Category: 2016 Film List & Ratings

2016 Film List

Watched – 132

Limited Releases in Italics

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Masterpiece (2) –

Grade:  A+

  • Moonlight
  • Manchester by the Sea

Almost Perfect (10) –

Grade:  A

  • Captain America: Civil War
  • The Nice Guys
  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • Captain Fantastic
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • Arrival
  • Your Name (anime)
  • Lion
  • A Monster Calls
  • Silence

Outstanding (14) –

Grade:  A-

  • The Witch
  • Zootopia
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • Eye in the Sky
  • The Jungle Book
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • Hell or High Water
  • Don’t Breathe
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • Moana
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • La La Land
  • Paterson
  • Fences

Excellent (14) –

Grade:  B+

  • Kung Fu Panda 3
  • Deadpool
  • Eddie the Eagle
  • Personal Shopper
  • Midnight Special
  • The Wailing
  • The Shallows
  • Swiss Army Man
  • Train to Busan
  • Storks
  • Deepwater Horizon
  • Doctor Strange
  • Miss Sloane
  • Hidden Figures

Good (20) –

Grade:  B

  • The Finest Hours
  • Standoff
  • Hush
  • X-Men: Apocalypse
  • The Conjuring 2
  • Finding Dory
  • Neon Demon
  • The BFG
  • The Infiltrator
  • Star Trek: Beyond
  • Lights Out
  • Pete’s Dragon
  • Blood Father
  • Sully
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • The Accountant
  • Denial
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Patriot’s Day

Watchable (20) –

Grade:  B-

  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
  • A Hologram for the King
  • Keanu
  • Me Before You
  • Warcraft
  • The Legend of Tarzan
  • Ghostbusters
  • Jason Bourne
  • Anthropoid
  • Imperium
  • Morgan
  • The 9th Life of Louis Drax
  • Snowden
  • Ouija: Origin of Evil
  • Trolls
  • Allied
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
  • Sing
  • Passengers

Debatable (16) –

Grade:  C+

  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
  • Hail, Caesar!
  • Regression
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  • Money Monster
  • Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
  • The Secret Life of Pets
  • Ice Age: Collision Course
  • Café Society
  • Sausage Party
  • The Monster
  • The Girl on the Train
  • Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
  • Jackie
  • Gold
  • Now You See Me 2

Forgettable (8) –

Grade:  C

  • The Forest
  • Ride Along 2
  • London Has Fallen
  • The Huntsman: Winter’s War
  • The Angry Birds Movie
  • Ben-Hur
  • Keeping Up with the Joneses
  • Office Christmas Party

Mediocre (8) –

Grade:  C-

  • The Boy
  • Triple 9
  • Central Intelligence
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
  • Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
  • Suicide Squad
  • Blair Witch
  • When the Bough Breaks

Flawed (7) –

Grade:  D+

Bad (7) –

Grade:  D

  • The Brothers Grimsby
  • Independence Day: Resurgence
  • The Darkness
  • Shut In
  • Meet the Blacks
  • Assassin’s Creed
  • The Other Side of the Door

Dreadful (4) –

Grade:  D-

  • Norm of the North
  • Nine Lives
  • Fifty Shades of Black
  • The Disappointments Room

Facepalm (2) –

Grade:  F

  • Max Steel
  • Cell