Best of 2016
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1. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 172,912 | Gross: $2.01M
BEST PICTURE
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Arrival
Lion
Moonlight
The Salesman (Forushande)
Hidden Figures
Hell or High Water
Manchester by the Sea
2. Moonlight (I) (2016)
R | 111 min | Drama
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert
Votes: 332,030 | Gross: $27.85M
BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Park Chan-wook - The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Garth Davis - Lion
Asghar Farhadi - The Salesman (Forushande)
3. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
R | 137 min | Drama
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Director: Kenneth Lonergan | Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 313,986 | Gross: $47.70M
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Denzel Washington - Fences
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Shahab Hosseini - The Salesman (Forushande)
Andrew Garfield - Silence
4. Jackie (V) (2016)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup
Votes: 83,457 | Gross: $13.96M
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Emma Stone - La La Land
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Amy Adams - Arrival
Ruth Negga - Loving
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
Taraji P. Henson - Hidden Figures
5. Lion (2016)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama
A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar
Votes: 251,292 | Gross: $51.74M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Dev Patel - Lion
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Alden Ehrenreich - Hail, Caesar!
Issey Ogata - Silence
Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
6. Fences (2016)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo
Votes: 118,094 | Gross: $57.68M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis - Fences
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Janelle Monáe - Hidden Figures
Margot Robbie - Suicide Squad
7. Hidden Figures (2016)
PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner
Votes: 255,418 | Gross: $169.61M
BEST CASTING
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Fences
Moonlight
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Captain Fantastic
Florence Foster Jenkins
8. The Salesman (2016)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Thriller
While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mina Sadati, Babak Karimi
Votes: 64,743 | Gross: $2.40M
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Salesman (Forushande)
Captain Fantastic
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water
Hacksaw Ridge
Loving
9. Moonlight (I) (2016)
R | 111 min | Drama
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert
Votes: 332,030 | Gross: $27.85M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Moonlight
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Arrival
Hidden Figures
Lion
Fences
Silence
10. Suicide Squad (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis
Votes: 722,533 | Gross: $325.10M
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGNS
Suicide Squad
The Jungle Book
Captain America: Civil War
Ben-Hur
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
11. Arrival (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 771,880 | Gross: $100.55M
BEST EDITING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Moonlight
La La Land
Hell or High Water
Manchester by the Sea
Sully: Miracle on the Hudson
12. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 672,044 | Gross: $151.10M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
La La Land
Arrival
Moonlight
Silence
Jackie
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Lion
13. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
Votes: 507,950 | Gross: $234.04M
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
La La Land
Allied
Silence
Arrival
14. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 172,912 | Gross: $2.01M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Florence Foster Jenkins
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jackie
Allied
La La Land
Hail, Caesar!
15. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 258,582 | Gross: $158.85M
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Rouge One
Hacksaw Ridge
X-Men: Apocalypse
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Florence Foster Jenkins
16. The Jungle Book (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba
Votes: 292,178 | Gross: $364.00M
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Jungle Book
Doctor Strange
Arrival
Rouge One
Captain America: Civil War
Ben-Hur
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
17. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 672,044 | Gross: $151.10M
BEST SCORE
La La Land
Hacksaw Ridge
Lion
Arrival
Jackie
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
Moonlight
18. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 59,597 | Gross: $27.38M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Florence Foster Jenkins
Suicide Squad
19. Moana (I) (2016)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 378,417 | Gross: $248.76M
BEST SONG
Moana - "How Far I'll Go"
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - "Wish That You Were Here"
Moana - "Where You Are"
La La Land - "City of Stars"
Zootropolis - "Try Everything"
La La Land - "Someone in the Crowd"
La La Land - "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”
20. La La Land (2016)
PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons
Votes: 672,044 | Gross: $151.10M
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
La La Land
21. Arrival (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 771,880 | Gross: $100.55M
BEST SOUND
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Rouge One
La La Land
Sully: Miracle on the Hudson
Silence
Hell or High Water
22. Arrival (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 771,880 | Gross: $100.55M
BEST SOUND EDITING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Rouge One
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Sully: Miracle on the Hudson
The Jungle Book
23. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
R | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 594,674 | Gross: $67.21M
BEST STUNTS
Hacksaw Ridge
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Rouge One
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
X-Men: Apocalypse
Hell or High Water
24. Moana (I) (2016)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 378,417 | Gross: $248.76M
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Moana
Zootropolis
Finding Dory
25. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 172,912 | Gross: $2.01M
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
The Salesman (Forushande)
Elle
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