Deaths
- January 1 — Vilmos Zsigmond
- January 9 — Barbara Allyne Bennet
- January 13 — Conrad Phillips
- January 26 — Flora Gordon
- January 30 — Frank Finlay
- February 9 — Delores Wells
- February 15 — George Gaynes
- February 22 — Douglas Slocombe
- March 1 — Michi Kobi
- March 5 — James Douglas
- March 5 — Ernie Fuentes
- March 9 — Robert Horton
- March 13 — Adrienne Corri
- March 15 — Sylvia Anderson
- March 23 — Ken Howard
- April 1 — Michael J. Valentine
- April 16 — Kit West
- April 27 — Wolfgang Hess
- May 3 — Marianne Gaba
- May 8 — William Schallert
- May 16 — Lidia Biondi
- May 24 — Burt Kwouk
- June 10 — Mimmo Palmara
- June 11 — Aleksandr Rybin
- June 20 — James Victor
- July 3 — Noel Neill
- August 13 — Kenny Baker
- August 29 — Ann Smyrner
- September 5 — Hugh O'Brian
- September 8 — John Caper Jr.
- September 21 — Ken James
- September 26 — Herschell Gordon Lewis
- October 8 — Gary Dubin
- October 11 — Patricia Barry
- October 16 — Ted V. Mikels
- November 11 — Robert Vaughn
- November 12 — Tom Neyman
- November 29 — Tony Zarindast
- December 4 — Bill M. Ryusaki
- December 15 — Osiride Pevarello
- December 15 — Shep Houghton
- December 15 — Kiva Lawrence
- December 25 — Sandra Giles
- December 26 — Ann Graves
Special Premieres
- March 11 — RiffTrax releases Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (later to become Experiment #1110)
- November 24 — Turkey Day '16
Home Media Releases
- March 29 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXV
- May 24 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Volume II
- July 26 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVI
- August 3 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Region 4, Australia)
- September 27 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Volume III
- October 11 — The Mad Monster
- October 11 — The Undead
- October 11 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Double Feature
- November 22 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVII
Events
- February 17 — Satellite of Love LLC is registered as a corporation with the state of California.
- February 26 — Ennio Morricone receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
- February 28 — At the 88th Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
- Ennio Morricone wins the Best Original Score Award for his work in The Hateful Eight.
- Gregg Rudloff, Chris Jenkins, and Ben Osmo win the Best Sound Mixing Award for Mad Max: Fury Road.
- April 28 — Barbara Bain receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6767 Hollywood Blvd.
- May 5 — RiffTrax Live presents Time Chasers (previously Experiment #821).
- July — The podcast Movie Sign with the Mads debuts.
- August 15 — Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life in No Way Whatsoever by Frank Conniff is published.
- September 18 — Patton Oswalt wins the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special award for his comedy special Talking for Clapping at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.
