Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2015 Movies

AP: Jake Coyle: Top 10 Movies of 2015

16 December 2015

Carol - Todd Haynes

Jake Coyle: Top 10 Movies of 2015, as published by Associated Press

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

  1. Carol
    Todd Haynes
  2. About Elly
    Asghar Farhadi
  3. Phoenix
    Christian Petzold
  4. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
  5. Chi-Raq
    Spike Lee
  6. 99 Homes
    Ramin Bahrani
  7. Stray Dogs
    Tsai Ming-liang
  8. Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
  9. Creed
    Ryan Coogler
  10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
    JJ Abrams
  11. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
  12. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Marielle Heller
  13. Testament of Youth
    James Kent

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