Sight & Sound 2015

1. The Assassin

Nie Yinniang
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, France
Hou Hsiao-hsien

Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2015) | Film Comment (2, 2015) | New York Times (1 - Dargis, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2016) | Toronto (Masters, 2015)

2. Carol

UK, USA
Todd Haynes

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2015) | Film Comment (1, 2015) | New York Times (4 - Dargis / 5 - Scott, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Telluride (2015)

3. Mad Max: Fury Road

Australia, USA
George Miller

Lists: Film Comment (3, 2015) | New York Times (1 - Dargis / 8 - Scott, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2015)

4. Arabian Nights

As 1001 Noites
Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland
Miguel Gomes

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2015) | Film Comment (5, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2016) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2015)

5. Cemetery of Splendor

Rak Ti Khon Kaen
Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Malaysia
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2015) | Film Comment (4, 2016)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2016) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2016) | Toronto (Masters, 2015)

6. No Home Movie

Belgium, France
Chantal Akerman

Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2015) | Film Comment (10, 2016) | New York Times (1 - Dargis, 2016)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2015)

7. 45 Years

UK
Andrew Haigh

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2015) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2015)

8. Son of Saul

Saul fia
Hungary
László Nemes

Lists: Film Comment (14, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2015) | New York (Film Comment Presents, 2015) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2015)

9. Amy

UK, USA
Asif Kapadia

Festivals: Cannes (Midnight Projections, 2015)

9. Inherent Vice

USA
Paul Thomas Anderson

Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2014) | Film Comment (9, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015)

11. Anomalisa

USA
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson

Lists: Film Comment (12, 2015) | New York Times (5 - Scott, 2015)

Festivals: Rotterdam (ID: The Generic Self , 2016) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2015) | Venice (In Competition, 2015)

11. It Follows

USA
David Mitchell

Festivals: Cannes (Critics' Week, 2014) | Sundance (Park City at Midnight, 2015) | Toronto (Midnight, 2014)

13. Phoenix

Germany
Christian Petzold

Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2014) | Film Comment (8, 2015)

Festivals: Berlin (LOLA at Berlinale, 2015) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)

14. Girlhood

Bande de filles
France
Céline Sciamma

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2015) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2014)

14. Hard to Be a God

Trudno byt' bogom
Russia
Aleksei German

Lists: Film Comment (11, 2015)

Festivals: Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2014)

14. Inside Out

USA
Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen

Lists: Film Comment (9, 2015) | New York Times (2 - Scott, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Out of Competition, 2015)

14. Tangerine

USA
Sean Baker

Lists: Film Comment (17, 2015)

Festivals: Sundance (Next, 2015)

14. Taxi

Iran
Jafar Panahi

Lists: New York Times (6 - Scott, 2015)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2015) | Telluride (2015) | Toronto (Masters, 2015)

19. Horse Money

Cavalo Dinheiro
Portugal
Pedro Costa

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2014) | Film Comment (15, 2015)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)

19. The Look of Silence

Senyap
Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, Finland, UK
Joshua Oppenheimer

Lists: Film Comment (10, 2015)

Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2015) | New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Docs, 2014) | Venice (In Competition, 2014)