The following list is based on films released in New York during 2015:
1. Spotlight
2. Son of Saul
3. Mustang
4. Brooklyn
5. Difret
6. Carol
7. Trumbo
8. 45 Years
9. 24 Days
10.Bridge of Spies
Following, in no special order, are other outstanding films among my favorites released in New York during 2015.
Wild Tales; Truth; Suffragette; The Walk; The Outrageous Sophie Tucker; The Big Short; Room; Learning to Drive; Irrational Man; Court; Phoenix; Jimmy’s Hall; Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor; Testament of Youth; Gemma Bovery; The Japanese Dog; In the Name of My Daughter; Iris; The Humbling; Freeheld; Labyrinth of Lies; Black Mass, Coming Home; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl; Youth; Farewell Party; Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter; Seymour: An Introduction; Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem; Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict; The Danish Girl; Je Suis Charlie; Where To Invade Next; What Happened, Miss Simone?; Inside Out; Woman in Gold; Grandma; Girlhood.