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Complete List of All 2016 Movies (In Theaters) Release Dates (2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31)

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January 2016's best movies were 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Ip Man 3, The Finest Hours and Kung Fu Panda 3.

Chimes at Midnight (1966)
Janus Films
Drama
NYC/LA
Only Yesterday
GKIDS
Drama
NYC Only
Yosemite
Monterey Media
Drama
NYC Only
Sherlock: The Abominabl...
Fathom Entertainment
Drama
Limited
Sherlock: The Abominabl...
Fathom Entertainment
Drama
Limited
Lamb
1091 Pictures
Drama
Limited
Anesthesia
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Yosemite
Monterey Media
Drama
LA Only
13 Hours: The Secret So...
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
A Perfect Day
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
The Benefactor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
The Lady in the Van
Sony Pictures Clas...
Biography
NYC/LA
Curve
Universal Pictures
Thriller
Limited
The 5th Wave
Sony Pictures
Drama
Theaters
All Mistakes Buried
Breaking Glass Pic...
Drama
Limited
Aferim!
Big World Pictures
Historical
NYC/LA
The Finest Hours
Walt Disney Studios
Drama
Theaters
Mountain Men
Level 33 Entertain...
Drama
Limited
The Clan
20th Century Studios
Biography
NYC/LA

February 2016's best movies were Prayer Never Fails, Deadpool, The Choice and Eddie the Eagle.

Rams
Cohen Media Group
Drama
Limited
The Club
Music Box Films
Drama
Limited
Viva
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
How to be Single
Warner Bros. Pictures
Romance
Theaters
Touched With Fire
Roadside Attractions
Drama
Limited
Providence
AMC Theatres Distr...
Drama
Limited
Bad Hurt
Screen Media Films
Drama
Limited
Prayer Never Fails
AMC Theatres Distr...
Drama
Limited
Embrace of the Serpent
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
Limited
Risen
TriStar Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Race
Focus Features
Sports
Theaters
City of Women
Cohen Media Group
Comedy
Limited
Triple 9
Open Road Films
Action
Theaters
Eddie the Eagle
20th Century Studios
Drama
Theaters
Only Yesterday
GKIDS
Animated
N/A
A Country Called Home
ARC Entertainment
Drama
Limited
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March 2016's best movies were Admiral, Hello My Name is Doris, Miracles From Heaven and 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Paramount Pictures
Biography
Theaters
Knight of Cups
Broad Green Pictures
Music
Limited
Me Him Her
Gunpowder & Sky Di...
Drama
Limited
Cemetery of Splendor
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
10 Cloverfield Lane
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
The Young Messiah
Focus Features
Drama
Theaters
Eye in the Sky
Bleecker Street
Thriller
Limited
Creative Control
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Remember
A24
Drama
Limited
River of Grass
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
Limited
Hello My Name is Doris
Roadside Attractions
Comedy
Limited
About Scout
Breaking Glass Pic...
Drama
Limited
Marguerite
Cohen Media Group
Drama
Limited
The Automatic Hate
Film Movement
Drama
LA Only
Miracles From Heaven
TriStar Pictures
Faith
Theaters
The Bronze
Stage 6 Films
Drama
Limited
My Golden Days
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Midnight Special
Thriller
Limited
The Program
Thriller
Limited
Krisha
A24
Drama
Limited
The Confirmation
Saban Films
Drama
Limited
The Preppie Connection
IFC Films
True Story
Limited
Sweet Bean
Kino Lorber
Drama
Limited
Ktown Cowboys
Freestyle Releasing
Drama
NYC/LA
I Saw the Light
Sony Pictures Clas...
Music
Limited
Born to Be Blue
IFC Films
True Story
Limited
Seve: The Movie
Level 33 Entertain...
Drama
Limited

April 2016's best movies were Hush, Ratchet & Clank, A Beautiful Planet and Barbershop: The Next Cut.

The Dark Horse
Broad Green Pictures
Drama
Limited
Sold
Matson Films
Drama
Limited
Miles Ahead
Sony Pictures Clas...
Music
Limited
God's Not Dead 2
Pure Flix Entertai...
Sequel
Limited
Demolition
Searchlight Pictures
Drama
Limited
A War (Krigen)
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
Louder Than Bombs
1091 Pictures
Drama
Limited
Wedding Doll
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
Sing Street
The Weinstein Company
Music
Limited
The Adderall Diaries
A24
Drama
Limited
Hostile Border
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Universal Pictures
Sequel
Theaters
Elvis & Nixon
Bleecker Street
Historical
Limited
A Hologram For The King
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
Limited
The Meddler
Sony Pictures Clas...
Comedy
Limited
Nina
RLJ Entertainment
Romance
Limited
The Man Who Knew Infinity
IFC Films
Biography
Limited
Term Life
Focus World
Drama
Limited
The Family Fang
Starz Digital
Adaptation
Limited
Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Biography
Limited
Viktoria
Big World Pictures
Drama
NYC Only
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May 2016's best movies were Captain America: Civil War, Being Charlie, Pele and The Darkness.

A Bigger Splash
Searchlight Pictures
Crime
NYC/LA
Being Charlie
Paladin
Drama
Limited
The Idol
Adopt Films
Drama
Limited
Pele
IFC Films
Biography
Limited
Memoria
Monterey Media
Drama
Limited
Dark Horse
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
NYC/LA
A Monster with a Thousa...
Music Box Films
Drama
Limited
Money Monster
Sony Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Sunset Song
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
The Lobster
A24
Drama
Limited
Dheepan
Sundance Selects
Drama
Limited
Last Days in the Desert
Broad Green Pictures
Adventure
Limited
A Bigger Splash
Searchlight Pictures
Crime
Limited
Manhattan Night
Lionsgate Premiere
Adaptation
Limited
The Silent Storm
WestEnd Films
Drama
Limited
Ma Ma
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
NYC Only
Ma Ma
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
LA Only

June 2016's best movies were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Be Somebody, WarCraft and Now You See Me 2.

Me Before You
Warner Bros. Pictures
Drama
Theaters
The Fits
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
Limited
The Final Master
United Entertainme...
Drama
Limited
Genius
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
Limited
Diary of a Chambermaid
Cohen Media Group
Drama
Limited
Viktoria
Big World Pictures
Drama
LA Only
The Last King
Magnolia Pictures
Drama
Limited
No Stranger Than Love
Momentum Pictures
Drama
Limited
Free State of Jones
STXfilms
Period
Theaters
The Phenom
RLJ Entertainment
Drama
Limited
The Duel
Lionsgate Studios
Mystery
Limited
Wiener-Dog
IFC Films
Spin-off
Limited
Swiss Army Man
A24
Drama
Limited
The Fundamentals of Caring
Netflix Originals
Drama
VOD / Digital

July 2016's best movies were Marauders, Captain Fantastic, Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party and Nerve.

The Legend of Tarzan
Warner Bros. Pictures
Adventure
Theaters
Fathers and Daughters
Vertical
Drama
Limited
Captain Fantastic
Bleecker Street
Drama
Limited
Our Little Sister
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
Limited
The Dog Lover
ESX Entertainment
Family
Limited
The Infiltrator
Broad Green Pictures
Thriller
Theaters
Cafe Society
Amazon MGM Studios
Comedy
Limited
Into the Forest
A24
Drama
Limited
Cafe Society
Amazon MGM Studios
Drama
Expansion
Nerve
Lionsgate Studios
Thriller
Theaters
Cafe Society
Amazon MGM Studios
Comedy
Theaters
Tallulah
Netflix Originals
Comedy
Limited
Equity
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
Limited
The Land
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Indignation
Summit Entertainment
Adaptation
NYC/LA
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August 2016's best movies were Kubo and the Two Strings, Bazodee, Remember the Goal and Blood Father.

Five Nights in Maine
FilmRise
Drama
Limited
Little Men
Magnolia Pictures
Coming-of-Age
NYC Only
Florence Foster Jenkins
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Hell or High Water
CBS Films
Action
Limited
Blood Father
Lionsgate Premiere
Drama
Limited
Anthropoid
Bleecker Street
Drama
Limited
Disorder
Sundance Selects
Thriller
Limited
Little Men
Magnolia Pictures
Coming-of-Age
LA Only
Ben Hur
Paramount Pictures
Action
Theaters
Imperium
Lionsgate Premiere
Thriller
Limited
Mia Madre
Music Box Films
Drama
Limited
Morris From America
A24
Romance
Limited
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Cohen Media Group
Drama
NYC Only
Hell or High Water
CBS Films
Action
Expansion
JL Ranch
Sony Pictures Home...
Western
Limited
The Sea of Trees
A24
Drama
N/A
Remember the Goal
Five & Two Pictures
Faith
Limited
The Intervention
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
Southside With You
Miramax Films
Romance
Limited
Hands of Stone
The Weinstein Company
Drama
Limited
The Hollars
Sony Pictures Clas...
Comedy
NYC/LA
Complete Unknown
Amazon MGM Studios
Drama
NYC Only
Howards End
Cohen Media Group
Adaptation
NYC Only

September 2016's best movies were Mr. Church, Kickboxer: Vengeance, When the Bough Breaks and The Magnificent Seven.

The Light Between Oceans
Amblin Partners
Adaptation
Theaters
Zoom
Screen Media Films
Comedy
Limited
Beautiful Now
Drama
Limited
White Girl
FilmRise
Drama
NYC Only
Max Rose
Paladin
Drama
NYC Only
Sully
Warner Bros. Pictures
Biography
Theaters
Ithaca
Momentum Pictures
Coming-of-Age
Limited
Other People
Vertical
Drama
Limited
Come What May
Cohen Media Group
Drama
Limited
Transpecos
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
London Road
BBC Worldwide Nort...
Musical
Limited
Max Rose
Paladin
Drama
LA Only
The People Garden
Gunpowder & Sky Di...
Drama
Limited
Snowden
Open Road Films
Drama
Theaters
Bridget Jones's Baby
Universal Pictures
Romance
Theaters
Mr. Church
Cinelou Releasing
Drama
Limited
Miss Stevens
1091 Pictures
Drama
Limited
Finding Altamira
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Drama
Limited
Cardboard Boxer
Well Go USA
Drama
Limited
The Vessel
Outsider Pictures
Drama
LA Only
The Dressmaker
Amazon MGM Studios
Drama
Limited
Closet Monster
Strand Releasing
Drama
Limited
Queen of Katwe
Walt Disney Studios
Drama
Limited
Goat
Paramount Home Ent...
Drama
Limited
My Blind Brother
Romance
Limited
The Free World
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Queen of Katwe
Walt Disney Studios
Drama
Theaters
Milton's Secret
Momentum Pictures
Family
Limited
Denial
Bleecker Street
Drama
Limited
Harry & Snowman
FilmRise
Documentary
Limited
American Honey
A24
Drama
NYC/LA

October 2016's best movies were Shin Godzilla, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, The Whole Truth and Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween.

The Birth of a Nation
Searchlight Pictures
Historical
Theaters
Middle School: The Wors...
CBS Films
Teen
Theaters
The Late Bloomer
Momentum Pictures
Adaptation
Limited
Blue Jay
1091 Pictures
Romance
Limited
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Picturehouse
Drama
Limited
The Lennon Report
Emerging Pictures
Drama
Limited
London Town
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
The Alchemist Cookbook
Oscilloscope Labor...
Drama
NYC Only
The Accountant
Warner Bros. Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Desierto
STXfilms
Thriller
Theaters
Christine
1091 Pictures
Drama
Limited
Priceless
Roadside Attractions
Drama
Limited
Certain Women
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Ordinary World
Drama
Limited
Moonlight
A24
Drama
Limited
American Pastoral
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
Limited
King Cobra
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
I'm Not Ashamed
Pure Flix Entertai...
Drama
Limited
The Beat Beneath My Feet
Level 33 Entertain...
Comedy
Limited
American Pastoral
Lionsgate Studios
Adaptation
Theaters
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November 2016's best movies were Moana, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Take.

Hacksaw Ridge
Lionsgate Studios
Drama
Theaters
Stagecoach: The Texas J...
Cinedigm Entertain...
Drama
Limited
Loving
Focus Features
Drama
Limited
CRD
Kanadé Films
Drama
LA Only
Arrival
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Shut In
EuropaCorp
Drama
Theaters
Loving
Focus Features
True Story
Theaters
Billy Lynn's Long Halft...
TriStar Pictures
War
Theaters
USS Indianapolis: Men o...
Saban Films
Action
Limited
Bleed For This
Open Road Films
Sports
Theaters
Manchester by the Sea
Amazon MGM Studios
Drama
Limited
Life on the Line
Lionsgate Premiere
Action
Limited
Daughters of the Dust
Cohen Media Group
Re-Release
Limited
A Street Cat Named Bob
Cleopatra Films
Adaptation
Limited
Rules Don't Apply
20th Century Studios
Romance
Theaters
Lion
The Weinstein Company
Adaptation
Limited
Evolution
IFC Midnight
Horror
Limited
Miss Sloane
EuropaCorp
Thriller
NYC/LA

December 2016's best movies were Pocket Listing, Hidden Figures, Land of Mine and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Pet
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Horror
Limited
A Girl Like Grace
GVN Releasing
Teen
Limited
Things to Come
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Run the Tide
Momentum Pictures
Drama
Limited
La La Land
Summit Entertainment
Comedy
NYC/LA
The Founder
The Weinstein Company
Drama
LA Only
Miss Sloane
EuropaCorp
Political
Theaters
La La Land
Summit Entertainment
Drama
Limited
Jackie
True Story
Limited
All We Had
Gravitas Ventures
Drama
Limited
Burn Country
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Thriller
Limited
The Salesman
Amazon MGM Studios
Drama
Oscar Run
Collateral Beauty
Warner Bros. Pictures
Drama
Theaters
La La Land
Summit Entertainment
Comedy
Theaters
The Hollow Point
Crime
Limited
Neruda
1091 Pictures
Biography
Limited
Julieta
Sony Pictures Clas...
Drama
Limited
Patriots Day
Lionsgate Studios
Thriller
Limited
I, Daniel Blake
IFC Films
Drama
Limited
Silence
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Limited
Fences
Paramount Pictures
Drama
Theaters
Toni Erdmann
Paramount Pictures
Comedy
Theaters
Live by Night
Warner Bros. Pictures
Adaptation
Limited
20th Century Women
A24
Comedy
Limited
Hidden Figures
20th Century Studios
Drama
Oscar Run
Ocean Waves
GKIDS
Animated
NYC/LA
Paterson
Amazon MGM Studios
Drama
NYC/LA
The Daughter
Kino Lorber
Drama
N/A
A Tale Of Love And Dark...
Focus World
Drama
Limited
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