Jordan's Top 20 Films of 2016
Oscars season is here! This Sunday, ABC will host the 89th annual Academy Awards honoring achievements in film-making from the year 2016. It also just so happens that I watched pretty much everything that came out last year, so I figured I'd write a post ahead of the Oscars celebrating my favorites. Of this year's nine best picture nominees, seven of them made my top 20 ( Hell or High Water and Lion are also excellent), but like most years, my list looks quite different than the Academy's. I like to think my tastes are pretty eclectic, so there should be something here for everybody. Or just trust that my taste is exquisite and watch all of them. But first! HONORABLE MENTIONS: Hush: a home-invasion thriller with a deaf protagonist Other People: written/directed by SNL head-writer Chris Kelly The Meddler: Susan Surandan is adorable! Paterson: Adam Driver's a bus-driver/poet in this poetically naturalistic film The Jungle Book: a masterpiece of motion c...