20 Best Movies Of 2016
7. 13TH
Selma director Ava DuVernay helms this devastating, immensely vital documentary about how the American penal system is prejudiced against black people, serving as a surrogate form of slavery despite formal slavery being abolished some 150 years ago.
In a time where Donald Trump is the President-elect, a call for compassion and fair treatment across the spectrum of races can't feel any more current, even if the film struggles to conjure up much in the way of solutions to a systemic problem that won't be going away anytime soon.
This is a film that doesn't just deserve Oscar recognition: it needs it, if only to highlight this problem on a massive stage. A masterpiece.