The 25 Best Movies of 2015

Looking back at 2015, I’m reminded of the very high highs that the film industry gave us. The best movies of 2015 are many of the best movies of the 2010s. It doesn’t have quite the depth of releases that a few other years did (2017 and 2019 come to mind), but the cream of the crop is as good as any year in recent memory.

And 2015 coincided with when A24 became a major critical darling and mainstream studio with a cult following. This ranking has 8 (!) A24 movies as the arthouse studio and production company began to dominate pop culture and auteur filmmaking.

I’m sure there are still plenty of movies I need to see from 2015. I think there will be a few things I see months, or even years from now that I’ll want to include in a future version of this list. But for now, here are the 25 best movies of 2015:

25. Shaun the Sheep Movie

24. The Blackcoat’s Daughter

23. The Invitation

22. The Lobster

21. The Visit

20. Inside Out

Inside Out (2015) Movie Review and Film Summary

Inside Out is still the best iteration of personifying emotions or concepts through animated films, choosing to live inside of the mind of youngster Riley moving from her Minnesota townhome to the big city of San Francisco. Pete Docter directs arguably his best film under the Pixar brand.

Read Cinephile Corner’s review of Inside Out (2015)

19. Green Room

18. The Martian

17. Steve Jobs

16. Amy

15. The Witch

14. Creed

Reboots aren’t new in Hollywood, but good reboots are relatively difficult to come by. Not only is the first Creed a worthy reboot of the Rocky franchise – it sets the standard moving forward for sports movies and franchise entertainment.

Read Cinephile Corner’s review of Creed (2015)