Year-End Voting 2015

Here we are. The end of the 2015 year of films. While there is one potential heavy hitter out there (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), ballots were due and I feel confident in my selections for this year. According to my letterboxd page, I’ve seen 87 of the films released this year. While not perhaps as many as others, I feel that these are the cream of the crop if you will. If you would like the full results of the voting check out BOFCA.

The year started with Blackhat and ended with The Hateful Eight. Talk about a jump in quality. If you haven’t seen all the films listed or even any of them, I encourage you to check them out. Some of the honorable mentions include The Hateful Eight, 45 Years, Straight Outta Compton, The Revenant, Sicario, and The Big Short.

Also let me know some of your favorite films of the year. Perhaps there’s one I really need to check out.

Best Picture:

1. Spotlight
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Duke of Burgundy
4. Brooklyn
5. Steve Jobs
6. Youth
7. Carol
8. Room
9. Clouds of Sils Maria
10. Creed

Best Director:

1. George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Tom McCarthy for Spotlight
3. Todd Haynes for Carol

Best Actor:

1. Michael Caine for Youth
2. Leonardo Dicaprio for The Revenant
3. Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs

Best Actress:

1. Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn
2. Brie Larson for Room
3. Rooney Mara for Carol

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight
2. Paul Dano for Love & Mercy
3. Sylvester Stallone for Creed

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl
2. Charlize Theron for Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight

Best Screenplay:

1. Spotlight
2. Steve Jobs
3. Inside Out

Best Foreign Language Film:

1. Phoenix
2. Mustang
3. Taxi

Best Documentary:

1. Amy
2. Where to Invade Next
3. Best of Enemies

Best Animated:

1. The Prophet
2. Inside Out
3. Anomalisa

Best Cinematography:

1. Roger Deakins for Sicario
2. Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant
3. John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Editing:

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Spotlight
3. Creed

Best Original Score:

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. It Follows
3. Inside Out

Best Ensemble:

1. Spotlight
2. Brooklyn
3. The Hateful Eight