The 30 best movies of 2015

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 403 movies with at least 300 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. O Quarto de Jack leads, rated 7.9 (2015). The average release year on the list is 2015. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

Room (2015)

directed by Lenny Abrahamson · 117 min · 8.0 9,825 votes
2

Inside Out (2015)

directed by Pete Docter · 95 min · 7.9 23,843 votes
3

The Hateful Eight (2015)

directed by Quentin Tarantino · 167 min · 7.8 15,574 votes
4

Spotlight (2015)

directed by Tom McCarthy · 129 min · 7.8 8,955 votes
5

The Martian (2015)

directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min · 7.7 21,762 votes
6

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

directed by F. Gary Gray · 147 min · 7.8 4,287 votes
7

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

directed by George Miller · 120 min · 7.6 24,550 votes
8

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

directed by Matthew Vaughn · 129 min · 7.6 18,108 votes
9

Ex Machina (2015)

directed by Alex Garland · 108 min · 7.6 14,556 votes
10

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

directed by Mamoru Hosoda · 119 min · 7.9 1,638 votes
11

The Revenant (2015)

directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min · 7.5 19,666 votes
12

Land of Mine (2015)

directed by Martin Zandvliet · 101 min · 7.8 1,509 votes
13

The Longest Ride (2015)

directed by George Tillman Jr. · 128 min · 7.6 3,370 votes
14

The Little Prince (2015)

directed by Mark Osborne · 92 min · 7.6 3,027 votes
15

The Age of Adaline (2015)

directed by Lee Toland Krieger · 112 min · 7.5 7,186 votes
16

The Danish Girl (2015)

directed by Tom Hooper · 119 min · 7.5 6,008 votes
17

The Second Mother (2015)

directed by Anna Muylaert · 112 min · 8.0 795 votes
18

Mustang (2015)

directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven · 97 min · 7.7 1,487 votes
19

Carol (2015)

directed by Todd Haynes · 118 min · 7.5 4,030 votes
20

Don't Be Bad (2015)

directed by Claudio Caligari · 102 min · 7.8 1,057 votes
21

Beasts of No Nation (2015)

directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga · 137 min · 7.6 1,923 votes
22

The Big Short (2015)

directed by Adam McKay · 130 min · 7.4 10,060 votes
23

Sicario (2015)

directed by Denis Villeneuve · 121 min · 7.4 9,833 votes
24

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · 105 min · 7.5 2,819 votes
25

Creed (2015)

directed by Ryan Coogler · 133 min · 7.4 8,110 votes
26

Southpaw (2015)

directed by Antoine Fuqua · 123 min · 7.4 5,920 votes
27

Victoria (2015)

directed by Sebastian Schipper · 138 min · 7.6 1,395 votes
28

A Man Called Ove (2015)

directed by Hannes Holm · 116 min · 7.6 1,357 votes
29

Kung Fury (2015)

directed by David Sandberg · 31 min · 7.5 2,001 votes
30

Amy (2015)

directed by Asif Kapadia · 128 min · 7.6 1,331 votes