51. Under the Shadow
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Babak Anvari
Actors: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi, Behi Djanati Atai
Plot: Stranded in their flat during the Iran/Iraq war, a young Iranian mother and her daughter are haunted by an evil spirit.
52. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Kevin Mitnick, Lucianne Walkowicz
Plot: Prolific documentarian Werner Herzog turns his keen eye to the wonder of the Internet, past, present and future - and explores both how it connects the world while also exploring the more dangerous aspect of its implications.
53. 10 Cloverfield Lane
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr., Suzanne Cryer, Bradley Cooper, Douglas M. Griffin
Plot: Following a car accident, a young woman wakes up in a strange place. The
man keeping her in his basement claims a chemical attack has left the
outside world uninhabitable.
54. Captain Fantastic
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Ross
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Steve Zahn, Kathryn Hahn, Missi Pyle, Frank Langella, Ann Dowd
Plot: In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father has taken it upon himself to raise his six kids in what he considers the right mix of physical and intellectual education. But a series of events forces him to leave this perfect world and join the real one - and it challenges everything he has built up.
55. Miss Sloane
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Madden
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alison Pill, Mark Strong, John Lithgow, Michael Stuhlbarg
Plot: Elizabeth Sloane is a ruthless and powerful political strategist. When gun control legislation gains traction in Congress, she becomes pivotal in the fight that shows both sides of the debate and pits her against powerful lobbying groups. But her desire to win at all costs may cost her more than votes - it may derail both her personal life and her highly-successful career.
56. Land of Mine ( Under sandet )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Actors: Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Oskar Bökelmann
57. Phantom Boy
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol
Actors: Edouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Audrey Tautou, Jackie Berroyer, Alex Robini
58. 20th Century Women
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Mills
Actors: Elle Fanning, Alia Shawkat, Laura Wiggins, Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Greta Gerwig
Plot: Follows the story of three women in Southern California during the 1970s
as they experience freedom and love.
59. Elle
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Christian Berke
Plot: Successful as she is ruthless, Michèle runs her video game company with the same cut-throat attitude in her personal life. But an attack in her home by an unknown assailant changers her forever. She will stop at nothing to track down the man who raped her, but once she finds him it begins a new game of cat-and-mouse - one that gets more dangerous as things spiral out of control.
60. The Little Prince
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Osborne
Actors: Mackenzie Foy, Riley Osborne, Jeff Bridges, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams
Plot: A little girl whose mother is pressuring her to join the adult world finds a different world when her eccentric neighbor, The Aviator, introduces her to an extraordinary world limited only by her imagination. This amazing universe is held together by The Little Prince and together they will journey - ultimately leading to a new outlook on life and that human connection and that the most important things that can only be experienced through the heart.
