Best Films of 2016 (In Progress)
by Spoilerrific-Reviews | created - 05 Jan 2016 | updated - 25 Jun 2016 | PublicStarting off the new year with a new list.
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1. The Neon Demon (2016)
R | 117 min | Horror, Thriller
An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman
Votes: 103,964 | Gross: $1.33M
A scathing, brooding screed against the desperation of beauty, courtesy of one of the living masters of film.
2. The Revenant (I) (2015)
R | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 874,703 | Gross: $183.64M
The Little White Lies magazine review was absolutely correct: "Bold, beautiful and unrelentingly bleak." And that's why I love love love love LOVE this film. I love it to the point where I'm ready to declare it the best film of 2016 without even seeing anything else at this point.
3. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings
Votes: 301,127 | Gross: $25.14M
A slow-burning fuse on a dread-soaked, enrapturing powder keg. Beautiful, horrifying and so hauntingly real that, if I may borrow from a critic, "It feels like something we shouldn't be seeing."
4. The Hateful Eight (2015)
R | 168 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins
Votes: 660,193 | Gross: $54.12M
Admittedly, QT is retreading some familiar ground with this (think Reservoir Dogs mixed with Django Unchained), but even then, a QT movie, even when its at its worst, is still a fantastic spectacle.
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