Year-End Lists

Ann Hornaday: 29 Best Films of 2015, as published by The Washington Post

1. Spotlight
   Tom McCarthy
2. Love & Mercy
   Bill Pohlad
3. Brooklyn
   John Crowley
4. Carol
   Todd Haynes
5. Ex Machina
   Alex Garland
6. Chi-Raq
   Spike Lee
7. Son of Saul
   László Nemes
8. Creed
   Ryan Coogler
9. Inside Out
   Pete Docter
10. The Martian
    Ridley Scott

Could easily have ended up in the top ten

• Amy
  Asif Kapadia
• Beasts of No Nation
  Cary Joji Fukunaga
• The Babadook
  Jennifer Kent
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
  Stanley Nelson
• Bridge of Spies
  Steven Spielberg
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl
  Marielle Heller
• The End of the Tour
  James Ponsoldt
• Joy
  David O. Russell
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• Meru
  Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
• Mistress America
  Noah Baumbach
• Mustang
  Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Room
  Lenny Abrahamson
• Seymour: An Introduction
  Ethan Hawke
• Straight Outta Compton
  F. Gary Gray
• Tangerine
  Sean Baker
• Timbuktu
  Abderrahmane Sissako
• While We’re Young
  Noah Baumbach
• The Wolfpack
  Crystal Moselle