Top 15 Films Of 2016 – Allen’s Picks

January 6th, 2017 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up. Adults got to do all the cool things. Every year seemed to drag by at a snail’s pace. Now that I actually am an adult, time has been moving way too fast. I keep thinking, “Damn, where did the time go?” or “Wait, we’re already at the end of the year?” Can we slow things down a little bit, please?

But as my existential crisis intensifies with each passing year, there is one thing that I look forward to: sharing my favorite movies. Sure, listing works of art is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, but to hell with all that, it’s fun. There were a lot of good films released in 2016, and if any of the titles I present here catches your fancy, I can say that writing this long thing out was worth it.

As has become tradition, we start off this year’s list by naming a bunch of honorable mentions. Mind you: just because these films didn’t make the final fifteen doesn’t mean they are not worth seeking out. All of them are very good, and deserve your attention.

Honorable Mentions:

The Treasure
Hail, Caesar!
Deadpool
Claire In Motion
Midnight Special
Green Room
The Invitation
The Jungle Book
Love & Friendship
Captain Fantastic
Pete’s Dragon
Star Trek Beyond
Hell or High Water
De Palma
The Little Prince
Café Society
Tickled
Moana
Zootopia
Sing Street
Weiner
Southside With You
Julieta
Loving
Manchester By The Sea
Fences
A Man Called Ove
Everybody Wants Some!!
Kubo & The Two Strings
Nocturnal Animals

Now, let’s get on with the countdown, shall we?

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13th, A Man Called Ove, Adam Driver, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arrival, Austin Wright, Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Bradford Young, Cafe Society, Captain Fantastic, Chan-wook Park, Christian Bale, Claire in Motion, Cliff Martinez, Colin Farrell, Damien Chazelle, De Palma, Deadpool, Denis Villeneuve, Dogtooth, Don't Breathe, Elle Fanning, Ellie Grainger, Emma Stone, Enemy, Everybody Wants Some, Fede Alvarez, Fences, Fingersmith, Green Room, Hail Caesar!, Harvey Scrimshaw, Hell or High Water, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Julian Dennison, Julieta, Kate Dickie, Keith Maitland, Knight of Cups, Kubo & The Two Strings, La Dolce Vita, La La Land, Liam Neeson, Life Animated, Love & Friendship, Loving, Lucas Dawson, Manchester by the Sea, Martin Scorsese, Midnight Special, Min-hee Kim, Moana, Moonlight, Natasha Braier, Nicolas Winding Refn, Nocturnal Animals, Owen Suskind, Pete's Dragon, Prisoners, Ralph Ineson, Robert Eggers, Roger Ross Williams, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Sam Neill, Sarah Waters, Shane Black, Sicario, Silence, Sing Street, Sook-Hee, Southside With You, Star Trek Beyond, Stephen Lang, Taika Waititi, Terrence Malick, The Handmaiden, The Invitation, The Jungle Book, The Little Prince, The Lobster, The Neon Demon, The Nice Guys, The Treasure, The Witch, Tickled, Tom Ford, Tower, Weiner, Wes Anderson, What We Do in the Shadows, Yorgos Lanthimos, Zootopia