75 Most Anticipated Films of 2016
Screw all the never ending Sequels releasing this year that are made to earn billion bucks, Fcuk Superhero films that seem to be fucked by perpetual reproducing mutant. We ain’t that excited to see those films that make mockery of the most powerful form of arts, “Cinema”. Here, we have handpicked 75 most anticipated films of 2016 from across the globe, and across the genre that has grabbed our attention by balls. Bookmark the page, we are sure many of these films might be your favorite by the end of year.
75. The Discovery
Directed by: Charlie McDowell
“A love story set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified.”
Starring: Rooney Mara, Nicholas Hoult
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
74. Swiss Army Man
Directed by: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
“A man in the wilderness befriends an unlikely counterpart.”
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama.
73. Indignation
Directed by: James Schamus
“In 1951, Marcus (Lerman), a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War. Based on Philip Roth’s novel.”
Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts
Genre: Drama
72. The Glass Castle
Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton
“A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the the children’s imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.”
Starring: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson
Genre: Drama
71. Sairat [Marathi]
Directed by: Nagraj Manjule
Plot Unknown
Genre: Romance
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70. The Meddler
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
“An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.”
Starring: Rose Byrne, Susan Sarandon, J.K. Simmons
Genre: Comedy, Drama
69. The Accountant
Directed by: Gavin O’ Connor
“A forensic accountant un-cooks the books for illicit clients”
Starring: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jon Bernthal
Genre: Drama
68. The Current War
Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.”
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jake Gyllenhaal
Genre: Drama
67. Rams
Directed by: Grímur Hákonarson
“In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep.”
Starring: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving
Genre: Drama
66. Haraamkhor
Directed by: Shlok Sharma
“In a small Gujarati town, a school teacher has more than an academic interest in one of his female students.”
Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shweta Tripathi, Trimala Adhikari
Genre: Drama
65. The Witch
Directed by: Robert Eggers
“A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.”
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Genre: Horror
64. The Bad Batch
Directed by: Ana Lily Amirpour
“A dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland and set in a community of cannibals.”
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves
Genre: Romance
63. A Monster Calls
Directed by: JA Bayona
“A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom’s terminal illness.”
Starring: Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
62. Free Fire
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
“Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival.”
Starring: Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
61. True Crimes
Directed by: Alexandro Avranas
“A murder investigation of a slain business man turns to clues found in an author’s book about an eerily similar crime. Based on 2008 New Yorker article by David Grann.”
Starring: Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
60. Christine
Directed by: Antonio Campos
“The story of 1970s TV reporter Christine Chubbuck.”
Starring: Rebecca Hall, David Alexander, Michael C Hall
Genre: Biography, Drama
59. Green Room
Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
“A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.”
Starring: Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart
Genre: Horror, Thriller
58. Midnight Special
Directed by: Jeff Nichols
“A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.”
Starring: Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
57. Complete Unknown
Directed by: Joshua Marston
“As a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame – a woman who often changes identities – reenters his life at a birthday dinner party.”
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates
Genre: Drama
56. Colonia
Directed by: Florian Gallenberger
“A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.”
Starring: Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl, Michael Nyqvist
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
55. Passengers
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
“A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 60 years early. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he eventually decides to wake up a second passenger.”
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
54. High Rise
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
“Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.”
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
53. White
Directed by: Uday Ananthan
Plot Unknown
Starring: Mammootty, Huma Qureshi, Lisa Ronaghan
Genre: Drama
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52. Visaaranai
Directed by: Vetrimaaran
“A group of immigrants (Pandi, Murugan, Afsal and Kumar) are detained by the local state police, tortured and forced to admit to a crime they have no knowledge of.”
Starring: Dinesh, Samuthira Kani, Murugadas Periyasamy
Genre: Drama
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51. Brahman Naman
Directed by: Q
“A champion college quizzing team try to win the all-India finals and lose their virginities.”
Starring: Shashank Arora, Tanmay Dhanania, Shataf Figar
Genre: Comedy
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