2016: World Premieres 2016: U.S. Releases 2016: Still Left to See 2016: Cannes Festival 2016: Venice Festival 2016: Chicago Festival Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 2016: World Premieres  By Title // By Grade // By VOR Rating Top Ten List (January 2017) 1.  Things to Come Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve. Isabelle Huppert, Roman Kolinka, André Marcon A 2.  20th Century Women Dir. Mike Mills. Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann A 3.  Raising Bertie Dir. Margaret Byrne. Documentary about black teens in North Carolina A– 4.  Moonlight Dir. Barry Jenkins. Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes A– 5.  Do Not Resist Dir. Craig Atkinson. Documentary about the militarizing of U.S. police A– 6.  Aquarius Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho. Sonia Braga, Humberto Carrão, Zoraide Coleto A– 7.  Fire at Sea Dir. Gianfranco Rosi. Documentary about kids and refugees in Lampedusa A– 8.  24 Weeks Dir. Anne Zohra Berrached. Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf A– 9.  Starless Dreams Dir. Mehrdad Oskovei. Documentary about Iranian girls' prison A– 10.  The Ornithologist Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues. Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, Wen Han A– Remainder of Films Screened Elle Dir. Paul Verhoeven. Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny A– The Salesman Dir. Asghar Farhadi. Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi A– Tomcat Dir. Händl Klaus. Lukas Turtur, Philipp Hochmair, Thomas Stipsits A– American Honey Dir. Andrea Arnold. Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough B+ Cameraperson Dir. Kirsten Johnson. Collaged footage from cinematographer's career B+ Crosscurrent Dir. Yang Chao. Qin Hao, Xin Zhilei, Tan Kai, Wang Hongwei, Wu Lipeng B+ Daddy's Boy Dir. Daniel Armando. Al Miro, Jonathan Iglesias, Joe Lopez, James Koroni B+ The Edge of Seventeen Dir. Kelly Fremon Craig. Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson B+ Girls Don't Fly Dir. Monika Grassl. Documentary about Ghanaian aviation academy B+ I Am Not Your Negro Dir. Raoul Peck. Nonfiction collage drawn from James Baldwin B+ Julieta Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Daniel Grao B+ Kati Kati Dir. Mbithi Masya. Nyokabi Gethaiga, Elsaphan Njora, Paul Ogola B+ The Landscape Within Dir. Andrea Capranico. Documentary about Filipino artist B+ Last Men Standing Dirs. Erin Bethauer, Tim Hussin. Documentary B+ The Lost City of Z Dir. James Gray. Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson B+ Maudie Dir. Aisling Walsh. Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett, Gabrielle Rose B+ A Mere Breath Dir. Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan. Documentary about Romanian family B+ Moana Dirs. Ron Clements, John Musker. Animated. Voice of Auli'i Cravalho B+ Neruda Dir. Pablo Larraín. Luis Gnecco, Gael García Bernal, Mercedes Morán B+ Panamerican Machinery Dir. Joaquin del Paso. Javier Zaragoza, Ramiro Orozco B+ A Quiet Passion Dir. Terence Davies. Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine B+ Samuel in the Clouds Dir. Pieter Van Eecke. Documentary about ski-lift operator B+ Sieranevada Dir. Cristi Puiu. Mimi Branescu, Marin Grigore, Rolando Matsangos B+ Silence Dir. Martin Scorsese. Andrew Garfield, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Adam Driver B+ Sing Street Dir. John Carney. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Ben Carolan B+ Southside with You Dir. Richard Tanne. Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers B+ Spa Night Dir. Andrew Ahn. Joe Seo, Cho Youn Ho, Haerry Kim, Song Tae B+ Toni Erdmann Dir. Maren Ade. Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Thomas Loibl B+ Wolf and Sheep Dir. Shahrbanoo Sadat. Sediqa, Qodrat, Amina, Sahar, Masuma, Zekria B+ 13th Dir. Ava DuVernay. Documentary about the racial history of U.S. incarceration B Abortion: Stories Women Tell Dir. Tracy Droz Tragos. Clinic-based documentary B Among Wolves Dir. Shawn Convey. Documentary about humanitarian biker gang B Arrival Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker B Being 17 Dir. André Téchiné. Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Sandrine Kiberlain B The Birth of a Nation Dir. Nate Parker. Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King B Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Dir. Fisher Stevens B Captain Fantastic Dir. Matt Ross. Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler B Certain Women Dir. Kelly Reichardt. Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone B The Eyes of My Mother Dir. Nicolas Pesce. Kika Magalhães, Diana Agostini B Fences Dir. Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo B Graduation Dir. Cristian Mungiu. Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Malina Manovici B Hail, Caesar! Dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen. Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes B Hell or High Water Dir. David Mackenzie. Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges B Hidden Figures Dir. Theodore Melfi. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe B I, Daniel Blake Dir. Ken Loach. Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann B The Intervention Dir. Clea DuVall. Melanie Lynskey, Cobie Smulders, Vincent Piazza B Karl Marx City Dirs. Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker. Documentary about the Stasi B Kékszakállú Dir. Gastón Solnicki. Laila Maltz, Natali Maltz, María Soldi B Lady Macbeth Dir. William Oldroyd. Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton B Layla M. Dir. Mijke De Jong. Nora El Koussour, Ilias Addab, Hassan Akkouch B Life, Animated Dir. Roger Ross Williams. Documentary about autistic animation fan B Little Men Dir. Ira Sachs. Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle B Love & Friendship Dir. Whit Stillman. Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel, Emma Greenwell B Malaria Dir. Parvaz Shahbazi. Saed Soheili, Saghar Ghanaat, Azarakhsh Farahani B Manchester by the Sea Dir. Kenneth Lonergan. Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges B Midnight Special Dir. Jeff Nichols. Jaeden Lieberher, Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst B Mirzya Dir. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher B O.J.: Made in America Dir. Ezra Edelman. Documentary about the fallen athlete B Other People Dir. Chris Kelly. Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford B Paradise Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky. Yuliya Vysotskaya, Peter Kurth, Filipp Dyuken B Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Dirs. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau B Paterson Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley B Personal Shopper Dir. Olivier Assayas. Kristen Stewart, Sigrid Bouaziz, Lars Eidinger B Queen of Katwe Dir. Mira Nair. Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o B Raw Dir. Julia DuCournau. Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella B The Revival: Women and the Word Dir. Sekiya Dorsett. Documentary B Santa y Andrés Dir. Carlos Lechuga. Lola Amores, Eduardo Martínez, George Abreu B Slack Bay Dir. Bruno Dumont. Brandon Lavieville, Didier Després, Fabrice Luchini B Star Trek: Beyond Dir. Justin Lin. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Idris Elba B Sully Dir. Clint Eastwood. Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O'Malley B Taekwondo Dirs. Marco Berger, Martin Farina. Gabriel Epstein, Lucas Papa B Trapped Dir. Dawn Porter. Documentary about abortion providers in the U.S. South B Under the Shadow Dir. Babak Anvari. Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi B The Unknown Girl Dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Adèle Haenel, Jérémie Renier B Upstairs Inferno Dir. Robert L. Camina. Documentary about a New Orleans hate crime B Weiner Dirs. Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg. Documentary about political campaign B White Girl Dir. Elizabeth Wood. Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc, India Mendez, Justin Bartha B Zootopia Dirs. Byron Howard, Rich Moore. Voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman B 93 Days Dir. Steve Gukas. Somkele Idhalama, Bimbo Akintola, Seun Kentebe B– American Anarchist Dir. Charlie Siskel. Documentary about The Anarchist Cookbook B– Are We Not Cats Dir. Xander Robin. Michael Patrick Nicholson, Chelsea LJ Lopez B– Bridget Jones's Baby Dir. Sharon Maguire. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth B– bwoy Dir. John G. Young. Anthony Rapp, Jimmy Brooks, De'Adre Aziza, Ashton Randle B– The Challenge Dir. Yuri Ancarani. Documentary about Qatari falcon enthusiasts B– Christine Dir. Antonio Campos. Rebecca Hall, Tracy Letts, Michael C. Hall, Maria Dizzia B– Florence Foster Jenkins Dir. Stephen Frears. Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant B– Goat Dir. Andrew Neel. Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Danny Flaherty, Gus Halper B– The Handmaiden Dir. Park Chan-wook. Kim Tae-ri, Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo B– Kubo and the Two Strings Dir. Travis Knight. Animated. Voice of Art Parkinson B– La La Land Dir. Damien Chazelle. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend B– Lazy Eye Dir. Tim Kirkman. Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis B– Lion Dir. Garth Davis. Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman B– Loving Dir. Jeff Nichols. Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Terri Abney, Marton Csokas B– Ministry of Love Dir. Pavo Marinković. Stjepan Perić, Dražen Kühn, Ecija Ojdanić B– Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Dir. Gareth Edwards. Felicity Jones, Diego Luna B– The Shallows Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Sedona Legge B– Snowden Dir. Oliver Stone. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans B– Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Dir. Deborah Esquenazi B– Staying Vertical Dir. Alain Guiraudie. Damien Bonnard, India Hair, Raphaël Thiéry B– Strike a Pose Dirs. Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan. Documentary about backup dancers B– We Are the Flesh Dir. Emiliano Rocha Minter. Noé Hernández, María Evoli B– Where You're Meant to Be Dir. Paul Fegan. Documentary about Scottish ballads B– The Conjuring 2 Dir. James Wan. Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe C+ The Darkness Dir. Daniel Castro Zimbrón. Brontis Jodorowsky, Aliocha Sotnikoff C+ The Daughter Dir. Luis Sampieri. María Laura Cuarhavilca, Santiago Paz Posse C+ Finals Dir. Adel Yaraghi. Shahab Hosseini, Amir Salamati, Behnam Asgari, Leila Zare C+ Frantz Dir. François Ozon. Paula Beer, Pierre Niney, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber C+ Heartstone Dir. Guðmunder Amar Guðmundsson. Balður Einarsson, Blær Hinriksson C+ Illegitimate Dir. Adrian Sitaru. Robi Urs, Alina Grigore, Bogdan Albulescu C+ Jackie Dir. Pablo Larraín. Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig C The Jungle Book Dir. Jon Favreau. Neel Sethi, voices of Ben Kingsley, Lupita Nyong'o C+ The Light Between Oceans Dir. Derek Cianfrance. Michael Fassbender C+ The Nice Guys Dir. Shane Black. Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice C+ Prevenge Dir. Alice Lowe. Alice Lowe, Kayvan Novak, Gemma Whelan, Tom Davis C+ The Secret Life of Pets Dir. Chris Renaud. Voices of Louis CK, Eric Stonestreet C+ Suntan Dir. Argyris Papadimitropoulos. Makis Papadimitriou, Elli Tringou C+ 10 Cloverfield Lane Dir. Dan Trachtenberg. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman C Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Dir. Ang Lee. Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel C Blair Witch Dir. Adam Wingard. James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott C Café Society Dir. Woody Allen. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell C Deadpool Dir. Tim Miller. Ryan Reynolds, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller C Deepwater Horizon Dir. Peter Berg. Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez C Denial Dir. Mick Jackson. Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott C Fado Dir. Jonas Rothlaender. Golo Euler, Luise Heyer, Albano Jerónimo, Pirjo Lonka C Indignation Dir. James Schamus. Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Danny Burstein C The Love Witch Dir. Anna Biller. Samantha Robinson, Laura Waddell, Gian Keys C Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Dir. Nicholas Stoller. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron C The Neon Demon Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn. Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee C Paint It Black Dir. Amber Tamblyn. Alia Shawkat, Janet McTeer, Rhys Wakefield C Strange Weather Dir. Katherine Dieckmann. Holly Hunter, Carrie Coon, Kim Coates C Swiss Army Man Dirs. Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan. Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe C Almost Christmas Dir. David E. Talbert. Danny Glover, Kimberly Elise, Gabrielle Union C– The Bad Batch Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour. Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink C– Everybody Wants Some!! Dir. Richard Linklater. Blake Jenner, Glen Powell C– Hacksaw Ridge Dir. Mel Gibson. Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington C– It's Only the End of the World Dir. Xavier Dolan. Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye C– Jason Bourne Dir. Paul Greengrass. Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones C– Money Monster Dir. Jodie Foster. George Clooney, Jack O'Connell, Julia Roberts C– Ghostbusters Dir. Paul Feig. Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon D+ Colossal Dir. Nacho Vigalondo. Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens D+ Tickled Dirs. David Farrier, Dylan Reeve. Documentary about online tickling network D+ Before the Fall Dir. Byrum Geisler. Ethan Sharrett, Chase Conner, Jonathan Horvath D Lights Out Dir. David F. Sandberg. Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello D Nocturnal Animals Dir. Tom Ford. Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon D Don't Breathe Dir. Fede Alvarez. Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang D– Genius Dir. Michael Grandage. Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney F Wakefield Dir. Robin Swicord. Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner, Jason O'Mara F