Critically acclaimed movies of 2016 on netflix

The Forest(2016)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A woman goes into Japan's Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.



Headshot(2016)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Uwais plays a young man who washes ashore, an amnesiac with a serious head injury whose past comes back to haunt him shortly after being nursed back to health by a young doctor. Violence ensues. Sweet, sweet violence.



Sleight(2016)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A young street magician (Jacob Latimore) is left to care for his little sister after their parents passing, and turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets in ...



Collateral Beauty(2016)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.



Blue Jay(2016)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.



Mascots(2016)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A look into the world of competitive mascots.



The Boy(2016)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 50

An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.



I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House(2016)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A young nurse takes care of elderly author who lives in a haunted house.



The Fundamentals of Caring(2016)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A man suffering an incredible amount of loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.



Divines(2016)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.



Birth of the Dragon(2016)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, BIRTH OF THE DRAGON is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man - a battle that gave birth to a legend.



Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny(2016)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.



Carrie Pilby(2016)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 43

A person of high intelligence struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex and leaving her apartment.



Belgica(2016)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 43

The drama follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium's nightlife scene.



Raw(2016)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Jakob Levin, a delinquent on a downward spiral, is sentenced by the courts to serve time on his uncle's organic farm. Put to work with a bunch of misfit interns, Jakob soon discovers that not everything is as idyllic as it first appears.



Little Boxes(2016)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 41

An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.



Special Correspondents(2016)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.



Ordinary World(2016)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 40

An aging punk rocker copes with life after rock.



The Young Messiah(2016)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.



Rainbow Time(2016)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A developmentally delayed 40 year old man named Shonzi is sent to live with his brother Todd. But when Shonzi develops a crush on Todd's new girlfriend Lindsay, he threatens to reveal past ...




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