2015 Mini-List – Eligible Films

Below is a list of films you can vote for from this year. If you want to be able to vote for something that isn’t listed here, you need to ask me to add it to the list. The only reason I won’t do so is if I deem that it belongs in another year. I have my own curious system for assigning films to years, but rest assured that I will never let a film miss its chance to qualify in one year or another. I am the ultimate arbiter of year assignments.

Eligible films

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وطن: العراق السنة صفر[Watan al iraq aam sefr][Homeland: Iraq Year Zero]Abbas Fahdel
Bitter LakeAdam Curtis
The Big ShortAdam McKay
Les 3 BoutonsAgnès Varda
Córki dancingu[The Lure]Agnieszka Smoczyńska
In TransitAlbert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu & David Usui
The RevenantAlejandro González Iñárritu
FrancofoniaAleksandr Sokurov
Под электрическими облаками[Pod electricheskimi oblakami][Under Electric Clouds]Aleksei German Jr.
Tamatea Dusky[Cascade Cove in the Shadow of 150,000 Bones]Alex Monteith
Queen of EarthAlex Ross Perry
Pojkarna[Girls Lost]Alexandra-Therese Keining
Me and Earl and the Dying GirlAlfonso Gomez-Rejon
An Open SecretAmy J. Berg
Autoportretul unei fete cuminți[Self-Portrait of a Dutiful Daughter]Ana Lungu
Estate, a ReverieAndrea Luka Zimmerman
ResultsAndrew Bujalski
45 YearsAndrew Haigh
By Our SelvesAndrew Kötting
Björk: Black LakeAndrew Thomas Huang
Björk: FamilyAndrew Thomas Huang
Björk: StonemilkerAndrew Thomas Huang
CosmosAndrzej Żuławski
Que Horas Ela Volta?[The Second Mother]Anna Muylaert
Les Êtres chers[Our Loved Ones]Anne Émond
Thy Father's ChairAntonio Tibaldi & Àlex Lora
รักที่ขอนแก่น[Rak ti khon kaen][Cemetery of Splendor]Apichatpong Weerasethakul
PartisanAriel Kleiman
Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse[My Golden Days]Arnaud Desplechin
La calle de la amargura[Bleak Street]Arturo Ripstein
AmyAsif Kapadia
ChevalierAthina Rachel Tsangari
RememberAtom Egoyan
תיקון[Tikkun][Correction]Avishai Sivan
A Distant EpisodeBen Rivers
Mohammed MrabetBen Rivers
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not BrothersBen Rivers
There Is a Happy Land Further AwaayBen Rivers
YOLOBen Russell
High-RiseBen Wheatley
The Show of ShowsBenedikt Erlingsson
Journal d'une femme de chambre[Diary of a Chambermaid]Benoît Jacquot
TannaBentley Dean & Martin Butler
FrankensteinBernard Rose
Depressive CopBertrand Mandico
Notre-Dame des Hormones[Our Lady of Hormones]Bertrand Mandico
Y a-t-il une vierge encore vivante?[Any Virgins Left Alive?]Bertrand Mandico
路边野餐[Lu bian ye can][Kaili Blues]Bi Gan
The Dockworker's DreamBill Morrison
The Loneliest StoplightBill Plympton
Love & MercyBill Pohlad
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed LivesBobbito Garcia
Plus minus, czyli podróże muchy na Wschód[Fly Trips to the East]Bogdan Dziworski
PartingBoo Junfeng
TomorrowlandBrad Bird
The Childhood of a LeaderBrady Corbet
Cobain: Montage of HeckBrett Morgen
Beasts of No NationCary Joji Fukunaga
TrumanCesc Gay
No Home MovieChantal Akerman
AnomalisaCharlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
암살[Amsal][Assassination]Choi Dong-hoon
Avril et le Monde truqué[April and the Extraordinary World]Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci
Mission: Impossible – Rogue NationChristopher McQuarrie
QuayChristopher Nolan
The Ground We WonChristopher Pryor
El abrazo de la serpiente[Embrace of the Serpent]Ciro Guerra
Grimes: Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid DreamClaire Boucher
Grimes: RealitiClaire Boucher
The Breidjing CampClaire Denis
Les Bois dont les rêves sont faits[The Woods Dreams Are Made Of]Claire Simon
Un + uneClaude Lelouch
Digital DesertClément Cogitore
Ni le ciel ni la terre[Neither Heaven Nor Earth]Clément Cogitore
Dressed as a GirlColin Rothbart
Kendrick Lamar: AlrightColin Tilley
Kendrick Lamar: These WallsColin Tilley
Jurassic WorldColin Trevorrow
Comoara[The Treasure]Corneliu Porumboiu
The WolfpackCrystal Moselle
Fúsi[Virgin Mountain]Dagur Kári
Engram of ReturningDaïchi Saïto
That Sugar FilmDamon Gameau
Steve JobsDanny Boyle
Los reyes del pueblo que no existe[Kings of Nowhere]Dano García
JoyDavid O. Russell
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of CampDavid Wain
Death Grips: I Break Mirrors with My Face in the United StatesDeath Grips
BessieDee Rees
Que nous nous assoupissions[May We Sleep Soundly]Denis Côté
Странные частицы[Strannye chastitsy][Strange Particles]Denis Klebleev
SicarioDenis Villeneuve
MustangDeniz Gamze Ergüven
Deuandra: Stuck in His WaysDeuandra Brown
Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Can't Keep Checking My PhoneDimitri Basil
Kendrick Lamar: King KuntaDirector X
World of Tomorrow(2015-2020)Don Hertzfeldt
World of TomorrowDon Hertzfeldt
פלאפל אטומי[Falafel atomi][Atomic Falafel]Dror Shaul
Últimas Conversas[Last Conversations]Eduardo Coutinho
היורד למעלה[Hayored lema'ala][Afterthought]Elad Keidan
Abluka[Frenzy]Emin Alper
CapriceEmmanuel Mouret
CinemaEric Khoo
7 LettersEric Khoo, Boo Junfeng, Jack Neo, Kelvin Tong, K. Rajagopal, Tan Pin Pin & Royston Tan
Bang Gang (une histoire d'amour moderne)[A Modern Love Story]Eva Husson
LegendsEverything Is Terrible!
Straight Outta ComptonF. Gary Gray
A Perfect DayFernando León de Aranoa
Jan Terri: Ave MariaFred Hickler
In Jackson HeightsFrederick Wiseman
Boi Neon[Neon Bull]Gabriel Mascaro
LoveGaspar Noé
Mad Max: Fury RoadGeorge Miller
The Longest RideGeorge Tillman Jr.
FocusGlenn Ficarra & John Requa
DownriverGrant Scicluna
Magic Mike XXLGregory Jacobs
Hrútar[Rams]Grímur Hákonarson
Valley of LoveGuillaume Nicloux
Crimson PeakGuillermo del Toro
Bird Watch, Visitor Information Center, ChicagoGustav Deutsch
Dog Watch, Hampstead Heath, LondonGustav Deutsch
Dog Watch, Kolona, AeginaGustav Deutsch
Mini Drama, 4th Street Station, New YorkGustav Deutsch
Mini Drama, Fistiki Fest, AeginaGustav Deutsch
Mini Drama, Mar del PlataGustav Deutsch
Observation, Aare, BernGustav Deutsch
Observation, Agia Marina, AeginaGustav Deutsch
Observation, Barbican Centre, LondonGustav Deutsch
Observation, Night Hawks, Art Institute, ChicagoGustav Deutsch
Observation, Silbury Hill, AveburyGustav Deutsch
Observation, Virgin Hotels, ChicagoGustav Deutsch
Panorama, Castello, FagagnaGustav Deutsch
Once a ChickenGuy Maddin
Ligne de la main[Lines of the Hand]Guy Maddin & Evan & Galen Johnson
The Forbidden RoomGuy Maddin & Evan Johnson
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Guy Ritchie
Ned RifleHal Hartley
En man som heter Ove[A Man Called Ove]Hannes Holm
NNHéctor Gálvez
The ViolatorsHelen Walsh
Fischerboote[Fishing Boats]Helga Fanderl
Childish Gambino: SoberHiro Murai
Earl Sweatshirt: GriefHiro Murai
海街diary[Umimachi diary][Our Little Sister]Hirokazu Kore-eda
지금은맞고그때는틀리다[Jigeumeun-matgo-geuttaeneun-teullida][Right Now, Wrong Then]Hong Sang-soo
刺客聶隱娘[Ci ke nie yin niang][The Assassin]Hou Hsiao-hsien
El cielo del centauro[The Sky of the Centaur]Hugo Santiago
Hardcore HenryIlya Naishuller
88:88Isiah Medina
Star Wars: The Force AwakensJ.J. Abrams
那个女孩[Na ge nu hai][That Girl]Jack Neo
Le Tout Nouveau Testament[The Brand New Testament]Jaco Van Dormael
DheepanJacques Audiard
تاکسی[Taxi]Jafar Panahi
Lana Del Rey: High by the BeachJake Nava
Paper TownsJake Schreier
1200 hpJames Benning
13 LakesJames Benning
52 FilmsJames Benning
American DreamsJames Benning
Billy & SamuelJames Benning
ChildhoodJames Benning
China GirlJames Benning
Coming of AgeJames Benning
ConsentJames Benning
DreamJames Benning
Found Film #1James Benning
Found Film #2James Benning
Four SongsJames Benning
FridaJames Benning
Fuck Me (Green)James Benning
Fuck Me (Orange)James Benning
GodardJames Benning
GroppiJames Benning
HFJames Benning
IkeJames Benning
KidsJames Benning
KissJames Benning
KodakJames Benning
Launch Vehicle FailureJames Benning
LouiseJames Benning
LunestaJames Benning
ManhoodJames Benning
MaryJames Benning
Masters of WarJames Benning
MetropolisJames Benning
Mudd ClubJames Benning
Negative SpaceJames Benning
One Way Boogie WoogieJames Benning
PalestineJames Benning
PerimeterJames Benning
PsychoJames Benning
PyongyankJames Benning
RRJames Benning
September 11thJames Benning
SignsJames Benning
Stemple PassJames Benning
Surfacing on the RhineJames Benning
Talking HeadsJames Benning
Ten SkiesJames Benning
The PartyJames Benning
The Passion of Joan of ArcJames Benning
Three ActsJames Benning
Two MomentsJames Benning
WavelengthJames Benning
WeekendJames Benning
WorkJames Benning
Youth WishJames Benning
Zéro de conduiteJames Benning
The End of the TourJames Ponsoldt
The Go! Team: Catch Me on the ReboundJames Slater
Furious 7James Wan
Don VerdeanJared Hess
DeathgasmJason Lei Howden
IxcanulJayro Bustamante
Larry Kramer in Love and AngerJean Carlomusto
The Royal RoadJenni Olson
ཤར་པ།[Sherpa]Jennifer Peedom
AdvantageousJennifer Phang
BridgendJeppe Rønde
Green RoomJeremy Saulnier
Last Cab to DarwinJeremy Sims
山河故人[Shan he gu ren][Mountains May Depart]Jia Zhangke
Louder Than BombsJoachim Trier
Bad at DancingJoanna Arnow
John FromJoão Nicolau
The DressmakerJocelyn Moorhouse
PanJoe Wright
The GiftJoel Edgerton
David Bowie: BlackstarJohan Renck
BrooklynJohn Crowley
Wake (Subic)John Gianvito
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Ballad of the Mighty IJohn Hardwick
Slow WestJohn Maclean
Steve Hates FishJohn Smith
華麗上班族[Mei lai seung ban zuk][Office]Johnnie To
Jem and the HologramsJon M. Chu
Cop CarJon Watts
My BolexesJonas Mekas
Rosa ChumbeJonatan Relayze
Channel 4 IdentJonathan Glazer
The Night BeforeJonathan Levine
Toponimia[Toponymy]Jonathan Perel
La academia de las musas[The Academy of Muses]José Luis Guerín
Power/RangersJoseph Kahn
Taylor Swift: Bad BloodJoseph Kahn
Taylor Swift: Wildest DreamsJoseph Kahn
No EndJosephine Massarella
Riley's First Date?Josh Cooley
Avengers: Age of UltronJoss Whedon
TrainwreckJudd Apatow
Garoto[Kid]Júlio Bressane
Te prometo anarquía[I Promise You Anarchy]Julio Hernández Cordón
I Am MichaelJustin Kelly
MacbethJustin Kurzel
The FlameK. Rajagopal
बजरंगी भाईजान[Bajrangi Bhaijaan][Brother Bajrangi]Kabir Khan
鉱[Kō][Aragane]Kaori Oda
The InvitationKaryn Kusama
忘れないと誓ったぼくがいた[Wasurenai to chikatta boku ga ita][Forget Me Not]Kei Horie
阿嬷定位系统[A mo ding wei xi tong][GPS (Grandma Positioning System)]Kelvin Tong
CinderellaKenneth Branagh
Hitchcock/TruffautKent Jones
Grand FinaleKevin Jerome Everson
Park LanesKevin Jerome Everson
Three QuartersKevin Jerome Everson
Field NiggasKhalik Allah
Wyrmwood: Road of the DeadKiah Roache-Turner
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux IIIKidlat Tahimik
DreamcatcherKim Longinotto
The AboveKirsten Johnson
岸辺の旅[Kishibe no tabi][Journey to the Shore]Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Vehkleja[The Fencer]Klaus Härö
แค่...ได้คิดถึง[Kae dai kid teung][Snap]Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Barely LethalKyle Newman
Saul fia[Son of Saul]László Nemes
Vergine giurata[Sworn Virgin]Laura Bispuri
Ninet: Paper ParachuteLaurent Briet
Heart of a DogLaurie Anderson
RoomLenny Abrahamson
Очень одинокий петух[Ohen odinokiy petu][Very Lonely Cock]Leonid Shmelkov
Sleeping with Other PeopleLeslye Headland
L for LeisureLev Kalman & Whitney Horn
Sixty SixLewis Klahr
À peine j'ouvre les yeux[As I Open My Eyes]Leyla Bouzid
There Is a New World SomewhereLi Lu
Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie BashoLiam Barker
La Vanité[Vanity]Lionel Baier
What Happened, Miss Simone?Liz Garbus
Noite Sem Distância[Night Without Distance]Lois Patiño
Desde allá[From Afar]Lorenzo Vigas
Dark HorseLouise Osmond
A Bigger SplashLuca Guadagnino
ÉvolutionLucile Hadžihalilović
Todo comenzó por el fin[It All Started at the End]Luis Ospina
The VisitM. Night Shyamalan
CaughtMaggie Kiley
Лёгкая вина[Lyogkaya vina][Minor Guilt]Malika Musaeva
Um Século de Energia[A Century of Energy]Manoel de Oliveira
DemonMarcin Wrona
Sangue del mio sangue[Blood of My Blood]Marco Bellocchio
Terra[Earth]Marco De Angelis & Antonio Di Trapani
The Diary of a Teenage GirlMarielle Heller
Shaun the Sheep MovieMark Burton & Richard Starzak
InventionMark Lewis
I, DalioMark Rappaport
Juana a los 12[About 12]Martín Shanly
Under sandet[Land of Mine]Martin Zandvliet
Il racconto dei racconti[Tale of Tales]Matteo Garrone
Cartel LandMatthew Heineman
Kingsman: The Secret ServiceMatthew Vaughn
Rio CorgoMaya Kosa & Sérgio da Costa
Gayby BabyMaya Newell
BoxeadoraMeg Smaker
ExperimenterMichael Almereyda
The Return of Alan StrangeMichael J. Murphy
BlackhatMichael Mann
Where to Invade NextMichael Moore
Early WinterMichael Rowe
Hello, My Name Is DorisMichael Showalter
ChronicMichel Franco
Microbe et Gasoil[Microbe and Gasoline]Michel Gondry
The Chemical Brothers: GoMichel Gondry
As Mil e Uma Noites[Arabian Nights]Miguel Gomes
Ce sentiment de l'été[This Summer Feeling]Mikhaël Hers
Ninth FloorMina Shum
الزين اللي فيك[Zin li fik][Much Loved]Nabil Ayouch
The InternNancy Meyers
Mia madreNanni Moretti
あん[An][Sweet Bean]Naomi Kawase
PreludeNathaniel Dorsky
Holding the ManNeil Armfield
ChappieNeill Blomkamp
Duran Duran: Pressure OffNick Egan
Above and BelowNicolas Steiner
Über die Jahre[Over the Years]Nikolaus Geyrhalter
American UltraNima Nourizadeh
Mistress AmericaNoah Baumbach
While We're YoungNoah Baumbach
De PalmaNoah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow
CameraNorbert Pfaffenbichler
Chant d'hiver[Winter Song]Otar Iosseliani
El club[The Club]Pablo Larraín
El clan[The Clan]Pablo Trapero
YouthPaolo Sorrentino
Suite Armoricaine[Armorican Suite]Pascale Breton
Where the Chocolate MountainsPat O'Neill
El botón de nácar[The Pearl Button]Patricio Guzmán
The Five Minute MuseumPaul Bush
Disporting with a ShadowPaul Clipson
LighthousePaul Clipson
SpyPaul Feig
PawnoPaul Ireland
Joanna Newsom: DiversPaul Thomas Anderson
Joanna Newsom: SapokanikanPaul Thomas Anderson
JununPaul Thomas Anderson
GrandmaPaul Weitz
Lorn: Acid RainPavel Brenner, Julian Flores & Sherif Alabede
ཐར་ལོ།[Tharlo]Pema Tseden
They Look Like PeoplePerry Blackshear
Inside OutPete Docter
Carly Rae Jepsen: I Really Like YouPeter Glanz
Cavern of Anti-Matter: Liquid GatePeter Strickland
Flying Saucer Attack: Instrumental No. 7Peter Strickland
The Exquisite CorpusPeter Tscherkassky
Ant-ManPeyton Reed
L'Ombre des femmes[In the Shadow of Women]Philippe Garrel
Les DémonsPhilippe Lesage
Bella e perduta[Lost and Beautiful]Pietro Marcello
NastyPrano Bailey-Bond
Being FlatQuentin Dupieux
The Hateful EightQuentin Tarantino
Aferim!Radu Jude
DopeRick Famuyiwa
The MartianRidley Scott
Rihanna: Bitch Better Have My MoneyRihanna & Megaforce
Bølgen[The Wave]Roar Uthaug
The WitchRobert Eggers
Une histoire de fou[Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad]Robert Guédiguian
The WalkRobert Zemeckis
The Other SideRoberto Minervini
The NightmareRodney Ascher
I Hate Christian LaettnerRory Karpf
Bouquet 32Rose Lowder
Bouquet 33Rose Lowder
Bouquet 34Rose Lowder
Bunga Sayang[Gentle Flower of the Heart]Royston Tan
London RoadRufus Norris
CreedRyan Coogler
베테랑[Beterang][Veteran]Ryoo Seung-wan
ハッピーアワー[Happī awā][Happy Hour]Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Bone TomahawkS. Craig Zahler
Death of a GentlemanSam Collins, Jarrod Kimber & Johnny Blank
Sembene!Samba Gadjigo & Jason Silverman
ComaSara Fattahi
SuffragetteSarah Gavron
Daddy's HomeSean Anders
TangerineSean Baker
VictoriaSebastian Schipper
Daphné ou la Belle Plante[Daphné or the Lovely Specimen]Sébastien Laudenbach & Sylvain Derosne
O Futebol[On Football]Sergio Oksman
दम लगा के हईशा[Dum Laga Ke Haisha][My Big Fat Bride]Sharat Katariya
Hot Chip: Need You NowShynola
Sia: Elastic HeartSia & Daniel Askill
Fuddy DuddySiegfried A. Fruhauf
Vintage PrintSiegfried A. Fruhauf
Claude VonStroke: Make a CakeSimon Cave
ひそひそ星[Hiso hiso boshi][The Whispering Star]Sion Sono
ラブ＆ピース[Rabu ando pīsu][Love & Peace]Sion Sono
リアル鬼ごっこ[Riaru onigokko][Tag]Sion Sono
A Very Murray ChristmasSofia Coppola
殺破狼2[Saat po long ji][Kill Zone 2]Soi Cheang
Chi-RaqSpike Lee
Listen to Me MarlonStevan Riley
Life After 'Hoop Dreams'Steve James & Abbey Lustgarten
Aaaaaaaah!Steve Oram
Bridge of SpiesSteven Spielberg
Jag är Ingrid[Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words]Stig Björkman
Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern[The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents]Stina Werenfels
Don't Stop or We'll Die: LisaStoney Sharp
Pineapple TownTan Pin Pin
We Are Still HereTed Geoghegan
Sunset SongTerence Davies
Knight of CupsTerrence Malick
Voyage of TimeTerrence Malick
The Thoughts That Once We HadThom Andersen
Far from the Madding CrowdThomas Vinterberg
HomeTim Johnson
Alpine: Damn BabyTim Royall
Krigen[A War]Tobias Lindholm
CarolTodd Haynes
SpotlightTom McCarthy
מיסטר גאגא[Mr. Gaga]Tomer Heymann
KrishaTrey Edward Shults
Alpine: FoolishTristan Jalleh
Alpine: Shot FoxTristan Jalleh
無無眠[Wu wu mian][No No Sleep]Tsai Ming-liang
那日下午[Na ri xia wu][Afternoon]Tsai Ming-liang
Back TrackVirgil Widrich
В лучах солнца[V luchakh solntsa][태양 아래][Taeyang alae][Under the Sun]Vitaly Mansky
Tame Impala: 'Cause I'm a ManWeirdcore
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were DeadWes Orshoski
ChemsexWilliam Fairman & Max Gogarty
Irrational ManWoody Allen
师父[Shi fu][The Final Master]Xu Haofeng
HumanYann Arthus-Bertrand
母と暮せば[Haha to kuraseba][Nagasaki: Memories of My Son]Yōji Yamada
The LobsterYorgos Lanthimos
Herbert: Smart