las Vegas car chase.
MVP: Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. - DirectorZack SnyderStarsBen AffleckHenry CavillAmy AdamsBatman is manipulated by Lex Luthor to fear Superman. Superman´s existence is meanwhile dividing the world and he is framed for murder during an international crisis. The heroes clash and force the neutral Wonder Woman to reemerge.Rating: 6.0/10
Best scene: Doomsday fight.
MVP: Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman. - DirectorDavid AyerStarsWill SmithJared LetoMargot RobbieA secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.Rating: 6.0/10
Best scene: Any Deadshot/daughter scene.
MVP: Will Smith as Deadshot/Floyd Lawton. - DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsEmma RobertsDave FrancoEmily MeadeA high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."Rating: 5.5/10
Best scene: When the stupid teenagers do dares.
MVP: n/a - DirectorJake SzymanskiStarsZac EfronAdam DevineAnna KendrickTwo hard-partying brothers place an online ad to find the perfect dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves out-hustled by an uncontrollable duo.Rating: 5.5/10
Best scene: Wheel to the face.
MVP: Zac Efron as Dave Stangle. - DirectorRicky GervaisStarsRicky GervaisRob JarvisAbbie MurphyA camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British TV series The Office (2001), as he now fancies himself a rock star on the road.Rating: 5.5/10
Best scene: Ending scene.
MVP: Ricky Gervais as David Brent. - DirectorNicholas StollerStarsSeth RogenRose ByrneZac EfronWhen their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorority even more debaucherous than the fraternity that lived there before, Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy, Teddy, to bring the girls down.Rating: 5.5/10
Best scene: n/a
MVP: Zac Efron as Teddy Sanders.