30 Films To See in 2016
This month we have been counting down 30 Films to see in 2016 in order of their UK release. The full countdown including exclusive gifs is also available here on our Tumblr page. Let us know if you agree with our list.
Number 1 – The Danish Girl – 1st January 2016
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard
Number 2 – The Hateful Eight – 8th January 2016
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russel, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen
Number 3 – The Revenant – 15th January 2016
Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Number 4 – Deadpool – 10th February 2016
Directed by: Tim Miller
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić
Number 5 – Pride Prejudice and Zombies – 11th February 2016
Directed by: Burr Steers
Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, Lena Headey
Number 6 – Zoolander 2 – 12th February 2016
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz, Kristen Wiig
Number 7 – Triple 9 – 12th February 2016
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Cast: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet
Number 8 – Hail, Caesar! – 4th March 2016
Directed by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Cast: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum
Number 9 – Knight of Cups – 4th March 2016 (USA release date as it does not yet have a UK release date)
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Wes Bentley, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palmer, Imogen Poots, Joe Manganiello, Joel Kinnaman, Nick Offerman
Number 10 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – 25th March 2016
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot
Number 11 – Zootropolis – 25th March 2016
Directed by: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Mark Smith, Tommy Chong, Octavia Spencer, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Raymond S. Persi, Alan Tudyk
Number 12 – The Jungle Book – 15th April 2016
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong’o
Number 13 – The Huntsman: Winter’s War – 8th April 2016
Directed by: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Colin Morgan, Sam Claflin, Nick Frost
Number 14 – Captain America: Civil War – 29th April 2016
Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Emily VanCamp, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Frank Grillo, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt
Number 15 – Everybody Wants Some – 13th May 2016
Directed by:Rickard Linklater
Cast:Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Will Brittain
Number 16 – X-Men: Apocalypse – 19th May 2016
Directed by:Bryan Singer
Cast:James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Lana Condor, Josh Helman
Number 17 – Warcraft – 3rd June 2016
Directed by:Duncan Jones
Cast: Travis Fimmel, Toby Kebbell, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Daniel Wu
Number 18 – The Secret Life of Pets – 24th June 2016
Directed by:Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney
Cast:Louis C.K, Ben Kingsley, Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Steve Coogan, James Woods, Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell, Max von Sydow, Bill Hader, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Wayne Knight, Jenny Slate, Albert Brooks
Number 19 – Independence Day: Resurgence – 24th June 2016
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, Judd Hirsch, Angelababy, Joey King
Number 20 – The Legend of Tarzan – 8th July 2016
Directed by:David Yates
Cast:Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt
Number 21 – Star Trek: Beyond – 22nd July 2016
Directed by:Justin Lin
Cast:Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella
Number 22 – Finding Dory – 29th July 2016
Directed by:Andrew Stanton
Cast:Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ty Burrell, Kaitlin Olson, Ed O’Neill, Willem Dafoe, Vicki Lewis, Idris Elba, Dominic West
Number 23 – Suicide Squad – 5th August 2016
Directed by:David Ayer
Cast:Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Karen Fukuhara
Number 24 – The Magnificent Seven -23rd September 2016
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Matt Bomer, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke Grimes, Sean Bridgers, Billy Slaughter, Cam Gigandet, Vinnie Jones
Number 25 – The Girl on the Train -7th October 2016
Directed by: Tate Taylor
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Édgar Ramírez, Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Prepon
Number 26 – Doctor Strange -28th October 2016
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton
Number 27 – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them -18th November 2016
Directed by: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrel, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Carmen Ejogo, Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Jenn Murray, Gemma Chan
Number 28 – Moana – 2nd December 2016
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk
Number 29 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – 16th December 2016
Directed by: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jonathan Aris
Number 30 – Assassin’s Creed – 30th December 2016
Directed by: Justin Kurzel
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Michael K. Williams, Ariane Labed, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson