The Big List 2016: Ranking Every Movie I Saw

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The movie year 2016 is now in the books, and in that year I saw 175 movies that were 2016 releases, a new personal record, beating out last year’s previous record total of 162. Several months of unemployment helped me with the record which, lord willing, will not be broken again in 2017. My reviews, which this year appeared on Fox29.com, Splice Today and Broad Street Review, can all be found on Rotten Tomatoes. My more detailed top ten list is here.

Here’s my personal ranking of all 175 of the movies, as always based on no criteria other than how much I liked them:

    1. La La Land
    2. Everybody Wants Some!!
    3. Moonlight
    4. Manchester By the Sea
    5. The Edge of Seventeen
    6. Hail, Caesar!
    7. Krisha
    8. Tower
    9. Toni Erdmann
    10. I Am Not Your Negro
    11. O.J.: Made in America
    12. Hell or High Water
    13. The Nice Guys
    14. Paterson
    15. Loving
    16. Weiner
    17. Cafe Society
    18. Elle
    19. Fences
    20. The Love Witch
    21. The Lobster
    22. Zootopia
    23. Finding Dory
    24. Silence
    25. Hacksaw Ridge
    26. Hidden Figures
    27. Don’t Think Twice
    28. Creative Control
    29. Sully
    30. Tickled
    31. Kate Plays Christine
    32. De Palma
    33. Do Not Resist
    34. 13th
    35. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    36. Kubo and the Two Strings
    37. The Witch
    38. War Dogs
    39. Elvis & Nixon
    40. Little Sister
    41. Little Men
    42. The Handmaiden
    43. Mountains May Depart
    44. A Bigger Splash
    45. Moana
    46. Gleason
    47. Nuts!
    48. Author: The J.T. Leroy Story
    49. For The Love of Spock
    50. Cameraperson
    51. The Witness
    52. Nora Ephron: Everything is Copy
    53. Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
    54. Amanda Knox
    55. Certain Women
    56. Barry
    57. Deadpool
    58. Captain America: Civil War
    59. Doctor Strange
    60. Love & Friendship
    61. Hunt For the Wilderpeople
    62. Jackie
    63. Sausage Party
    64. The Secret Life of Pets
    65. The Angry Birds Movie
    66. The Phenom
    67. The Meddler
    68. The Infiltrator
    69. Midnight Special
    70. White Girl
    71. Pete’s Dragon
    72. The Jungle Book
    73. Allied
    74. Sing Street
    75. Neon Bull
    76. Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids
    77. In Bed With Victoria
    78. Other People
    79. Army of One
    80. Wiener-Dog
    81. Southside With You
    82. Lion
    83. Christine
    84. Arrival
    85. Louder Than Bombs
    86. The Fits
    87. Chevalier
    88. Star Trek: Beyond
    89. Denial
    90. Oasis: Supersonic
    91. Holy Hell
    92. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years
    93. Becoming Mike Nichols
    94. Miss Sharon Jones
    95. Zero Days
    96. Jim: The James Foley Story
    97. Risen
    98. 10 Cloverfield Lane
    99. Blue Jay
    100. Lost in Paris
    101. News From Planet Mars
    102. Ghostbusters
    103. Mascots
    104. Bridget Jones’s Baby
    105. Bad Moms
    106. Sing
    107. Life, Animated
    108. Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper
    109. Deepwater Horizon
    110. The Accountant
    111. Eye in the Sky
    112. Nocturnal Animals
    113. Indignation
    114. The Invitation
    115. Captain Fantastic
    116. Barbershop: The Next Cut
    117. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    118. Girl on the Train
    119. Green Room
    120. The Birth of a Nation
    121. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
    122. Hello My Name is Doris
    123. Maggie’s Plan
    124. Eddie the Eagle
    125. The Light Between Oceans
    126. Personal Shopper
    127. Jason Bourne
    128. Rules Don’t Apply
    129. The Other Side
    130. Race
    131. Uncle Kent 2
    132. The BFG
    133. Equity
    134. Tallulah
    135. Demolition
    136. Passengers
    137. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
    138. The Conjuring 2
    139. A Monster Calls
    140. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
    141. Trolls
    142. Pee Wee’s Big Holiday
    143. Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
    144. Knight of Cups
    145. High-Rise
    146. Snowden
    147. Office Christmas Party
    148. Keanu
    149. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
    150. Triple 9
    151. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    152. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
    153. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    154. All Governments Lie
    155. Miles Ahead
    156. X-Men: Apocalypse
    157. How to Be Single
    158. The Brothers Grimsby
    159. Suicide Squad
    160. Baden Baden
    161. Masterminds
    162. Can We Take a Joke?
    163. Criminal
    164. Central Intelligence
    165. Special Correspondents
    166. The Eyes of My Mother
    167. The Neon Demon
    168. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
    169. Zoolander 2
    170. London Has Fallen
    171. Dirty Grandpa
    172. Money Monster
    173. Alice Through the Looking Glass
    174. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
    175. Swiss Army Man

Did not see (Reputedly good): 20th Century Women, The Founder, Neruda, Live By Night, American Honey, No Home Movie, Florence Foster Jenkins, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened

Did not see (Reputedly bad): Nine Lives, Collateral Beauty, Independence Day: Resurgence, Nina, Mother’s Day, Yoga Hosers, Warcraft, Hillary’s America, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben-Hur, Vaxxed

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