Best Films of 2015

The List Of Movies Released In 2015 with a Star Rating of 4 and Above.
This year has been a big year for soft reboots for classic film franchises (which is saying a lot, considering franchise filmmaking has been a big deal for quite some time now). Some were hits (such as Creed, The Force Awakens, and Fury Road), some were misses (looking at you Terminator: Genisys), and there were some with divisive critical and commercial results (Jurassic World). Again, this isn't anything new; studios have been leaning more and more on franchises for a long time. But it is interesting that studios seem to be making a creative compromise. The biggest tent poles of this year are sequels that (for better or worse) take the franchise in a new direction.
It has also been the year of strong female leads (particularly in adventure/action films). Fury Road started the year off strong with Tom Hardy’s Max Rockatansky taking a backseat to the incredible Charlize Theron as Furiosa. Jennifer Lawrence portrayed the iconic Katniss Everdeen for the last time in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. And the year ended with The Force Awakens’ Jedi-in-training, Rey finally giving female Star Wars fans a character representative of their imaginations. It's always exciting when values exhibited at the movies begin to change. Change in the movies means a change in culture.
Introduction paragraph by Tannock Blair
Manifesto 2015 Spoiler Free Movie Review
4.0

Manifesto

Manifesto comes from renowned visual artist Julian Rosenfeldt who weaves together 13 vignettes each housing a transformed Cate Blanchett reciting a mix of mani... READ MORE
Still from The Idol 2015 Film
4.0

The Idol

The Idol (Ya tayr el tayer)  tells the story of young Mohammed Assaf and his journey to compete in the 2013 Arab Idol competition. The movie is a fictional... READ MORE
my Scientology movie 2015
4.0

My Scientology Movie

My Scientology Movie follows journalist and broadcaster Louis Theroux as he attempts to uncover details of the Church of Scientology’s inner operations. With t... READ MORE
childhood of a leader
4.0

The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader : As the Treaty of Versailles is pieced together in twentieth-century France, the young son of an American diplomat develops a lust fo... READ MORE
4.5

The Little Prince

The Little Prince finally came out as a Netflix original after some time with post-production issues. This animated adventure adapted from the beloved French c... READ MORE
4.0

Embrace of the Serpent

Embrace of the Serpent is director Ciro Guerra’s third and latest film. This is the story of an Amazonian shaman named Karamakate. He is the last of his tribe.... READ MORE
the witch 2015
4.5

The Witch

Centers on a 17th-century family who believes they're being cursed by a witch.
45 Years 2015 Spoiler Free Movie Review
4.5

45 Years

45 Years : There is little to dislike about 45 Years. That mostly comes down to the fact that there is little to 45 Years to begin with. Not to say 45 Years is ... READ MORE
green room 2015
5.0

Green Room

A punk rock band that witnesses a murder has to survive the attacks from a group of neo-Nazi skinheads.
4.0

P.S Jerusalem

P.S Jerusalem : In this thought-provoking documentary, Danae Elon returns to her birthplace, Jerusalem, with her family, seeking to begin a new life there.... READ MORE
4.5

Macbeth

Macbeth is the second feature film from director Justin Kurzel, adapting the well-known Shakespearean stage-play with Michael Fassbender in the titular role al... READ MORE
the end of the tour 2015
4.0

The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour is a drama that details Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s 1996 interview with David Foster Wallace, author of the then-recently publi... READ MORE
chi-raq
4.0

Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq is a Spike Lee joint. A hot, sizzling, rip-roaring Spike Lee joint. This is his adaptation of Aristophanes’ classical Greek play Lysistrata with gold c... READ MORE
The Big Short [2015]
4.0

The Big Short

The Big Short tackles the Housing Bond market crash of 2008, following four quirky investors who cashed in on Wall Street’s fraudulent system. McKay’s Okay... READ MORE