Year-End Lists

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2015 Movies

New York Times: 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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