Ann Hornaday: 29 Best Films of 2015, as published by The Washington Post
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]
- Spotlight — Tom McCarthy
- Love & Mercy — Bill Pohlad
- Brooklyn — John Crowley
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- Ex Machina — Alex Garland
- Chi-Raq — Spike Lee
- Son of Saul — László Nemes
- Creed — Ryan Coogler
- Inside Out — Pete Docter
- The Martian — Ridley Scott
- Amy — Asif Kapadia
- Beasts of No Nation — Cary Joji Fukunaga
- The Babadook — Jennifer Kent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Stanley Nelson
- Bridge of Spies — Steven Spielberg
- The Diary of a Teenage Girl — Marielle Heller
- The End of the Tour — James Ponsoldt
- Joy — David O. Russell
- Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
- Meru — Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Mistress America — Noah Baumbach
- Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Room — Lenny Abrahamson
- Seymour: An Introduction — Ethan Hawke
- Straight Outta Compton — F. Gary Gray
- Tangerine — Sean Baker
- Timbuktu — Abderrahmane Sissako
- While We’re Young — Noah Baumbach
- The Wolfpack — Crystal Moselle