Best of January 2016: Top Albums, Games, Movies & TV

Highest-scoring albums this month

Includes albums with 7 or more reviews from critics. Reissues, live albums, EPs, and compilations are excluded. All scores on this page are from the morning of January 30, 2016.

Album/Artist Score Buy Album Stream Album 1 Blackstar by David Bowie 87 Amazon iTunes Spotify 2 Malibu by Anderson .Paak 84 Amazon iTunes Spotify 3 Third Law by Roly Porter 83 Amazon iTunes Spotify 4 The Waiting Room by Tindersticks 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 5 Jet Plane And Oxbow by Shearwater 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 6 Adore Life by Savages 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 7 Night Thoughts by Suede 81 Amazon iTunes   8 Suicide Songs by MONEY 81 Amazon iTunes Spotify 9 New View by Eleanor Friedberger 80 Amazon iTunes Spotify 10 M:FANS by John Cale 80 Amazon iTunes Spotify

Highest-scoring movies this month

Includes films with 7 or more reviews from critics. Theatrical re-releases are excluded.

Best wide releases Movie Genre Score 1 Kung Fu Panda 3 Animation/Family 65 2 The Finest Hours Action-Adventure/Drama 58 3 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Drama/Thriller 48 4 The Boy Horror/Thriller 42 5 The Forest Horror 34

Best limited releases Movie Genre Score 1 Aferim! Foreign/Adventure 86 2 The Treasure Foreign/Comedy 85 3 In the Shadow of Women Foreign/Drama 74 4 Sweaty Betty Drama 71 5 Naz & Maalik Drama 65

Best DVD/Blu-ray releases Movie Genre Score Buy 1 The Look of Silence Documentary 92 Amazon 2 The Diary of a Teenage Girl Drama 87 Amazon 3 The Second Mother Foreign/Drama 82 Amazon 4 Eden Foreign/Drama/Music 82 Amazon 5 Experimenter Drama 81 Amazon 6 Sicario Drama/Thriller 81 Amazon 7 The Martian Sci-fi/Adventure 80 Amazon 8 The Assassin Foreign/Drama/Action 80 Amazon 9 Chi-Raq Drama 77 Amazon 10 The New Girlfriend Foreign/Drama 74 Amazon

Highest-scoring TV premieres this month

All shows debuting this month with reviews from at least 4 critics are eligible.

Best new shows (including movies/miniseries/specials) Show Score Network Stream It 1 Angie Tribeca 77 TBS 2 London Spy 73 BBC America 3 You, Me and the Apocalypse 73 NBC 4 War & Peace 72 A&E/Lifetime/History 5 Recovery Road 70 Freeform Best returning shows * Show Score Network Stream It 1 American Crime Season 2 85 ABC 2 Sesame Street Season 6 79 PBS 3 Galavant Season 2 77 ABC 4 Downton Abbey Season 6 76 PBS 5 Younger Season 2 74 TV LAND * Among shows with reviews. Generally, only certain noteworthy shows are reviewed by critics after season 1.

Highest-scoring video games this month (by platform)

Includes games with 7 or more reviews from critics. (iOS releases include titles with 4 or more reviews from critics.)

PlayStation 4 1 The Witness 87   2 Life is Strange 85 Buy 3 This War of Mine: The Little Ones 82   4 The Banner Saga 79   5 Klaus 78	Xbox One 1 This War of Mine: The Little Ones 80   2 Oxenfree 78   3 The Banner Saga 78   4 Resident Evil 0: HD Remaster 71   5 Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India 67
PC 1 The Witness 88   2 Pony Island 87   3 Rise of the Tomb Raider 87   4 Darkest Dungeon 86   5 Life is Strange 83	Wii U (no eligible releases this month)
Nintendo 3DS 1 Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 77 Buy 2 Final Fantasy Explorers 71 Buy PlayStation Vita 1 Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky 75	iPhone/iPad 1 Crashlands 99 Buy 2 Dungelot: Shattered Lands 88 Buy 3 Punch Club 85 Buy 4 Momoka: An Interplanetary Adventure 84 Buy 5 Lost in Harmony 75 Buy

What did you like?

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