2015 Most Anticipated Movies - By: W.R.
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1.
Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015)
A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max. (120 mins.)
Director: George Miller
2.
The Hateful Eight
(2015)
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. (187 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
3.
Inside Out
(2015)
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. (95 mins.)
Director: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen
4.
The Revenant
(2015)
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. (156 mins.)
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
5.
Crimson Peak
(2015)
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers. (119 mins.)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
6.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(2015)
In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons. (116 mins.)
Director: Guy Ritchie
7.
Chappie
(2015)
In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. (120 mins.)
Director: Neill Blomkamp
8.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
(2015)
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. (131 mins.)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
9.
The Little Prince
(2015)
A little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince. (108 mins.)
Director: Mark Osborne
10.
Regression
(2015)
A detective and a psychoanalyst uncover evidence of a satanic cult while investigating the rape of a young woman. (106 mins.)
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
11.
Bridge of Spies
(2015)
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. (142 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
12.
The Walk
(2015)
In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. (123 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
13.
Sicario
(2015)
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. (121 mins.)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
14.
Beasts of No Nation
(2015)
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. (137 mins.)
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
15.
Creed
(2015)
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed. (133 mins.)
Director: Ryan Coogler
16.
Anomalisa
(2015)
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary. (90 mins.)
Director: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
17.
Hardcore Henry
(2015)
Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. (96 mins.)
Director: Ilya Naishuller
18.
Ex Machina
(2015)
A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I. (108 mins.)
Director: Alex Garland
19.
Goosebumps
(2015)
A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware. (103 mins.)
Director: Rob Letterman
20.
Southpaw
(2015)
Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Wills to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services. (124 mins.)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
21.
Look Who's Back
(2015)
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society. (116 mins.)
Director: David Wnendt
22.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
(2015)
High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. (105 mins.)
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
23.
Bone Tomahawk
(2015)
Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. (132 mins.)
Director: S. Craig Zahler
24.
The Invitation
(2015)
While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister intentions for their guests. (100 mins.)
Director: Karyn Kusama
25.
Everest
(2015)
A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. (121 mins.)
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
26.
High-Rise
(2015)
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control. (119 mins.)
Director: Ben Wheatley
27.
Shaun the Sheep Movie
(2015)
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home. (85 mins.)
Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
28.
Steve Jobs
(2015)
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. (122 mins.)
Director: Danny Boyle
29.
The Witch
(2015)
A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. (92 mins.)
Director: Robert Eggers
30.
The Brand New Testament
(2015)
Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter? (112 mins.)
Director: Jaco Van Dormael