Quoted from AnthonyCawood Mine... in no paticular order Hunt for the Wilderpeople Green Room Arrival The Witch Room Train to Busan Don't Breathe Bone Tomahawk Sing Street Creed Belle Deadpool Neon Demon There was also some great TV, Stranger Things in particular, but liking Designated Survivor too.

bone tomahawk and creed are actually 2015 films.... still good movies though.

Not in the UK

I go by films released theatrically in the country of the person making the list. That only seems practical. Technically, it's the festival premiere that makes a film's release date official, which would make The VVitch and Green Room, among others, 2015 films.

Quoted from Demento It needs to win best picture based on concept alone?

Of course not. It's an incredible film with amazing visuals, solid direction, and a compelling story. That being said, it didn't quite resonate with me as much as I would have liked. But that doesn't mean it's not one of the best pictures of the year.

Furthermore, winning best picture is a sign of the times. And therefore, Moonlight deserves to win.

As much as I would like for La La Land to win best picture, it's almost pure Oscar bait. Seriously, the theaters in LA probably had to hire an additional janitorial team just clean up the buckets of ejaculate left in the theaters after every showing.

To be honest. 90% of movies that win Oscars and Golden Globes these days bored me out of my fucking skull.

I agree with albinopenguin that most movies win based on the current climate. Movies with socially relevant themes usually have an advantage.

I don't care for award shows, but I think La La Land will likely win Best Picture this picture. Moonlight might upset it though.

Quoted from Penoyer79 To be honest. 90% of movies that win Oscars and Golden Globes these days bored me out of my fucking skull.

Same: Seen one race/gay/poor/tranny film, you've seen them all.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Same: Seen one race/gay/poor/tranny film, you've seen them all.

LMAO! Where's the "Like" button in this place? I'd have broken my finger clicking it just now.

Batman vs Superman

Same can be said for any genre... Super Hero, Action, SciFi, themes and plots are often repetitive.

But a good script, interesting characters and a good production differentiate even similar sounding films.

12 Years a Slave, Selma and Belle... all films that deal with race, but all different and I enjoyed them all.

Guess a lot of it comes down to personal taste, Oscar films tend to be Drama, genre films don't tend to get a look in.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Same: Seen one race/gay/poor/tranny film, you've seen them all.

In the Heat of the Night, Kiss of the Spider Woman, All About my Mother, Midnight Cowboy, The Crying Game, The Grapes of Wrath, Mississippi Burning...perhaps The Handmaiden this year...

They've more recently skewed towards boring Issues movies, but I think even the Academy has made plenty of picks that prove you wrong.

Yeah, I agree, Chris.

Personally, I currently watch more art house cinema than mainstream. Last year I watched an Asian drama about a grandma suffering from leprosy while teaching a chef to cook perfect biscuits . Great movie, but it's not in the multiplex.

There are "diverse" movies that have a wholly different approach to filmmaking. And you can see them all around the world. They're just not found at the big "buy me places". I just can recommend to watch out for other marketplaces to find "different". It's just logical.

Anyway, I don't watch those flicks because I want to feel so clever, more it is due to the fact that 2016's commercial filmmaking didn't offer a lot to my personal taste.

Then I remember times before, when there were big pictures like Gravity: I mean, hell, what an opening scene alone… Have I seen something like that before? Definitely not. Fantastic stuff.

The point is I think that people take no time for choosing which movie may be good for them. They rather like to consume and are later surprised it's the usual stuff.

Quoted from Heretic In the Heat of the Night, Kiss of the Spider Woman, All About my Mother, Midnight Cowboy, The Crying Game, The Grapes of Wrath, Mississippi Burning...perhaps The Handmaiden this year... They've more recently skewed towards boring Issues movies, but I think even the Academy has made plenty of picks that prove you wrong.

Of course. Mississippi Burning is one of my favorite movies.

Saw Paterson. Jarmusch being Jarmusch. Fans'll dig it. Others may or may not. Probably won't change any opinions on Adam Driver either way.

Theater was small but packed, and the audience had a great time. So did I. Top 10 film for me, for sure.

Quoted from Heretic In the Heat of the Night, Kiss of the Spider Woman, All About my Mother, Midnight Cowboy, The Crying Game, The Grapes of Wrath, Mississippi Burning...perhaps The Handmaiden this year... They've more recently skewed towards boring Issues movies, but I think even the Academy has made plenty of picks that prove you wrong.

Not really.

I've seen all of those films.  None of the others I've seen over the last two/three decades has added a single thing.

I like genre films,  and I like very strange films... But the types of issue Films that the academy likes bore me to tears.

I just don't understand the concept of them.  Slavery is bad? Poverty is dehumanising? The Holocaust was a bit of a low point?  No shit.