2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 22 - The 5th Wave
- February 5 - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- February 19 - Risen
- March 11 - The Brothers Grimsby
- March 16 - Miracles from Heaven
- March 18 - The Bronze
- March 25 - I Saw the Light
- April 1 - Miles Ahead
- April 22 - The Meddler
- May 13 - Money Monster
- May 20
- The Angry Birds Movie
- Maggie's Plan
- June 24
- Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
- The Shallows
- July 8 - Our Little Sister
- July 15 - Ghostbusters
- July 29 - Equity
- August 12 - Sausage Party
- August 26
- Don't Breathe
- The Hollars
- September 9 - When the Bough Breaks
- September 23 - The Magnificent Seven
- October 28 - Inferno
- November 2 - The Eagle Huntress
- November 11
- December 9 - The Comedian
- December 21
- Juleita
- Passengers
- December 25 - Toni Erdmann
Television
Home video releases
- January 5
- Infinitely Polar Bear
- Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
- The Walk
- January 12
- Hotel Transylvania 2
- Irrational Man
- January 19 - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- January 26 - Goosebumps
- February 9
- Freaks of Nature
- Grandma
- February 16 - Labyrinth of Lies
- March 1 - The Night Before
- March 8
- Coming Home
- Open Season: Scared Silly
- You Can't Take It With You
- March 29 - Concussion
- April 19
- April 26 - Son of Saul
- May 3 - The 5th Wave
- May 24 - Risen
- May 31 - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- June 7
- June 21 - The Brothers Grimsby
- July 5 - I Saw the Light
- July 12 - Miracles from Heaven
- July 19 - Miles Ahead
- August 2
- The Bronze
- Sniper: Ghost Shooter
- August 16 - The Angry Birds Movie
- August 23 - Maggie's Plan
- September 6
- September 20 - Labyrinth: 30th Anniversary Edition
- September 27
- Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
- The Shallows
- October 4
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: 80th Anniversary Edition
- October 11
- Angels & Demons
- The Da Vinci Code: 10th Anniversary Edition
- Ghostbusters
- October 18 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: 15th Anniversary Edition
- October 25 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Big Hairy American Winning Edition
- November 1
- November 8
- Sausage Party
- Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Edition
- November 22 - Our Little Sister
- November 29 - Don't Breathe
- December 6 - The Hollars
- December 13
- December 20 - The Magnificent Seven
- December 27
- Underworld
- Underworld: Evolution
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- Underworld: Awakening
- When the Bough Breaks
Characters debuts
People
Births
- May 6 - Cary Christopher (child actor)
Deaths
- TBA
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