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Moonlight - This drama was directed by Barry Jenkins and written by Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney. It won an Oscar for Best Picture. Mahershala Ali, who played Juan, also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Moonlight - 'Moonlight' also won a Golden Globe for Best Drama Motion Picture.

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La La Land - This musical dramatic comedy won the most Academy Awards this year, taking home six gongs: Best Director (Damien Chazelle), Best Actress (Emma Stone), Best Cinematography, Best Original Music Score, Best Production Design and Best Original Song ('City of Stars').

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La La Land - The movie was highly acclaimed by critics, who praised the script and Damien Chazelle's directing, as well as Emma Stone's and Ryan Gosling's performances and Justin Hurwitz's original score. 'La La Land' scored 93% on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 323 reviews.

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La La Land - The musical film made $150 million in the United States and Canada only, and $288 million in other countries, adding up to a total of $438 million. The cost of production was $30 million.

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La La Land - It received 14 Oscar nominations in 13 different categories, the same as 'Titanic' (1997) and 'All About Eve' (1950). The movie also got seven nominations for Golden Globes and won every single one of them, setting a new record.

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Zootopia - Zootopia premiered in the US and made $75 million that same weekend, setting a record for the biggest box office success for Disney (except the Pixar movies).

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Zootopia - It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

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O.J.: Made in America - The documentary 'O.J.: Made in America' won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews.

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The White Helmets - This British documentary was written and directed by Orlando Von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara. It won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.

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Forushande - Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with this movie.

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Piper - This animated short film was written and directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Pixar Animation Studios.

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Manchester by the Sea - This drama was written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It grossed $47.7 million in the US and a total of $77.7 million worldwide, against a production budget of $8.5 million.

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Beauty and the Beast - The movie was a box office success and made $1,263 billion around the world. It scored 71% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.4 out of 10 on IMDb.

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The Fate of the Furious - The eighth movie of the 'Fast and Furious' series made $1.23 billion worldwide.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - The action sci-fi movie grossed $858 million worldwide. It scored 83% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.8 on IMDb.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - The latest part of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' was a success all around the globe, making a total of $734 million. It scored only 29% on Rotten Tomatoes but 7.0 on IMDb.

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Logan - The sci-fi thriller made a total profit of $616 million. 'Logan' was also praised by the critics, scoring 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Kong: Skull Island - The sci-fi scary movie was also one of the most popular this year, hauling $566 million worldwide an scoring 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Transformers: The Last Knight - The movie was a box office success and made $496.5 million around the world.

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Despicable Me 3 - The third movie in the animated series grossed a total of $449 million, but got mixed reviews from the critics, scoring only 45% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The Mummy - The Tom Cruise vehicle took $385 million worldwide but scored only 34% based on 44 reviews on Metacritic.

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Fifty Shades Darker - The long-awaited second part of the '50 Shades' trilogy whipped up $114 million in the US and $378 million worldwide, against a production budget of $55 million.

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xXx: Return of Xander Cage - The action movie grossed $346 million around the globe. On Metacritic, it has a score of 42% based on 22 different reviews.

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The Great Wall - The American-Chinese co-production directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon was a box office success, whipping $332 million worldwide.

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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - The sci-fi thriller made $312 million around the globe. On Metacritic, it scored 49 out of 100 based on 19 reviews.

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The LEGO Batman Movie - This animated movie was also a box office hit, grossing $310 million in total.

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Split - This psychological thriller starring James McAvoy was a success all over the world, grossing $276 million. On Metacritic, it scored 62%, based on the reviews from 47 critics.

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Fences - The movie directed by Denzel Washington was hugely popular among critics, who rated it at 79% on Metacritic. Viola Davis even won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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Wonder Woman - The superhero movie grossed $11 million just during the preview season in the US. Besides, Patty Jenkins's 'Wonder Woman' became the most successful box office movie directed by a woman, making a whooping $652.9 million worldwide, breaking 'Mamma Mia's' 2008 record of $608 million.

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