Ranking December's Movies From Worst To Best

December is always an interesting month at the movies, as studios drop both their most Oscar-baiting movies and most expensive blockbusters in an eager bid for gold statues and box office bucks.

Not everything was as successful as we wanted them to be, but there were only two undeniable duds in cinemas this past month, with both indies and tentpoles alike faring surprising well for the most part.

As for what January holds? 2016 holdovers such as La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, Jackie, Lion and Live by Night get their UK releases, while typical January releases such as the impending Underworld and xXx sequels are sure to dominate the box office while getting plenty of critical scorn.

There's also a new M. Night Shyamalan movie (Split) and the long-awaited Trainspotting 2, so there's still plenty to look forward to.

Here are December 2016's movies ranked from worst to best...

RottenTomatoes Score: 13% (3.5/10 average score)

Box Office: Grossing just half of initial projections in its opening weekend, the Will Smith-led drama will make back its budget and a little change, but it's far from the holiday hit Warner Bros. were banking on.

Verdict: An hilariously misguided attempt at an Oscar-baiting drama, Collateral Beauty not only manipulates audiences with a misleading marketing campaign, but one-ups this with an extremely cruel, outrageously implausible series of events that's more a baffling, flaming trainwreck than the achingly human drama it clearly wants to be.

Will Smith's trying, but for the most part the stunning cast (including Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Pena, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren and Naomie Harris) are completely wasted in this soul-destroyingly awful film.