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[Toxi]

This was a fantastic year for movies.

1. Mad Max Fury Road

2. Creed

3. The Assassin

4. Beasts of No Nation

5. Spotlight

6. Inside Out

7. Sicario

8. It Follows

9. Star Wars The Force Awakens

10. Kingsman: The Secret Service

Also this reminds me I need to watch Ex MAchina and Straight Outta Compton.

 

[PranooY]

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. Ex Machina
3. Sicario
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service
5. Bridge of Spies
6. Creed
7. The Martian
8. Star Wars The Force Awakens

 

[CharminUltra]

Let's do dis

1. Inside Out
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Revenant
4. The Big Short
5. Shaun the Sheep
6. Ex Machina
7. Creed
8. Spotlight
9. Bridge of Spies
10. The Martian

Edit: Revenant and Big Short switched places

 

[Mr. Pointy]

#1 - Creed
#2 - Sicario
#3 - Furious 7
#4 - Ex Machina
#5 - Beasts Of No Nation
#6 - The Martian
#7 - Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
#8 - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
#9 - Mad Max: Fury Road
#10 - Ant-Man

 

[shwimpy]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Big Short
4. Bridge of Spies
5. The Martian
6. Creed
7. The Revenant
8. The Hateful 8
9. Ex Machina
10. Spy

Man, I watched a lot of mainstream movies this year...

 

[BaronLundi]

Since I've seen 2 4 movies that came out in 2015:

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. It follows
3. Spy

The other one is The Force Awakens which was good but not amazing so I'm mostly just voting against Stumpokapow

In all seriousness Fury Road is one of the best action movie of all time. I usually wait til a movie stands the passage of time to confirm but fuck it, this is one is a goddamm miracle. Only movie I've seen this year that I immediately wanted to watch again.

 

[janoDX]

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Martian
4. Creed
5. The Revenant
6. The Hateful 8
7. Inside Out
8. Boruto: Naruto The Movie
9. Furious 7
10. Avengers Age of Ultron

 

[Nyx]

1. The Hateful Eight
2. Mad Max : Fury Road
3. Sicario
4. Legend
5. The Martian
6. Ex Machina
7. Beasts of No Nation
8. Ant-Man
9. Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation
10. Inside Out

 

[AnkitT]

1. Queen of earth
2. The look of silence
3. The lobster
4. A pigeon sat on a branch contemplating existence
5. Phoenix
6. Carol
7. Slow west
8. The sky trembles and the earth is afraid and the two eyes are not brothers
9. Creed
10. Right now, wrong then

More of what I liked from 2015 here: http://letterboxd.com/ankitt/list/worth-watching-2015/

 

[neorej]

1. Sicario
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Ant-Man
5. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
6. Avengers: Age of Ultron
7. Minions
8. Furious 7
9. Jurassic World
10. The Good Dinosaur

 

[SHEF]

1. The Hateful Eight
2. The Revenant
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Ex Machina
5. Room
6. Anomalisa
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
8. The Big Short
9. Steve Jobs
10. Straight Outta Compton

 

[zerotol]

Gaf has such a hard on for mad max it's almost reaching Gravity levels!

Spoiler

half joking. At least mad max was actually good

 

[evi]

1) Star Wars The Force Awakens
2) The Martian
3) Mad Max Fury Road
4) Ant Man
5) Avengers Age of Ultron

I still want to see Sicario, Hateful 8, The Revenant, Ex Machina and some others I'm forgetting.

 

[UberTag]

Gaf has such a hard on for mad max it's almost reaching Gravity levels!

Spoiler

half joking. At least mad max was actually good

I'd be hard-pressed to think of a better D-BOX experience than Gravity or Mad Max over the past three years.

 

[Divius]

Top 10 that might change.

10. World of Tomorrow
09. Spotlight
08. The Duke of Burgundy
07. Macbeth
06. Sicario
05. The Revenant
04. Knight of Cups
03. Brooklyn
02. Carol
01. Mad Max: Fury Road​

Honorable Mentions:

45 Years / Room / The Look of Silence / Anomalisa / It Follows / Nie yin niang AKA The Assassin / Tangerine / Victoria / Far from the Madding Crowd / Mistress America / Chi-Raq​

There is still some stuff I need to see. I'll also be going over other lists to see if perhaps I missed something interesting.

 

[zerotol]

I'd be hard-pressed to think of a better D-BOX experience than Gravity or Mad Max over the past three years.

Mad max was good. I was joking about gaf choosing Gravity as movie of the year 2013. Thought it was dreadful.

 

[Snake]

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. The Visit
3. Ex-Machina

I didn't see many 2015 films (clearly), and everything except Star Wars was a free pass. Might as well throw M. Knight some points because The Visit was decent and after The Last Airbender I know he could use the internet equivalent of a hug.

 

[shintoki]

First year in a while I will actually have a full list. Best year since 2007 to me.

Films I saw and would recommend.
Dope, Ex Machina, Furious 7, Mad Max, Tomorrowland, Inside Out, Sicario, Jurassic World, Everest, Rogue Nation, Man named Uncle, Straight Out of Compton, Beasts of No Nation, Steve Jobs, The Martian, Bridge of Spies, Dressmaker, Peanuts, Creed, Karmpus, The Big Short, Star Wars VII, Hateful 8, Kingsman, and Revenant.

1. Sicario - The entire film is a slow burn with a hell of a lot of tension on who to trust. Deakins makes sure everything is beautiful shoot. The action is quick, but extremely well done. It's a damn shame it is being ignored for awards season.

2. Everest - I was really looking forward to this film and it delivered in spades. It really enforced the idea that even though with our advances in technology and ego. The mountain is still king. It was depressing, hopeless at times, and seeing it on the big screen was a most.

3. The Martian - Where both Interstellar and Gravity failed, this succeed. Scott's best film in a decade.

4. The Big Short - Beautiful acted and one of the few films meant for a general audience, but very educational at the same time.

5. Mad Max - You really think this wasn't going to be on it?

6. Dope - Sort of like how Martian succeed after a few others. I feel like this film succeed much better than Dear White People at getting its message across. Coming of age story that puts in an endearing cast that does do a really good job at blending that line between your own prejudices, even though they spell it out at the end.

7. Beasts of No Nation - Modern day Apocalypse Now and in some ways better. One of the few films where the child actors don't hinder the film, but rather elevate it. Still my favorite acting performance of the year.

8. Creed - This is how you continue a franchise years after. Balboa was the perfect end to Rocky, this was the perfect beginning to Creed.

9. Peanuts - While I know Inside Out will be sweeping. This is a film that shouldn't exist. It's a film that stays loyal to the original comics and builds on 50 years of history. It's a love story to Peanuts while at the same time bringing some nice closure to it.

10. Hateful 8 - I loved the fact that it is Taratino doing RD again, but using all the skills he acquired since.

 

[hamchan]

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. Creed
3. Ex Machina
4. The Martian
5. Phoenix
6. Sicario
7. Inside Out
8. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
9. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
10. Star Wars The Force Awakens

Unfortunately haven't seen many of the Oscar films yet. Oh well.

 

[Mr. Sam]

It's a pity that UK release dates mean films that I'll likely love, e.g. The Revenant, Creed, The Assassin, are 2016 films for me. Whiplash was the same last year but, looking at the results, it did alright without me. Maybe I'll exclude Whiplash - comfortably in my top five for 2015 - and include The Hateful Eight - the only 2016 film I've seen but one I like enough to include in last year's top ten.

In fact, it may have been down to the lack of new films I saw this/last year (only thirty-one if I include Edgar Wright's previously impossible to see A Fistful of Fingers) but it seemed like a particularly weak year for film with only a few standouts. Financially, it obviously did record numbers, which just makes me more forlorn.

 

[KooopaKid]

Will post my list tonight but Fury Road is numero uno.

 

[Mr. Sam]

2. Turbo Kid
Winner of the "So Glad This Is Amazing" Award

“Mad Max meets Mega Man with 80s synth and cinematic sensibilities and violence to spare.” Immediately after being introduced to the film by Red Letter Media, I had incredible expectations for it and I’m esctatic to say that Turbo Kid exceeds in every regard. A simple story told in a loving way can make a film very compelling, but Turbo Kid went the extra mile of being visually striking and surprisingly unique to spare. The film draws inspiration from many sources, and while one may think that approaching the material with laughter would be the intention, Turbo Kid surprises with a sincere love letter to the 80s. The film is simply about joy and what a joyous movie it is. An incredible film and one that I can’t wait to see over and over again.

I can't help but feel I'm being tricked but I just bought a copy of this off of Amazon and will report back. I hope you're happy!

 

[Bishop89]

1. Star Wars 7

2. Ex Machina

3. Kingsman

4. Jurassic World

5. Spectre

6. Mad Max

7. Mission Impossible 5

8. Furious 7

9. Ant Man

my votes

 

[ZombAid82]

Here I Go:

1. Ex Machina
2. What we do in the Shadows
3. Whiplash
4. Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
5. Black Mass
6. It follows
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Kingsman: The Secret Service
9. Force Majeure
10. Ant-Man

Haven't seen to much this year, wasn't the best for me...
Also missed a lot that i'm gonna do this Year!

 

[Magwik]

1. Ex Machina
2. The Martian
3. Hateful Eight
4. It Follows
5. Sicario
6. Steve Jobs
7. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
8. Foxcatcher
9. Crimson Peak

1. Star Wars The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Ex Machina
4. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
5. Inside Out
6. Kingsman: The Secret Service
7. The Martian
8. Bridge of Spies
9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
10. What We Do In the Shadows

I was sincerely expecting to be the only one to throw UNCLE on my list. You two are good people in my book.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Me, I'm just glad that some people have Spy on their list. Movies rarely cause me to crack a smile but Spy had me doubled over and holding my stomach. It's a shame Miranda Hart was in it but you can't have everything.

 

[User 479360]

1. Creed
2. Star Wars

 

[Fancy Clown]

Gonna watch at least Phoenix, Duke of Burgandy, The Revenant, Macbeth, and Beasts of No Nation before I pull a final list together

 

[Arnie7]

oh no star wars is going to be first isn't it? I still have a few films to watch so will report back later before deadline.

 

[Blue Ninja]

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. Straight Outta Compton
5. Ant-Man
6. Spectre
7. Jurassic World
8. The Hateful Eight

Other movies I saw this year include Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jupiter Ascending and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., but I felt neither deserved a spot on this list. Haven't watched the Revenant yet, because it's only getting released at the end of January here.

 

[Az]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Sicario
3. The Revenant
4. Beasts of No Nation
5. The Martian
6. The Big Short
7. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
8. Kingsman: The Secret Service
9. Straight Outta Compton
10. Furious 7

 

[Mr. Sam]

oh no star wars is going to be first isn't it?

Between that and Jurassic World, I've learned that nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

Says the guy who's really looking forward to seeing Creed next week.

 

[Ventilaator]

oh no star wars is going to be first isn't it?

My guess would be second, after Mad Max.

 

[Violence Jack]

I didn't really see much this year.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Kingsmen: The Secret Service
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Ant-Man
5. The Hateful Eight
6. Avengers: Age of Ultron
7. Terminator: Genisys
8. We Are Still Here
9. Crimson Peak
10. It Follows

 

[Concrete Charlie]

1. Ex Machina
2. Star Wars-TFA
3. Mad Max-Fury Road
4. Jurassic World

I'm always months and months behind on the newer movies.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

1. The Revenant
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Creed
4. It Follows
5. Sicario
6. Inside Out
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
8. Straight Outta Compton
9. The Gift
10. Bone Tomahawk

Honorable Mention:

Beasts of No Nation
Ex Machina
The Martian
The Big Short

 

[TurboButts]

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. The Revenant
3. Ex Machina
4. Creed
5. Steve Jobs
6. Sicario
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
9. Straight Outta Compton
10. Black Mass

Movies I haven't seen yet but could have possibly cracked my top 10

Beasts of No Nation
Room
Spotlight
Brooklyn
Trumbo
Carol
The Danish Girl

 

[sam777]

1) Mad Max: Fury Road
2) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3) Ex Machina
4) The Martian
5) Ant-Man
6) Inside Out
7) Jurassic World

- Will update if I manage to watch Hateful Eight before voting closes.

 

[Henry Swanson]

1. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2. Ex Machina
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Queen of Earth
5. Room
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Brooklyn
8. Youth
9. Sicario
10. The Duke of Burgundy

Honourable mentions:

• Kingsman: The Secret Service
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Mustang
• Spy
• Turbo Kid
• When Marnie was Here

 

[massoluk]

1. The Big Short
2. Inside Out
3. The Martian
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Creed
6. Spy
7. Ant-Man
8. Creed
9. Sicario
10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,

And a shitload of honorable mentions that may as well be on in my top ten in other years- Mad Max, Jurassic World, Age of Ultron, Furious 7, etc. Awesome years for movie.

edit: You know, fuck that, I'm replacing Star Wars with The Man from UNCLE in no.10 on my list.

 

[Incendiary]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Furious 7
3. Kingsman: Secret Service
4. Circle
5. Ex Machina
6. American Ultra
7. Inside Out
8. The Force Awakens
9. The Hateful Eight
10. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

I think the saddest part of my list is that while I'm a huge Bond fan, Spectre didn't even rank my top ten. So disappointing. Still may see Revenant and Hateful Eight so who knows what the final list will be.

EDIT: First edit before the deadline - saw both Hateful Eight and Ex Machina this weekend and both are definitely top ten material for the year.

 

[Par Score]

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron

The only three films I went to see. I love films but god I hate going to the cinema, the only thing worse is public transport, and I haven't been on that in at least a decade.

Looking forward to the home release of some of these excellent movies in 2016.

 

[Messypandas]

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. Steve Jobs
3. Inside Out
4. Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation
5. Ex Machina
6 The Walk
7. Legend
8. The Martian
9. Shaun the Sheep Movie
10. Trainwreck

 

[Mr. Sam]

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. Steve Jobs
3. Inside Out
4. Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation
5. Ex Machina
6 The Walk
7. Legend
8. The Martian
9. Shaun the Sheep Movie
10. Trainwreck

Silly question but is the Shaun the Sheep movie actually that good? It got nominated for an Oscar too, didn't it?

 

[Vanish]

1) Ant-Man
2) Avengers: Age of Ultron
3) Creed
4) The Gift
5) Mad Max
6) Ex Machina
7) It Follows
8) The Visit
9) Kingsmen: The Secret Service
10) Dragonball Z: Resurrection F

Still gotta watch some of the bigger, important movies like Sicario, The Martian, The Revenant, The Hateful Eight, Dope and What We Do in the Shadows.

 

[Timeaisis]

Here's mine.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Spotlight
3. Bridge of Spies
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. The Martian
6. Sicario
7. The End of the Tour
8. What We Do in the Shadows
9. Inside Out
10. The Revenant

 

[RightChandMan]

My list is a work in progress, because there are a bunch of movies I still need to see and this will change, except for my number 1. I loved Sicario, and don't see anything topping it.

1. Sicario
2. Creed
3. Inside Out
4. Mad Max
5. Ex Machina
6. Star Wars Episode 7
7. Straight Outta Compton
8. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
9. It Follows
10. The Gift

Honorable Mentions: Furious 7, The Martian, Ant Man, Kingsman, Spy, Steve Jobs

Need to see: The Big Short, The Revenant, Spotlight, Room, Hateful Eight, Beasts of No Nation, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, Anomalisa, Carol, Son of Saul etc.

 

[hiredhand]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Carol
3. The Lobster
4. The End of the Tour
5. Inside Out
6. The Duke of Burgundy
7. Mistress America
8. Eden,
9. Spotlight
10. Steve Jobs

Honorable mentions: The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead, Bridge of Spies, Youth, Phoenix, Tangerine

I could also include Mommy, Selma, Leviathan and A Most Violent Year as all of those got a release in 2015 here but I feel like it would be wasting votes since most people voted for them in the previous voting thread. These polls always but the smaller (and later) releases at a disadvantage because their votes are split to two different years.

The worst:
1. The Cobbler
2. Aloha
3. Jupiter Ascending
4. Tomorrowland
5. Blackhat

 

[LiquidSolid]

It's a pity that UK release dates mean films that I'll likely love, e.g. The Revenant, Creed, The Assassin, are 2016 films for me. Whiplash was the same last year but, looking at the results, it did alright without me. Maybe I'll exclude Whiplash - comfortably in my top five for 2015 - and include The Hateful Eight - the only 2016 film I've seen but one I like enough to include in last year's top ten.

In fact, it may have been down to the lack of new films I saw this/last year (only thirty-one if I include Edgar Wright's previously impossible to see A Fistful of Fingers) but it seemed like a particularly weak year for film with only a few standouts. Financially, it obviously did record numbers, which just makes me more forlorn.

There's no rule stating that you can only include movies released in your region last year, so why not just hold off on posting your list until the last couple of weeks? That's what I'm planning on doing, since The Hateful Eight and Spotlight don't come out in NZ till later this month.

 

[hiredhand]

There's no rule stating that you can only include movies released in your region last year, so why not just hold off on posting your list until the last couple of weeks? That's what I'm planning on doing, since The Hateful Eight and Spotlight don't come out in NZ till later this month.

I'm going to do that but there are still plenty of films that haven't been released by that date where I live (Finland).

Son of Saul, Room, Brooklyn and Anomalisa are all March releases in Finland.