In 2015, I saw 162 movies, a new record and more than 20 more than my previous record. How’d I do it? I went to two film festivals instead of one, had slightly better screener access, and a couple of months of unemployment to catch up. Yet even with all that, there were still more than 200 days that I didn’t see a movie. That’s when I did all that stuff like working, being a husband and father, and all that.
Anyway, without further ado, here’s everything I saw this year (Find all my reviews here):
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Spotlight
- Creed
- Anomalisa
- Wild Tales
- The Mend
- Dope
- Love & Mercy
- Chi-raq
- Brooklyn
- Inside Out
- The Big Short
- The Martian
- Ricki and the Flash
- Carol
- 45 Years
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Ex Machina
- Results
- The Walk
- Steve Jobs
- I’ll See You in My Dreams
- Beasts of No Nation
- The End of the Tour
- The Look of Silence
- Tangerine
- Trainwreck
- Bridge of Spies
- The Hateful Eight
- Room
- The Revenant
- Magic Mike XXL
- Moonwalkers
- I Am Big Bird: the Caroll Spinney Story
- Sleeping With Other People
- Youth
- ’71
- Danny Collins
- Night Owls
- Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
- Furious Seven
- Call Me Lucky
- The Best of Enemies
- Listen to Me Marlon
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
- Batkid Begins
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- Tig
- Clouds of Sils Maria
- Southpaw
- Jafar Panahi’s Taxi
- The Assassin
- Experimenter
- Time Out of Mind
- It Follows
- Victoria
- James White
- Tales of the Grim Sleeper
- The Sandwich Nazi
- Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
- Amy
- Three and a Half Minutes Ten Bullets
- The Wrecking Crew
- Larry Kramer In Love and Anger
- Cartel Land
- Straight Outta Compton
- Mistress America
- A Wonderful Cloud
- The Woman in Gold
- Phoenix
- Heaven Knows What
- Ant-Man
- The Peanuts Movie
- I Smile Back
- 99 Homes
- Sicario
- Joy
- Before We Go
- White God
- Z For Zachariah
- Black Mass
- By the Sea
- Concussion
- Trumbo
- The Good Dinosaur
- Spy
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Faith
- The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?
- The Wolfpack
- Do I Sound Gay?
- Red Army
- Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile
- Sons of Ben
- A Walk in the Woods
- The Visit
- Love
- The Danish Girl
- Maggie
- Timbuktu
- Deep Web
- Live From New York
- Manglehorn
- Slow West
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Focus
- McFarland USA
- I Am Chris Farley
- Our Man in Tehran
- Jurassic World
- Welcome to Me
- Age of Adaline
- The Rewrite
- Uncle Ken 2
- What We Do in the Shadows
- Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
- The Overnight
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Deathgasm
- Our Brand is Crisis
- Crimson Peak
- Merchants of Doubt
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
- Son of the Congo
- Atari: Game Over
- While We’re Young
- Minions
- Thought Crimes
- Irrational Man
- The D-Train
- The Sheik
- Hot Girls Wanted
- Undocumented Executive
- Pitch Perfect 2
- Wolfcop
- The Film Critic
- Adult Beginners
- San Andreas
- The Duff
- Chappie
- Escobar: Paradise Lost
- Snapshot
- Tomorrowland
- The Last Five Years
- Entertainment
- Get Hard
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
- A LEGO Brickumentary
- Entourage
- Blackhat
- The Wedding Ringer
- Run All Night
- Aloha
- Staten Island Summer
- Serena
- American Ultra
- Hot Pursuit
- True Story
- No Escape
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- The Cobbler
- Jupiter Ascending
Did not see (reputedly good): Diary of a Teenaged Girl, He Named Me Malala, The Duke of Burgundy, Grandma, The Tribe
Did not see (reputedly bad): Truth, Ridiculous Six, Pixels, Mortdecai, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Fantastic Four, Stonewall
Stephen Silver, Writer 