Every 2015 Film I’ve Seen, Ranked

From January 1 through December 31, I have seen 143 of 2015’s theatrically-released movies. I saw 102 of those in theaters. Some of them twice. The rest, a combination of online screeners and DVDs. I would call the first twenty-some on the list “great.” The next fifty are good. The twenty after that I would call “watchable.” And the last fifty, unfortunately, sort of stunk. If you disagree tremendously with my rankings, let me know! I’m always up for a good cinematic debate. Otherwise, without further ado…

1. The Revenant
2. Sicario
3. Ex Machina
4. Spotlight
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. The Martian
9. Steve Jobs
10. Room
11. Black Mass
12. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
13. The Danish Girl
14. The Big Short
15. Straight Outta Compton
16. Carol
17. Youth
18. Brooklyn
19. Mr. Holmes
20. Kingsman
21. In the Heart of the Sea
22. 99 Homes
23. Creed
24. Concussion
25. The Look of Silence
26. While We’re Young
27. The End of the Tour
28. Macbeth
29. 45 Years
30. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
31. Cartel Land
32. Black Sea
33. Amy
34. Trumbo
35. Listen to Me Marlon
36. Anomalisa
37. Peace Officer
38. Southpaw
39. Slow West
40. Avengers: Age of Ultron
41. Inside Out
42. Spectre
43. Bridge of Spies
44. Pawn Sacrifice
45. Trainwreck
46. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
47. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
48. Woman in Gold
49. Song of Lahore
50. 3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
51. Monkey Kingdom
52. Best of Enemies
53. Goodnight Mommy
54. Joy
55. Legend
56. Dope
57. People Places Things
58. The Intern
59. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
60. Love the Coopers
61. Suffragette
62. ’71
63. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
64. Iris
65. Grandma
66. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
67. Chappie
68. American Ultra
69. Beasts of No Nation
70. Furious 7
71. The 33
72. Crimson Peak
73. Ant-Man
74. Learning to Drive
75. The Good Dinosaur
76. Pitch Perfect 2
77. Vacation
78. Ted 2
79. San Andreas
80. What We Do in the Shadows
81. Where to Invade Next
82. McFarland, U.S.A.
83. The Gift
84. Ballet 422
85. The Visit
86. Meet the Patels
87. Love and Mercy
88. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
89. The Peanuts Movie
90. Chi-Raq
91. Sisters
92. I Smile Back
93. The Walk
94. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
95. Mistress America
96. No Escape
97. Terminator: Genysis
98. Entourage
99. The Little Death
100. Goosebumps
101. Shaun the Sheep
102. The DUFF
103. The Wolfpack
104. Ricki and the Flash
105. Jurassic World
106. Wildlike
107. Maggie
108. Point Break
109. Do I Sound Gay?
110. Tomorrowland
111. Cinderella
112. The Age of Adaline
113. We Are Your Friends
114. Unfriended
115. Spy
116. Cooties
117. Hitman: Agent 47
118. Child 44
119. The SpongeBob Movie
120. Project Almanac
121. The Wedding Ringer
122. Kung Fu Killer
123. Partisan
124. Get Hard
125. Minions
126. Daddy’s Home
127. Tangerine
128. The Lazarus Effect
129. Welcome to Me
130. Run All Night
131. The Loft
132. Survivor
133. The Perfect Guy
134. Our Brand is Crisis
135. My All-American
136. Dark Places
137. Unfinished Business
138. Pixels
139. Results
140. True Story
141. Fantastic 4
142. Mortdecai
143. Blackhat