2016 - New Watches
This is a list of titles I saw in 2016 for the very first time. This list is in mostly chronological order of my watches; each consecutive week's features are listed first, followed by the respective week's short films.
Ratings are subject to change over time and reflect my personal opinion as of December 31, 2016.
Top 10:
01. Melancholia (2008) (2008)
02. Shoah (1985) (1985)
03. I Stand Alone (1998)
04. My Life to Live (1962)
05. From What is Before (2014)
06. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
07. Ran (1985) (1985)
08. The Apple (1998)
09. Breaking the Waves (1996) (1996)
10. To Our Loves (1983)
Bottom 10:
01. Penis Boy (2015) (2015)
02. Ghostbusters (2016) (2016)
03. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
04. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) (2015)
05. Kanika Kapoor & Mika Singh: Super Girl from China (2015) (2015)
06. The Help (2011) (2011)
07. Zen for Film (1964) (1964)
08. Lot254 (2012) (2012)
09. The Seafarers (1953) (1953)
10. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) (2016)
Director Stats:
58: Stan Brakhage | 23: Jean Painlevé | 15: PES | 13: Gaspar Noé | David Lynch | 9: Ryan Trecartin | 8: Jean-Luc Godard | Don Hertzfeldt | Jan Svankmajer | Robert Morgan | 6: Sergei Eisenstein | Akira Kurosawa | Robert Bresson | Aleksandr Petrov | Jodie Mack | 5: Stanley Kubrick | Krzysztof Kieslowski | Georges Méliès | Orson Welles | Samira Makhmalbaf | 4: Roman Polanski | Alfred Hitchcock | Harmony Korine | Fritz Lang | Miranda July | Tim Burton | David Cronenberg | Eric Notarnicola | 3: Ingmar Bergman | Lars von Trier | Buster Keaton | Yasujirô Ozu | Steve McQueen | Satyajit Ray | Denis Villeneuve | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Andrei Tarkovsky | Oskar Fischinger | Woody Allen | Yorgos Lanthimos | Alain Resnais | Luis Buñuel | Paul Thomas Anderson | Jafar Panahi | Lav Diaz | Joseph Pelling | Becky Sloan | Neill Blomkamp | Majid Majidi | Neil Breen | Ilya Naishuller | 2: Charles Chaplin | Ang Lee | Ken Loach | Charles Burnett | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Chris Marker | Abel Ferrara | Federico Fellini | Martin Scorsese | Werner Herzog | François Truffaut | Aleksandr Gordon | Thomas Ridgewell | Eadweard Muybridge | John Cassavetes | Jean Renoir | Grigoriy Aleksandrov | Sidney Lumet | Vera Chytilová | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Yuri Norstein | Asghar Farhadi | Peter Watkins | David Firth | Walerian Borowczyk | John Huston | Xavier Dolan | Abbas Kiarostami | Larry Clark | Takashi Miike | Matt McCormick | Alix Otenstein
19th Century:
1870's: 02 | 1880's: 02 | 1890's: 08
20th Century:
1900's: 05 | 1910's: 02 | 1920's: 22 | 1930's: 21 | 1940's: 12 | 1950's: 47
1960's: 53 | 1970's: 61 | 1980's: 37 | 1990's: 68
21st Century:
2000's: 105 | 2010's: 108
Feature: 240 | Short: 221 | Documentary: 9 | Documentary Short: 35 | TV Series: 1 | Mini-Series: 1 | Pilot: 1 | Webseries: 4 | Web Special: 2 | Video: 7 | Video Short: 32
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Ratings are subject to change over time and reflect my personal opinion as of December 31, 2016.
Top 10:
01. Melancholia (2008) (2008)
02. Shoah (1985) (1985)
03. I Stand Alone (1998)
04. My Life to Live (1962)
05. From What is Before (2014)
06. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
07. Ran (1985) (1985)
08. The Apple (1998)
09. Breaking the Waves (1996) (1996)
10. To Our Loves (1983)
Bottom 10:
01. Penis Boy (2015) (2015)
02. Ghostbusters (2016) (2016)
03. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
04. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) (2015)
05. Kanika Kapoor & Mika Singh: Super Girl from China (2015) (2015)
06. The Help (2011) (2011)
07. Zen for Film (1964) (1964)
08. Lot254 (2012) (2012)
09. The Seafarers (1953) (1953)
10. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) (2016)
Director Stats:
58: Stan Brakhage | 23: Jean Painlevé | 15: PES | 13: Gaspar Noé | David Lynch | 9: Ryan Trecartin | 8: Jean-Luc Godard | Don Hertzfeldt | Jan Svankmajer | Robert Morgan | 6: Sergei Eisenstein | Akira Kurosawa | Robert Bresson | Aleksandr Petrov | Jodie Mack | 5: Stanley Kubrick | Krzysztof Kieslowski | Georges Méliès | Orson Welles | Samira Makhmalbaf | 4: Roman Polanski | Alfred Hitchcock | Harmony Korine | Fritz Lang | Miranda July | Tim Burton | David Cronenberg | Eric Notarnicola | 3: Ingmar Bergman | Lars von Trier | Buster Keaton | Yasujirô Ozu | Steve McQueen | Satyajit Ray | Denis Villeneuve | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Andrei Tarkovsky | Oskar Fischinger | Woody Allen | Yorgos Lanthimos | Alain Resnais | Luis Buñuel | Paul Thomas Anderson | Jafar Panahi | Lav Diaz | Joseph Pelling | Becky Sloan | Neill Blomkamp | Majid Majidi | Neil Breen | Ilya Naishuller | 2: Charles Chaplin | Ang Lee | Ken Loach | Charles Burnett | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Chris Marker | Abel Ferrara | Federico Fellini | Martin Scorsese | Werner Herzog | François Truffaut | Aleksandr Gordon | Thomas Ridgewell | Eadweard Muybridge | John Cassavetes | Jean Renoir | Grigoriy Aleksandrov | Sidney Lumet | Vera Chytilová | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Yuri Norstein | Asghar Farhadi | Peter Watkins | David Firth | Walerian Borowczyk | John Huston | Xavier Dolan | Abbas Kiarostami | Larry Clark | Takashi Miike | Matt McCormick | Alix Otenstein
19th Century:
1870's: 02 | 1880's: 02 | 1890's: 08
20th Century:
1900's: 05 | 1910's: 02 | 1920's: 22 | 1930's: 21 | 1940's: 12 | 1950's: 47
1960's: 53 | 1970's: 61 | 1980's: 37 | 1990's: 68
21st Century:
2000's: 105 | 2010's: 108
Feature: 240 | Short: 221 | Documentary: 9 | Documentary Short: 35 | TV Series: 1 | Mini-Series: 1 | Pilot: 1 | Webseries: 4 | Web Special: 2 | Video: 7 | Video Short: 32
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- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSnitz EdwardsSally O'NeilA love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.8.0
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- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonNatalie TalmadgeJoe KeatonA man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.7.0
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- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage focusing on flashing light and photographic images.8.5
- DirectorStan BrakhageStarsStan BrakhageMyrrena SchwegmannJane WodeningStan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.9.0
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- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.8.5
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- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsRobert MayJennifer NyholmDon HertzfeldtA hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.7.5
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- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsHenry G. SandersKaycee MooreCharles BracySet in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.8.0
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- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.9.5
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- DirectorHarmony KorineStarsEwen BremnerBrian FiskChloë SevignyA portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.9.5
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobWladyslaw KowalskiHalina GryglaszewskaTwo parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.8.5
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsEmily WatsonStellan SkarsgårdKatrin CartlidgeOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.9.5
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsAomi MuyockKarl GlusmanKlara KristinMurphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.8.5
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsAmilcar CabralFlorence DelayArielle DombasleA woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.8.5
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- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.8.5
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsWillem DafoeNinetto DavoliRiccardo ScamarcioA kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.7.0
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth RomanA psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.9.0
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude RainsThe daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?7.5
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyJules-Eugène LegrisGeorges MélièsWith the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.7.0
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.9.0
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPaul RichterMargarete SchönTheodor LoosSiegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.8.5
- DirectorFritz LangStarsMargarete SchönGertrud ArnoldTheodor LoosPrincess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.8.5
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsGaspard ManesseRaphael FejtöFrancine RacetteA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.8.0
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet LeighA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.7.5
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.7.5
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTatsuya NakadaiKeiju KobayashiA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.7.5
- DirectorJames W. HorneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonAnne CornwallFlora BramleyRonald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.7.0
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderCarey MulliganJames Badge DaleA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.9.5
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsBleuette BernonJeanne CalvièreJehanne d'AlcyA divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.7.0
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBernhard GoetzkeLil DagoverWalter JanssenWhen a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.7.5
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.9.0
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamStuart GrahamIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.9.0
- DirectorFritz LangStarsGlenn FordGloria GrahameJocelyn BrandoTough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.8.5
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroHarvey KeitelDavid ProvalIn New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his epileptic lover, and his devotion to his troublesome friend.7.5
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.8.5
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.6.5
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsO'Shea Jackson Jr.Corey HawkinsJason MitchellThe rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.6.5
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnna KarinaSady RebbotAndré S. LabartheTwelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.9.5
- DirectorBenjamin ChristensenStarsBenjamin ChristensenElisabeth ChristensenMaren PedersenFictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.8.0
- DirectorMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith VittetA scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.5.5
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsAnnabelle MooreAnnabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.6.0
- DirectorLouis LumièreA skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.6.0
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsAn astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.6.0
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJeanne BradyJehanne d'AlcyThe first film to ever show a nudity scene on screen is a simple presentation of a servant preparing a bath for another woman.5.0
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiRuy GuerraHelena RojoIn the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.9.0
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKanu BannerjeeKaruna BannerjeeSubir BanerjeeImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.9.0
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsPinaki SenguptaSmaran GhosalKamala AdhikariFollowing his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.7.5
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSharmila TagoreAlok ChakravartyThis final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.8.5
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsPhilippe NahonBlandine LenoirFrankie PainA horse butcher's life and mind begin to break down as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.9.5
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore SvennbergOn New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.8.5
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsPhilippe NahonBlandine LenoirFrankie PainAfter a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.8.5
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJeanne MoreauOskar WernerHenri SerreDecades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.9.0
- DirectorDziga VertovStarsMikhail KaufmanElizaveta SvilovaA man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.9.0
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBrigitte BardotJack PalanceMichel PiccoliA French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.9.5
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsMarlon BrandoMaria SchneiderMaria MichiA young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.8.5
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveA unique triptych comprised of three autonomous, yet inextricable acts unfold in front of our very eyes, through an experimental session of attempted mass hypnosis.6.0
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsAllakariallakAlice NevalingaCunayouIn this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.7.0
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.9.0
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyJanusz GajosAfter his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.7.0
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobJean-Louis TrintignantFrédérique FederA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.8.5
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.9.0
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsMusidoraÉdouard MathéMarcel LévesqueAn intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.8.0
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsSarah AdlerNade DieuRony KramerAn indictment of modern times divided into three "kingdoms": "Enfer" ("Hell"), "Purgatoire" ("Purgatory") and "Paradis" ("Paradise").8.5
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoTerence StampMassimo GirottiA mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?9.0
- DirectorAleksandr GordonAndrei TarkovskyStarsOleg BorisovAleksey AlekseevPyotr LyubeshkinSoldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.6.0
- DirectorKenneth AngerAsia ArgentoTadanobu AsanoStarsKenneth AngerTadanobu AsanoBrian ButlerAn omnibus of short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.5.5
- DirectorOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.5.0
- DirectorMartin RosenJohn HubleyStarsJohn HurtRichard BriersRalph RichardsonHoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.8.5
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsDaniel AuteuilJuliette BinocheMaurice BénichouA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.9.0