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

  1. Spotlight
  2. Straight Outta Compton
  3. Spy
  4. Magic Mike XXL
  5. Joy

Breakthrough Actor

  1. Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Tom at the Farm
  2. Rebecca Ferguson, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  3. Taron Egerton, Kingsman: The Secret Service
  4. Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton
  5. John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Breakthrough Director

  1. Alex Garland, Ex Machina
  2. Gregory Jacobs, Magic Mike XXL
  3. Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, The Tribe
  4. Todd Strauss-Schulson, The Final Girls
  5. Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel, The D Train

Body of Work

  1. Domhnall Gleeson
  2. Alicia Vikander
  3. Dariusz Wolski
  4. Oscar Isaac
  5. Josh Brolin

Hybrid Works

  1. Phyllis Smith, Inside Out
  2. James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
  3. Richard Kind, Inside Out
  4. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
  5. Sam Elliott, The Good Dinosaur

Best Adapted Score/Soundtrack

  1. The Last Five Years
  2. 50 Shades of Grey
  3. Magic Mike XXL
  4. Straight Outta Compton
  5. The Final Girls

Best Cameo

  1. Richard Kind, Inside Out
  2. Dascha Polanco, Joy
  3. Michael Cyril Creighton, Spotlight
  4. Alan Tudyk, The Scorch Trials
  5. Margot Robbie, The Big Short

Outstanding Performance by a Young Actor (Not Nominated in an Acting Category)

  1. Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
  2. Shailene Woodley, Insurgent
  3. Olivia Cooke, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  4. Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
  5. Forrest Goodluck, The Revenant

Best Villain

  1. Pierre-Yves Cardinal as Francis, Tom at the Farm
  2. Elizabeth Debicki as Victoria, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  3. Jessica Chastain as Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak
  4. Idris Elba as Commandant, Beasts of No Nation
  5. 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
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