# Variety's best films of 2015

The ten films singled out by Variety in its best-of-2015 lists, published on 22 December 2015.

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## Top 10

1. **The Assassin** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Hou Hsiao-hsien; Best Director at Cannes.
2. **Mad Max: Fury Road** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — George Miller.
3. **Carol** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Todd Haynes.
4. **Brooklyn** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — John Crowley.
5. **Spotlight** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Tom McCarthy.
6. **45 Years** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Andrew Haigh.
7. **The Look of Silence** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Joshua Oppenheimer; documentary.
8. **Inside Out** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Pete Docter; Pixar.
9. **Son of Saul** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — László Nemes.
10. **Phoenix** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Christian Petzold.

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