John Powers: Top 11 Films of 2015, as published by Vogue
- The Assassin — Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
- Timbuktu — Abderrahmane Sissako
- Anomalisa — Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
- The Martian — Ridley Scott
- The Big Short — Adam McKay
- The Walk — Robert Zemeckis
- Spotlight — Tom McCarthy
- The End of the Tour — James Ponsoldt
- Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Tangerine — Sean Baker