Year-End Lists

Stephen Holden: 18 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The New York Times

1. Carol
   Todd Haynes
2. The Big Short
   Adam McKay
3. Spotlight
   Tom McCarthy
4. The Fool
   Yuri Bykov
5. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
   Marielle Heller
6. The Look of Silence
   Joshua Oppenheimer
7. Truth
   James Vanderbilt
8. 45 Years
   Andrew Haigh
9. Tangerine
   Sean Baker
10. Brooklyn
    John Crowley

Runners-up

• Son of Saul
  László Nemes
• Li’l Quinquin
  Bruno Dumont
• Timbuktu
  Abderrahmane Sissako
• Love & Mercy
  Bill Pohlad
• Clouds of Sils Maria
  Olivier Assayas
• Wild Tales
  Damián Szifrón
• The Salt of the Earth
  Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
• Inside Out
  Pete Docter