Of all the arts, cinema is the most important for us. After all, it helps to escape from everyday problems, and in addition to the entertaining function, it is also an instrument of upbringing and personality formation.
Introducing you the best films of 2015-2016, IMDb ranked list - the largest movie database in the world.
An updated list of the best films of 2016-2017 according to the rating of IMDb and Kinopoisk, already on the pages of Basetop.
23. “Cloverfield 10” (2015)
IMDb: 7.70
Psychological thriller, science fiction.
The entire film, the viewer is trying to understand: is one of the main characters really the savior of the main character (Michelle) from the chemical weapons that destroyed the city, or is he just a maniac who captured two people and keeps them in a bunker.
22. The Killer (2015)
IMDb rating: 7.70
Action, detective, drama.
A film about the struggle of Mexican drug cartels and American intelligence agencies. This is not a family film, it will not have spectacular shootings, comedic partners of the main characters and charismatic villains. But there will be memorable soundtracks, an atmosphere of realism and cruelty, and detailed character characters.
21. “Creed: The Rocky Legacy” (2015)
IMDb: 7.80
Sports drama.
Many sequels fail more than the previous parts, but this is not about Creed: The Rocky Legacy. This is a story about the aged Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), who teaches boxing the son of his ex-rival in the ring and friend Apollo Creed. Those who are waiting for numerous battle scenes will be disappointed. But there will be training, a love line, an old wise trainer and a dark-skinned young fighter.
20. “The game for a fall” (2015)
IMDb: 7.80
Drama, comedy.
You probably saw in the ratings many films "based on real events." This picture is just that. It is about people who (not knowing about each other) predicted the global economic crisis that struck in 2008, and were able to profit from it.
19. “The rootless animals” (2015)
Internet movie database: 7.80
Military.
This is not a movie rating that is good to watch with children. Unless you want to show them how terrible life can be for a teenager in Africa who has lost a family and is forced to go into mercenaries. Violence, drugs, and blood spatter, this is what “Bezelless beasts" are.
18. “Me, Earl and the dying girl” (2015)
IMDb: 7.80
Drama, comedy.
A kind, sometimes ironic, but not tearful story about the relationship of three teenagers, one of which (or rather one) is terminally ill. The film does not “burden” the viewer with a feeling of imminent misfortune, there are no hackneyed scenes in it, but there is excellent camera work, sincere and touching characters, and beautiful soundtracks.
17. “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2015)
IMDb: 7.80
Action, adventure comedy.
Do you like spy comedies with young heroes, beauties, numerous shootings and chases? Then watch this movie. He may be banal, but funny, entertaining and he has true British gentlemen.
16. The Miracle on the Hudson (2016)
IMDb: 7.9
Genre: Biography, Drama
The novelty opens the list of films of 2016. The story of how captain Chesley Sullenberger managed to make an emergency landing in New York City of the A320 aircraft directly into the Hudson River. All passengers remained intact, however, an investigation was launched against the captain, which could break his career and life.
15. “The Abominable Eight” (2015)
IMDb Rating: 7.90
Thriller, crime, western.
There are no positive characters from the famous Quentin Tarantino in this film. Each hero has a dark past, and one of them is not at all who he claims to be. Cinema for fans of long monologues, unexpected plot twists, black humor and easy insanity.
14. “Captain Fantastic” (2016)
IMDb: 8
Drama, comedy, romance.
The main character is not a superhero, but the head of a large family living away from civilization. The father teaches children to hunt, develop physically and intellectually (children speak several languages, know quantum physics). The life of both father and children changes abruptly when they are forced to move to the city. Will voluntary hermits fit into the consumer society?
13. The Martian (2015)
IMDb: 8.1
Fiction, adventure.
How not to disappear from hunger and cold, if you find yourself on Mars with the only working residential module, small reserves of food and air? Cheerless "Martian" Matt Damon knows the answer. Trust him, he is an engineer and biologist.
12. “Doctor Strange” (2016)
IMDb: 8
Genre: Fantasy, Action
The story of a neurosurgeon (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), who received a serious hand injury and was healed by magic. And at the same time he will have to face a powerful enemy from the dark dimension and save the world. In some places, due to special effects, the film resembles a Midsummer night’s dream under LSD, but who said it's easy to be a superhero?
11. “I, Daniel Blake” (2016)
IMDb: 8.1
Genre: Drama
Widower Daniel Blake lost his health and was forced to turn to the state for help. It turned out that building a house without a single nail is easier than getting benefits if you don’t know how to use a computer. The film raises issues close to the elderly.
10. “In the spotlight” (2015)
IMDb: 8.1
Biography, drama.
The story of an investigation into a high-profile and doubly shameful sex scandal, as it was associated with the Catholic Church.
9. Deadpool (2016)
IMDb: 8.3
Fiction, comedy, action.
Love, childish humor, severed limbs, the priest of the protagonist, dressed in red latex! This film was simply doomed to get into the best films of 2016, if, of course, you like super-charismatic personalities that break all the stereotypes about superheroes. The premiere took place in the winter of 2016 and gathered a decent box office for the first weekend.
8. “Sing Street” (2016)
IMDb: 8
Genre: Drama, Drama
The process of growing up is difficult both physically and mentally. Especially if a teenager from a prestigious private school has to move to a new social environment. And then the “love for the inaccessible beauty” “arrived in time”. How to cope with all this fragile youthful psyche?
7. “Mad Max: The Road of Fury” (2015)
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Fantastic action, adventure.
One of the rare films where the main female character is not a “lady in trouble” (although the ladies in trouble are also present), but a real strong and independent lady, without jokes. But even if you don’t give a damn about female characters, and you want crazy races, a sea of action, carbon monoxide post-apocalyptic rock, then all this is in the new “Mad Max”.
6. The Survivor (2015)
IMDb: 8.2
Adventure thriller, drama, western.
Summary: Leonardo DiCaprio fights with a bear, takes revenge for his son and receives the long-awaited Oscar for all this. Watch is worth it if you like stories about courageous people, the harsh and wild lands and the inhuman suffering of DiCaprio.
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
IMDb: 8.3
Fiction, fantasy, adventure.
The tape, which caused some delight among some fans of Star Wars and bubbling hatred from others. If you love Star Wars, be sure to watch one of the best films in the series, The Force Awakens. At least in order to see Kylo Ren without a mask and the aged, but still charming Han Solo.
4. “At any cost” (2016)
IMDb: 8.1
Genre: Crime, Drama
The loser brothers decide to rob several banks to save their family's ranch in West Texas. Sheriff Marcus is taken to investigate the carelessly conducted robberies. But not everything is so simple in a seemingly elementary matter.
3. The "Room" (2015)
IMDb: 8.3
Drama.
Girl Joy, abducted by a maniac, lives with her five-year-old son in a tiny room. For the boy, this room is the whole world, and the mother needs to make the hated place as attractive and interesting as possible for the child.
2. “The Hunt for Savages” (2016)
IMDb: 8
Adventure, comedy
Takes 1st place in the list of the best films of 2016. The life of a young bully Ricky Baker changed dramatically when a social worker Paul took him to the adoptive family of Bella and Huck. After Bella’s death, the social service wants to take the boy back, but he escapes into the woods and Huck goes after him. Paula is convinced that due to the death of his wife, Huck "went crazy" and seduced Ricky. A large-scale hunt has been announced for the boy and his "kidnapper".
1. Hamlet (2015)
IMDb: 8.7
Drama.
Tops the ranking of popular films 2015-2016. The list of the best films includes a lot of dramas, but the script was written by William Shakespeare himself. Hamlet is not just about how something rotted in the Danish kingdom. This film is about the betrayal of loved ones, about alienation and madness as a protection from the world.
