2015 In Film - Best to Worst.

Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson
Written by: Emma Donoghue
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, William H. Macy
Genre: Drama
Running time: 119 minutes


Plot: A kidnapped mother and son make a daring escape, and experience a dramatic homecoming provoking a look into the power of imagination and the unstoppable force of a mother's love.

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Directed by: Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen
Written by: Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Pete Docter
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Running time: 94 minutes


Plot: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

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Directed by: Todd Haynes
Written by: Phyllis Nagy
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler
Genre: Drama, Romance
Running time: 119 minutes


Plot: An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman.

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Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Written by: J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running time: 135 minutes


Plot: Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.

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Directed by: George Miller
Written by: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nick Lathouris
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running time: 120 minutes


Plot: A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max.

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Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Giggins
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Running time: 187 minutes


Plot: In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

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Directed by: Peyton Reed
Written by: Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish & Adam McKay and Paul Rudd
Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Running time: 117 minutes


Plot: Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

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Directed by: Sam Mendes
Written by: John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Thriller
Running time: 148 minutes


Plot: A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

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Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Written by: Alejandro González Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domnhall Gleeson
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Running time: 156 minutes


Plot: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

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Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Written by: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running time: 124 minutes


Plot: Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly.

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Directed by: Mark Burton & Richard Starzack
Written by: Mark Burton, Richard Goleszowski & Richard Starzack
Starring: Omid Djalili, Richard Webber, Kate Harbour, Tim Hands
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Running time: 85 minutes


Plot: When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

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Directed by: Seth MacFarlane
Written by: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 115 minutes


Plot: Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

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Directed by: Tom Hooper
Written by: Lucinda Coxon
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Running time: 120 minutes


Plot: A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

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Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Written by: Peter Craig & Danny Strong
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running time: 137 minutes


Plot: As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance.

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Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Written by: Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Running time: 129 minutes


Plot: A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

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Directed by: Joss Whedon
Written by: Joss Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running time: 141 minutes


Plot: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.

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Directed by: Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin
Written by: Brian Lynch
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Pierre Coffin
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Running time: 91 minutes


Plot: Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

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Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Written by: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Daniel Kaluuya
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Running time: 121 minutes


Plot: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

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Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Written by: Kelly Marcel
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Marcia Gay Harden
Genre: Drama, Romance
Running time: 125 minutes


Plot: Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

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