Favourite Movies of 2015
My "official" year-end top list. Year by the first general/non-festival release listed…
My "official" year-end top list. Year by the first general/non-festival release listed…
Jan 1
Apr 18
3 times
Eli Bush 3
Kat Law 2
Ian Tapp 3
BBC Film 5
Canal+ 4
HBO 3
Nicolas Harvard 5.0
Chris Edmonds 4.5
Amy Lauritsen 4.5
Tonje S. Rolland 4.5
Ray Kenny 4.5
James Alan Hensz 4.5
Brian O'Kelley 4.5
Brad Lanyon 4.5
Deborah Saban 4.5
Jonathan Watson 4.5
Josy Capkun 4.5
Katharina Biró 4.5
Alain Olivieri 4.5
Chris Carroll 4.5
Derek Wimble 4.5
Nilo Otero 4.5
Frank Davis 4.5
Darrin Prescott 4.0
Jack Gill 4.0
Alexander Witt 3.5
Nicolas Gaster 3.0
G. A. Aguilar 2.5
Eddie Yansick 2.5
Thomas Napper 2.0
James Madigan 2.0
James Baxter 2.0
Kelly Mazurowski 2.0
Doug Coleman 2.0
Mic Rodgers 2.0
Clay Borris 1.5
Scott Rogers 1.5
Spiro Razatos 1.5
David Lancaster 5.0
Michel Litvak 5.0
Garrick Dion 5.0
Stephanie Wilcox 5.0
Helen Estabrook 4.8
Nicholas Britell 4.8
Jason Sack 4.5
Jason Shrier 4.5
Jennifer Todd 4.5
Emma Thomas 4.5
Suzanne Todd 4.5
Elaine Dysinger 4.5
Alejandro González Iñárritu 4.5
John Lesher 4.5
Drew P. Houpt 4.5
Jason Reitman 4.8
Stan Lathan 4.5
Dave Chappelle 4.5
Christopher Ball 4.5
William Tyrer 4.5
Tessa Ross 4.5
Eli Bush 4.5
Tim Bevan 4.5
Eric Fellner 4.5
Claudia Schiffer 4.5
Dave Gibbons 4.5
Mark Millar 4.5
Stephen Marks 4.5
Pierre Lagrange 4.5
Scott Aversano 4.5
Steve Nicolaides 4.5
Alan Pao 4.5
Corey Large 4.5
Philip Rosenthal 5.0
Damien Chazelle 4.8
Chris Rock 4.5
Eddie Murphy 4.5
Dave Chappelle 4.5
Jonathan Nolan 4.5
Armando Bo 4.5
Alejandro González Iñárritu 4.5
Alex Garland 4.5
Ethan Coen 4.5
Joel Coen 4.5
Matthew Vaughn 4.5
Jane Goldman 4.5
Jordan Roberts 4.5
Joseph Mateo 4.5
Daniel Gerson 4.5
Robert L. Baird 4.5
Jonathan Nolan 4.5
Raymond Carver 4.5
Dave Gibbons 4.5
Mark Millar 4.5
Joe Casey 4.5
Joe Kelly 4.5
Duncan Rouleau 4.5
Steven T. Seagle 4.5
Michael Bond 4.5
Jane Hawking 4.5
Lisa Genova 4.5
Kody Keplinger 4.0
Cheryl Strayed 4.0
Nick Park 4.0
Jim Schutze 4.0
Henry James 4.0
Roald Dahl 4.0
Chris Kyle 3.5
Scott McEwen 3.5
Jim DeFelice 3.5
Terri Taylor 4.8
Victoria Thomas 4.5
Terrence Harris 4.5
John S. Lyons 4.5
Christine Sheaks 4.5
Ilene Starger 4.5
Janice Wilde 4.5
Carrie Ray 4.5
Mark Bennett 4.5
Theo Park 4.5
Lauren Evans 4.5
Kerry Barden 4.5
Allison Estrin 4.5
Paul Schnee 4.5
John To 5.0
Jeff U'ren 4.5
Dody Dorn 4.5
Stephen Mirrione 4.5
Douglas Crise 4.5
Corey Bayes 4.5
Mark Day 4.5
Hermione Byrt 4.5
Ethan Coen 4.5
Joel Coen 4.5
Jon Harris 4.5
Eddie Hamilton 4.5
Tim Mertens 4.5
Julio Perez IV 4.5
Mark Everson 4.5
Fiona DeSouza 4.5
Simon Njoo 4.5
Jinx Godfrey 4.5
Mark Keady 4.5
Zene Baker 4.5
Sharone Meir 5.0
Wally Pfister 4.5
Emmanuel Lubezki 4.5
Rob Hardy 4.5
Roger Deakins 4.5
George Richmond 4.5
Rob Dressel 4.5
Mike Gioulakis 4.5
Erik Wilson 4.5
Radek Ładczuk 4.5
Benoît Delhomme 4.5
Brandon Trost 4.5
Christian Berger 4.5
Denis Lenoir 4.5
Robert Brinkmann 4.5
Sam Levy 4.5
Russell Boyd 4.5
David Cubero 4.5
Chris Squires 5.0
Eric Leach 5.0
Bob Hall 4.5
Chris Haarhoff 4.5
Robin Brown 4.5
Louis Puli 4.5
Frank Hruby 4.5
Gerry Vasbenter 4.5
Mark Milsome 4.5
BJ McDonnell 4.5
Bob Findlay 4.5
Carlos Cabeceràn 4.5
Michael Scott 4.5
Kirk R. Gardner 4.5
Petr Hlinomaz 4.5
Nicola Benizzi 4.5
Mike Benson 4.5
George Bianchini 4.5
Chris Reynolds 4.5
Elan Yaari 5.0
Robert Sciretta 4.5
Ross Busby 4.5
Helga Victoria 4.5
Andy Lowe 4.5
Marine Poirson 4.5
Julian Hutchens 4.5
Paul Beilby 4.5
Robertto Karas 4.5
Zac Murphy 4.5
Pat Sweeney 4.5
Olivier Neveu 4.5
Walter Stöger 4.5
Reinhart Peschke 4.5
John Raugalis 4.5
Patrick Murray 4.5
Larry Banks 4.5
Bill O'Leary 4.2
Rodrigo Prieto 4.5
Fraser Taggart 4.5
Dimitri Zaunders 4.5
Nima Nabili Rad 4.5
Adam Camporeale 4.5
Jordan Agutter 4.5
Beth MacDonald 4.0
Duane Manwiller 4.0
Andy Steinman 4.0
Josh Bleibtreu 4.0
Chris Johnson 4.0
John Quarrell 4.0
Joe Maxwell 4.0
Kenneth Zunder 4.0
Ernie Clark 4.0
Barry Idoine 3.5
Alexander Witt 3.5
Nick Forster 3.5
Melanie Jones 5.0
Bruce Ryan 4.5
Patti Podesta 4.5
Kevin Thompson 4.5
Mark Digby 4.5
Rick Heinrichs 4.5
Paul Kirby 4.5
Jeremy Conway 4.5
Michael Perry 4.5
Gary Williamson 4.5
Alex Holmes 4.5
John Paul Kelly 4.5
Jon Billington 4.5
Christoph Kanter 4.5
Tommaso Ortino 4.5
Mark Friedberg 4.5
Adam Stockhausen 4.5
Richard Hoover 4.5
Hunter Brown 5.0
Chris Shriver 4.5
David Meyer 4.5
Denis Schnegg 4.5
Katrina Mackay 4.5
Ketan Waikar 4.5
Richard Durant 4.5
John David Paul 4.5
Andy Thomson 4.5
Steve Carter 4.5
Paul Spriggs 4.5
Tom Whitehead 4.5
Paul A. Felix 4.5
Adam Scher 4.5
Joey Ostrander 4.5
Steven Lawrence 4.5
Choi Ho Man 4.5
Daniel Swingler 4.5
Karuna Karmarkar 5.0
Tim Dodge 5.0
Chris Maxson 5.0
Danielle Berman 4.5
Timothy Joliat 4.5
Judy Gurr 4.5
Matthew DeTitta 4.5
Michelle Day 4.5
Lauri Gaffin 4.5
Steve Speers 4.5
David Morison 4.5
Karin Wiesel 4.5
Geneva Brunetti 4.5
Cathy Cosgrove 4.5
Ross Perkin 4.5
Jennifer Drake 4.5
Michael Meyers 4.5
Johanne Hubert 4.5
Zak Knight 5.0
Johann Kunz 4.5
Blair Bradley 4.5
Karen Holt 4.5
Aaron Parrott 4.5
Hannah Wilson 4.5
Dan Massett 4.5
Sam Kissick 4.5
Clint Dodd 4.5
Jak Osmond 4.5
Matt Sweeney 4.5
Drew Jiritano 4.2
Lucinda Strub 4.0
Steve Luport 4.0
David Lebensfeld 5.0
Grant Miller 5.0
Ivy Agregan 4.5
Ara Khanikian 4.5
Tolga Ari 4.5
John Lockwood 4.5
Sara Bennett 4.5
Steve Street 4.5
Tim Field 4.5
Fay McConkey 4.5
Russell Darling 4.5
Benjamin Carlson 4.5
Varun Hadkar 4.5
David Jones 4.5
Eliot Speed 4.5
Will Lucas 4.5
Duncan Kinnaird 4.5
James Boorman 4.5
Dan Curry 4.5
Robert Beebe 4.0
Karin Fong 4.0
Matt Curtis 3.8
Jason Marconi 3.5
Ariandy Chandra 3.0
Pamela B. Green 3.0
Jarik Van Sluijs 3.0
Alexandra Useche 3.0
Stephan Burle 3.0
Jeff Han 3.0
Arpine Alexanian 3.0
Eunha Choi 2.5
Aaron Becker 2.0
Tom Atcheson 1.5
Mark Riccardi 5.0
Brady Romberg 5.0
Steven Stone 5.0
Jery Hewitt 4.5
Julius LeFlore 4.5
Stephen A. Pope 4.5
Benjamin Kanes 4.5
Jason Silvis 4.5
Declan Mulvey 4.5
Trampas Thompson 4.5
Kim Rideout 4.5
Jeremy Sample 4.5
Thomas La Marche 4.5
Tim Gallin 4.5
Caroline Vexler 4.5
Arthur Pita 4.5
Nito Larioza 3.5
Corey Yuen 3.5
Sumeet Goradia 2.5
Justin Hurwitz 5.0
David Julyan 4.5
Antonio Sánchez 4.5
Geoff Barrow 4.5
Ben Salisbury 4.5
Carter Burwell 4.5
Matthew Margeson 4.5
Craig Wedren 4.5
Rich Vreeland 4.5
Jed Kurzel 4.5
Jason Moran 4.5
John Ottman 4.5
James Murphy 4.5
Questlove 4.5
Ludwig Göransson 4.5
Nani García 4.5
Ilan Eshkeri 4.2
Henry Jackman 4.1
Elmer Bernstein 4.0
Jay Chou 4.5
Eminem 4.5
Rodriguez 4.0
Charles Strouse 2.5
Martin Charnin 2.5
Stephen Sondheim 2.0
Mike Kerr 2.0
Ben Thatcher 2.0
Chad Hugo 2.0
Shay Haley 2.0
Dawn Fintor 5.0
Craig Mann 5.0
Thomas Curley 5.0
Alicia Hadaway 5.0
Glen Gathard 4.5
Glenn Freemantle 4.5
Danny Freemantle 4.5
Ian Tapp 4.5
Niv Adiri 4.5
Peter Hanson 4.5
Ben Barker 4.5
Dillon Bennett 4.5
Jonathan Wales 4.5
Gary S. Gerlich 4.5
William Hooper 4.5
Nerses Gezalyan 4.5
Jeffrey Wilhoit 4.5
Joe Dzuban 4.5
Lisa Norcia 5.0
Cindy Evans 4.5
Albert Wolsky 4.5
Sammy Sheldon 4.5
Mary Zophres 4.5
Arianne Phillips 4.5
Kimberly Leitz 4.5
Lindy Hemming 4.5
Heather Wallace 4.5
Stephen Noble 4.5
Carla Hetland 4.5
Lisy Christl 4.5
Stacey Battat 4.5
Ruth E. Carter 4.5
Ann Roth 4.5
Amy Roth 4.5
Karen Patch 4.2
Heather Plott 5.0
Nacoma Whobrey 4.8
Agnes Legere 4.5
Judy Chin 4.5
Rondi Scott 4.5
Sian Grigg 4.5
Charlotte Rogers 4.5
John Blake 4.5
Sally Alcott 4.5
Chloe Meddings 4.5
Chris Lyons 4.5
Sylvia Atkins 4.5
Jill Hornby 4.5
Julius Goosen 4.5
Felice Diamond 4.5
Roz Music 4.5
Michele Paris 4.5
Dawn Mattocks 4.5
Traci E. Smithe 5.0
David Larson 5.0
Ray Marston 4.5
Jerry Popolis 4.5
Jacqueline Weiss 4.5
Larry Waggoner 4.5
Kat Drazen 4.5
Daniel Curet 4.5
Jo Nielsen 4.5
Lora Gianino 4.5
Daniel Ross 4.5
Graham Johnston 4.5
Jan Sewell 4.5
Agnes Legere 4.5
Ian C. Ballard 4.5
Jennifer Manton 4.5
Jamal Hammadi 4.5
Laurent Bozzi 4.5
Mandy Lyons 4.5
Bold Films 5.0
Full On Service 5.0
Full on Service 5.0
Where's Lunch 5.0
HBO 4.5
CR Enterprises 4.5
Newmarket Films 4.5
Team Todd 4.5
M Productions 4.5
Unjustly-forgotten stop-motion TV animation about an aardvark seeking a drum career. Lacking even a Wikipedia page, despite sharing significant talent with the well-loved Wallace & Gromit short films. Cute and funny.
My "official" year-end top list. Year by the first general/non-festival release listed on IMDb.
Documentaries excluded (if they were included, Misery Loves Comedy, The Ties That Bind and All Things Must Pass would make the cut.)
close runners: Mississippi Grind, Goosebumps, The Dressmaker, Far From the Madding Crowd, The DUFF
4.4
1.7
4.4
vs 3.40
vs 2.93
vs 2.53
vs 3.05
vs 2.69
vs 3.27
vs 2.65
vs 2.38
vs 2.78
vs 3.62
vs 2.96
vs 2.91
Stats by Letterboxd