Will Ashton’s Top 10 Movies of 2016
This year was long. It was pained, it was sorrowful, it was merciless, and yet it was still beautiful — if, frankly, not quite as beautiful as other years, nor as plainly so. The beauty came from the little places, like how a few kindred spirits came together against overwhelming oppression, or how sadness can be met with underlying radiance — and that, in a way, was also how one could describe the best films of 2016. If you solely looked at the bigger titles, you saw many bloated blockbusters, countless unwanted sequels and a nauseating number of flops. Yet, it was often the little films, the ones that came softly humming, that stood out the most, and they’re the ones that continue to stand out the most — particularly within the last remaining days of this cold, unforgiving, but somberly rousing year we know as 2016. There were more than a few that I missed (The Handmaiden, Jackie, Silence, Paterson, etc), but here are the best that I caught.
- Swiss Army Man
- La La Land
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Tickled
- Tower
- Moonlight
- Manchester by the Sea
- Weiner
- Always Shine
- One More Time With Feeling
Honorable Mentions: Moana; Life, Animated; American Honey; Chicken People; Everybody Wants Some!!; The Lobster; Don’t Think Twice; 20th Century Women; Ouija: Origin of Evil
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