Year-End Lists

A.O. Scott: 20 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The New York Times

1. Timbuktu
   Abderrahmane Sissako
2. Inside Out
   Pete Docter
3. Spotlight
   Tom McCarthy
3. The Big Short
   Adam McKay
4. Heart of a Dog
   Laurie Anderson
5. Carol
   Todd Haynes
5. Anomalisa
   Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
6. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi
   Jafar Panahi
7. Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (1971)
   Jacques Rivette
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
9. Creed
   Ryan Coogler
10. Results
    Andrew Bujalski
10. Welcome to Me
    Shira Piven
11. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
    Stanley Nelson
11. What Happened, Miss Simone?
    Liz Garbus
12. The Kindergarten Teacher
    Nadav Lapid
13. Girlhood
    Céline Sciamma
13. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Marielle Heller
14. Grandma
    Paul Weitz
14. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
15. The End of the Tour
    James Ponsoldt