BEST MOVIES RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN 2015 (in order of preference):
- Victoria (Germany, 2015)
- Casa Grande (Brazil, 2014)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia/USA, 2015)
- Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (USA, 2014)
- Inside Out (USA, 2015)
- Corn Island (Georgia, 2014)
- Sicario (USA, 2015)
- The Second Mother (Brazil, 2015)
- The Duke of Burgundy (UK/Hungary, 2014)
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (USA, 2015)
Note: The German film Look Who’s Back (Er Ist Wieder Da) has not been released in the rest of the world, so I didn’t include it. Otherwise, it would have been #1 on the list.
Honorable mention: Season 3 of Hannibal, which is a masterpiece and better than most films produced by Hollywood this year.
35 OTHER FILMS THAT DESERVE MENTION (in alphabetic order):
Aferim! (Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic/France, 2015)
Beasts of No Nation (USA, 2015)
Carol (UK/USA, 2015)
Cartel Land (Mexico/USA, 2015)
Censored Voices (Israel/Germany, 2015)
Cinderella (USA/UK, 2015)
The Club, or El Club (Chile, 2015)
Cobain: Montage of Heck (USA, 2015)
Crimson Peak (USA/Canada, 2015)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France, 2015)
Ex Machina (UK, 2015)
Far from Men, or Loin des Hommes (France, 2014)
Hungry Hearts (Italy, 2014)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (UK/USA, 2014)
Macbeth (UK/France/USA, 2015)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (USA/UK, 2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (USA, 2015)
Mediterranea (Italy/France/USA/Germany/Qatar, 2015)
Mr. Holmes (UK/USA, 2015)
Mistress America (USA/Brazil, 2015)
A Most Violent Year (USA/United Arab Emirates, 2014)
Selma (UK/USA, 2014)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (UK/France, 2015)
Slow West (UK/New Zealand, 2015)
Spy (USA, 2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (USA, 2015)
Steve Jobs (USA, 2015)
Tangerine (USA, 2015)
Tangerines, or Mandariinid (Estonia/Georgia, 2013)
Taxi (Iran, 2015)
Timbuktu (France/Mauritania, 2014)
The Tribe, or Plemya (Ukraine/Netherlands, 2014)
The Walk (USA, 2015)
Wild (USA, 2014)
Youth (Italy/France/Switzerland/UK, 2015)
COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS SEEN IN 2015 (in alphabetic order):
- Accused, or Lucia de B. (Netherlands/Sweden, 2014) — ****
- Adiós Sabata, or Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di… (Italy/Spain, 1970) — **
- Adrift in Tokyo, or Tenten (Japan, 2007) — ***
- Advantageous (USA, 2015) — **
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (USA, 1949) — ***
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Australia/UK, 1994) — ****
- Aferim! (Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic/France, 2015) — ****
- The African Queen (USA/UK, 1951) — ****
- The Age of Adaline (USA, 2015) — ***
- Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (USA, 2013) — ***
- Air Doll, or Kûki Ningyô (Japan, 2009) — ***
- Alice in Wonderland (USA, 1951) — ***
- Almanac of Fall, or Öszi Almanach (Hungary, 1984) — ****
- Alone with Her (USA, 2006) — ***
- American Sniper (USA, 2014) — ****
- Amy (UK/USA, 2015) — ***
- Angels in America (USA/Italy, 2003) — *****
- Ant-Man (USA, 2015) — ***
- Appropriate Behavior (UK, 2014) — ***
- The Aristocats (USA, 1970) — ***
- As We Were Dreaming, or Als Wir Träumten (Germany/France, 2015) — ****
- Ashes and Diamonds, or Popiół i Diament (Poland, 1958) — *****
- The A‑Team (USA, 2010) — **
- The Auction, or Le Démantèlement (Canada, 2013) — ***
- August Winds, or Ventos de Agosto (Brazil, 2014) — ****
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (USA, 2015) — ***
- B‑Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979–1989 (Germany, 2015) — ****
- Bag of Bones (USA, 2011) — **
- The Beach (USA/UK, 2000) — ***
- Beasts of No Nation (USA, 2015) — ****
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (USA/UK, 1971) — **
- Berberian Sound Studio (UK, 2012) — ****
- Il Bidone (Italy/France, 1955) — ****
- Big Eyes (USA/Canada, 2014) — ***
- Big Hero 6 (USA, 2014) — ****
- Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (USA, 2014) — *****
- The Black Cauldron (USA, 1985) — **
- Black Coal, Thin Ice, or Bai Ri Yan Huo (China, 2014) — **
- Black Mass (USA/UK, 2015) — ***
- The Blue Room, or La Chambre Bleue (France, 2014) — **
- Body (USA, 2015) — ***
- Das Boot: Director’s Cut (West Germany, 1981) — ****
- El Botón de Nácar (Chile/France/Spain, 2015) — ***
- Bowling for Columbine (Canada/USA/Germany, 2002) — ****
- Boyhood (USA, 2014) — ****
- Boys, or Jongens (Netherlands, 2014) — **
- The Brand New Testament, or Le Tout Nouveau Testament (Belgium/France/Luxembourg, 2015) — *
- Bridge of Spies (USA/Germany, 2015) — ***
- Bridget Jones’s Diary (UK/France/USA/Ireland, 2001) — ****
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (UK/France/Germany/Ireland/USA, 2004) — **
- But I’m a Cheerleader (USA, 1999) — ***
- Butterfly, or Mariposa (Argentina, 2015) — ***
- Cake (USA, 2014) — ***
- The Canal (Ireland/UK, 2014) — ****
- Cannibal, or Caníbal (Spain/Romania/Russia/France, 2013) — ***
- Carol (UK/USA, 2015) — ****
- Cartel Land (Mexico/USA, 2015) — ****
- Casa Grande (Brazil, 2014) — *****
- Cecil B. Demented (France/USA, 2000) — ***
- Censored Voices (Israel/Germany, 2015) — ****
- Chappie (USA/Mexico/South Africa, 2015) — ***
- Chariots of the Gods, or Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (West Germany, 1970) — **
- Chef (USA, 2014) — ***
- Child 44 (Czech Republic/UK/Romania/USA, 2015) — **
- Child’s Pose, or Pozitia Copilului (Romania, 2013) — ****
- The Children’s Hour (USA, 1961) — ***
- Chorus (Canada, 2015) — **
- La Ciénaga (Argentina/France/Spain/Japan, 2001) — *****
- Cinderella (USA, 1950) — *****
- Cinderella (USA/UK, 2015) — ****
- Circle (USA, 2015) — **
- Climates, or Iklimler (Turkey/France, 2006) — ****
- Closely Watched Trains, or Ostře Sledované Vlaky (Czechoslovakia, 1966) — *****
- Clouds of Sils Maria (France/Switzerland/Germany, 2014) — ****
- The Club, or El Club (Chile, 2015) — ****
- Cobain: Montage of Heck (USA, 2015) — ****
- Coherence (USA/UK, 2013) — ****
- The Comedy (USA, 2012) — ***
- Coming Home, or Gui Lai (China, 2014) — ***
- The Congress (Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/Belgium/France, 2013) — ****
- The Conversation (USA, 1974) — *****
- Corn Island, or Simindis Kundzuli (Georgia/Germany/France/Czech Republic/Kazakhstan/Hungary, 2014) — *****
- Crash (Canada/UK, 1996) — ****
- Creep (USA, 2014) — ****
- Crimson Peak (USA/Canada, 2015) — ****
- Cropsey (USA, 2009) — ***
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, or Wo Hu Cang Long (Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/China, 2000) — *****
- The Crucible (USA, 1996) — ****
- Damnation, or Kárhozat (Hungary, 1988) — ***
- Dangerous Minds (USA, 1995) — ***
- Daniel’s World, or Danielův Svět (Czech Republic, 2014) — ***
- The Dark Valley, or Das Finstere Tal (Austria/Germany, 2014) — ****
- Date and Switch (USA, 2014) — **
- The Dead Girl’s Feast, or A Festa da Menina Morta (Brazil, 2008) — ****
- Dead Man Walking (UK/USA, 1995) — ****
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, or Moartea Domnului Lazarescu (Romania, 2005) — *****
- Deep Impact (USA, 1998) — *
- The Deer Hunter (UK/USA, 1978) — *****
- Demons, or Dèmoni (Italy, 1985) — ***
- The Den (USA, 2013) — ***
- Dior and I (France, 2014) — ***
- Doce Amianto (Brazil, 2013) — ***
- La Dolce Vita (Italy/France, 1960) — *****
- Driving Miss Daisy (USA, 1989) — **
- Duck Soup (USA, 1933) — ****
- The DUFF (USA, 2015) — ***
- The Duke of Burgundy (UK/Hungary, 2014) — *****
- Eden (France, 2014) — ***
- 8½ (Italy/France, 1963) — *****
- Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France, 2015) — ****
- Endless Love (USA, 1981) — ***
- Endless Love (USA, 2014) — *
- Entourage (USA, 2015) — **
- An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, or Epizoda u zivotu beraca zeljeza (Bosnia and Herzegovina/France/Slovenia/Italy, 2013) — ****
- Escobar: Paradise Lost (France/Spain/Belgium/Panama, 2014) — ****
- Everest (UK/USA/Iceland, 2015) — ****
- Every Thing Will Be Fine (Germany/Canada/France/Sweden/Norway, 2015) — **
- Ex Machina (UK, 2015) — ****
- The Face of an Angel (UK/Italy/Spain, 2014) — ***
- Family Nest, or Családi Tüzfészek (Hungary, 1979) — ****
- Fando & Lis, or Fando y Lis (Mexico, 1968) — ***
- Far from Men, or Loin des Hommes (France, 2014) — ****
- Far from the Madding Crowd (UK, 1967) — ****
- Far from the Madding Crowd (UK/USA, 2015) — ***
- Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands, or Fassbinder: at elske uden at kræve (Denmark, 2015) — ****
- Faults (USA, 2014) — ****
- Felix and Meira, or Félix et Meira (Canada, 2014) — **
- Fifty Shades of Grey (USA/Canada, 2015) — *
- Food, Inc. (USA, 2008) — ***
- For Love and Gold, or L’Armata Brancaleone (Italy/France/Spain, 1966) — *****
- Force Majeure, or Turist (Sweden/France/Germany, 2014) — ****
- 45 Years (UK, 2015) — ****
- The 40 Year-Old Virgin (USA, 2005) — ***
- The Fox and the Hound (USA, 1981) — ***
- Foxcatcher (USA, 2014) — ****
- Frank (UK/Ireland/USA, 2014) — ****
- Frequencies, or OXV: The Manual (Australia/UK, 2013) — ****
- Friday the 13th (USA, 1980) — **
- Friday the 13th Part 2 (USA, 1981) — **
- Friday the 13th Part III (USA, 1982) — **
- Fright Night (USA, 1985) — ****
- Frozen (USA, 2010) — ****
- Frozen (USA, 2013) — *****
- Fury (USA/China/UK, 2014) — ****
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (USA, 1953) — ****
- Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, or Gett (Israel/France/Germany, 2014) — ****
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (USA, 2014) — *
- The Golden Dream, or La Jaula de Oro (Mexico, 2013) — *****
- Goodbye First Love, or Un Amour de Jeunesse (France/Germany, 2011) — ****
- Goodbye to Language, or Adieu au Language (Switzerland/France, 2014) — ***
- Grand Piano (Spain, 2013) — **
- The Great Mouse Detective (USA, 1986) — ***
- The Guest (USA/UK, 2014) — ****
- Hairspray (USA/UK, 2007) — **
- Hannah and Her Sisters (USA, 1986) — *****
- Hatari! (USA, 1962) — ***
- The Headless Woman, or La Mujer sin Cabeza (Argentina/France/Italy/Spain, 2008) — ****
- Hellraiser (UK, 1987) — ***
- Hellraiser: Deader (USA/Romania, 2005) — *
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (USA, 1986) — **
- His Girl Friday (USA, 1940) — ****
- A História da Eternidade (Brazil, 2014) — ****
- The Holy Girl, or La Niña Santa (Argentina/Italy/Netherlands/Spain, 2004) — **
- Home Alone (USA, 1990) — ***
- Honeymoon (USA, 2014) — ****
- Horns (USA/Canada, 2013) — **
- Hot Girls Wanted (USA, 2015) — ***
- The House at the End of Time, or La Casa del Fin de los Tiempos (Venezuela, 2013) — ***
- Housebound (New Zealand, 2014) — ****
- How to Change to World (Canada/UK, 2015) — *****
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 (USA, 2015) — ***
- Hungry Hearts (Italy, 2014) — ****
- The Hunting Party (USA/Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2007) — **
- The Hustler (USA, 1961) — ****
- I Am Divine (USA, 2013) — ***
- I Am Michael (USA, 2015) — ****
- I Only Want You to Love Me, or Ich Will Doch Nur, daß Ihr Mich Liebt (West Germany, 1976) — ****
- Identity (USA, 2003) — ****
- Ikiru, or To Live (Japan, 1952) — *****
- The Imitation Game (UK, 2014) — **
- In the Heart of the Sea (USA/Australia/Spain/UK/Canada, 2015) — ****
- Infini (Australia, 2015) — **
- Inherent Vice (USA, 2014) — ****
- Inside Out (USA, 2015) — *****
- Insidious: Chapter 3 (Canada/USA, 2015) — ***
- The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (USA, 2014) — ****
- The Interview (USA, 2014) — ****
- Into the Woods (USA/UK/Canada, 2014) — **
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (USA, 1956) — ****
- Iris (USA, 2014) — ***
- Irrational Man (USA, 2015) — ***
- It, or Stephen King’s It (USA/Canada, 1990) — ***
- It Follows (USA, 2014) — ****
- Jauja (Argentina/Denmark/France/Mexico/USA/Germany/Brazil/Netherlands, 2014) — **
- Jeepers Creepers (Germany/USA, 2001) — ***
- Jesus Christ Superstar (USA, 1973) — **
- Jodorowsky’s Dune (USA/France, 2013) — *****
- Johnny Guitar (USA, 1954) — ****
- The Judge (USA, 2014) — **
- Jug Face (USA, 2013) — **
- Julia (USA, 1977) — ***
- The Jungle Book (USA, 1967) — ****
- Jupiter Ascending (USA/UK, 2015) — ***
- Jurassic World (USA/China, 2015) — ****
- K (China, 2015) — ***
- Keep the Lights On (USA, 2012) — ****
- Kids for Cash (USA, 2013) — ****
- Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (USA, 2003) — *****
- Kill List (UK, 2011) — **
- Kill the Messenger (USA, 2014) — ***
- Kill Your Friends (UK, 2015) — ***
- The Kindergarten Teacher, or Haganenet (Israel/France, 2014) — ***
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (UK/USA, 2014) — ****
- Knight of Cups (USA, 2015) — **
- Kramer vs. Kramer (USA, 1979) — *****
- Lady and the Tramp (USA, 1955) — ****
- The Last Samurai (USA/New Zealand/Japan, 2003) — *****
- Laura (USA, 1944) — ****
- Leaving Las Vegas (USA, 1995) — **
- Leviathan, or Leviafan (Russia, 2014) — ****
- Life (Canada/Germany/Australia/USA, 2015) — **
- Like Crazy (USA, 2011) — ****
- Like Father, Like Son, or Soshite Chichi ni Naru (Japan, 2013) — ****
- Lilting (UK, 2014) — ***
- A Little Chaos (UK, 2014) — **
- Little England, or Mikra Anglia (Greece, 2013) — ***
- The Little Mermaid (USA, 1989) — ****
- Little Odessa (USA, 1994) — **
- The Little Prince (France, 2015) — ***
- Loft (Belgium, 2008) — ***
- The Look of Silence (Denmark/Indonesia/Finland/Norway/UK/Israel/France/USA/Germany/Netherlands, 2014) — ****
- Look Who’s Back, or Er Ist Wieder Da (Germany, 2015) — *****
- Lost and Delirious (Canada, 2001) — ****
- Lost River (USA, 2014) — **
- Love 3D (France/Belgium, 2015) — *
- Love & Mercy (USA, 2014) — ****
- The Lunchbox, or Dabba (India/France/Germany/USA, 2013) — ***
- Macbeth (UK/France/USA, 2015) — ****
- Mad Max 2, or Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Autralia, 1981) — ****
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Australia, 1985) — ****
- Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia/USA, 2015) — *****
- Madagascar (USA, 2005) — **
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (USA, 2008) — ***
- Maggie (USA/Switzerland, 2015) — ***
- Magic Mike XXL (USA, 2015) — ***
- Magical Girl (Spain/France, 2014) — ****
- The Magnificent Seven (USA, 1960) — ****
- Mahogany (USA, 1975) — **
- The Man from London, or A Londoni Férfi (France/Germany/Hungary, 2007) — ****
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (USA/UK, 2015) — ****
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (USA, 1977) — ****
- Marathon Man (USA, 1976) — **
- Margaret (USA, 2011) — **
- Margot at the Wedding (USA, 2007) — **
- Marriage Italian Style, or Matromonio all’Italiana (Italy/France, 1964) — ****
- The Martian (USA, 2015) — ****
- Mary Meets Mohammad (Australia, 2013) — ***
- MASH, or M*A*S*H (USA, 1970) — ****
- Mauvais Sang (France/Switzerland, 1986) — ****
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (USA, 2015) — ***
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (USA, 2015) — ****
- Mediterranea (Italy/France/USA/Germany/Qatar, 2015) — ****
- Melody Time (USA, 1948) — ***
- Memories of Murder, or Salinui chueok (South Korea, 2003) — *****
- Men & Chicken, or Mænd & Høns (Denmark/Germany, 2015) — ***
- Men, Women and Children (USA, 2014) — **
- Mia Madre (Italy/France, 2015) — ****
- The Misplaced World, or Die Abhandene Welt (Germany, 2015) — ***
- Miss Julie (Norway/UK/Canada/USA/France/Ireland, 2014) — ***
- The Missing Picture, or L’Image Manquante (Cambodia/France, 2013) — *****
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (USA, 2015) — *****
- Mr. Holmes (UK/USA, 2015) — ****
- Mistress America (USA/Brazil, 2015) — ****
- Moebius, or Moebiuseu (South Korea, 2013) — ***
- Mommy (Canada, 2014) — ***
- Monkey Business (USA, 1952) — ****
- The Monuments Men (USA/Germany, 2014) — *
- Mood Indigo, or L’Écume des Jours (France/Belgium, 2013) — *
- A Most Violent Year (USA/United Arab Emirates, 2014) — ****
- The Music Room, or Jalsaghar (India, 1958) — *****
- My Darling Clementine (USA, 1946) — ****
- The New Girlfriend, or Une Nouvelle Amie (France, 2014) — ****
- A Night at the Roxbury (USA, 1998) — ***
- Night Moves (USA, 2013) — **
- Night Train to Lisbon (Germany/Switzerland/Portugal, 2013) — *
- The Nightmare (USA, 2015) — **
- Nights of Cabiria, or Le Notti di Cabiria (Italy/France, 1957) — *****
- Nobody Wants the Night, or Nadie Quiere la Noche (Spain/France/Bulgaria, 2015) — ****
- Norte, the End of History, or Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan (Philippines, 2013) — ***
- North Sea Texas, or Noordzee, Texas (Belgium, 2011) — **
- Nostalgia for the Light, or Nostalgia de la Luz (France/Germany/Chile/Spain/USA, 2010) — ****
- Ó Paí, Ó (Brazil, 2007) — **
- Ode to My Father, or Gukje Shijang (South Korea, 2014) — ***
- Oliver & Company (USA, 1988) — ***
- The Omen (USA/UK, 1976) — ****
- Once in a Lifetime, or Les Héritiers (France, 2014) — ***
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (USA, 1961) — ****
- Open Windows (Spain/USA, 2014) — ***
- Ouija (USA, 2014) — **
- The Pack (Australia, 2015) — *
- The Pact (USA, 2012) — ***
- Palo Alto (USA, 2013) — ***
- Paper Towns (USA, 2015) — ***
- Paraguayan Hammock, or Hamaca Paraguaya (Paraguay/Argentina/Netherlands/Austria/Germany/France, 2006) — ****
- Parallels (USA, 2015) — **
- The Passion of the Christ (USA, 2004) — *
- Pather Panchali (India, 1955) — ****
- Penguins of Madagascar (USA, 2014) — ****
- Pepe Mujica: Lessons from the Flowerbed, or Pepe Mujica – Lektionen eines Erdklumpens, or Pepe Mujica – Der Präsident (Germany, 2014) — ***
- Pet Sematary (USA, 1989) — **
- Peter Pan (USA, 1953) — ***
- A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, or En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron (Sweden/Germany/Norway/France, 2014) — ****
- Pixo (Brazil, 2009) — ****
- Poltergeist (USA, 2015) — *
- Polyester (USA, 1981) — **
- Prime Time Soap, or A Novela das 8 (Brazil, 2011) — **
- The Prefab People, or Panelkapcsolat (Hungary, 1982) — ****
- The Program (UK/France, 2015) — ***
- Promised Land (USA/United Arab Emirates, 2012) — ***
- Quai des Orfèvres (France, 1947) — ****
- Queen of the Desert (USA/Morocco, 2015) — **
- The Quiet American (UK/Germany/USA/Australia/France, 2002) — *****
- The Quispe Girls, or Las Niñas Quispe (Chile, 2013) — ****
- Rabid Dogs, or Enragés (France/Canada, 2015) — ***
- Ragnarok, or Gåten Ragnarok (Norway, 2013) — ***
- The Red Shoes (UK, 1948) — *****
- Regression (Spain/Canada, 2015) — **
- The Rescuers (USA, 1977) — **
- The Rescuers Down Under (USA, 1990) — ***
- Resolution (USA, 2012) — ***
- The Road, or La Strada (Italy, 1954) — *****
- The Robe (USA, 1953) — **
- Robin Hood (USA, 1973) — **
- Rocco and His Brothers, or Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli (Italy/France, 1960) — ****
- Rock the Casbah (France/Morocco, 2013) — ***
- Russian Ark, or Russkiy Kovcheg (Russia/Germany/Japan/Canada/Finland/Denmark, 2002) — ****
- The Sacrament (USA, 2013) — **
- Sacro GRA (Italy/France, 2013) — ***
- St. Vincent (USA, 2014) — **
- Le Samouraï (France/Italy, 1967) — *****
- San Andreas (USA/Australia, 2015) — **
- Sand Dollars, or Dólares de Arena (Dominican Republic/Mexico/Argentina, 2014) — ***
- Sátántangó (Hungary/Germany/Switzerland, 1994) — ****
- Scherzo Diabolico (Mexico/USA, 2015) — ***
- The Science of Sleep, or La Science des Rêves (France/Italy, 2006) — *
- The Second Mother, or Que Horas Ela Volta? (Brazil, 2015) — *****
- The Secret Life of Bees (USA, 2008) — ***
- Secretary (USA, 2002) — ****
- The Selfish Giant (UK, 2013) — ****
- Selma (UK/USA, 2014) — ****
- Serena (USA/France/Czech Republic, 2014) — ***
- 7th Floor, or Séptimo (Spain/Argentina, 2013) — **
- ’71 (UK, 2014) — ****
- Shadow of the Vampire (UK/USA/Luxembourg, 2000) — ***
- Shaolin Soccer, or Siu lam juk kau (Hong Kong/China, 2001) — *****
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (UK/France, 2015) — ****
- Showgirls (France/USA, 1995) — ***
- Sicario (USA, 2015) — *****
- Sidewalls, or Medianeras (Argentina/Spain/Germany, 2011) — ***
- The Silence, or Das Letzte Schweigen (Germany, 2010) — ****
- Silent Hill (Canada/France/Japan, 2006) — ***
- Silent Hill: Revelation (Canada/France, 2012) — *
- Sirius (USA, 2013) — *
- Sleeping Beauty (USA, 1959) — ****
- Slow West (UK/New Zealand, 2015) — ****
- Soaked in Bleach (USA, 2015) — ****
- Solace (USA, 2015) — *
- Song of the Sea (Ireland/Denmark/Belgium/Luxembourg/France, 2014) — ***
- Sonnenallee (Germany, 1999) — ***
- Southpaw (USA, 2015) — ***
- Soylent Green (USA, 1973) — ***
- Spectre (UK/USA, 2015) — ***
- Spy (USA, 2015) — ****
- Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (USA, 1983) — ****
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (USA, 2015) — ****
- Starry Eyes (USA/Belgium, 2014) — ****
- Steve Jobs (USA, 2015) — ****
- Still Alice (USA/France, 2014) — ***
- Stonewall (USA, 2015) — **
- The Story of Adele H., or L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (France, 1975) — ****
- Straight Outta Compton (USA, 2015) — ***
- Strangerland (Australia/Ireland, 2015) — ***
- The Strangers (USA, 2008) — 0/5
- Supremacy (USA, 2014) — **
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya, or Kaguyahime no monogatari (Japan, 2013) — ****
- Tale of Tales, or Il Racconto dei Racconti (Italy/France/UK, 2015) — **
- Taken 3, or Tak3n (USA, 2014) — *
- Tangerine (USA, 2015) — ****
- Tangerines, or Mandariinid (Estonia/Georgia, 2013) — ****
- Taxi (Iran, 2015) — ****
- Ted 2 (USA, 2015) — ***
- Terminator Genisys (USA, 2015) — **
- La Terra Trema (Italy, 1948) — **
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (USA, 2003) — ***
- The Theory of Everything (UK, 2014) — ***
- Thesis on a Homicide, or Tesis Sobre un Homicidio (Argentina/Spain, 2013) — ****
- 13 Minutes, or Elser — Er hätte die Welt verändert (Germany, 2015) — ***
- A Thousand Times Good Night, or Tusan Ganger God Natt (Norway/Ireland/Sweden, 2013) — **
- Three Monkeys, or Üç Maymun (Turkey/France/Italy, 2008) — **
- Timbuktu (France/Mauritania, 2014) — ****
- To Kill a Man, or Matar a un Hombre (Chile/France, 2014) — ***
- Tomorrowland (USA/Spain, 2015) — ***
- Tour de Force, or Hin und Weg (Germany, 2014) — **
- Trainwreck (USA, 2015) — ***
- Trash (UK/Brazil, 2014) — **
- The Tribe, or Plemya (Ukraine/Netherlands, 2014) — ****
- The Triplets of Belleville, or Les Triplettes de Belleville (France/Belgium/Canada/UK/Latvia, 2003) — *****
- Tristana (Spain/Italy/France, 1970) — ****
- True Story (USA, 2015) — ****
- Truth or Dare, or Truth or Die (UK, 2012) — ***
- Turbo Kid (Canada/New Zealand/USA, 2015) — ***
- The Turin Horse, or A Torinói Ló (Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland/USA, 2011) — *****
- The Turning Point (USA, 1977) — **
- The Unbelievers (USA, 2013) — ***
- Unbroken (USA, 2013) — ***
- Unfriended, or Cybernatural (USA/Russia, 2014) — ***
- Valley of the Dolls (USA, 1967) — **
- Victoria (Germany, 2015) — *****
- Victory Through Air Power (USA, 1943) — ****
- The Visit (USA, 2015) — ****
- I Vitelloni (Italy/France, 1953) — ****
- The Walk (USA, 2015) — ****
- The Water Diviner (Australia/USA/Turkey, 2014) — **
- Welcome to Me (USA, 2014) — ***
- Werckmeister Harmonies, or Werckmeister Harmóniák (Hungary/Italy/Germany/France, 2000) — ****
- West Side Story (USA, 1961) — ****
- What Happened, Miss Simone? (USA, 2015) — ****
- What If, or The F Word (Ireland/Canada, 2013) — ***
- While We’re Young (USA, 2014) — ***
- Whiplash (USA, 2014) — ****
- White Dog (USA, 1982) — ****
- White Elephant, or Elefante Blanco (Argentina/Spain/France, 2012) — ****
- White God, or Fehér Isten (Hungary/Germany/Sweden, 2014) — ***
- The White Sheik, or Lo Sceicco Bianco (Italy, 1952) — ****
- Wild (USA, 2014) — ****
- Wild Tales, or Relatos Salvajes (Argentina/Spain, 2014) — ****
- The Wind Rises, or Kaze Tachinu (Japan, 2013) — ****
- Winnie the Pooh (USA, 2011) — ****
- The Whistleblower (Germany/Canada/USA, 2010) — ****
- White Material (France/Cameroon, 2009) — ****
- Wolf at the Door, or O Lobo Atrás da Porta (Brazil, 2013) — ****
- Woman in Gold (USA/UK, 2015) — ***
- World on a Wire, or Welt am Draht (West Germany, 1973) — ****
- Would You Rather (USA, 2012) — **
- The Wrecking Crew (USA, 2008/2015) — ****
- Xanadu (USA, 1980) — *
- Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld, or Gokudo Daisenso (Japan, 2015) — *
- Youth (Italy/France/Switzerland/UK, 2015) — ****
- Yugoslavia: How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body (Serbia/France/Germany, 2013) — ****
- Zatōichi (Japan, 2003) — ****
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