Ranking Every 2015 Picture That I've Seen

I saw 101 movies released in 2015, which for a small independent film reviewer without any press screening credentials is pretty good. It definitely was enough movies for me to declare last year to be a pretty great and diverse year at the cinemas. Every year there are always great independent and foreign pictures, but 2015 was a year where the quality and creativity even shined in many big studio pictures.

This weekend will be the kick off of my reviews for 2016 pictures. To signal a new year of movies and a year of weekly reviews of theatrical releases, I am listing every 2015 movie that I saw along with their star rating. I've also attempted to rank them from best to worst, but as I confessed in the Stinkers of the 2015 and Best of 2015 Breakdowns that lists have a tendency to shuffle and shift on a daily basis.

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens ****
2. The Revenant ****
3. Inside Out ****
4. Spotlight ****
5. Girlhood ****
6. Tangerine ***
7. Mad Max: Fury Road ****
8. Creed ****
9. Steve Jobs ****
10. Phoenix ****
11. Ex Machina ****
12. Straight Outta Compton ****
13. It Follows ****
14. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation ****
15. About Elly ****
16. Wild Tales ****
17. Clouds of Sils Maria ***½ 
18. Beasts of No Nation ***½
19. While We’re Young ***½
20. Danny Collins ***½
21. Bridge of Spies ***½
22. Finders Keepers ***½
23. Spy ***½
24. The Good Dinosaur ***½
25. Crimson Peak ***½
26. Trainwreck ***½
27. Faults ***½
28. The Martian ***½
29. Everest ***½
30. Ant-Man ***½
31. The Hunting Ground ***½
32. The Big Short ***
33. Focus ***
34. Cinderella ***
35. The DUFF ***
36. Welcome to Me ***
37. The Visit ***
38. Sicario ***
39. Concussion ***
40. Joy ***
41. Goosebumps ***
42. The Gift ***
43. Insidious Chapter 3 ***
44. Paper Towns ***
45. The Intern ***
46. Shaun the Sheep Movie ***
47. Tomorrowland ***
48. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ***
49. The Avengers: Age of Ultron ***
50. Paddington ***
51. Sister ***
52. Creep ***  
53. The Search for General Tso ***
54. Southpaw ***
55. Run All Night ***
56. San Andreas ***
57. Jurassic World ***
58.  Kingsman: The Secret Service ***
59. Minions ***  
60. The Last Witch Hunter ***  
61. Monkey Kingdom ***  
62. Pitch Perfect 2 ***  
63. Terminator Genisys ***  
64. A Walk in the Woods ***
65. Insurgent ***  
66. The Night Before **½
67. These Final Hours **½
68. The Age of Adaline **1/2
69. Krampus **½  
70. Good Kill **½  
71. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 **½  
72. American Ultra **1/2  
73. Champs **½  
74. Black Mass **  
75. In the Heart of the Sea **  
76. Magic Mike XXL **  
77. Spectre **  
78. Furious 7 **  
79. Wild Card **  
80. Point Break **  
81. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel **  
82. Project Almanac **  
83. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death **
84. Song One **  
85. Get Hard **  
86. Home **  
87. The Gunman **  
88. Strange Magic **
89. Circle *½  
90. Unfinished Business *½  
91. The Man from U.N.C.L.E *½  
92. The Harvest *½  
93. The Lazarus Effect *½  
94. Hot Pursuit *½
95. Aloha *
96. The Cobbler *
97. The Ridiculous Six *
98. Chappie *
99. The Loft * 
100. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ½*
101. Taken 3 ½*