Year-End Lists

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2015 Movies

Stephen Holden: 18 Best Movies of 2015

09 December 2015

Stephen Holden: 18 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2016, 2013, 2012, 2011]

  1. Carol — Todd Haynes
  2. The Big Short — Adam McKay
  3. Spotlight — Tom McCarthy
  4. The Fool — Yuri Bykov
  5. The Diary of a Teenage Girl — Marielle Heller
  6. The Look of Silence — Joshua Oppenheimer
  7. Truth — James Vanderbilt
  8. 45 Years — Andrew Haigh
  9. Tangerine — Sean Baker
  10. Brooklyn — John Crowley

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