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Best Movies of 2015

The highest-rated movies released in 2015. Discover the top films of 2015 ranked by audience ratings and critical acclaim.

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2015 was a landmark year for cinema. Here are the highest-rated films that defined the year — from Oscar winners to surprise indie hits — all ranked by audience ratings.

  1. #1
    The Thin Yellow Line

    The Thin Yellow Line

    8.4

    2015260 ratings

    Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight

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  2. #2
    Human

    Human

    8.4

    2015313 ratings

    A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, it brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection. This film is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.

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  3. #3
    The Second Mother

    The Second Mother

    8.0

    2015788 ratings

    After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

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  4. #4
    Room

    Room

    8.0

    20159,758 ratings

    Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

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  5. #5
    Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery

    Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery

    8.0

    2015350 ratings

    Get ready to Rock! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang team up with the one and only KISS in this all-new, out-of-this-world adventure! We join the Gang at KISS World – the all-things-KISS theme park, as they investigate a series of strange hauntings. With help from KISS, they discover that the Crimson Witch has returned to summon The Destroyer from the alternate dimension of Kissteria! The evil duos ghastly plan, to destroy the earth! Can the Gang's cunning and KISS's power of rock save the day?!

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  6. #6
    Regular Show: The Movie

    Regular Show: The Movie

    7.9

    2015440 ratings

    After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.

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  7. #7
    The Boy and the Beast

    The Boy and the Beast

    7.9

    20151,627 ratings

    Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

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  8. #8
    Inside Out

    Inside Out

    7.9

    201523,680 ratings

    When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

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  9. #9
    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

    7.9

    2015322 ratings

    Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.

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  10. #10
    War Room

    War Room

    7.8

    2015587 ratings

    The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan’s marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony’s real enemy doesn’t have a prayer.

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  11. #11
    Bajrangi Bhaijaan

    Bajrangi Bhaijaan

    7.8

    2015563 ratings

    A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.

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  12. #12
    Spotlight

    Spotlight

    7.8

    20158,876 ratings

    The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

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  13. #13
    Land of Mine

    Land of Mine

    7.8

    20151,487 ratings

    In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.

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  14. #14
    World of Tomorrow

    World of Tomorrow

    7.8

    2015365 ratings

    A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

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  15. #15
    Straight Outta Compton

    Straight Outta Compton

    7.8

    20154,241 ratings

    In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

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  16. #16
    Tomorrow

    Tomorrow

    7.8

    2015280 ratings

    Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

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  17. #17
    The Hateful Eight

    The Hateful Eight

    7.8

    201515,449 ratings

    Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

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  18. #18
    Don't Be Bad

    Don't Be Bad

    7.8

    20151,048 ratings

    A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.

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  19. #19
    A la mala

    A la mala

    7.7

    2015212 ratings

    Maria Laura "Mala" is an actress with little luck, but she is successful working for other women, seducing their boyfriends to know if they are faithful or not. But everything changes when her dream to perform in her acting career depends on a job to be performed with Santiago who breaks the pattern and shakes her professional convictions.

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  20. #20
    John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

    John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

    7.7

    2015280 ratings

    Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton.

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This list is automatically generated from real audience ratings and updated regularly. All ratings are sourced from TMDB (The Movie Database), which aggregates votes from millions of movie fans worldwide.

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