And in such a timely manner, too. As I said in my previous posts, I’m super busy this month with some theater projects, but I hope to get back on track with CPBS in February. (This would be a great time for a guest post…. hmu with your pitch…) In the meantime, I wanted to share my ranked list of 2016 films, as I have the past few years.
2016 was unique for me in that I took on (and completed!) the #52FilmsByWomen challenge. You can check my final list out on Letterboxd. I unfortunately didn’t get around to some of the feminist classics I was hoping to see (e.g. Cleo from 5 to 7, Jeanne Dielman…, and I’m a bit ashamed to say that I couldn’t make it all the way through Daisies or The Night Porter), but I did have some pleasant surprises in The Love Witch, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Margaret Keller’s experimental films, Pariah, and The Fits. Also, feminist film critic hot take: Meshes of an Afternoon and Born in Flames are essential viewing.
I decided to keep the intentional diversity train rolling in 2017 by making it my goal to watch 52 films directed by people of color. You can check out my list of films I’ve watched thus far, want to watch, and sub-challenges I’ve set for myself here.
Any way, on to my ranked films of 2016. I didn’t get to see as many films as I did in 2015, so a lot of the Oscar frontrunners are conspicuously missing. Overall I wasn’t blown away by 2016, but I am pleased with my top 10 and hope to make repeat viewings, especially with Hunt for the Wilderpeople. I also ended up watching more shorts than usual, most of which I didn’t include. I’m not sure how to categorize them versus feature-length.
- Moonlight
- Mustang
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople
- The Lobster
- The Witch
- The Love Witch
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Green Room
- The Handmaiden
- Under the Shadow
- Sing Street
- The Fits
- Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
- The Illinois Parables
- Two Trains Runnin’
- Love & Friendship
- Don’t Think Twice
- After the Storm
- Demon
- Keanu
- Maggie’s Plan
- Another Evil
- Sunspring
- Night of 1000 Hours
- The View from Tall
- Everybody Wants Some!!
- Imperfections
- Southside with You
- Pushing Dead
- Into the Forest
- The Intervention
- Afterimage
- M.O.P.Z.
- Hail Caesar
- This House Has People in It (not inclusive of website)
- White Girl
- Wiener-Dog
- Middle Man
- Midnight Special
- 1:54
- The Shallows
- Tallulah
- Operator
- Anomalisa
- Soul on a String
- Dog Days
- Bad Seed
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