Best Movies List of 2016

Deadpool (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 245 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $363.02M

Lead Role: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, | Director: Tim Miller,

A fast-talking mercenary with a morbid sense of humor is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers and a quest for revenge.

La La Land (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 221 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 93 | Earnings: $151.06M

Lead Role: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, | Director: Damien Chazelle,

While waiting for their big breaks, two proper L.A. dreamers, a suavely- charming, soft-spoken jazz pianist and a brilliant, vivacious playwright, attempt to reconcile aspirations and relationship in a magical old-school romance.

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 220 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 75 | Earnings: $408.08M

Lead Role: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, | Director:

Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.

Arrival (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 219 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $100.50M

Lead Role: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, | Director: Denis Villeneuve,

When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.

Zootopia (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 205 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $341.26M

Lead Role: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, | Director:

In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.

Doctor Strange (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 200 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $232.60M

Lead Role: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, | Director: Scott Derrickson,

While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 199 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $47.70M

Lead Role: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, | Director: Kenneth Lonergan,

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

Moonlight (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 198 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 99 | Earnings: $27.85M

Lead Role: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, | Director: Barry Jenkins,

A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Rogue One (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 198 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $532.17M

Lead Role: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, | Director: Gareth Edwards,

The Rebel Alliance makes a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star, setting up the epic saga to follow.

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 192 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 71 | Earnings: $67.12M

Lead Role: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, | Director: Mel Gibson,

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 185 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 44 | Earnings: $330.25M

Lead Role: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, | Director: Zack Snyder,

Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs.

Hell or High Water (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 184 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 88 | Earnings: $26.86M

Lead Role: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham, | Director: David Mackenzie,

A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.

The Jungle Book (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 183 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $364.00M

Lead Role: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, | Director: Jon Favreau,

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo.

Moana (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 180 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $248.75M

Lead Role: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, | Director:

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 180 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $234.02M

Lead Role: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, | Director: David Yates,

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 179 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $71.90M

Lead Role: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin, | Director: Dan Trachtenberg,

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

Finding Dory (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 177 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $486.29M

Lead Role: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, | Director:

The friendly but forgetful blue tang fish, Dory, begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 174 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: $48.02M

Lead Role: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, | Director: Travis Knight,

A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.

The Nice Guys (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 173 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 70 | Earnings: $36.25M

Lead Role: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, | Director: Shane Black,

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

Toni Erdmann (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 172 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 93 | Earnings: $1.48M

Lead Role: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, | Director: Maren Ade,

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.