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Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones: Favorite Films of 2015

23 December 2015

White God - Kornél Mundruczó

J.R. Jones: Favorite Films of 2015, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. White God
    Kornél Mundruczó
  2. 99 Homes
    Ramin Bahrani
  3. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
  4. Maps to the Stars
    David Cronenberg
  5. Queen and Country
    John Boorman
  6. Court
    Chaitanya Tamhane
  7. Mommy
    Xavier Dolan
  8. About Elly
    Asghar Farhadi
  9. Youth
    Paolo Sorrentino
  10. Results
    Andrew Bujalski

Runners-up

  1. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
  2. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Marielle Heller
  3. The Forbidden Room
    Guy Maddin
  4. Best of Enemies
    Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon
  5. A Poem Is a Naked Person
    Les Blank
  6. Room
    Lenny Abrahamson
  7. Bridge of Spies
    Steven Spielberg
  8. What We Do in the Shadows
    Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
  9. Black Mass
    Scott Cooper
  10. A Most Violent Year
    J.C. Chandor

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