2015 IndieWire Critics Poll

The winners of the 2015 IndieWire Critics Poll were announced on December 14, 2015.

2015 IndieWire Critics Poll
Date	December 14, 2015
Highlights
Best Film	Mad Max: Fury Road

Winners and nominees

Best Picture	Best Director
1st: Mad Max: Fury Road 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 – Mad Max: Fury Road 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: Mad Max: Fury Road 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: Cobain: Montage of Heck 8th: Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal 9th: Cartel Land 10th: Iris	1st: Son of Saul
Best Original Score or Soundtrack	Best Editing
1st: Carol	1st: Mad Max: Fury Road
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: 88:88 7th: The Movement 8th: The Brand New Testament 9th: Lost and Beautiful 10th: Cosmos	1st: The Witch