Welcome back to Part Two of our Over/Under Movies year-end extravaganza. Last week, we took our overrated films of 2016 down a peg or two, but this week we return to positivity as we each suggest five different films that might have flown under your radar in 2016.

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I’m joined by my co-host Oktay Ege Kozak (Erik McClanahan is out again this week) as we discuss family films, foreign-language films, dark comedies, and more that we feel didn’t get as much love as they should have this year.

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I promised my editors that I’d ease off on the ‘2016 was awful’ intros to our year-end features. That said, fuck 2016, right in the eye. It’s been a crappy twelve months personally and politically (though happily not professionally), and for the first six months or so, cinematically too.

But fortunately, the movies came through, and the late summer and fall pulled things back to, if not a classic year of film, at least one with a variety and diversity of great movies of every kind.

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As we slowly and eagerly await the end of a year that history will squint back on forever, we can take some solace in knowing that it hasn’t been completely devoid of good things. And if you’ve been following our marathon year-end coverage from the beginning of December, which course you have been, you know of what we speak. Today we finally zero in on the element that best illuminates the unassailable power of the silver screen — cinematography.

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Those of us who call it home can kind of take it for granted, but it’s an honor and a pleasure to be part of a collective effort like The Playlist, and that’s never made more abundantly clear than when we compile our official annual Best Films ranking. As in recent years, we’ve collated our rankings of films from a wide sample of individual top ten lists (this year, 20 of our contributors submitted lists for consideration), and once again we could not be prouder of the results, or more convinced of how well they represent the blog’s eclectic, broadminded and passionate cinematic taste.

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June is here, and with Sundance, Berlin, SXSW and Cannes over, and the summer blockbuster season well underway, the year in the film world is starting to take shape. And while superhero clashes and fairy-tale remakes have dominated the mainstream talk, there’s been a lot more variety and depth to be found for anyone digging a little deeper, either in the mainstream or the arthouse worlds.

Continue reading The 20 Best Films Of 2016 So Far at The Playlist.

Podcast: The Playlist Chats With Ciro Guerra, Director Of Oscar-Nominated 'Embrace Of The Serpent'

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Review: 'Embrace Of The Serpent' Is A Work Of Art, And A Singular Cinematic Experience

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Exclusive: Have A Dream With A Clip From Oscar Nominated 'Embrace Of The Serpent'

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12 Films To See In February

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2016 Oscar Nominations: The Biggest Shocks, Snubs & Surprises

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The 30 Most Anticipated Films From 2016 We've Already Seen

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Jessica Kiang's Top 20 Films Of 2015

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Oscar Foreign Film Shortlist Includes 'Son Of Saul,' 'A War,' And 'Mustang,' But 'The Assassin' Misses Out

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The Best Of The 2015 Vancouver International Film Festival

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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Winners Include Arnaud Desplechin's 'My Golden Years' & More

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Cannes Review: 'Embrace Of The Serpent' Is A Soulful, Strange And Stunning Discovery

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