2015 Year End Rankings

Every year I write about the movies I see, and give a purely personal ranking, including how I scored the movie on a scale of 1 to 10.

Here’s my 2015 list

Mad Max:  Fury Road                                        10
Spotlight                                                              10
The Gift                                                                10
The Martian                                                        10
Inside Out                                                            10
Creed                                                                    10
Bridge of Spies                                                    10
Concussion                                                          10
McFarland USA                                                    9
Black Mass                                                            9

  

The Big Short                                                      9
Brooklyn                                                              9
Room                                                                   9
Star Wars:  The Force Awakens                       9
Mission Impossible:  Rogue Nation                9
Trainwreck                                                          9
Love and Mercy                                                 9
Pitch Perfect 2                                                    9
Spectre                                                                8
The Revenant                                                     8
Truth                                                                    8
Ex Machina                                                         8
Jurassic World                                                    8
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl                       8
The Hateful Eight                                               8
The Visit                                                              8
Kingman:  The Secret Service                          8
The Intern                                                           8
Ted 2                                                                    8
Spy                                                                       7
San Andreas                                                       7
Steve Jobs                                                           7
Carol                                                                    7
Run All Night                                                      7
Terminator:  Genysis                                        6
Sicario                                                                 6
Crimson Peak                                                     5
The Man from Uncle                                        5
The Boy Next Door                                           5
Focus                                                                   5
The Avengers:  Age of Ultron                          4
The Hunger Games:  Mockingjay Pt 2            3
A Million Ways to Die in the West                  2
The Age of Adaline                                            2
Entourage                                                           1

Documentaries
Requiem for the Dead:  American Spring 2014                    10

Going Clear:  Scientology and the Prison of Belief               10
Frank Sinatra:  All or Nothing at All                                         10

Jinx – The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst                            10

The Seven Five                                                                            10

Amy                                                                                                 9

I’ll Be Me – Glen Campbell                                                          9

Compared to What – the Journey of Barney Frank                9
Citizenfour                                                                                     8

And the OZZIES go to:

Best Picture – Mad Max:  Fury Road

Best Actor – Matt Damon in The Martian

Best Actress – Charlize Theron in Mad Max

Best Supporting Actor – David Morse in Concussion

Best Supporting Actress – Rebecca Ferguson in Mission Impossible

Best Director:  George Miller, Mad Max

Best Screenplay – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

I’m adding a TV Show ranking and awards, since we are in a golden age (and I spent an inordinate amount of time recovering from knee surgery):

Rectify
Fargo
The Good Wife
Last Week Tonight:  John Oliver
Real Time with Bill Maher
Silicon Valley
You’re the Worst
The Leftovers
The Profit
Seth Myers

And the LIZZIES go to

Best Show:  Rectify

Best Actor:  Aden Young in Rectify

Best Actress:  Aya Cash in You’re the Worst

Best Supporting Actor:  Clayne Crawford in Rectify

Best Supporting Actress:  Abigail Spencer in Rectify

Best Director:  Ray McKinnon for Rectify