2016 Films, Alphabetically (With Grades)
146 Films Screened | 125 Released
Title (Director) Grade Review
Last Update: 12/20/2016
10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg) B Capsule
20th Century Women (Mike Mills) A/A- Reviewish
Absolutely Fabulous (Mandie Fletcher) B- Review
Allied (Robert Zemeckis) B-/C+ Review
April & The Extraordinary World (Ekinci & Desmares) B Tim's Review
Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) A- Review
Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story (Eva Husson) B Review
Batman v Superman (Zach Snyder) D Review
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... (Lonny Price) B+ Capsule
Bigger Splash, A (Luca Guadagnino) B+ Reviewish, Podcast
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ang Lee) C- Reviewish & Podcast
Birth of a Nation, The (Nate Parker) C/C-
Bleed For This (Ben Younger) C Capsule
Boss, The (Ben Falcone) C+ Review, McCarthy Posterized
Bridget Jones's Baby (Sharon Maguire) C+
Bronze, The (Bryan Buckley) C+ Capsule
Café Society (Woody Allen) B- Review
Captain America: Civil War (Russo Brothers) B² Review
Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross) B+/A- Review
Clan, The (Pablo Trapero) B Capsule
Closet Monster (Stephen Dunn) B+ Review
Club, The (Pablo Larraín) B Capsule
Conjuring 2, The (James Wan) B- Production Design
Dark Horse (Louise Osmond) B- Capsule
Deadpool (Tim Miller) C Reviewish, Production Design
Demolition (Jean-Marc Vallée) C+ Review
Desde Allá / From Afar (Lorenzo Vigas) B Review
Desierto (Jonas Cuaron) D+ Review
Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson) B-² Review
Disorder (Alice Winocour) B Review
Dressmaker, The (Jocelyn Moorhouse) B² Capsule
Eagle Huntress, The (Otto Bell) B-/C+ Capsule
Eddie the Eagle (Dexter Fletcher) C Review
Edge of Seventeen (Kelly Fremon Craig) B+ Review
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway)
Elle (Paul Verhoeven) A- Review & Podcast
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra) A- Review, The Furniture
Everybody Wants Some (Richard Linklater) B+ Con Review, Pro Review, Podcast, The Furniture
Family Fang, The (Jason Bateman) B Review
Fences (Denzel Washington) B+ His & Hers Triumph
Finding Dory (Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane) B- Review
Fits, The (Anna Rose Holmer) B+ Capsule
Florence Foster Jenkins (Steven Frears) B² Review, The Furniture
Founder, The (Michael Keaton) C-
Front Cover (Ray Yeung) B-
Gayby Baby (Maya Newell) D+
Genius (Michael Grandage) D Review, Capsule
Ghostbusters (Paul Feig) B Review, The Furniture
Girl on the Train, The (Tate Taylor) D+
Glassland (Gerard Barrett) B Review
Gods of Egypt (Alex Proyas) D+ Review
Gold (Stephen Gaghan) C-
Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson) C
Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen) B Posterized, Interview:Score, Prod. Design
Handmaiden, The (Park Chan-Wook) A/A- Podcast
Hell Or High Water (David Mackenzie) B+ Production Design
Hello, My Name is Doris (Michael Showalter) B Review
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) B
High-Rise (Ben Wheatley) B Review, Podcast
How to Be Single (Christian Ditter) B- Capsule
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi) B/B+ Review, The Furniture
Huntsman: Winter's War, The (Cedric Nicolas-Troyan) C- Review
I Saw The Light (Marc Abraham) D Review
Jackie (Pablo Larrain) A-/B+² Review
Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar) B Review
Jungle Book, The (Jon Favreau) B- Capsule
Keanu (Peter Atencio) C
Krisha (Trey Edward Shults) C+ Review
Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight) B- Review
La La Land (Damien Chazelle) A-² Capsule
Last Days in the Desert (Rodrigo Garcia) C+ Capsule
Lazy Eye (Tim Kirkman) B
Legend of Tarzan, The (David Yates) C Review
Light Between Oceans, The (Derek Cianfrance) B Capsule
Lion (Garth Davis) B+ Review
Little Men (Ira Sachs) B+ Review
Live By Night (Ben Affleck) C The Design Team
Lobster, The (Yorgos Lanthimos) B+ Podcast, The Furniture
Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman) B+ Review, Podcast, The Furniture
Loving (Jeff Nichols) B/B- Review
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan) B Jason's Take, Nathaniel's Take
Midnight Special (Jeff Nichols) C- Amir's Review
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (Jake Szymanski) C Review
Miles Ahead (Don Cheadle) C- Review
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Tim Burton) C+ Capsule
Miss Sloane (John Madden) B² Capsule
Moana (Clements, Hall, Musker & Williams) B/B+² Capsule
Monster Calls, A (JA Bayona) C+ Capsule
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins) A/A-² Review
Morris From America (Chad Hartigan) B+
My Life as a Courgette (Claude Barras) B Review
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (Nicholas Stoller) B Podcast
Neon Demon, The (Nicolas Winding Refn) B/D Review
Neruda (Pablo Larraín) B+ Review
Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford) D+ Review, Second Take, Podcast
Other People (Chris Kelly) B Interview, Review
Patriot's Day (Peter Berg) C+
Pete's Dragon (David Lowery) B Review
Phantom Boy (Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol) B+ Review
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Burr Steers) B- Review
Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair) B/B+ Review
Red Turtle, The (Michael Dudok de Wit) B+ Review
Rogue One (Gareth Edwards) C+ Review
Rules Don't Apply (Warren Beatty) C- Capsule
Salesman, The (Asghar Farhadi) B+ Review
Sand Storm (Elite Zexler) C+ Review, Interview
Shallows, The (Jaume Collet-Serra) B Capsule
Sing Street (John Carney) B+ Review, MVP?, Podcast
Spa Night (Andrew Ahn, US) B Nathaniel's Capsule, Sean's Review
Star Trek Beyond (Justin Lin) B Review, The Furniture
Suicide Squad (David Ayers) D Review
Sully (Clint Eastwood) B- Review
Sunset Song (Terence Davies) C+ Interview
Swiss Army Man (Daniels) B Capsule
Tickled (David Farrier & Dylan Reeve) C Review
Things To Come (Mia Hansen-Løve) B Review
Transpecos (Greg Kwader) B Capsule
Under the Shadow (Babak Anvari) B Review
Viva (Paddy Breathnach) B-
War, A (Tobias Lindholm) B+ Pilou Asbaek, Interview
Warcraft (Duncan Jones) D+ Posterized, Six Questions
Wave, The (Roar Uthaug) C+ Review
Witch, The (Robert Eggers) A/A-³ Nathaniel's, Michael's & Eric's Review
X-Men Apocalypse (Bryan Singer) C- Review, Podcast
Zootopia (Howard, Moore, and Bush) B Reviewish
Currently No US Distributor
May be moved to next year's screening list if they find a distributor
Apprentice (Boo Junfeng, Singapore) B+ Review
The Arbalest (Adam Pinney, US) C- Capsule
Banana (Andrea Jublin, Italy) B Capsule
Blind Sun (Joyce A Nashawati, Greece) C Capsule
Death in Sarajevo (Danis Tanovic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) B+ Review
A Decent Woman (Lukas Valenta Rinner, Argentina) C+ Review
The Fixer (Ian Olds, US) C+ Reviewish
Mother (Kadri Kõusaar, Estonia) B+ Review
Pyromaniac (Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway) B+ Review
(re)Assignment (Walter Hill, US) D- Review
Santa & Andres (Carlos Lechuga, Cuba/Colombia) B Review
Strange Weather (Katherine Dieckmann, US) B- Review
To Keep The Light (Erica Fae, US) C
The Wedding Ring (Rahmatou Keïta, Niger) B Review
The Violators (Helen Walsh, Ireland) C+ Capsule
DVD/VOD/Streaming
not theatrically released. Not counted in the total or eligible for awards here
The Blue Hour (Anucha Boonyawatana) C-
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Yuen Woo-Ping) C
Fourth Man Out (Andrew Nackman) B-
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (Stephen Cone) B
Naz & Maalik (Jay Dockendorf) B
Those People (Joey Kuhn) B-