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Must Watch 2016

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  • Catfish (2010)

    1. Catfish

    20101h 27mPG-1365Metascore
    7.1 (44K)
    Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.
    DirectorsHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsNev SchulmanAriel SchulmanHenry Joost
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)

    2. Run Lola Run

    19981h 20mR79Metascore
    7.6 (214K)
    After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
    DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert Knaup
  • Breaking Upwards (2009)

    3. Breaking Upwards

    20091h 28mTV-MA56Metascore
    6.0 (1.5K)
    A young New York couple intricately strategize their own break up.
    DirectorDaryl WeinStarsZoe Lister-JonesDaryl WeinJulie White
  • Jennifer Aniston in Cake (2014)

    4. Cake

    20141h 42mR49Metascore
    6.4 (39K)
    The acerbic, hilarious Claire Bennett becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.
    DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsJennifer AnistonAdriana BarrazaAnna Kendrick
  • Blythe Danner, Greg Kinnear, Fran Kranz, J.K. Simmons, and Nikki Reed in Murder of a Cat (2014)

    5. Murder of a Cat

    20141h 41mNot Rated31Metascore
    5.3 (1.8K)
    A man investigates the murder of his cat.
    DirectorGillian GreeneStarsFran KranzAidan AndrewsBlythe Danner
  • Moises Arias, Gabriel Basso, and Nick Robinson in The Kings of Summer (2013)

    6. The Kings of Summer

    20131h 35mR61Metascore
    7.1 (86K)
    Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
    DirectorJordan Vogt-RobertsStarsNick RobinsonGabriel BassoMoises Arias
  • Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in The Spectacular Now (2013)

    7. The Spectacular Now

    20131h 35mR82Metascore
    7.0 (166K)
    A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
    DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMiles TellerShailene WoodleyKyle Chandler
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in Enough Said (2013)

    8. Enough Said

    20131h 33mPG-1378Metascore
    7.0 (68K)
    A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.
    DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsJulia Louis-DreyfusJames GandolfiniCatherine Keener
  • AnnaSophia Robb in Soul Surfer (2011)

    9. Soul Surfer

    20111h 52mPG53Metascore
    7.0 (55K)
    Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.
    DirectorSean McNamaraStarsAnnaSophia RobbDennis QuaidHelen Hunt
  • Reese Witherspoon in Wild (2014)

    10. Wild

    20141h 55mR74Metascore
    7.1 (143K)
    A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
    DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsReese WitherspoonLaura DernGaby Hoffmann
  • Michelle Williams and Lucy in Wendy and Lucy (2008)

    11. Wendy and Lucy

    20081h 20mR80Metascore
    7.1 (20K)
    Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
    DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsLucyDavid Koppell
  • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)

    12. Tomorrowland

    20152h 10mPG60Metascore
    6.4 (196K)
    Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.
    DirectorBrad BirdStarsGeorge ClooneyBritt RobertsonHugh Laurie
  • McFarland, USA (2015)

    13. McFarland, USA

    20152h 9mPG60Metascore
    7.4 (45K)
    Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
    DirectorNiki CaroStarsKevin CostnerMaria BelloRamiro Rodriguez
  • The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

    14. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    20132h 17mPG89Metascore
    8.0 (58K)
    Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChloë Grace MoretzJames CaanMary Steenburgen
  • Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night (2014)

    15. Two Days, One Night

    20141h 35mPG-1389Metascore
    7.3 (51K)
    Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsMarion CotillardFabrizio RongioneCatherine Salée
  • Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    16. Mad Max: Fury Road

    20152hR90Metascore
    8.1 (1.2M)
    In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas Hoult
  • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)

    17. American Sniper

    20142h 13mR73Metascore
    7.3 (552K)
    Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle Gallner
  • We Are the Best! (2013)

    18. We Are the Best!

    20131h 42mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.1 (12K)
    Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
    DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsMira BarkhammarMira GrosinLiv LeMoyne
  • When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

    19. When the Game Stands Tall

    20141h 55mPG41Metascore
    6.6 (17K)
    The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
    DirectorThomas CarterStarsJim CaviezelAlexander LudwigMichael Chiklis
  • Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Verne Troyer, Andrew Garfield, and Lily Cole in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

    20. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    20092h 3mPG-1365Metascore
    6.8 (156K)
    Having made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristopher PlummerLily ColeHeath Ledger
  • Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, and Josh Hutcherson in The Polar Express (2004)

    21. The Polar Express

    20041h 40mG61Metascore
    6.6 (258K)
    On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksChris CoppolaMichael Jeter
  • Julianne Moore in Still Alice (2014)

    22. Still Alice

    20141h 41mPG-1372Metascore
    7.5 (147K)
    A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
    DirectorsRichard GlatzerWash WestmorelandStarsJulianne MooreAlec BaldwinKristen Stewart
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    23. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (854K)
    During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew Goode
  • Christian Bale in Knight of Cups (2015)

    24. Knight of Cups

    20151h 58mR53Metascore
    5.6 (31K)
    A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas have to offer, undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettNatalie Portman
  • Robin Williams, Kate Beckinsale, Simon Pegg, and Mojo in Absolutely Anything (2015)

    25. Absolutely Anything

    20151h 25mR31Metascore
    6.0 (52K)
    A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.
    DirectorTerry JonesStarsSimon PeggKate BeckinsaleSanjeev Bhaskar

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