TYF’s Best Films of 2016

Ryan Gibbs’ Top 10 Films of 2016

I am traditionally a little late getting around to new release movies, so a lot of these I only saw in November or December. I love documentaries, and three made my list this year: Eight Days a Week (Ron Howard’s superb doc on The Beatles’ touring years, which somehow finds new things to say about the most documented group in rock history), We Are X (a fascinating look at the legendary Japanese metal group X Japan, compelling for those who loved other music docs about underappreciated subjects like Searching for Sugar Man and A Band Called Death) and Jim: The James Foley Story (a bio-doc on murdered journalist James Foley).

1. La La Land
2. 10 Cloverfield Lane
3. Kubo and the Two Strings
4. Sing Street
5. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
6. The Lobster
7. We Are X
8. Hail, Caesar!
9. Jim: The James Foley Story
10. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story