My Favorite Movie Moments of 2016

by Patrick Bromley

One of my favorite lists to write every year!

There may not have been a lot of "great" movies this year, but there were still a lot of great moments to be found. Here are some of them.

• The bee scene, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
• Graham Skipper fails to save the day in The Devil's Dolls
• Black Phillip speaks, The Witch
• The opening credits of Deadpool
• Lauren Ashley Carter lets someone have it, The Mind's Eye
• "Nazi Punks Fuck Off," Green Room
• "Drive It Like You Stole It," Sing Street

• The girls come back for their candy, The Purge: Election Year
• "Sabotage," Star Trek Beyond
• The diner attack, SiREN
• Game night, 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Jackie and JFK dance, Jackie
• Amy Adams has a meeting at the opera house, Arrival
• Royalty Hightower dances on the bridge, The Fits
• Zack Efron realizes something is sexist, Neighbors 2
• "If you must blink, do it now!" in Kubo and the Two Strings
• "Queens/Brooklyn!" in Captain America: Civil War
• Really the whole airport fight in Captain America: Civil War

• Jane Levy empties the turkey baster, Don't Breathe
• The opening number of La La Land
• Darth Vader attacks, Rogue One
• Brahm's parents go for a swim, The Boy
• It's raining zombies, Train to Busan
• The first big shootout, The Magnificent Seven
• Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe toss a body over a fence, The Nice Guys
• "Father's Day," Holidays
• Anthony Weiner watching himself melt down on TV, Weiner
• Jena Malone gets some action, The Neon Demon
• The "No Dames" number in Hail, Caesar!
• Bells are ringing, The Handmaiden
• Gilbert Gottfried makes a surprise appearance, Life Animated
• The opening shot of Krisha

• The opening title of Trash Fire
• The last shot of The Invitation
• The last scene of The Lobster
• Gillian Jacobs' monologue at the end of Don't Think Twice
• Superman and Batman come face to face for the first time, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
• The shot of the firewood in The Witch
• The time loop in Doctor Strange
• Andre Holland prepares the chef's special, Moonlight
• Patrick Wilson sings, The Conjuring 2
• Meg Foster picks up a chainsaw, 31
• "Would that it were so simple," Hail, Caesar!
•  The bridge chase, Hardcore Henry

•  Kate McKinnon licks the gun, Ghostbusters
• The last hug, Beyond the Gates
• Sarah Bolger feeds the pet python, Emelie
• John Travolta gets caught in the middle, In a Valley of Violence
• Addison Timlin performs GWAR, Little Sister
• Rory Culkin delivers bad news to his brother, Weiner-Dog
• Hailee Steinfeld and her brother talk in the hallway at the end of The Edge of Seventeen