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by George Miller

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Appears on 167 lists

#1 20 Best Films of 2015: A.V. Club
#1 20 Best Movies of 2015: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
#1 30 Best Films of 2015: Matt Prigge: Metro
#1 17 Best Films of 2015: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
#1 Top 10 Movies of 2015: Lindsey Bahr: AP
#1 Top 50 Films of 2015: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 50 Best Films of 2015: Slant
#1 The Best Films of 2015: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
#1 37 Best Movies of 2015: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
#1 66 Best Films of 2015: IndieWire
#1 19 Best Movies of 2015: Alison Willmore: BuzzFeed
#1 The Best Films of 2015: Nick Schager: A.V. Club
#1 Top 25 Films of 2015: Fandor
#1 Top 50 Films of 2015: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
#1 Top 10 Films of 2015: In Review Online
#1 Best Films of 2015: Alonso Duralde: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Calum Marsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Dan Kois: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Sean Burns: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Sean Mulvihill: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Elena Lazic: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Mallory Andrews: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Monica Castillo: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Pete Vonder Haar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Simon Abrams: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Tina Hassannia: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 Best Films of 2015: Brian Tallerico: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#1 The Ten Best Films of 2015: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Simon Abrams: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
#1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
#1 The 10 Best Movies of the 2010s: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
#1 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
#1 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence of Sound
#1 Top 50 Movies of the 2010s: Roxana Hadadi
#1 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
#1 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
#1 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
#2 Top 10 Films of 2015: Anne Thompson: IndieWire: Thompson on Hollywood
#2 The Best Films of 2015: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
#2 Top 20 Films of 2015: Les Inrocks
#2 The Best Movies of 2015: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
#2 Top 11 Films of 2015: John Powers: Vogue
#2 Best Films of 2015: Annlee Ellingson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Don Kaye: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Josh Spiegel: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Katie Walsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Larry Fitzmaurice: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Todd Gilchrist: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Aaron Hillis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Manuela Lazic: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Best Films of 2015: Anna Klassen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#2 Top Ten Films of 2015: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
#2 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Time Out New York
#2 Top 25 Films of the 2010s: Matt Goldberg: Collider
#2 Top 50 Films of the 2010s: The Young Folks
#3 Top 35 Films of 2015: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#3 10 Best Films of 2015: Variety
#3 Top Films of 2015: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
#3 Top Ten Films of 2015: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
#3 22 Best Movies of 2015: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
#3 20 Best Films of 2015: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#3 The Best Films of 2015: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
#3 Best Films of 2015: Alissa Wilkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2015: David Ansen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2015: Keith Phipps: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2015: Abby Garnett: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2015: Devin Faraci: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2015: Willow Maclay: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Best Films of 2015: Jake Cole: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#3 Top Ten Films of 2015: Nick Allen: RogerEbert.com
#3 The Best Films of 2015: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
#3 The Best Movies of the 2010s: Esquire
#4 19 Best Movies of 2015: Melissa Anderson: Village Voice
#4 15 Favorite Films of 2015: Nictate
#4 20 Best Films of 2015: Steve Erickson: GCN
#4 20 Best Movies of 2015: Time Out London
#4 Best Films of 2015: Kate Erbland: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2015: Kenji Fujishima: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2015: Lance Goldenberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2015: Danny Bowes: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Best Films of 2015: Alynda Wheat: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#4 Top Ten Films of 2015: Brian Doan: RogerEbert.com
#4 The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com
#4 The Best Movies of the 2010s: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
#4 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
#5 47 Noteworthy Films of 2015: Glenn Kenny
#5 Best Movies of 2015: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
#5 10 Best Films of 2015: John Waters: Artforum
#5 Top 10 Films of 2015: Amy Nicholson: LA Weekly
#5 The Best Films of 2015: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
#5 Top Ten Films of 2015: Cahiers du Cinéma
#5 Best Films of 2015: Diana Drumm: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#5 Best Films of 2015: Sean Axmaker: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#5 Best Films of 2015: Adam Kempenaar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#5 Top Ten Films of 2015: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
#6 24 Favorite Films of 2015: M. Leary
#6 The Best Films of 2015: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
#6 Top 17 Films of 2015: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily
#6 Best 15 Films of 2015: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
#6 Best Films of 2015: Michael Nordine: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#6 Best Films of 2015: Odie Henderson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#6 Top Ten Films of 2015: Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com
#6 Top Ten Films of 2015: Scout Tafoya: RogerEbert.com
#6 Top Ten Films of 2015: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
#7 Top Ten Films of 2015: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
#7 Favorite Films of 2015: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
#7 Best Films of 2015: Jason Anderson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2015: Kyle Turner: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2015: Larry Gross: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2015: Diego Lerer: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2015: Lara Zarum: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2015: Katie Kilkenny: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Best Films of 2015: Bob Chipman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#7 Top Ten Films of 2015: Susan Wloszczyna: RogerEbert.com
#7 Top 10 Movies of the 2010s: Chris Ryan: The Ringer: The Big Picture
#8 20 Best Films of 2015: Little White Lies
#8 20 Best Movies of 2015: A.O. Scott: New York Times
#8 Best Films of 2015: Eric Eisenberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#8 Best Films of 2015: Cynthia Fuchs: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#8 Top Ten Films of 2015: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
#8 Top 10 Movies of the 2010s: Sean Fennessey: The Ringer: The Big Picture
#8 The 40 Best Films of the 2010s: Independent
#9 Top 30 Films of 2015: Scott Tobias
#9 50 Best Movies of 2015: Paste
#9 Best Films of 2015: Alan Scherstuhl: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#9 Best Films of 2015: Ed Gonzalez: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#9 Best Films of 2015: Sasha Perl-Raver: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#9 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
#9 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
#10 25 Best Films of 2015: David Ehrlich
#10 20 Best Movies of 2015: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
#10 Best Films of 2015: David Fear: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
#10 Top 30 Films of the 2010s: Keith Phipps
#12 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
#15 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
#16 The Best Films of the 2010s: Hyperallergic
#17 The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
#19 The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
#30 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Far Out
#34 50 Best Films of 2015: Guardian

Best Films of 2015: Denis Côté: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2015: Brent Simon: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2015: Nicolas Rapold: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2015: Josh Larsen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2015: Robert Abele: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2015: Danny King: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2015: Erik Davis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2015: Craig Lindsey: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Top Ten Films of 2015: Rebecca Theodore-vachon: RogerEbert.com
Top Ten Films of 2015: Katherine Tulich: RogerEbert.com
Top Ten Films of 2015: Bill Stamets: RogerEbert.com
Favorite Films of the 2010s: A.O. Scott: New York Times
Favorite Films of the 2010s: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
14 Best Films of 2015: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times The rest presented alphabetically
15 Favorite Films of the 2010s: Glenn Kenny
17 Best Feature Films of 2015: Adrian Martin: Fandor
The 20 Best Films of 2015: David Morgan: CBS News
20 Favorite Movies of 2015: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Top 10 Movies of 2015: Jake Coyle: AP Honorable mention
Best 10 Films of the 2010s: AP Also
29 Best Films of 2015: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post Could easily have ended up in the top ten
Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

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