Year-End Lists

Glenn Kenny: 47 Noteworthy Films of 2015 (released in the United States)

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1. Hard to Be a God
   Aleksey German
2. Anomalisa
   Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
3. Girlhood
   Céline Sciamma
4. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
6. Heart of a Dog
   Laurie Anderson
7. Heaven Knows What
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Brooklyn
   John Crowley
9. The Hateful Eight
   Quentin Tarantino
10. Shaun the Sheep Movie
    Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
11. Ex Machina
    Alex Garland
12. Phoenix
    Christian Petzold
13. Son of Saul
    László Nemes
14. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
    JJ Abrams
15. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
16. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
17. Carol
    Todd Haynes
18. The Mend
    John Magary
19. Timbuktu
    Abderrahmane Sissako
20. Creed
    Ryan Coogler
21. Fort Tilden
    Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
22. Clouds of Sils Maria
    Olivier Assayas
23. The Revenant
    Alejandro González Iñárritu
24. Magic Mike XXL
    Gregory Jacobs
25. The Forbidden Room
    Guy Maddin
26. Experimenter
    Michael Almereyda
27. Queen of Earth
    Alex Ross Perry
28. Hitchcock/Truffaut
    Kent Jones
29. Democrats
    Camilla Nielsson
30. Field Niggas
    Khalik Allah
31. Bridge of Spies
    Steven Spielberg
32. Eden
    Mia Hansen-Løve
33. Mistress America
    Noah Baumbach
34. Crimson Peak
    Guillermo del Toro
35. Grandma
    Paul Weitz
36. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
    Christopher McQuarrie
37. Trainwreck
    Judd Apatow
38. Blackhat
    Michael Mann
39. The Martian
    Ridley Scott
40. Love & Mercy
    Bill Pohlad
41. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
42. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
43. The Duke of Burgundy
    Peter Strickland
44. The Big Short
    Adam McKay
45. Ant-Man
    Peyton Reed
46. I’ll See You in My Dreams
    Brett Haley
47. Ballet 422
    Jody Lee Lipes