Best Movies of 2016
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
DangalA wrestling biopic that sells every bout and lets Aamir Khan's father stay difficult, even after the script starts cheering him on.Read the review
The HandmaidenA three-part con in which the marks, the thieves and the audience all get played in turn.
Manchester by the SeaGrief without a recovery arc, and the rarest thing in American film: a wound that never closes.
The Nice GuysShane Black's funniest writing in twenty years, attached to a plot he plainly stopped caring about.
Captain America: Civil WarAn Avengers film in a Captain America suit, and the airport fight is the most purely enjoyable half hour in the run.
Your NameA body-swap comedy that turns, an hour in, into a rescue mission against time itself.
ArrivalA first-contact film whose twist is grammatical, and it earns every second of it.
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryThe first Star Wars film where nobody is chosen, nobody is saved, and the mission still works.
La La LandA musical that believes in the form, then refuses to give you the ending it promised.
Hell or High WaterA bank robbery picture in which the bank is the villain and every character knows it.