Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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The Assassin - Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Top 17 Films of 2015 Keyframe Daily: David Hudson

19 Best Movies of 2015 BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore

Spotlight - Tom McCarthy

10 Best Movies of 2015 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

The Best Films of 2015 A.V. Club: Nick Schager

15 Favorite Films of 2015 Nictate

Chi-Raq - Spike Lee

50 Best Movies of 2015 Paste

Appropriate Behavior - Desiree Akhavan

Favorite Fifteen Films of 2015 Marya E. Gates

Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller

Top 10 Films of 2015 In Review Online

Son of Saul - László Nemes

Top 5 Films of 2015 Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cemetery of Splendor - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Best Movies of 2015 La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

24 Favorite Films of 2015 M. Leary

Carol - Todd Haynes

19 Best Movies of 2015 Village Voice: Melissa Anderson

The Assassin - Hou Hsiao-Hsien

20 Best Films of 2015 GCN: Steve Erickson

The Look of Silence - Joshua Oppenheimer

10 Best Feature Films of 2015 Keyframe: Eric Hynes

17 Best Feature Films of 2015 Fandor: Adrian Martin

Maps to the Stars - David Cronenberg

10 Best Feature Films of 2015 Keyframe: Brian Darr

Phoenix - Christian Petzold

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

12 Favorite Films of 2015 Dennis Cooper

Top 15 Movies of 2015 Slate: Dana Stevens

20 Favorite Movies of 2015 Lisa Schwarzbaum

20 Best Movies of 2015 Vulture: Bilge Ebiri

Phoenix - Christian Petzold

10 Best Films of 2015 Variety Survey: Ben Kenigsberg

Fish & Cat - Shahram Mokri

Favorite Films of 2015 Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs

White God - Kornél Mundruczó

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

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