Hell or High water (2016)

Hell or High water (2016)

Movie Rating 7.8/10

R | 1h 42min | Crime, Drama, Western

Director: David Mackenzie

Writer: Taylor Sheridan

Stars: Dale Dickey, Ben Foster, Chris Pine

Story line

Following a series of armed robberies at a number of branches of Texas Midland Bank where very little money was taken, the motive of unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard (Chris Pine) and his brother -- just released from prison -- is to raise enough money to pay off the reverse mortgage that will forfeit their recently deceased mother's ranch if not paid off. Oil was discovered on the ranch and in order to secure the future of his sons and ex wife, Toby needs $43,000.

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Moonlight (2016)

Moonlight (2016)

IMDB Rating 8.7/10

Director: Barry Jenkins

Writers: Barry Jenkins (screenplay), Tarell Alvin McCraney (story by)

Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson

R | 1h 51min | Drama

Storyline

Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented. When a child, Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a crime ridden neighborhood in Miami. Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and being neglected by his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fixes and satisfying her carnal needs than taking care of him. Because of these issues, Chiron is bullied, the slurs hurled at him which he doesn't understand beyond knowing that they are meant to be hurtful. Besides his same aged Cuban-American friend Kevin, Chiron is given what little guidance he has in life from a neighborhood drug dealer named Juan, who can see that he is neglected, and Juan's caring girlfriend Teresa, whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paula's abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified in terms

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The Eyes Of My Mother (2016)

The Eyes Of My Mother (2016)

Imdb Rating 6.3/10

Director: Nicolas Pesce

Writer: Nicolas Pesce

Stars: Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Olivia Bond

R | 1h 16min | Drama, Horror

Story line

In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca's family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca's loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form

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Gold (2017)

Gold (2017)

IMDB rating 7.5/10

Director: Stephen Gaghan

Writers: Patrick Massett, John Zinman

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard

R | 2h 1min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Story line

An unlikely pair venture to the Indonesian jungle in search of gold

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Fences (2016)

Fences (2016)

IMDB rating 8.0/10

Director: Denzel Washington

Writers: August Wilson (screenplay), August Wilson (based upon his play)

Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson

PG-13 | 2h 18min | Drama

 Story line

An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.

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Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Movie Rating  8.5/10

Director: Kenneth Lonergan

Writer: Kenneth Lonergan

Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler

R | 2h 17min | Drama

Story line

An Uncle is obliged to return home to care for his nephew after his brother dies. Unknowing he is to be the guardian and struggles with the decision. Throughout the movie he recounts past memories that caused him to leave Manchester and distancing himself from his past.

Silence (2016)

Silence (2016)

IMDB Movie rating 7.8/10

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writers: Jay Cocks (screenplay), Martin Scorsese (screenplay) | 1 more credit »

Stars: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson

 Story line 

The story of two Catholic missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) - at a time when Catholicism was outlawed and their presence forbidden.

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Sully (2016)

Sully (2016)

IMDB rating 7.6/10

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writers: Todd Komarnicki (screenplay), Chesley Sullenberger (book) (as Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger) | 1 more credit »

Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney

PG-13 | 1h 36min | Biography, Drama

Story line

On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed "Sully", glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.

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Lion (2016)

Lion (2016)

IMDB rating  7.8/10

Director: Garth Davis

Writers: Saroo Brierley (adapted from the book "A Long Way Home" by), Luke Davies (screenplay)

Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara

PG-13 | 1h 58min | Drama

Storyline

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family

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Sing (2016)

Sing (2016)

Directors: Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings

Writer: Garth Jennings

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane

PG | 1h 48min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Storyline

Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Buster Moon a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal-some might even say delusional-optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life's ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition.

IMDB Rating 7.3/10

The Accountant (2016)

The Accountant (2016)

Imdb Movie Rating 7.5/10

R | 2h 8min | Action, Crime, Drama

Director: Gavin O'Connor

Writer: Bill Dubuque

Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons

Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.

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Live by Night (2016)

Live by Night (2016)

Movie rating 8.5/10

Director: Ben Affleck

Writers: Dennis Lehane (based on the novel by), Ben Affleck (screenplay)

Stars: Ben Affleck, Scott Eastwood, Zoe Saldana

R | 2h 8min | Crime, Drama

 Story line

Boston, 1926. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying.

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Neruda (2016)

Neruda (2016)

Movie rating 7.5/10

Director: Pablo Larraín

Writer: Guillermo Calderón

Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Alfredo Castro

R | 1h 47min | Biography, Drama

An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.

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Assassin's Creed (2016)

Assassin's Creed (2016)

Movie Rating 8.5/10

Director: Justin Kurzel

Writers: Michael Lesslie (screenplay), Adam Cooper (screenplay) | 1 more credit »

Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons

Storyline

Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day

PG-13 | 1h 55min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Collateral Beauty (2016)

Collateral Beauty (2016)

Director: David Frankel

Writer: Allan Loeb

Stars: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet

PG-13 | 1h 37min | Drama 

Movie rating 5.9/10

Story line 

When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy, he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. But it's not until his notes bring unexpected personal responses that he begins to understand how these constants interlock in a life fully lived, and how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty

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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Imdb Rating 8.5/10

Director: Mel Gibson

Writers: Robert Schenkkan (screenplay), Andrew Knight (screenplay)

Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey

R | 2h 19min | Drama, History, War

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Passengers (2016)

Passengers

Director: Morten Tyldum

Writer: Jon Spaihts

Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen

PG-13 | 1h 56min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Director: Gareth Edwards

Writers: Chris Weitz (screenplay), Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk

PG-13 | 2h 14min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Jackie (2016)

Jackie 

Director : Pablo Larrain

Writter: Noah Oppenheim

Stars : Natalie Portman,Peter Sarsgaard,Greta Gerwig,

Story line 
JACKIE is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman). JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a portrait of the First Lady as she fights to establish her husband's legacy and the world of "Camelot" that she created and loved so well
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La La Land (2016)

La La Land 

Director : Damien chazelle

Writer: Damien chazelle

Stars : Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone,Rosemarie Dewitt

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Arrival (2016)

ARRIVAL

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Writers: Eric Heisserer (Screenplay), Ted Chiang (Based On The Story "Story Of Your Life")

Stars:  Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker 

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Inferno (2016)

INFERNO

• Director Ron Howard
• Writer David Koepp
• Stars Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Ben Foster
• Run time: 121 mins
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