The (almost) definitive 2016 round-up: 23 movies that truly stood out this year

Nocturnal Animals

Fashion designer-turned director Tom Ford returns with a wildly gripping revenge thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. It’s a pitch-black story that reminds us of The Killer Inside Me, but is much better. It’s about a successful gallery owner who is haunted by her ex-husband’s debut novel, a violent thriller that reads like a threat to her personally.