[custom_adv] 10. The Shallows It is a 2016 American survival horror thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Anthony Jaswinski and starring Blake Lively. In the film, a surfer gets stranded 200 yards from shore, and must use her wits and determination to survive a great white shark attack. Principal photography began in October 2015 in New South Wales, Australia. [custom_adv] 9. Everybody Wants Some!! It is a 2016 American comedy film, written and directed by Richard Linklater, about college baseball players in 1980. The film stars Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Blake Jenner, Glen Powell, and Wyatt Russell. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2016,[4] and was theatrically released in the United States on March 30, 2016, by Paramount Pictures. [custom_adv] 8. La La Land It is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and Rosemarie DeWitt. The plot follows a musician and an aspiring actress who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles. [custom_adv] 7. Tower It is a 2016 documentary film about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin. Directed by Keith Maitland, it is the first documentary about the shootings to use cartoons. The film is 82 minutes long, reduced from 92 minutes after the SXSW screening and premiered at the 2016 South by Southwest. [custom_adv] 6. Manchester by the Sea It is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol and Lucas Hedges. The plot follows an uncle who has to look after his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies. Principal photography on the film began on March 23, 2015, in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. [custom_adv] 5. Silence It is a 2016 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks and Scorsese, based upon the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. While the story is set in Nagasaki, Japan, the film was shot entirely in Taipei, Taiwan. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano and Ciarán Hinds. [custom_adv] 4. Elle Elle is a 2016 internationally co-produced psychological thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian. Djian's novel was released in 2012 and received the Prix Interallié (National Literary Award). The film stars Isabelle Huppert and tells the story of a businesswoman, Michèle Leblanc, who is raped in her home by an unknown assailant and plots revenge. [custom_adv] 3. Loving It is a 2016 historical drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. It features Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga as Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released in the United States on November 4, 2016, by Focus Features. [custom_adv] 2. Paterson It is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film stars Adam Driver and Golshifteh Farahani as a Paterson, New Jersey couple, one of which is a bus driver and a poet.It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes the film won the Palm Dog Award. The film was released in Germany on November 17, 2016, by K5 International. [custom_adv] 1.