as temperatures drop and award season
heats up you should take some time to
check out the flicks that you may have
overlooked in the fall
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
best movies you missed this fall 2016
edition for this list we're looking at
movies that were released during autumn
2016 that achieved critical success but
were hampered in theaters by either a
limited release or straight-up bombing
14 will destroy this world
number 10 the handmaiden Haman a
cockapoo I was told it was Otto with his
tenth feature film South Korean auteur
Park chan-wook has proven he's not going
to slow down anytime soon loosely
adapted from the Welsh novel fingersmith
the handmaiden takes place in Japan
occupied Korea and focuses on a woman
who's hired to be a handmaiden to a
Japanese heiress however she turns out
to be secretly involved in a plot to
defraud her sono hitomi the film
features many of parks hallmarks
including dark humor sex and violence
Harriet estimates gifts and homeowners
were Los Angeles the graphic nature of
the movie might be off-putting for some
viewers but it's still one of the best
foreign films of the year Mimi again -
so true names in under Kritika taluks
Paco dunya Alison n take it she's here
number 9 denial I sent you quite
tastelessly the more women died on the
backseat of Senator Edward Kennedy's car
at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a
gas chamber at Auschwitz fall is usually
full of quality historical dramas so it
doesn't come as a surprise that some
slip through the cracks but this one
starring Rachel vice Tom Wilkinson and
Timothy Spall is well worth seeking out
engage people you disagree with because
you've got Vice stars as historian
Deborah Lipstadt
who gets accused of libel and ends up
entangled in a legal battle when she
calls Holocaust denier David Irving
played by spall I am that David early
and I've got $1,000 to give anyone who
can show me a document that proof for
Holocaust
if this fascinating true story isn't
enough for you Academy Award winner vice
gives another great performance in a
career full of them I'm not attacking
freedom
I've been defending my right to stand up
against someone who wants to pervert the
truth number 8 shin Godzilla the last
time touhou signature monster graced the
big screen in Japan was in 2004 10 years
later we got a quality American reboot
but in 2016
Toho brought the king of the monsters
out of retirement in a way we've never
seen before
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co-directed by Hideaki anno and Shinji
Higuchi the film is a terrifying and
unsettling look at how the Japanese
government would respond if a giant
monster actually attacked Tokyo and
takes visual cues from recent events
like the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima
nuclear disaster I think you can do
think I do explosion I'm gonna lose my
shop for a while it was uncertain if
this kaiju film would ever make its way
overseas but thankfully Funimation gave
it a much-appreciated one week
theatrical engagement in October
number seven the Beatles eight days a
week
the touring years directed by Ron Howard
this documentary shows the most beloved
band of all time at the height of their
international stardom and while it may
have gotten a limited theatrical release
it was made available on Hulu just one
day later so really you have no excuse
if you haven't seen this one
made in cooperation with Paul and Ringo
as well as Olivia Harrison and Yoko Ono
the dock features previously unseen
footage of the Fab Four's manic touring
years starting from their days playing
at Liverpool's cavern club and ending in
San Francisco and their retirement from
touring in 1966 the reels was this unit
you know we looked after each other
really so it was like the strength of
the Union speaking of great music
documentaries released this fall you
should also watch Jim Jarmusch's dock on
the Stooges gimme danger I just started
jumping up and down like baboons do
before they're gonna fight soon as I
started doing now
number six el-sheikh Akash was over Gia
she's Agata see Xinhua it's been a
decade since Dutch filmmaker Paul
Verhoeven last released a full-length
film but this thriller shows he hasn't
lost his touch adopted from the novel oh
by Philippe Jia L stars Isabel people as
a French woman who's the head of a
videogame company and has to deal with
the aftermath of being raped in her home
endemic as usual you know 50
Kokila back on sim wall a dark and
powerful psychological thriller all
shows both its lead actress and director
working at the top of their game holder
episode it is the cupula abuse
authoritarianism except for sure if he
does it despite rave reviews the
language barrier and the touchy subject
matter probably kept this one from
reaching a wider audience the positive
my buffers on campus covered everything
number five queen of cat way can you do
big things from such a small place you
think about such things why not
you'd be disappointed Disney's made
inspiring movies based on many sports
but they haven't taken on competitive
chess until now based on true events and
directed by Mirren die here the film is
about a girl named Fiona living in the
slum of cot way in Uganda what is your
name Vienna would you please show Fiona
tried to move the pieces she comes
across a missionary who teaches her how
to play chess and she uses her skill to
escape her impoverished environment to
participate if man she won in addition
to its positive message the film
showcases fantastic performances from
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o and
David O yellow as the missionary who
takes Fiona in sometimes the place were
used to is not
give it own way you believe you better
way is that for you this one sort of got
lost due to an initially limited release
and a crowded market but it's one worth
watching nonetheless technique this yes
gold medalist United number four Ouija
origin of evil let's begin we invite you
into our circle yeah we don't blame you
guys for dismissing a prequel to a
terribly received horror film based on a
wooden board but shockingly origin of
evil is actually a pretty solid movie
spirit can you hear me yes we can who
are you talking to what taking place in
1960s Los Angeles the film focuses on
the family of Lena the old lady from the
first film and their first encounter
with the board game that would doom them
forever it's a surprisingly effective
horror movie but it fells somewhat short
of expectations at the box office
perhaps due to the reputation of its
predecessor you're going to hear them
too little girl
you'll hear them soon enough because
she's coming to get you too number three
American honey it's a business
opportunity we go door to door we saw
magazines we explore like America we
party come with us for her first film
set outside the UK British director
Andrea Arnold decided to go all-out in
filming a feature across the pond
featuring a star-making performance by
Sasha Lane and a resurgent Shia LaBeouf
this flick is an almost three-hour long
road trip movie about a girl who drops
everything and joins a traveling
magazine sales crew do you have any
dreams
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like future proves it was a rush me her
journey takes her into the heart of
America on a quest of self-discovery
with a good amount of sex and drugs
along the way you show me you can do it
or I'll leave you on the side of the
road clear widely considered to be
Arnold's magnum opus you shouldn't let a
severely limited release keep you from
seeing this future American classic gang
bang
number 2 loving come on build you a
house a house director Jeff Nichols
immediately followed up Midnight Special
released in spring 2016 with an equally
powerful story which received a standing
ovation when it premiered at the Cannes
Film Festival
only 200 up to DC yeah Mary you sure
about that
starring his frequent collaborators Joel
Edgerton and Michael Shannon as well as
actress ruth negga nichols takes on the
true story of Richard and Mildred loving
whose interracial relationship resulted
in the 1967 US Supreme Court decision
Loving v Virginia which made the
practice legal across the United States
we may use a small bed but win the big
war not only is the race-based
topics still a relevant issue the film
also features award worthy performances
from its lead actors I know that I can
take Carrie
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions how
about we just start with your name okay
my name is Edward Joseph Snowden
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we do descubierto who are thinking
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is this our number-one moonlight was he
looking at me like this what man well
you just drove down here yeah one of the
clear frontrunners for Best Picture
this coming-of-age drama has been
receiving piles of acclaim for its
themes direction and acting the film
follows a black boy named shyrone
through three stages of his life
childhood adolescence and adulthood as
he deals with being black and gay in a
war on drugs era Miami he was fouled
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I'm seeing you ain't it
it's an arresting ly beautiful and
powerful film bolstered by incredible
performances from the three actors that
play shyrone throughout his life as well
as Maher Sheila Ali as Juan one of the
adults he encounters at some point you
got to decide for yourself who you gonna
be I let nobody make that decision if
you need more proof moonlight is
currently the fourth best reviewed film
of all time
on Metacritic and critics have praised
it for being a film everyone should see
no matter what race you are I see you in
like a decade it's not what I expected
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