Year-End Lists

Nick Schager: The Best Films of 2015, as published by The A.V. Club

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1. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
2. The Look of Silence
   Joshua Oppenheimer
3. Phoenix
   Christian Petzold
4. Brooklyn
   John Crowley
5. The Assassin
   Hou Hsiao-Hsien
6. Hard to Be a God
   Aleksey German
7. Spotlight
   Tom McCarthy
8. Slow West
   John Maclean
9. James White
   Josh Mond
10. Bone Tomahawk
    S. Craig Zahler
11. The Nightmare
    Rodney Ascher
12. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
    Roy Andersson
13. Amy
    Asif Kapadia
14. The Revenant
    Alejandro González Iñárritu
15. Crimson Peak
    Guillermo del Toro

This list contributes to:

• 20 Best Films of 2015 A.V. Club
• Top 50 Films of 2015 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2015 Variety