Alright my 2015 year in review is moving slowly to a close, and to start my final 3 posts on the film year, I decided to hand out some special awards. Tomorrow, you’ll get a brief discussion on my top 10 films and Wednesday, you’ll see a potential Oscar ballot if I had a vote. But I always like to highlight specific things that I liked in a year, which is why you’ll see Best Villain and Breakthrough Awards. I also ranked the worst films, I saw. Enjoy!
Ensemble
- Spotlight
- Straight Outta Compton
- Spy
- Magic Mike XXL
- Joy
Breakthrough Actor
- Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Tom at the Farm
- Rebecca Ferguson, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
- Taron Egerton, Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton
- John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Breakthrough Director
- Alex Garland, Ex Machina
- Gregory Jacobs, Magic Mike XXL
- Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, The Tribe
- Todd Strauss-Schulson, The Final Girls
- Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel, The D Train
Body of Work
- Domhnall Gleeson
- Alicia Vikander
- Dariusz Wolski
- Oscar Isaac
- Josh Brolin
Hybrid Works
- Phyllis Smith, Inside Out
- James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Richard Kind, Inside Out
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
- Sam Elliott, The Good Dinosaur
Best Adapted Score/Soundtrack
- The Last Five Years
- 50 Shades of Grey
- Magic Mike XXL
- Straight Outta Compton
- The Final Girls
Best Cameo
- Richard Kind, Inside Out
- Dascha Polanco, Joy
- Michael Cyril Creighton, Spotlight
- Alan Tudyk, The Scorch Trials
- Margot Robbie, The Big Short
Outstanding Performance by a Young Actor (Not Nominated in an Acting Category)
- Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
- Shailene Woodley, Insurgent
- Olivia Cooke, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
- Forrest Goodluck, The Revenant
Best Villain
- Pierre-Yves Cardinal as Francis, Tom at the Farm
- Elizabeth Debicki as Victoria, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Jessica Chastain as Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak
- Idris Elba as Commandant, Beasts of No Nation
- Hugh Keays-Byrne as Imortan Jo, Mad Max: Fury Road
Worst Films of the Year
10. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
9. The Hateful Eight
8. Fantastic Four
7. Room
6. It Follows
5. Tomorrowland
4. The Revenant
3. Seashore
2. Jurassic World
1. Drink Me