Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Village Voice: Melissa Anderson: 19 Best Movies of 2015

27 December 2015

Carol - Todd Haynes

Melissa Anderson: 19 Best Movies of 2015, as published by The Village Voice

[see also 2019201820162012]

Honorable mentions, in alphabetical order

Flavorwire: Jonathon Sturgeon: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2015

26 December 2015

Jonathon Sturgeon: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2015, as published by Flavorwire

Los Angeles Times: David L. Ulin: Top 10 Books of 2015

26 December 2015

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

David L. Ulin: Top 10 Books of 2015, as published by The Los Angeles Times

Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015

26 December 2015

Art Angels - Grimes

Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 20172016]

GCN: Steve Erickson: 20 Best Films of 2015

26 December 2015

The Assassin - Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Steve Erickson: 20 Best Films of 2015, as published by Gay City News

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162014]

Runners-up (alphabetically)

Keyframe: Eric Hynes: 10 Best Feature Films of 2015

26 December 2015

The Look of Silence - Joshua Oppenheimer

Eric Hynes: 10 Best Feature Films of 2015, as published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog and very similar to the ballot he submitted to the Indiewire poll

Fandor: Adrian Martin: 17 Best Feature Films of 2015

26 December 2015

Adrian Martin: 17 Best Feature Films of 2015, roughly in preferential order. The top five were published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog and Martin submitted the full 17 to desist film’s survey

[see also 20172012]

Keyframe: Brian Darr: 10 Best Feature Films of 2015

26 December 2015

Maps to the Stars - David Cronenberg

Brian Darr: 10 Best Feature Films of 2015, as published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog, submitted at the end of November

[see also 202320222020201920182017201620142013]

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015

24 December 2015

I Love You, Honeybear - Father John Misty

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015

[see also 2023202220212020201920182017201620142011]

A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2015

24 December 2015

Phoenix - Christian Petzold

A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2015, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023202220212020201920182017201620142013]


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