The Most Talked About Movies You Need to Watch This Year

2015 was a great year for blockbuster movies, with films like Furious 7, Jurassic World, American Sniper, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron breaking box office records around the world. And it looks like 2016 will be even bigger! Get ready to scream, laugh, cry and be blown out of your seat: here are the top 16 blockbusters you need to see in 2016!  

1. Deadpool

Release date: February 12.

If you’re a fan of the trash-talking comic book character, then you know the deal. Gifted with accelerated healing powers and a twisted sense of humor, Ryan Reynolds dons the mask, and as Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.  

2.  Zoolander 2

Release date: February 12.

Blue Steel is back! Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) must thwart a conspiracy to kill the world’s most beautiful people. They will stop at nothing to bring the evil Mugatu to justice.  

3.  Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice

Release date: March 25.

Get ready for the face-off of the decade. Mere mortals must take shelter as Batman (Ben Affleck) embarks on a personal vendetta against Superman (Henry Cavill). You don’t want to miss this!  

4.  Amityville: The Awakening

Release date: April 15.

The house that has given us so much fear comes back to life. Sinister events plague a single mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her children after they move into their new house. The dead never sleep…  

5.   Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Release date: May 20.

Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) have a second baby on the way and they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just when they thought they’d reclaimed the neighborhood, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority and are forced to turn to an ex-neighbor (Zac Efron) for help.

6. Angry Birds

Release date: May 20.

This one is for anyone who’s ever played the maddeningly addictive game. Three birds (Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, and Danny McBride) investigate the mysterious arrival of pigs on their island paradise.  

7. X-Men: Apocalypse

Release date: May 27.

The Apocalypse never looked so great! Worshiped as a god since the dawn of civilization, the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) becomes the first and most powerful mutant. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying mankind.  

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Release date: June 3.

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello are back to battle the evil Shredder (Brian Tee). Megan Fox rejoins the cast as April O’Neil.  

9. Finding Dory

Release date: June 17.

The movie my nephew, Ethan has been waiting for—along with everyone else! With help from Nemo and Marlin (Albert Brooks), Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) the forgetful fish embarks on a quest to reunite with her mother (Diane Keaton) and father (Eugene Levy).    

10. Independence Day: Resurgence

Release date: June 24.

We knew they were coming back, and without Will Smith someone’s going to have to step up and save the planet. When the aliens attack with unprecedented force, only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can save the world…again. With Vivica A. Fox, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Liam Hemsworth.  

11. The Purge 3

Release date: July 1.

Lock your doors and close all the windows. On July 1st we Purge. Blessed be the New Founding Fathers for letting us Purge and cleanse our souls, Blessed be America, a nation reborn.  

12. Ghostbusters

Release date: July 15.

Are you ready for the all-female reboot of this classic? Four hilarious women (Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon) battle troublemaking ghouls and slimy specters in New York City.  

13. Suicide Squad

Release date: August 5.

A group of supervillains (Jared Leto, Will Smith, and Margot Robbie) accept a secret government mission that will likely result in their deaths.  

14. Underworld: Next Generation

Release date: October 21.

Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is back with full force as a vampire at war with werewolves in this American action horror directed by Anna Foerster.  

15. Ouija 2

Release date: October 21.

This supernatural horror film directed by Mike Flanagan and co-written by Flanagan and Jeff Howard is a sequel to the 2014 film Ouija. Come play the game, just don’t play alone.  

16. The Strangers 2

Release date: December 2.

Evil never stays away too long. The Strangers 2 follows a family who have been evicted from their home and are paid a terrifying visit by three strangers. There’s no telling what’s to come next.