2016 Year in Review

My top films of 2016 and some of my favourite performances.


Top Movies of 2016

1 La La Land
2 Elle
3 Manchester By The Sea
4 Hell or High Water
5 Arrival
6 Deadpool
7 The Handmaiden
8 Jackie
9 Moonlight
10 Silence

Honourable Mentions

11 Captain America: Civil War
12 Edge of Seventeen
13 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
14 Zootopia
15 Fences
16 Finding Dory
17 Snowden
18 Everybody Wants Some
19 The Witch
20 Hidden Figures


Outstanding Performance ... Lead Actress

Amy Adams Arrival
Kate Beckinsale Love and Friendship
Annette Bening 20th Century Women
Tariji P. Henson Hidden Figures
Sandra Hüller Toni Erdmann
Isabelle Huppert Elle
Min-Hee Kim The Handmaiden
Natalie Portman Jackie
Hailee Steinfeld Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone La La Land


Outstanding Performance ... Lead Actor

Casey Affleck Manchester By The Sea
Ryan Gosling La La Land
Chris Pine Hell or High Water
Ryan Reynolds Deadpool
Denzel Washington Fences


Outstanding Performance ... Supporting Actress

Viola Davis Fences
Greta Gerwig Jackie
Naomie Harris Moonlight
Nicole Kidman Lion
Aja Naomi King Birth of a Nation
Janelle Monáe Moonlight / Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams Manchester By The Sea


Outstanding Performance ... Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali Moonlight
Tom Bennett Love and Friendship
Jeff Bridges Hell or High Water
Adam Driver Silence
Ben Foster Hell or High Water
Woody Harrelson Edge of Seventeen
Stephen Henderson Fences
T. J. Miller Deadpool
Issai Ogata Silence
Michael Shannon Nocturnal Animals