The New York Times 2015
Intro
The following films appeared on The New York Times best of 2015 lists from Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott. These are abridged lists not including all entries, such as Dargis's #2 choice of the Nathaniel Dorsky / Jerome Hiler restrospective at the 2015 New York Film Festival.
Source: The Best Movies of 2015
Films
Manohla Dargis
1. The Assassin
Nie Yinniang
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, France
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2015) | Film Comment (2, 2015) | Sight & Sound (1, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2016) | Toronto (Masters, 2015)
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
Australia, USA
George Miller
Lists: Film Comment (3, 2015) | Sight & Sound (3, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2015)
3. Bridge of Spies
USA
Steven Spielberg
Lists: Film Comment (20, 2015)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2015)
4. Carol
UK, USA
Todd Haynes
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2015) | Film Comment (1, 2015) | Sight & Sound (2, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Telluride (2015)
5. In Jackson Heights
USA
Frederick Wiseman
Lists: Film Comment (13, 2015)
Festivals: New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2015) | Toronto (Docs, 2015) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2015)
6. The Martian
USA
Ridley Scott
Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2015) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2015)
7. The Kindergarten Teacher
Haganenet
Israel, France
Nadav Lapid
Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2014) | Film Comment (8 - Undistributed, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Critics' Week, 2014)
8. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
USA
Marielle Heller
Lists: Film Comment (19, 2015)
Festivals: Berlin (Generation, 2015) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2015)
9. The Big Short
USA
Adam McKay
10. Sixty Six
USA
Lewis Klahr
Lists: Film Comment (12 - Undistributed, 2015)
Festivals: Rotterdam (Signatures, 2016)
A.O. Scott
1. Timbuktu
France, Mauritania
Abderrahmane Sissako
Lists: Film Comment (6, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)
2. Inside Out
USA
Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen
Lists: Film Comment (9, 2015) | Sight & Sound (14, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2015)
3. The Big Short
USA
Adam McKay
3. Spotlight
USA
Tom McCarthy
Lists: Film Comment (7, 2015)
Festivals: Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2015) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2015)
4. Heart of a Dog
USA
Laurie Anderson
Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2016) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Docs, 2015) | Venice (In Competition, 2015)
5. Anomalisa
USA
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
Lists: Film Comment (12, 2015) | Sight & Sound (11, 2015)
Festivals: Rotterdam (ID: The Generic Self , 2016) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2015) | Venice (In Competition, 2015)
5. Carol
UK, USA
Todd Haynes
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2015) | Film Comment (1, 2015) | Sight & Sound (2, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Telluride (2015)
6. Taxi
Iran
Jafar Panahi
Lists: Sight & Sound (14, 2015)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2015) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Masters, 2015)
7. Out 1 [1971]
Out 1, noli me tangere
France
Jacques Rivette
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
Australia, USA
George Miller
Lists: Film Comment (3, 2015) | Sight & Sound (3, 2015)
Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2015)
9. Creed
USA
Ryan Coogler
10. Results
USA
Andrew Bujalski
Festivals: Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2015)
10. Welcome to Me
USA
Shira Piven
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)