‘The Assassin’
The annual Sight & Sound Films of the Year poll has been completed for 2015, with the top 20 films being announced just yesterday. Out of 168 critics polled, Hou Hsiao-Hsien‘s The Assassin took the top spot, with Todd Haynes‘ Carol and George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road following.
The full list will be released in the January 2016 issue of Sight & Sound, but you can take a look below for the top 20.
1. “The Assassin,” Hou Hsiao-Hsien
2. “Carol,” Todd Haynes
3. “Mad Max: Fury Road,” George Miller
4. “Arabian Nights,” Miguel Gomes
5. “Cemetery of Splendour,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. “No Home Movie,” Chantal Akerman
7. “45 Years,” Andrew Haigh
8. “Son of Saul,” Laszlo Nemes
9. “Amy,” Asif Kapadi
10. “Inherent Vice,” Paul Thomas Anderson
11. “Anomalisa,” Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman
= “It Follows,” David Robert Mitchell
13. “Phoenix,” Christian Petzold
14. “Girlhood,” Celine Sciamma
= “Hard to Be a God,” Aleksei German
= “Inside Out,” Pete Docter
= “Tangerine,” Sean Baker
= “Taxi,” Jafar Panahi
19. “Horse Money,” Pedro Costa
= “The Look of Silence,” Joshua Oppenheimer
For more information, check out the December issue of Sight & Sound here.
