Just missing out on a place in the top ten were…
11. Paterson
12. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
13. Star Trek Beyond
14. Train to Busan
15. The Neon Demon
16. Everybody Wants Some!!
17. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
18. The Jungle Book
19. Midnight Special
20. Swiss Army Man
How our top twenty would have looked if we’d gone by U.K. release dates…
1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Arrival
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. Zootopia
5. The Nice Guys
6. Hell or High Water
7. Nocturnal Animals
8. Spotlight
9. Sing Street
10. Deadpool
11. Paterson
12. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
13. Star Trek Beyond
14. Creed
15. Train to Busan
16. Son of Saul
17. Room
18. The Neon Demon
19. The Witch
20. Everybody Wants Some!!
Our writers’ individual favourites of the year…
Gary Collinson – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tony Black – High Rise
Sean Wilson – Hell or High Water
Mark Bartlett – La La Land
Ben Robins – La La Land
Eddy Gardiner – Spotlight
Chris Cooper – Deadpool
Eric Bay-Andersen – Captain America: Civil War
Thomas Harris – Embrace of the Serpent
Liam Hoofe – Sing Street
Freda Cooper – Spotlight
Piers McCarthy – Victoria
Luke Owen – Train to Busan
Tom Beasley – Sing Street
Helen Murdoch – Arrival
Andy Naylor – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Chris Haydon – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sara Hemrajani – La La Land
Ricky Church – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Simon Columb – O.J.: Made in America
Tom Roach – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Matt Spencer-Skeen – Creed
Mark Clark – Paterson
Tori Brazier – La La Land
Paul Risker – Bone Tomahawk
Samuel Brace – The Nice Guys
Jake Peffer – La La Land
And our previous Top Tens…
2015 – Ex Machina
2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy
2013 – Gravity
2012 – The Dark Knight Rises
2011 – Drive
2010 – Inception
What are your picks for the best movies of the year? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below…
Originally published December 31, 2016. Updated November 30, 2022.
