Year-End Lists

The A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2015

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1. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
2. Phoenix
   Christian Petzold
3. It Follows
   David Robert Mitchell
4. The Duke of Burgundy
   Peter Strickland
5. The Look of Silence
   Joshua Oppenheimer
6. Sicario
   Denis Villeneuve
7. The Assassin
   Hou Hsiao-Hsien
8. Carol
   Todd Haynes
9. Brooklyn
   John Crowley
10. Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
11. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
12. Bridge of Spies
    Steven Spielberg
13. Hard to Be a God
    Aleksey German
14. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
15. Crimson Peak
    Guillermo del Toro
16. The Forbidden Room
    Guy Maddin
17. Approaching the Elephant
    Amanda Wilder
18. The Martian
    Ridley Scott
19. Mustang
    Deniz Gamze Ergüven
20. James White
    Josh Mond

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• The Best Films of 2015 A.A. Dowd · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2015 Adam Nayman · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2015 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2015 Jesse Hassenger · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2015 Katie Rife · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2015 Mike D’Angelo · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2015 Nick Schager
• The Best Films of 2015 Noel Murray · A.V. Club