Richard Brody: 30 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The New Yorker
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2012, 2011]
- Chi-Raq — Spike Lee
- Li’l Quinquin — Bruno Dumont
- Queen of Earth — Alex Ross Perry
- Heaven Knows What — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Jafar Panahi’s Taxi — Jafar Panahi
- Timbuktu — Abderrahmane Sissako
- In Jackson Heights — Frederick Wiseman
- Mistress America — Noah Baumbach
- Stinking Heaven — Nathan Silver
- Arabian Nights — Miguel Gomes
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- Trainwreck — Judd Apatow
- Digging for Fire — Joe Swanberg
- Wild Canaries — Lawrence Michael Levine
- Results — Andrew Bujalski
- Creed — Ryan Coogler
- The Princess of France — Matías Piñeiro
- Field Niggas — Khalik Allah
- Iris — Albert Maysles
- Irrational Man — Woody Allen
- Da Sweet Blood of Jesus — Spike Lee
- Uncertain Terms — Nathan Silver
- Young Bodies Heal Quickly — Andrew T. Betzer
- By the Sea — Angelina Jolie
- While We’re Young — Noah Baumbach
- Entertainment — Rick Alverson
- Approaching the Elephant — Amanda Wilder
- In the Name of My Daughter — André Téchiné
- Buzzard — Joel Potrykus
- Fifty Shades of Grey — Sam Taylor-Johnson