31. The Lobster
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Léa Seydoux, Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly, Ariane Labed
Plot: In a dystopian future, the laws of The City dictate that anyone who is single must enter The Hotel and, if withing 45 days they cannot find a partner to connect with, are turned into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
32. Tower
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keith Maitland
Actors: Violett Beane, Josephine McAdam, Reece Everett Ryan
33. Sing Street
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Carney
Actors: Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Kelly Thornton, Lydia McGuinness
34. Train to Busan ( Busanhaeng )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Actors: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Yu-mi Jeong, Sohee, Kim Soo-ahn
Plot: A father who spends more time with his work than with his daughter honors
her birthday wish to visit her mother, and his ex-wife. But boarding the
high-speed KTX train turns in to a fight for survival when a zombie
outbreak cripples South Korea and an infected passenger soon threatens
everyone on board.
35. Hidden Figures
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Theodore Melfi
Actors: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons
Plot: Before NASA could launch their first successful mission they had to calculate a lot of data. Included in this critical step was a group of African American women, mathematicians, whose contribution to the success of the mission was largely overlooked, until now.
36. Embrace of the Serpent ( abrazo de la serpiente, El )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ciro Guerra
Actors: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü Migue, Nicolás Cancino
Plot: Taking place in 1909 and 1940. The Amazonian last survivor shaman of his
tribe, travels
with two scientists, to look for the rare yakruna, a sacred plant. The
film is inspired by the
diaries written by the two scientists during their field work in the
Amazon.
37. For the Love of Spock
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adam Nimoy
Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Quinto, William Shatner, J.J. Abrams, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei
38. The Dark Horse
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Napier Robertson
Actors: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, Miriama McDowell, James Napier Robertson, Xavier Horan
Plot: A film about passion, hope and resilience as one man searches for the
courage to lead while battling his own demons - all in order to pass on
his gift to the next generation and inspire a community.
39. The Jungle Book
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong'o
Plot: An orphan boy left in the jungle is raised by a group of animals, including a bear, a pack of wolves and a black panther.
40. Finding Dory
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Actors: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ty Burrell, Idris Elba
Plot: The perpetually forgetful blue tang, Dory, has a sudden flash of a childhood memory. Recalling "the jewel of Morro Bay, California" Dory, along with Nemo and Marlin, set off to find her family. Winding up at the Monterey Marine Life Institute, she makes some new friends including Bailey, a white beluga whale, Destiny, a whale shark and Hank, a surly octopus.
