2016 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out with myself and the Skandies crew again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released in 2016, and the last two columns for films seen in 2016.
Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2015 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2016.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2016
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2016 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2016 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than 2 years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
| Right Now, Wrong Then
(Hong) 82 |
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B+/A- Near Great
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*Manchester By The Sea
(Lonergan) 79 |
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B+ Must See
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→ Staying Vertical
(Guiraudie) 77 |
| The Witch: A New-England Folktale
(Eggers) 75 |
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Personal Affairs
(Haj) 74 |
B/B+ Warmly Recommended
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Author: The JT LeRoy Story
(Feuerzeig) 72 |
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Kékszakállú
(Solnicki) 72 |
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Everybody Wants Some!!
(Linklater) 70 |
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*Aquarius
(Mendonça Filho) 69 |
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B Recommended
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*A Monster With a Thousand Heads
(Plá) 68 |
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Weiner
(Kriegman, Steinberg) 68 |
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Sorrow and Joy {2013}
(Malmros) 68 |
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→ The Salesman
(Farhadi) 68 |
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→ I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the
House (Perkins) 67 |
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O.J.: Made in America
(Edelman) 67 |
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*20th Century Women
(Mills) 67 |
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| Evolution
(Hadzihalilovic) 67 |
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*The Handmaiden
(Park) 66 |
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| The Lobster
(Lanthimos) 65 |
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*Miss Sharon Jones!
(Kopple) 65 |
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*La La Land
(Chazelle) 65 |
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*Microbe and Gasoline
(Gondry) 65 |
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The Birth of Saké
(Shirai) 64 |
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*Hell or High Water
(Mackenzie) 64 |
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Morris From America
(Hartigan) 64 |
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Don't Breathe
(Alvarez) 64 |
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De Palma
(Baumbach, Paltrow) 64 |
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B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
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*Kate Plays Christine
(Greene) 63 |
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*Certain Women (Reichardt)
63 |
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The Edge of Seventeen
(Craig) 62 |
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| My Golden Days
(Desplechin) 62 |
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*Cameraperson
(Johnson) 62 |
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*Lo and Behold: Reveries of the
Connected World (Herzog) 62 |
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*Nocturnal Animals
(Ford) 61 |
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Suite Armoricaine (Breton) 61 |
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Don't Call Me Son (Muylaert)
61 |
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Two Lottery Tickets
(Negoescu) 61 |
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→ After the Storm (Kore-eda)
61 |
| The Measure of a Man
(Brizé) 60 |
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Joe Cinque's Consolation
(Dounoukos) 60 |
| Our Little Sister
(Kore-eda) 60 |
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→ Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee
Kids (Demme) 60 |
B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
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*Hunt for the Wilderpeople
(Waititi) 59 |
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*Love & Friendship
(Stillman) 59 |
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→ A Quiet Passion
(Davies) 59 |
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Midnight Special
(Nichols) 59 |
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*Peter and the Farm
(Stone) 58 |
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| Cemetery of Splendour
(Apichatpong) 58 |
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Captain America: Civil War
(Russos) 58 |
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*Tickled
(Farrier, Reeve) 58 |
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| Louder Than Bombs
(Trier) 58 |
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*Complete Unknown
(Marston) 57 |
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10 Cloverfield Lane
(Trachtenberg) 57 |
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Swiss Army Man
(Scheinert, Kwan) 57 |
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*Voyage of Time
(Malick) 57 |
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*Gimme Danger
(Jarmusch) 57 |
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Amanda Knox (Blackhurst, McGinn)
56 |
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→ The Unknown Girl
(Dardennes) 56 |
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Moana
(Musker, Clements) 56 |
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*Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan
Film Ever Made (Skousen, Coon) 56 |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of
Destiny (Yuen) 56 |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(Snyder) 55 |
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| Neither Heaven nor Earth
(Cogitore) 55 |
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait
Photography (Morris) 55 |
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*Things to Come
(Hansen-Løve) 55 |
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe
(Øvredal) 55 |
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→ Starless Dreams
(Oskouei) 55 |
C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
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Doctor Strange
(Derrickson) 54 |
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I Am Not Your Negro
(Peck) 54 |
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*The Age of Shadows
(Kim) 54 |
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*A Perfect Day
(León de Aranoa) 54 |
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→ The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli
Mäki (Kuosmanen) 53 |
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*Being Charlie
(Reiner) 53 |
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→ The Commune
(Vinterberg) 53 |
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Hidden Figures
(Melfi) 53 |
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| Valley of Love
(Nicloux) 53 |
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Deepwater Horizon
(Berg) 53 |
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Florence Foster Jenkins
(Frears) 52 |
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*I Am Not Madame Bovary
(Feng) 52 |
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The Little Prince
(Osborne) 52 |
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The Rehearsal
(Maclean) 52 |
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*American Honey
(Arnold) 52 |
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*Songs My Brothers Taught Me
(Zhao) 52 |
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| Les cowboys (Bidegain) 52 |
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*Into the Inferno
(Herzog) 51 |
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The Light Between Oceans
(Cianfrance) 51 |
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→ Personal Shopper
(Assayas) 51 |
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*The Innocents (Fontaine) 51 |
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*Under the Shadow
(Anvari) 51 |
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C+ Take It or Leave It
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*The Magnificent Seven
(Fuqua) 50 |
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A Hologram for the King
(Tykwer) 50 |
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Finding Dory
(Stanton) 50 |
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Sweet Dreams
(Bellocchio) 50 |
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Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown to
Off the Wall (Lee) 50 |
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*I, Daniel Blake
(Loach) 49 |
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| Tale of Tales
(Garrone) 49 |
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*The Neon Demon
(Winding Refn) 49 |
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Zootopia
(Howard, Moore) 49 |
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The Jungle Book
(Favreau) 49 |
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*Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
(Berlinger) 48 |
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*Miles Ahead
(Cheadle) 48 |
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| The Treasure
(Porumboiu) 48 |
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*The Intervention
(DuVall) 48 |
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| Mountains May Depart
(Jia) 47 |
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| Maggie's Plan
(Miller) 47 |
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Pyromaniac
(Skjoldbjærg) 47 |
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Yourself and Yours
(Hong) 46 |
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→ My Entire High School Sinking Into the
Sea (Shaw) 46 |
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Unlocking the Cage
(Hegedus, Pennebaker) 46 |
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C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
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Daguerrotype
(Kurosawa) 45 |
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Love Battles {2013}
(Doillon) 45 |
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*Operation Avalanche
(Johnson) 45 |
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*Into the Forest
(Rozema) 45 |
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The Brothers Grimsby
(Leterrier) 45 |
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*A Tale of Love and Darkness
(Portman) 44 |
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| In the Shadow of Women
(Garrel) 44 |
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
(Lee) 44 |
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Bad Moms
(Lucas, Moore) 44 |
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The Legend of Tarzan
(Yates) 44 |
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| Marguerite & Julien
(Donzelli) 44 |
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| Bleak Street
(Ripstein) 44 |
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Hands of Stone
(Jakubowicz) 43 |
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*The Ivory Game
(Ladkani, Davidson) 43 |
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X-Men: Apocalypse
(Singer) 42 |
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→ Lady Macbeth
(Oldroyd) 42 |
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*Outlaws and Angels
(Mollner) 42 |
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Hermia & Helena
(Piñeiro) 42 |
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*Intruders
(Schindler) 42 |
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Hardcore Henry
(Naishuller) 42 |
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C Pass
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*Blair Witch
(Wingard) 41 |
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*The Ones Below
(Farr) 41 |
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The Red Turtle
(Dudok de Wit) 41 |
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| Mekong Hotel {2012}
(Weerasethakul) 41 |
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*The Lost Arcade
(Vincent) 40 |
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*Two Lovers and a Bear
(Nguyen) 40 |
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*Standing Tall
(Bercot) 40 |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar
Children (Burton) 39 |
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*Men & Chicken
(Jensen) 39 |
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A Bigger Splash
(Guadagnino) 38 |
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It's Only the End of the World
(Dolan) 38 |
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Don't Blink: Robert Frank
(Israel) 38 |
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| The Sea of Trees
(Van Sant) 37 |
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*The Lovers & the Despot
(Cannan, Adam) 37 |
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C- Ugh
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→ Run the Tide
(Mehta) 36 |
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*Rabin: The Last Day
(Gitai) 36 |
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Nerve
(Joost, Schulman) 35 |
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*Dog Eat Dog
(Schrader) 34 |
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Knight of Cups
(Malick) 33 |
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→ Salt and Fire
(Herzog) 33 |
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I Saw the Light
(Abraham) 31 |
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Independence Day: Resurgence
(Emmerich) 30 |
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*An Eye for Beauty
(Arcand) 29 |
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D+ Double-Ugh
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→ (Re)Assignment
(Hill) 25 |
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→ From the Land of the Moon
(Garcia) 24 |
| No Home Movie
(Akerman) 21 |
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D Bomb
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*For the Plasma
(Bryant, Molzan) 16 |
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→ Officer Downe
(Crahan) 15 |
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The Academy of Muses
(Guerin) 14 |
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Hitler's Folly
(Plympton) 11 |
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→ The Last Face
(Penn) 10 |
F Burn the Negative
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*11 Minutes
(Skolimowski) 8 |
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Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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April and the Extraordinary World
(Desmares, Ekinci) |
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→ Beyond the Mountains and Hills
(Kolirin) |
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Buster's Mal Heart
(Smith) |
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The Cinema Travellers
(Abraham, Madheshiya) |
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The Dark Horse (Robertson) |
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Don't Think Twice
(Birbiglia) |
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The Dreamed Path
(Schanelec) |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story
of Cannon Films (Hartley) |
| Embrace of the Serpent
(Guerra) |
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The Eyes of My Mother
(Pesce) |
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First Girl I Loved
(Sanga) |
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→ Headshot
(Tjahjanto, Stamboel) |
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→ Heal the Living
(Quillévéré) |
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History of Fear
(Naishtat) |
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The Human Surge
(Williams) |
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In the Last Days of the City
(Said) |
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Kill Me Please
(Rocha da Silveira) |
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Kubo and the Two Strings
(Knight) |
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| Land and Shade
(Augusto Acevedo) |
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The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis
(Márquez, Testa) |
| Lost and Beautiful
(Marcello) |
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Men Go to Battle (Treitz) |
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→ My Life as a Courgette
(Barras) |
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*Naz & Maalik (Dockendorf) |
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| The Other Side
(Minervini) |
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Quod erat demonstrandum {2013}
(Gruzsniczki) |
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The Student (Serebrennikov) |
| Take Me to the River
(Sobel) |
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Under Electric Clouds
(German Jr.) |
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The World of Kanako
(Nakashima) |
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X Quinientos
(Andrés Arango) |
Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
| Southbound
(Various) [emergency phone call informing me that someone
had broken into my house] |
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