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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After three weeks of holding down the top of the box office, Tom Hanks and “Sully” have made way for another A-list star and his latest project, saddling up a remake of a classic Western.

“The Magnificent Seven” rode into cities across the country to the tune of $35 million. The film proved once again that movie stars don’t come much more bankable than Denzel Washington, who earned the third-biggest opening of his career with the flick (“American Gangster” and “Safe House” are in the first two slots).

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Perhaps it’s only fitting that “Storks” is a welcome late-summer/early-autumn surprise. Written and co-directed by Nicholas Stoller, who continues to exceed general expectations with charming comedies like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “The Five-Year Engagement” and the “Neighbors” films, and under WB’s newly-minted Warner Animation Group division, the team behind 2014’s astonishingly good “The Lego Movie,” it’s yet another triumph from the type of people who like to make the unanticipated succeed.

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“Where do babies come from?” is a question most parents will face from their kids at some point. And if they’re still at the age when you can tell them that a bird drops them off on your doorstep, then “Storks” might be the family entertainment you’re looking for.

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Executive produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and co-directed by Nicholas Stoller (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Neighbors“), this Warner Bros.

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Watch: First Trailer For Nicholas Stoller's Animated 'Storks' With Andy Samberg, Keegan-Michael Key, And Jordan Peele

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