Fraking Favourite 25 Films of 2016

January 3, 2017, Posted in  Film Lists, The Film Frak Podcast Comments: One comment

Adam & Jon’s Frakking Favourite Films of 2016

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Well that happened. In April 2016 Jon and Adam teamed up to broadcast the very first episode of the podcast…and someone listened. Spawned out of desperation to somehow legitimize a lifetime spent individually feeding their obscene cinema obsessions and their singular drives to endlessly discuss all things motion picture with anyone in shouting distance. The mere whiff of encouragement they received from a small band of merry frakkers was enough so that this pair of anti-social degenerates is now airing their 10th episode. So first we would like to say thank you so much for tuning in.

2016 toyed with expectations as many of the franchise blockbusters disappointed but the sleeper and creeper hits from around the globe satisfied cinephilic addiction. This year Jon watched 109 and Adam watched 108 new release films released in North America. This episode is dedicated completely to chatting about the year that’s been, counting down our favourite films and trashing the ones that disappointed. Now is the time for the usual disclaimer, this is a countdown of our “favourite” films of 2016, not a definitive “best” films of 2016.

Expect more FilmFrak in 2017 as Jon and Adam continue to experience as many films as linear time will permit then broadcasting random verdicts for your discretionary assessment.

Thanks you all again for listening.

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Adam’s Top 25

1. ARRIVAL (Discussed on Podcast#9)
2. THE HANDMAIDEN (Discussed on Podcast #8)
3. HELL OR HIGHWATER (Podcast #6)
4. NICE GUYS (Podcast #3)
5. MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Podcast #2)
6. THE WITCH
7. KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (Podcast #6
8. NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (TBD)
9. CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (Podcast #5)
10. NEON DEMON (Podcast #4)
11. THE LOBSTER (Podcast #2)
12. GREEN ROOM (Podcast #2)
13. 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
14. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (Podcast #5)
15. ANTHROPOID (Discussed on Podcast #9)
16. DEMOLITION (Podcast #4)
17. HIGH-RISE (Podcast #2)
18. BLOOD FATHER (Podcast #6)
19. IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE (Discussed on Podcast #9)
20. SWISS ARMY MAN (Podcast #4)
21. GOLDSTONE (TBD)
22. BASKIN (Podcast #7)
23. THE WAILING (Podcast #8)
24. MILES AHEAD (Podcast #6)
25. TRAIN TO BUSAN (Podcast #8)

Adam’s Honorable Mentions

• TOO LATE
• KNIGHT OF CUPS
• HAIL CEASAR
• ELLE
• IN THE EYES OF MY MOTHER
• A BIGGER SPLASH
• TRANSPECOS
• CAFE SOCIETY
• THE FITS
• ZOOTOPIA
• APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN
• BORN TO BE BLUE
• EVERYBODY WANTS SOME
• MOJAVE
• TRIPLE 9
• DEADPOOL/BATMAN KILLING JOKE
• LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
• COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Adam 10 Worst films

• MR RIGHT
• USS INDIANAPOLIS MEN OF COURAGE
• GODS OF EYGPT
• ID 4 2
• STORKS
• NERVE
• SUICIDE SQUAD
• LEGEND OF TARZAN
• STAND OFF
• CRIMINAL

Notably missed: MOONLIGHT, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, LALA LAND, SILENCE

Jon’s Top 25

1. Hardcore Henry
2. Witch, The
3. Kubo and the Two Strings
4. Nocturnal Animals
5. Captain Fantastic
6. Lobster, The
7. Arrival, The
8. Midnight Special
9. Demolition
10. Nice Guys, The
11. Girl on the Train
12. Manchester by the Sea
13. Anthropoid
14. Hell or High Water
15. Hunt For the Wilderpeople
16. Swiss Army Man
17. Approaching the Unknown
18. Neon Demon
19. Knight of Cups
20. Handmaiden, The
21. In a Valley of Violence
22. Complete Unknown
23. Zootopia
24. Blood Father
25. 10 Cloverfield Lane

Jon’s Honorable Mentions

• Too Late
• Fences
• Transpecos
• Million Dollar Duck
• Minimalism
• Deadpool
• Apex Story of the Hypercar
• Don’t Breathe
• Green Room
• Gods of Egypt
• Train to Busan
• War Dogs
• Baskin
• White Girl

Jon’s Worst films

• Mr Right
• Ghostbusters
• Everybody Wants Some
• Batman v Superman
• Do Over
• Angry Birds

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