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2015 Movies

New Yorker: Richard Brody: 30 Best Movies of 2015

11 December 2015

Chi-Raq - Spike Lee

Richard Brody: 30 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The New Yorker

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  1. Chi-Raq
    Spike Lee
  2. Li’l Quinquin
    Bruno Dumont
  3. Queen of Earth
    Alex Ross Perry
  4. Heaven Knows What
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  5. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi
    Jafar Panahi
  6. Timbuktu
    Abderrahmane Sissako
  7. In Jackson Heights
    Frederick Wiseman
  8. Mistress America
    Noah Baumbach
  9. Stinking Heaven
    Nathan Silver
  10. Arabian Nights
    Miguel Gomes
  11. Carol
    Todd Haynes
  12. Trainwreck
    Judd Apatow
  13. Digging for Fire
    Joe Swanberg
  14. Wild Canaries
    Lawrence Michael Levine
  15. Results
    Andrew Bujalski
  16. Creed
    Ryan Coogler
  17. The Princess of France
    Matías Piñeiro
  18. Field Niggas
    Khalik Allah
  19. Iris
    Albert Maysles
  20. Irrational Man
    Woody Allen
  21. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
    Spike Lee
  22. Uncertain Terms
    Nathan Silver
  23. Young Bodies Heal Quickly
    Andrew T. Betzer
  24. By the Sea
    Angelina Jolie
  25. While We’re Young
    Noah Baumbach
  26. Entertainment
    Rick Alverson
  27. Approaching the Elephant
    Amanda Wilder
  28. In the Name of My Daughter
    André Téchiné
  29. Buzzard
    Joel Potrykus
  30. Fifty Shades of Grey
    Sam Taylor-Johnson

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