Movies I Saw in 2016
by jttsgrl | created - 20 Dec 2016 | updated - 12 Jan 2017 | PublicFilms I first saw in 2016. Each has a + if I liked it, a - if I didn't or an = if I was neutral.
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1. After the Ball (2015)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
After a young fashion designer runs afoul of her corrupt stepmother and stepsisters, she dons a disguise to help save the family business for her father.
Director: Sean Garrity | Stars: Portia Doubleday, Marc-André Grondin, Chris Noth, Lauren Holly
Votes: 3,674 | Gross: $0.16M
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2. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Crime
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | Stars: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Terry Humphreys-Slay, Leitha Prather
Votes: 6,953 | Gross: $0.10M
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3. Amanda Knox (2016)
TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
American exchange student Amanda Knox is charged with the 2007 death of another student in Italy.
Directors: Rod Blackhurst, Brian McGinn | Stars: Amanda Knox, Meredith Kercher, Raffaele Sollecito, Giuliano Mignini
Votes: 26,132
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4. Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Douglas leads a simple and uneventful existence as a pharmacist in a small town.
Directors: Geoff Moore, David Posamentier | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda
Votes: 15,663 | Gross: $0.07M
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5. Comet (2014)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple's six-year relationship.
Director: Sam Esmail | Stars: Justin Long, Emmy Rossum, Kayla Servi, Eric Winter
Votes: 19,654
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6. Cruel Intentions (1999)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.
Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair
Votes: 205,212 | Gross: $38.77M
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7. A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale (2015)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Luce is a college student who gets a holiday job caring for a land developer's dog, but then she meets an attractive guy who is protesting her boss's plan to tear down their local dog park and turn it into a spa.
Director: Letia Clouston | Stars: Jonathan Bennett, Lexi Giovagnoli, Dina Meyer, Patrick Muldoon
Votes: 1,678
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8. Hope Floats (1998)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.
Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman
Votes: 30,234 | Gross: $60.05M
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9. How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Fantasy
Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven.
Directors: Edmund Entin, Gary Entin | Stars: Lindsey Gort, Derek Theler, Melanie Liburd, Jeremy Luke
Votes: 1,904
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10. How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Winona Ryder, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft, Kaelynn Craddick
Votes: 12,505 | Gross: $23.57M
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11. Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)
Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary
In 2000, David Wain and Michael Showalter set out to make their first film Wet Hot American Summer. It was a low budget independent film and they cast their friends and a handful of unknown... See full summary »
Director: Amy Rice | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo
Votes: 1,518
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12. In-Lawfully Yours (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A delightful romantic comedy about entangled in-laws finding new paths and roles with each other.
Director: Robert Kirbyson | Stars: Chelsey Crisp, Lisa Renz, Leticia Rivera, Philip Boyd
Votes: 2,104
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13. Merry Kissmas (2015 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman engaged to marry a self-centered film and stage director/choreographer falls for a caterer whom she kisses, as does he for her.
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Karissa Lee Staples, Brant Daugherty, David O'Donnell, Brittany Underwood
Votes: 3,492
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14. Morphine: Journey of Dreams (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The in-depth tale of the “low-rock” nineties Boston band who blazed like a comet across the global music scene….
Director: Mark Shuman | Stars: Steve Berlin, Dana Colley, Billy Conway, Jerome Deupree
Votes: 129
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15. Mother's Day (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother's Day.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis
Votes: 39,807 | Gross: $32.46M
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16. The Rebound (2009)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.
Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Andrew Cherry, Kelly Gould
Votes: 50,218
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17. Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Crime
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.
Director: Robert Ben Garant | Stars: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Lennie Loftin
Votes: 27,940 | Gross: $20.34M
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18. Save the Date (I) (2012)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Sarah begins to confront her shortcomings after she rejects her boyfriend's hasty proposal and soon finds herself in a rebound romance. Meanwhile, her sister Beth is immersed in the details of her wedding.
Director: Michael Mohan | Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Mark Webber, Geoffrey Arend
Votes: 7,155 | Gross: $0.00M
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19. The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Director: Chris Renaud | Stars: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Lake Bell
Votes: 217,438 | Gross: $368.38M
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20. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively
Votes: 65,045 | Gross: $39.01M
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21. The Spirit of Christmas (2015 TV Movie)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
12 days before Christmas, Kate is trying to close the sale of a historic inn, only to find Daniel, the ghost of a man who died a century ago, and he needs her help to unravel the mystery of his annual holiday haunting.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Thomas Beaudoin, Kati Salowsky, Steven A. Miller, Jen Lilley
Votes: 7,902
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22. Teen Witch (1989)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?
Director: Dorian Walker | Stars: Robyn Lively, Dan Gauthier, Joshua John Miller, Caren Kaye
Votes: 10,482 | Gross: $0.03M
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23. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.
Director: David Wain | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau
Votes: 60,524 | Gross: $0.29M
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24. Who Took Johnny (2014)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
An examination into the cold case of the Iowa boy, Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on his paper route 30 years earlier.
Directors: David Beilinson, Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley | Stars: Noreen Gosch, Nancy Allen, Paul Bonacci, Troy Boner
Votes: 3,177
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25. Why Him? (2016)
R | 111 min | Comedy
A holiday gathering threatens to go off the rails when Ned Fleming realizes that his daughter's Silicon Valley millionaire boyfriend is about to pop the question.
Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Zoey Deutch, James Franco, Tangie Ambrose, Cedric The Entertainer
Votes: 123,709 | Gross: $60.32M
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26. The Young Kieslowski (2014)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two nerdy Caltech students hook up and end up on a journey throughout California after they find out one is pregnant with the other's twins.
Director: Kerem Sanga | Stars: Ryan Malgarini, Haley Lu Richardson, Joshua Malina, Melora Walters
Votes: 909
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