A.O. Scott: 20 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The New York Times
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Timbuktu — Abderrahmane Sissako
- Inside Out — Pete Docter
- Spotlight — Tom McCarthy
- The Big Short — Adam McKay
- Heart of a Dog — Laurie Anderson
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- Anomalisa — Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
- Jafar Panahi’s Taxi — Jafar Panahi
- Out 1: Noli Me Tangere [1971] — Jacques Rivette
- Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
- Creed — Ryan Coogler
- Results — Andrew Bujalski
- Welcome to Me — Shira Piven
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Stanley Nelson
- What Happened, Miss Simone? — Liz Garbus
- The Kindergarten Teacher — Nadav Lapid
- Girlhood — Céline Sciamma
- The Diary of a Teenage Girl — Marielle Heller
- Grandma — Paul Weitz
- Tangerine — Sean Baker
- The End of the Tour — James Ponsoldt