Article by Lauren Rosewarne /
The Conversation /
December 30, 2016 /
From the very best to the oh-so egregiously worst, here is my ranking of the 58 new releases I saw this year. This list only includes movies I saw in Australian (or U.S.) cinemas in the 2016 calendar year.
For reference, I would only actively – perhaps even aggressively – try to persuade you to watch the first 9. From 10 to 37, the ball’s in your court: perfectly acceptable ways to wile away a couple of hours, but life will also go on if you do something else with your time.
38 onwards and, truth be told, I’d really question your sanity/masochism. And if you’re feeling in any way tempted to limp through the dregs of 51 on, please ring me: I offer a cut-price restraining service.
Enjoy and Happy New Year!
1. Arrival
2. A Man Called Ove
3. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
4. Captain Fantastic
5. Nocturnal Animals
6. Denial
7. The Family Fang
8. Weiner (which I wrote about here)
9. The Lobster
10. Operator
11. The Accountant
12. American Pastoral
13. Inferno
14. The Girl on the Train
15. Tickled
16. The Big Short
17. Certain Women
18. Eye in the Sky
19. Southside With You
20. Deepwater Horizon
21. Maggie’s Plan
22. Indignation
23. Snowden
24. Office Christmas Party
25. The Founder
26. Almost Christmas
27. Queen of Katwe
28. Complete Unknown
29. Christine
30. Morgan
31. Aquarius
32. Genius
33. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
34. How To Be Single (which I wrote about here)
35. The Boss
36. A Bigger Splash
37. Concussion
38. Me Before You (which I wrote about here)
39. Nine Lives
40. The Light Between Oceans
41. Shut In
42. A Kind of Murder
43. Sully
44. Nerve
45. Deadpool
46. Zoolander 2
47. Nahid
48. Bad Santa 2
49. Ghostbusters (which I wrote about here)
50. Doctor Strange
51. Money Monster (which I wrote about here)
52. Neon Demon
53. Girl Asleep
54. Daddy’s Home
55. London Has Fallen
56. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
57. Dirty Grandpa
58. The Nice Guys
© Lauren Rosewarne