One Line Review's Top Ten Movies and Noteworthy Achievements 2015

TOP TEN 2015 (alphabetical)
Ant-Man (d. Peyton Reed)
The Avengers: Age of Ultron (d. Joss Whedon)
The Big Short (d. Adam McKay)
The Hateful Eight (d. Quentin Tarantino)
Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (d. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)
Mr. Holmes (d. Bill Condon)
People Places Things (d. Jim Strouse)
Spotlight (d. Tom McCarthy)
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (d. J. J. Abrams)


NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Best Film: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant

Best Actress: Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight

Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone in Creed

Best Original Screenplay: Bridge of Spies

Best Adapted Screenplay: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Best Director: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

Honorable Mentions:

Best Film: Ant-Man.

Best Actor: Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs; Michael Keaton in Spotlight; Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton; Jason Segel in The End of the Tour.

Best Actress: Juliette Binoche in Clouds of Sils Maria; Bel Powley in Diary of a Teenage Girl; Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs.

Best Supporting Actress: n/a

Best Supporting Actor: BB-8 in Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens; Steve Carrell in The Big Short; Walter Goggins in The Hateful Eight; Tom Hardy in The Revenant; Samual L. Jackson in The Hateful Eight; Michael Pena in Ant-Man; Seth Rogen in Steve Jobs; Stanley Tucci in Spotlight.

Best Original Screenplay: The Hateful Eight, People Places Things.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Ant-Man, The Big Short, Mr. Holmes.

Best Director: Peyton Reed for Ant-Man.