Mike D’Angelo: 15 Best Films of 2015, as published by The A.V. Club and submitted to the Village Voice poll
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012]
- The Duke of Burgundy — Peter Strickland
- Sicario — Denis Villeneuve
- Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
- The Forbidden Room — Guy Maddin
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- It Follows — David Robert Mitchell
- Anomalisa — Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
- The Martian — Ridley Scott
- Breathe — Mélanie Laurent
- Tu Dors Nicole — Stéphane Lafleur
- Approaching the Elephant — Amanda Wilder
- Heaven Knows What — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Christmas, Again — Charles Poekel
- Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Winter On Fire — Evgeny Afineevsky