The Top 10 Films of 2015: Boxers, Hipsters, Doof Warriors and STDs
6. Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland)
Leslye Headland is the real deal: a writer-director who loves her characters, loves her chosen genre (in this case the perpetually moribund romantic comedy), and has the behind-the-camera chops to give stars Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie the space they need to relax and charm their way into enormously affecting performances.
5. Inside Out (Pete Docter)
Pixar’s latest triumph may verge of jabbery, with no fewer than five major personified emotions clamoring for control of eleven-year-old girl Riley, thrown into tumult after a family move. But unlike most big-studio animation, all that yammer is in service of a perceptive, inventive, frankly pretty valuable film about working through all of our emotions—not just cranking up the joy.