Best Of 2015: a Summary of World Cinema

2015

Most Awarded Films:

2015 Film Festivals

Awarded Film	Event
Dheepan	Cannes Film Festival	France
From Afar	Venice Film Festival	Italy
Taxi	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
Sparrows	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
Room	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl	Sundance Film Festival	USA
Embrace of the Serpent	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
Losers	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
The Invitation	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
Rams	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

2015 Awards

Awarded Film	Award
Spotlight	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
The Revenant (Drama) The Martian (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
Youth	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
The Revenant	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
Fatima	Cesar Awards (France)	France
Perfect Strangers	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
Truman	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
The People vs. Fritz Bauer	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
The Here After	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

Critics' Association Awards 2015

Awarded Film	Awards
Mad Max: Fury Road	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
Carol	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
Spotlight	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
Mad Max: Fury Road	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
Spotlight	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
Spotlight	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

Best Films of 2015 According to World Famous Film Critics:

Peter Travers, Chief Critic of Rolling Stone - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Spotlight
2		Steve Jobs
3		Carol
4		Mad Max: Fury Road
5		Brooklyn
6		Straight Outta Compton
7		Tangerine
8		The Martian
9		Star Wars: The Force Awakens
10		Inside Out
10		Anomalisa

A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Timbuktu
2		Inside Out
3		Spotlight
3		The Big Short
4		Heart of a Dog
5		Carol
5		Anomalisa
6		Taxi
7		Out 1
8		Mad Max: Fury Road
9		Creed
10		Results
10		Welcome to Me

Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Assassin
2		Mad Max: Fury Road
3		Bridge of Spies
4		Carol
5		In Jackson Heights
6		The Martian
7		The Kindergarden Teacher
8		The Diary of a Teenage Girl
9		The Big Short

Peter Bradshaw, Co-Chief Critic of The Guardian - Article (No particular order)

Country:	Film
	45 Years
	Bridge of Spies
	Carol
	Inherent Vice
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens
	Spectre
	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
	Inside Out
	The Falling
	Hard to Be a God

Richard Brody, Chief Critic of The New Yorker - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Chi-Raq
2		Li'l Quinquin
3		Queen of Earth
4		Heaven Knows What
5		Taxi
6		Timbuktu
7		In Jackson Heights
8		Mistress America
9		Stinking Heaven
10		Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One

Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of The Washington Post - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Spotlight
2		Love & Mercy
3		Brooklyn
4		Carol
5		Ex Machina
6		Chi-Raq
7		Son of Saul
8		Creed
9		Inside Out
10		The Martian

Eric Kohn, Chief Critic of IndieWire - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Son of Saul
2		Tangerine
3		Heaven Knows What
4		A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
5		Buzzard
6		Mad Max: Fury Road
7		Anomalisa
8		Taxi
9		Heart of a Dog
10		Carol

The Highest Grossing Films of 2015:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2015 Worldwide

#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Jurassic World	Sci-Fi	Universal / Amblin / Legendary	$1.669.000.000
2	Furious 7	Action	Universal / Relativity / China	$1.515.000.000
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Fantasy	Marvel	$1.405.000.000
4	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Sci-Fi	Disney / Lucasfilm / Bad Robot	$1.161.000.000
5	Minions	Animation	Illumination Entertainment	$1.157.300.000
6	Inside Out	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$851.600.000
7	Spectre	Action	MGM / Columbia	$850.200.000
8	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	Action	Paramount / Skydance / China	$682.300.000
9	The Martian	Sci-Fi	20th Century Fox / Scott Free	$616.800.000
10	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	Sci-Fi	Color Force / Lionsgate	$593.900.000

The Highest Grossing Films of 2015 in the US

#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Jurassic World	Sci-Fi	Universal / Amblin / Legendary	$652.300.000
2	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Sci-Fi	Disney / Lucasfilm / Bad Robot	$571.400.000
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Fantasy	Marvel	$459.000.000
4	Inside Out	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$356.500.000
5	Furious 7	Action	Universal / Relativity / China	$353.000.000
6	Minions	Animation	Illumination Entertainment	$336.000.000
7	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	Sci-Fi	Color Force / Lionsgate	$264.600.000
8	The Martian	Sci-Fi	20th Century Fox / Scott Free	$223.300.000
9	Cinderella	Fantasy	Walt Disney	$201.200.000
10	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	Action	Paramount / Skydance / China	$195.000.000
11	Spectre	Action	MGM / Columbia	$192.200.000

The Highest Grossing Films of 2015 in their Country of Origin

Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
Honig im Kopf	Comedy	barefoot / Warner	$66.500.000
Loucas pra Casar	Comedy	Glaz / Filmes	$15.900.000
Ocho apellidos catalanes	Comedy	Telecinco Cinema	28.900.000€
Les nouvelles aventures d'Aladin	Comedy	Pathè / Les Films 26	4,2 MM espect.
Youth	Drama	Indigo Film / Medusa Film	6.800.000€
Spectre	Action	MGM / Columbia	$140.200.000
Monster Hunt	Action	Edko Films	$381.800.000
Veteran	Action	Filmmaker R&K	$92.800.000
The Clan	Thriller	Matanza Cine / El deseo	$17.100.000
Un gallo con muchos huevos	Animation	Huevocartoon / Fidecine	$9.600.000

The Best Films of 2015 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2015 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.