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Slant’s Top 25 Films of 2015

See below for a list of the films that just missed making it onto our list of the best films of 2015, followed by our contributors’ individual ballots.

Slant's Top 25 Films of 2015
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From James Lattimers’s introduction to Slant Magazine’s Top 25 Films of 2015: “The wonderful thing about cinema is how it resists easy ordering principles. Once you start thinking about the movies you’ve seen, they automatically blur into one, a glorious procession of images, sensations, and recollections that is itself like escaping into the darkness of the auditorium. Yet this quality becomes a hindrance as soon as you need to pick out individual films from the flow: Which film did I see at which time and how did it make me feel both now and then? How we consume films today makes things even harder, as both the proliferation of film festivals, themed programs, and retrospectives in New York and beyond and the wealth of Blu-ray editions and streaming options actively encourage us to think boundless.” Click here to read the feature and see if your favorite films of the year made our list. And see below for a list of the films that just missed making it onto our list, followed by our contributors’ individual ballots. Happy reading.

26. About Elly
27. Arabian Nights
28. Salvation Army
29. The Kindergarten Teacher
30. Tangerine
31. Anomalisa
32. Welcome to New York
33. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
34. Girlhood
35. Buzzard
36. The Duke of Burgundy
37. The Pearl Button
38. Of Horses and Men
39. Madam Phung’s Last Journey
40. We Come As Friends
41. Entertainment
42. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
43. The Fool
44. Maps to the Stars
45. La Última Película
46. Inside Out
47. Gangs of Wasseypur
48. Office
49. Coming Home
50. The Princess of France

Chuck Bowen
1. Chi-Raq
2. In Jackson Heights
3. Welcome to New York
4. Of Men and War
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. Heaven Knows What
7. Timbuktu
8. Queen of Earth
9. Jauja
10. Creed

Honorable Mention: The Assassin, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Heart of a Dog, Iris, The Look of Silence, Magic Mike XXL, Mistress America, Office, Tangerine, While We’re Young

Chris Cabin
1. Arabian Nights
2. In Jackson Heights
3. Queen of Earth
4. Horse Money
5. Timbuktu
6. Welcome to New York
7. Hard to Be a God
8. Carol
9. The Assassin
10. The Princess of France

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Honorable Mention: Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Entertainment, Heaven Knows What, Maps to the Stars, Mistress America, Of Men and War, Results, Taxi, Uncertain Terms, Wild Canaries

Jesse Cataldo
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Hard to Be a God
3. Gangs of Wasseypur
4. Girlhood
5. Blackhat
6. Chi-Raq
7. About Elly
8. Buzzard
9. Eastern Boys
10. The Assassin

Honorable Mention: 45 Years, Anomalisa, The Duke of Burgundy, Horse Money, In Jackson Heights, Magic Mike XXL, Results, Taxi, Timbuktu, La Última Película

Jake Cole
1. Horse Money
2. Magic Mike XXL
3. Taxi
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Heaven Knows What
6. Hard to Be a God
7. Carol
8. Creed
9. The Forbidden Room
10. Arabian Nights

Honorable Mention: Amour Fou, The Assassin, Blackhat, Crimson Peak, In Jackson Heights, Jauja, The Look of Silence, Tangerine, Timbuktu, Welcome to New York

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Diego Costa
1. Son of Saul
2. 45 Years
3. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
4. Of Horses and Men
5. Taxi
6. Salvation Army
7. In the Basement
8. The Second Mother
9. The Fool
10. The Kindergarten Teacher

Honorable Mention: Carol, Clouds of Sils Maria, Coast of Death, Girlhood, Heart of a Dog, Horse Money, The Look of Silence, The Pearl Button, Phoenix, Timbuktu

Clayton Dillard
1. Li’l Quinquin
2. Horse Money
3. Blackhat
4. Hard to Be a God
5. The Look of Silence
6. In Jackson Heights
7. Madam Phung’s Last Journey
8. Eastern Boys
9. Heart of a Dog
10. Magic Mike XXL

Honorable Mention: About Elly, Carol, Eden, The Forbidden Room, Fort Tilden, Güeros, The Kindergarten Teacher, Prince, Salvation Army, Unfriended

Kenji Fujishima
1. Inside Out
2. Magic Mike XXL
3. In Jackson Heights
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Heart of a Dog
6. Ballet 422
7. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
8. The Duke of Burgundy
9. Timbuktu
10. Mommy

Honorable Mention: Brooklyn, Carol, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Experimenter, Of Men and War, The Pearl Button, Tangerine, Taxi, Western

Ed Gonzalez
1. Heart of a Dog
2. In Jackson Heights
3. Timbuktu
4. Salvation Army
5. Creed
6. Of Men and War
7. About Elly
8. Eastern Boys
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
10. The Look of Silence

Honorable Mention: The Assassin, Chi-Raq, Magic Mike XXL, Queen of Earth, Mistress America, The Pearl Button, Tangerine, Taxi, Tom at the Farm, The Walk

Christopher Gray
1. Hard to Be a God
2. Magic Mike XXL
3. Heaven Knows What
4. The Look of Silence
5. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Blackhat
8. Heart of a Dog
9. The Mend
10. Eastern Boys

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Honorable Mention: 45 Years, About Elly, Approaching the Elephant, Carol, Chi-Raq, Creed, Guidelines, Horse Money, Of Men and War, Unfriended

Wes Greene
1. Li’l Quinquin
2. Jauja
3. The Forbidden Room
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Mistress America
6. La Última Película
7. Horse Money
8. Magic Mike XXL
9. Buzzard
10. Blackhat

Honorable Mention: About Elly, The Assassin, Carol, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Experimenter, In Jackson Heights, Irrational Man, Of Men and War, Phoenix, The Princess of France

Eric Henderson
1. Heart of a Dog
2. Magic Mike XXL
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Duke of Burgundy
5. Queen of Earth
6. In Jackson Heights
7. The Forbidden Room
8. Blackhat
9. Tangerine
10. Madam Phung’s Last Journey

Honorable Mention: Anomalisa, The Assassin, Carol, Crimson Peak, Girlhood, Horse Money, Inside Out, Maps to the Stars, Taxi, Tom at the Farm

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Oleg Ivanov
1. Li’l Quinquin
2. Anomalisa
3. Phoenix
4. Hard to Be a God
5. The Fool
6. Maps to the Stars
7. Timbuktu
8. Entertainment
9. What We Do in the Shadows
10. Cheatin’

Honorable Mention: The Assassin, Coming Home, Duke of Burgundy, The Forbidden Room, Irrational Man, The Look of Silence, Mistress America, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, Queen of Earth, Son of Saul

James Lattimer
1. Phoenix
2. Jauja
3. The Assassin
4. The Kindergarten Teacher
5. Horse Money
6. Timbuktu
7. In Jackson Heights
8. Queen of Earth
9. Amour Fou
10. Counting

Honorable Mention: Approaching the Elephant, Arabian Nights, Carol, Coast of Death, Crimson Peak, Hard to Be a God, Mad Max: Fury Road, Maps to the Stars, The Princess of France, Tangerine

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Carson Lund
1. The Forbidden Room
2. The Assassin
3. Heaven Knows What
4. Phoenix
5. Hard to Be a God
6. Entertainment
7. Li’l Quinquin
8. Heart of a Dog
9. Magic Mike XXL
10. Jauja

Honorable Mention: 45 Years, The Duke of Burgundy, The Kindergarten Teacher, Mistress America, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, Results, La Sapienza, Stinking Heaven, Unfriended, The Visit

Steve Macfarlane
1. Taxi
2. The Pearl Button
3. Office
4. Horse Money
5. Timbuktu
6. Arabian Nights
7. We Come As Friends
8. Blackhat
9. About Elly
10. Girlhood

Honorable Mention: 45 Years, Amour Fou, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Heart of a Dog, Losing Ground, Mad Max: Fury Road, Magic Mike XXL, Salvation Army, (T)ERROR, Western

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Elise Nakhnikian
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Timbuktu
3. Coming Home
4. Son of Saul
5. We Come As Friends
6. Salt of the Earth
7. Room
8. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
9. 45 Years
10. It Follows

Honorable Mention: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Carol, In Jackson Heights, Joy, The Look of Silence, Madame Phung’s Last Journey, Mustang, Of Horses and Men, Spotlight, What We Do in the Shadows

Nick Prigge
1. Mistress America
2. Sicario
3. In Jackson Heights
4. Blackhat
5. Tangerine
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Uncertain Terms
8. Buzzard
9. The Kindergarten Teacher
10. Heart of a Dog

Honorable Mention: Carol, Fort Tilden, Magic Mike XXL, The Mend, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Phoenix, Queen of Earth, Runoff, Spotlight, Timbuktu

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Ed Gonzalez

Ed Gonzalez is the co-founder of Slant Magazine. A member of the New York Film Critics Circle, his writing has appeared in The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

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