It not unfair to observe that "20th Century Women," with its growing tide of awards-season buzz for its star Annette Bening, arrives as the second half of a matched set of movies.

The Castro Theatre kicks off 2017 with its patented blend of film classics, both venerable and in-the-making.

This second part of our Best Films list is dedicated to the rebels, the misfits, the semi-permanently disgruntled if not entirely mad souls who will be both freshly relevant in the new year and quaking with targets on their foreheads.

This was a good year for ambitious, relatively low-budget entries that dealt with the best and worst sides of human nature.