2015 IndieWire Critics Poll explained

2015 IndieWire Critics Poll
Date:	December 14, 2015
Best Film:
Last:	2014
Award:	IndieWire Critics Poll
Next:	2016

The winners of the 2015 IndieWire Critics Poll were announced on December 14, 2015.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Director
1st: 2nd: Carol 3rd: Spotlight 4th: Inside Out 5th: Phoenix 6th: Brooklyn 7th: Anomalisa 8th: The Assassin 9th: The Look of Silence 10th: Son of Saul	1st: George Miller – 2nd: Todd Haynes – Carol 3rd: Hsiao-Hsien Hou – The Assassin 4th: László Nemes – Son of Saul 5th: Tom McCarthy – Spotlight 6th: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant 7th: Christian Petzold – Phoenix 8th: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson – Anomalisa 9th: John Crowley – Brooklyn 10th: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson – The Forbidden Room
Best Actor	Best Actress
1st: Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs	1st: Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
1st: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies	1st: Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
1st: Spotlight	1st: Carol 2nd: 3rd: The Assassin 4th: The Revenant 5th: Sicario 6th: Hard to Be a God 7th: Son of Saul 8th: The Hateful Eight 9th: Brooklyn 10th: The Duke of Burgundy
Best Documentary	Best Debut Feature
1st: The Look of Silence 2nd: Amy 3rd: In Jackson Heights 4th: Listen to Me Marlon 5th: Heart of a Dog 6th: Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief 7th: 8th: 9th: Cartel Land 10th: Iris	1st: Son of Saul
Best Original Score or Soundtrack	Best Editing
1st: Carol	1st:
Best Undistributed Film	Most Anticipated of 2016
1st: Chevalier 2nd: Right Now, Wrong Then 3rd: In Transit 4th: One Floor Below 5th: The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers 6th: 7th: The Movement 8th: The Brand New Testament 9th: Lost and Beautiful 10th: Cosmos	1st: The Witch

Notes and References

1. Web site: Critics Pick the Best Films and Performances of 2015 in Indiewire’s Annual Poll . Kohn . Eric . . December 14, 2015 . February 22, 2019 . live . mdy-all . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609105646/http://www.indiewire.com:80/2015/12/critics-pick-the-best-films-and-performances-of-2015-in-indiewires-annual-poll-45179/ . 2016-06-09 .