Looking Back To Thirty Years After Back To The Future

It's December, which means we reopen the blog and let Jesse Walker tell us his top ten.  Ten years ago.  He won't tell his top ten films for 2025--too early--but he's had time to think about 2015, so merrily we roll along. (We'll soon be getting to 2005, 1995, 1985 and so on.  Stay tuned.)

Here's the URL if you want the original:

https://jessewalker.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-year-of-escalator-when-december.html

1.  The Americans 2

2.  The Leftovers 2

3.  World Of Tomorrow

4.  Anomalisa

5.  BoJack Horseman 2

6.  The Hateful Eight

7.  Kaili Blues

8.  The Second Mother

9.  Bone Tomahawk

10. 66 (Old) Movie Dance Scenes Mashup

I haven't kept track, but this may be the first time that none of the films on Jesse's top ten would make my top twenty.

It's not as bad as it sounds, though.  First, he includes television shows, which I don't think should be on film lists. (Haven't seen The Americans, loved the second season of The Leftovers, didn't go for BoJack Horseman.)

World Of Tomorrow is one of the best things to come out of 2015, but it's a short, which I also don't think should be included on such a list (even though it's one of three parts which, together, are arguably a feature). 66 (Old) Movie Dance Scenes Mashup is also a short.

And I haven't seen Kaili Blues, The Second Mother or Bone Tomahawk.

So that leaves Anomalisa and The Hateful Eight.  I consider them minor works by talented filmmakers (Charlie Kaufman and Quentin Tarantino) that are okay at best.

Here are Jesse's honorable mentions:

11.  The Revenant

12.  Florida Man

13.  Better Call Saul

14.  A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

15.  Mr. Robot season_1.0

16.  The Lobster

17.  Veep 4

18.  Weather Service

19. Thailand Moment

20. The Forbidden Room

Liked 11 a lot.  Haven't seen 12, 14, 18 (don't even know what 18 is), 19 or 20.  13, 15 and 17 are TV shows.  16--finally, a film that would make my top ten (though I didn't see it until 2016).

Here are some other films that might make my top ten or twenty

Ant-Man

Faults

Inside Out

Korla

Man Up

The Martian

Room

Tangerine

The Walk

What We Do In The Shadows

When Marnie Was There

Other films of note:

Wild Tales, Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey Of Richard Stanley's Island Of Dr. Moreau, Mad Max: Fury Road, A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, Deep Web, Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation, The End Of The Tour, Mistress America, Blind, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, He Never Died, Mustang, The Brand New Testament, The Fencer Still Alice, Kingsmen: The Secret Service, Focus (the first half is really good), An Honest Liar, The Wrecking Crew, Danny Collins, While We're Young, Can't Stand Losing You, Furious 7, Ned Rifle, Ex Machina, Alex Of Venice, The DUFF, Dior And I, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Welcome To Me, Iris, McFarland, USA, Cobain: Montage Of Heck, Sunshine Superman, Tomorrowland, I'll See You In My Dreams, Love & Mercy, Live From New York!, Dope, A Poem Is A Naked Person, Trainwreck, 7 Chinese Brothers, Best Of Enemies, Sir Doug And The Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove, What She Said: The Art Of Pauline Kael, Bajranji Bhaijaan, Listen To Me Marlon, Mr. Holmes, Doomed!, Straight Outta Compton,  People Places Things, Meru, San Andreas, American Ultra, Gueros, Grandma, Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine, Sicario, The Intern, The Death Of "Superman Lives" What Happened?, Mississippi Grind, Drunk Stone Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon, Steve Jobs, All Things Must Pass, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Very Semi-Serious, Creed, The Good Dinosaur, The Peanuts Movie, Hitchcock/Truffaut, The Big Short, Sisters, Youth, Amy, Beasts Of No Nation, Daddy's Home, Taken 3, The Wedding Ringer, Son Of A Gun, Jupiter Ascending, Deli Man, Run All Night, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Insurgent, Get Hard, True Story, Dior And I, Far From The Madding Crowd, Hot Pursuit, Pitch Perfect 2, Survivor, Spy, Results, Theeb, Entourage, Jurassic World, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, The Overnight, Ted 2, The Tribe, Terminator Genisys, The Wolfpack, Aloha, Irrational Man, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Cop Car, Call Me Lucky, Cartel Land, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Z For Zachariah, A Walk In The Woods,  A War, Queen Of Earth, 4Got10, Black Mass, Vacation, Everest, Gravy, Northern Soul, Goodnight Mommy, Meadowland, Experimenter, Bridge Of Spies, Rock The Kasbah, Our Brand Is Crisis, Burnt, Pixels, Trumbo, Spectre, Spotlight (Best Picture Oscar Winner), Maze Runner Scorch Trials, Entertainment, Boy And The World, The Night Before, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2, Carol, Unfinished Business, Embrace Of The Serpent, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Cold Deck, Minions, Secret In Their Eyes, Blackhat, Legend, Son Of Saul, Dreams Rewired, Love The Coopers, Joy, Krampus, 45 Years, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Concussion, Point Break