1) Detroit – This film seriously came out of nowhere for me and ended up breaking me in every shape and form; emotionally, physically, and mentally. Okay, I might be over exaggerating with physically, but I did literally break down into tears far after watching it to an extent it gave me insomnia within the same night.

With everything I’ve seen this year, no film made me feel as much as Detroit did. No movie made me feel as if the weight of the world was on my shoulders like Detroit did. I don’t care whatever horror film gets released because this is a horror movie more than a historical drama and I think its damn perfect as acting goes, as storytelling goes, and as a movie goes. Well, it has no absolute rewatch value due to its traumatizing content, but some of the best movies can only be seen once.

And to all the critics giving it the “Passion of the Christ” treatment by coming out saying, “Oh this is too violent. It's just a torturous exploitation of violence.”

Or just flat out saying,“Why is a white female director such as Kathryn Bigelow taking on this story about African American struggle during the Detroit riots? Why wouldn’t an African American tell this story or someone of color?”

Um yeah, John Ridley doesn’t have the American blood to capture a story like this fully; F. Gary Gray was busy directing Fate of the Furious; Barry Jenkins just directed an episode of Dear White People. What would you prefer someone like Tyler Perry taking on this story?