*****Original Post on 12/10/2015. Updated on 2/28/2016*****

Best Feature Films of 2015:

1. Room (2015) 9/10
2. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 8/10
3. The Revenant (2015) 8/10
4. The Duke of Burgundy (2014) 8/10
5. Phoenix (2014) 8/10
5. Spotlight (2015) 8/10
6. Big Short (2015) 8/10
7. Carol (8/10)
8. Son of Saul (2015)
9. Anomalisa (2015) 8/10
10. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) 7/10

Best Documentaries of 2015:
Look of Silence (2015) 9/10
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015 Documentary) 8/10
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015 Documentary) 8/10
Amy (2015 Documentary) 7/10
Best of Enemies (2015 Documentary) 7/10
Red Army (2014 Documentary) 7/10
Winter On Fire (2015 Documentary) 7/10

Previous in-list:
7. The Assassin (2015) 7/10
8. Sicario (2015) 7/10
9. The Tribe (2014) 7/10
10. Ex Machina (2015) 7/10

The Close Contenders (no particular order):
45 Years (2015) 7/10
Shaun the Sheep (7/10)
Steve Jobs (2015) 7/10
Tangerine (2015) 7/10
The Martian (2015) 7/10
Inside Out (2015) 7/10
Mississippi Grind (2015) 7/10
Slow West (2015) 7/10
The End of the Tour (2015) 7/10
Goodnight Mommy (2014) 7/10
Song of the Sea (2014) 7/10
Mommy (2014) 7/10
It Follows (2014) 7/10
A Hard Day (2014) 7/10

Worst of the Year:
Outcast (2014) 2/10

Most Disappointing:
Black Hat (2015) 3/10
Spectre (2015) 4/10
Crimson Peak (2015) 4/10
Jupiter Ascending (2015) 3/10

Sampling of ones I couldn’t/didn’t get to yet that might have what it takes (THE ONES I HAVE SEEN SO FAR GOT GRADES):
SON OF SAUL - 8/10
CREED -6/10
CAROL - 8/10
BROOKLYN - 7/10
DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL
ANOMALISA - 8/10
LOOK OF SILENCE -9/10
CHI-RAQ
REVENANT - 8/10
HATEFUL 8 - 6/10
HARD TO BE A GOD (begun, but I need to finish)
WHITE GOD
EDEN
ME, EARL, AND THE DYING GIRL
WILD TALES
THE BIG SHORT - 8/10