20 Best & Worst Movies From 2017 Oscar Nominees

Best: Suicide Squad (2016)

The film might have been a disaster of untold proportions, but there's no denying how brilliant Viola Davis is. Her Amanda Waller is a conniving, cold killer, committed to advancing her own agenda and achieving her goals no matter what, and she should go on to be a big player in the DCEU.

Okay, so there are lots of contrivances in there - like her killing her whole team for their lack of clearance - but the performance itself outshines the material massively, and it has to go down as one of the best performances of 2016.

Worst: The Architect (2006)

Sadly, Anthony Lapaglia hasn't really been relevant for a good while, so starring in anything with him in a year starting with a 2 is not a good start. It's a cloying film that tries way too hard to sell its heavy-hitting political message (when subtlety would have done it far better), and no amount of good intentions can escape the fact that the performances are equally misfiring.