2015: The Year in Review, Pt. 2

And here is my more serious list, dahling – my list of the actors and actresses and films I liked best in 2015 (click here for the fun list).

Here’s to an awesome new year!

10 Best Films of the Year (in alphabetical order):

Brooklyn
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Room
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton
Tangerine
Trainwreck

Honorable Mention: Furious Seven

Best Directors: Lenny Abrahamson (Room), J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Pete Docter (Inside Out), George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Supporting Actors: Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), Sam Elliott (I’ll See Your in My Dreams, Grandma), Harrison Ford (The Age of Adaline, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Supporting Actresses: Joan Allen (Room), Helen Mirren (Trumbo), Phyllis Smith (Inside Out), Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Actors: Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Bill Hader (Trainwreck), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael Fassbender (Macbeth), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Best Actresses: Emily Blunt (Sicario), Blythe Danner (I’ll See Your in My Dreams), Brie Larson (Room), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Lily Tomlin (Grandma), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Photos: BerlinFilmJournal (Tangerine); TheFilmExperience.net (Room); LAWeekly.com (Grandma).