Top Movies of 2016


The top movies of 2016 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

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. 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

33. The Nice Guys

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shane Black
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer, Ty Simpkins, Margaret Qualley
Plot: In 1970s LA, a private investigator finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy when he investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star.

34. 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.

35. Eye in the Sky

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen
Plot: Colonel Katherine Powell. a UK-based military commander, control a top secret drone program with the intent of targeting terrorists in Kenya. When word of a suicide mission comes down, the project switches from surveillance to a kill order, but as US drone pilot Steve Watts closes in on the targets, a nine-year-old girl enters the scene leading to a dilemma over the moral, political and personal implications of this technological warfare.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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

39. 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.

40. 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.

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