41: Top 10 Films of 2016

Rachel Gordon and Dakota Arsenault discuss the top films of 2016, even though it is now 4 months into 2017, as they needed time to digest everything. They were going to just award the top spot to La La Land, but at the last second decided not to.

A few guests who also talk about their number one movie of last year join them this week.

Gilles Leblanc- Rogue One

Sierra Nutkevitch- Moana

Sean Chin- Arrival

Mehek Seyid- Moonlight

Rachel Gordon’s top 10 list:

10. Don’t Think Twice

9. Little Men

8. Sing Street

7. 10 Cloverfield Land

6. Kubo and the Two Strings

5. I, Daniel Blake

4. 20th Century Women

3. Arrival

2. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

1. Moonlight

Dakota Arsenault’s top 10 list:

10. Sing Street

9. The Salesman

8. The Handmaiden

7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

6. The Lobster

5. Arrival

4. O.J.: Made in America

3. Moonlight

2. Hail, Caesar

1. Hell or High Water

Check out Dakota’s entire 2016 list on Letterboxd.

What was your favourite movie of the year?

About the author

Dakota Arsenault is the creator, host, producer and editor of Contra Zoom Pod. His favourite movies include The Life Aquatic, 12 Angry Men, Rafifi and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. He first started the podcast back in April of 2015 and has produced well over 250 episodes. Dakota is also a co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

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