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The 50 best films of 2015 in the US

  • Cate Blanchett in Carol … Guardian readers’ No 1 film of the year

    The best films of 2015: Guardian readers' choice

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    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 1: Son of Saul

  • Asif Kapadia: ‘The meaning of the music is deeper now. It’s not just pop music, which is what we all thought.’

    Amy director Asif Kapadia: ‘When you look at it now, she was a kid doing stupid things’

  • Andrew Haigh

    Andrew Haigh, director of 45 Years: 'You don’t need to share everything with your partner'

  • Supporting images for 45 Years trailer

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 2 – 45 Years

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay find their long marriage tested by an icy blast from the past
  • Leonardo DiCaprio<br>This photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox shows, Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film, "The Revenant." The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best motion picture drama on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The 73rd Annual Golden Globes will be held on Jan. 10, 2016. (Twentieth Century Fox via AP)

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 3: The Revenant

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we go on the march with Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro González Iñárritu for this epic frontier revenge western
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    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 4 – Anomalisa

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we can’t stop thinking about Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s existential stop-motion romance
  • Bridge of Spies film still.

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 5 – Bridge of Spies

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year, we salute Steven Spielberg’s ode to the real-life cold war lawyer who defended a Soviet spy
  • ‘Oppenheimer’s careful and unobtrusive direction makes this a sensitive and vital film’ ... a still from The Look of Silence.

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 6: The Look of Silence

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we’re still haunted by Joshua Oppenheimer’s chilling companion piece to The Act of Killing
  • Rooney Mara Cate Blanchett<br>This photo provided by The Weinstein Company shows, Rooney Mara, left, as Therese Belivet, and Cate Blanchett, as Carol Aird, in a scene from the film, "Carol."  Todd Haynes’ 1950s lesbian romance “Carol” dominated the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, taking best picture and a leading four awards overall. Announcing their picks Wednesday on Twitter, the New York critics voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Patricia Highsmith adaption starring Blanchett and Mara. (Wilson Webb/The Weinstein Company via AP)

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 7: Carol

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we doff our hat to Todd Haynes’ beautifully dressed adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian-romance novel
  • The late Amy Winehouse performing in 2008.

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 8 – Amy

    It would be easy to spin the Amy Winehouse story as that of a ruined starlet, but this documentary gives us a more interesting one – of a woman who reacted to extreme pressure by trying to vanish
  • ‘A dreamy, artfully handled opus of triumph and ingenuity’ ... Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro in Joy.

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 9 – Joy

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we get ourselves in a lather about another electrifying Jennifer Lawrence performance in David O Russell’s inspiring biopic
  • ‘What’s most notable about Mistress America is that it’s firstly a story about female friendship’ ... Lola Kirke and Greta Gerwig in Mistress America.

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: No 10 – Mistress America

    Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the US this year, we remember Noah Baumbach’s zippy screwball comedy about female friendship
  • Clockwise from top left: Beasts of No Nation, Mad Max: Fury Road, Paddington, and Spotlight

    The 50 best films of 2015 in the US: the full list

  • Daniel Craig in Spectre; Matt Damon in The Martian; Cate Blanchett in Carol; and Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Tehran.

    Which are your favourite films of 2015?

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