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The past year for foreign cinema was very fruitful and was marked by multiple awards. Some of the most successful films of recent times have hit the screens.
Readers are presented best films 2015 – 2016 – list of films TOP-10 described below. All of them received the highest ratings from film critics, viewers, and many of them became owners of prestigious awards.
10 Actively searching | 2016
Comedy melodrama “Actively looking” (2016) opens the top ten films of 2015-2016. The main character Alice gets tired of life with her boyfriend and goes abroad to her sister named Meg. She starts a completely new life: gets a new job, makes friends, writes a new book about the life of single girls. Alice has a friend Robin, who is a true playgirl and leads a nocturnal lifestyle. She tries to drag Alice into it, too, who prefers serious relationships to casual hookups at parties. But despite her preferences, the heroine finds herself in the center of love vicissitudes.
9. Amy | 2015
The list of the best pictures included a documentary biography “Amy”(2015), which won the Oscar. This is a film about the legendary singer Amy Winehouse. For filming, unique materials were collected, which were transferred by her relatives and close friends. The film contains previously unknown tracks, as well as footage from films, where the young star, surrounded by friends, performs her first musical creations.
8. Martian | 2015
Adventure picture of the fantasy genre “Martian” (2015) entered the top ten for the past year. She won two Golden Globe nominations – Best Picture and Best Actor. A team of astronauts who flew to Mars are forced to urgently leave the planet due to a terrible sandstorm. One of the employees of the Mars operation, Mark Watney, damages the suit. Other participants considered Watney dead and leave him on the planet. But after a while, Mark comes to his senses and finds that he is left alone, and the connection with the Earth is lost. He has small supplies of food and water. He will have the impossible – to hold out on existing supplies for several years, until the next Martian mission visits the planet.
7. In the spotlight | 2015
Biographical dramaIn the Spotlight” (2015) is based on a true story. The picture was awarded two awards “Oscar”, as “Best Film” and “Best Screenplay”. In the center of events is a scandalous sensation, which was opened by Boston journalists. In the course of investigations, correspondents revealed cases of pedophilia in which representatives of the Church were involved. The city authorities are trying to hush up the case, but the journalists are not going to stop. And the deeper they dig, the more incredible details emerge.
6. Room | 2015
Joint art work of the UK and the US “Room” (2015) was included in the list of the best films of 2015. The film participated in numerous nominations and got three Oscars, a Golden Globe Award, as well as a British Academy Award. Brie Larson, who played the title role in the film, won three nominations at once. Her name is Joy. As a teenager, the girl was kidnapped. Since that moment, she has been living in a tiny room with her little son Jack, with whom they have never left their homes.
5. Voice of the streets | 2015
Biographical dramaThe voice of the streets” (2015) will tell about the history of the formation of one of the legendary American musical groups. Five friends, people from the slums were able to win enormous popularity, thanks to their lively, undisguised false art. Their songs are the voice of the streets themselves. They managed to make a real breakthrough in music in the late 80s. This five musicians became known to the world as a group N.W.A. They managed to do the impossible, but the most difficult thing was not to rise to the top of fame, but to stay on it. Despite the fact that the picture failed to win an Oscar, it received high marks from film critics and was positively received by the audience.
4. Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015
Fantastic fighter “Mad Max: Fury Road(2015) won six Oscars this year. The main character of the hermit Max in the film was played by Tom Hardy. Max is sure that the surest way to survive is to wander alone. But fate decides otherwise and the hero joins a rebellious group that are moving through the desert. The leader of the gang is the warlord Furiosa. They rush to leave the Citadel, which has been enslaved by a tyrant nicknamed Immortal Joe. The group made an unforgivable mistake – they took away something valuable from Joe. The rebels have already been chased, for the tyrant does not forgive reckless misdeeds.
3. The Hateful Eight | 2015
Crime Thriller “Hateful Eight” (2015), which received an Oscar in 2016, opens the top three films of last year. One of the most legendary bounty hunters during the unfolding American Civil War, John Root, nicknamed the Hangman, accompanies the prisoner. Along the way, he is joined by several other characters that he met. On the way, travelers are overtaken by a strong snow storm, and they are forced to seek shelter. In the outskirts, they meet a shop, where the travelers decide to look at the light. There they are waiting for a very eccentric company in the person of a Mexican, a general, a cowboy and another character who prefers to hide behind a false name.
2. Survivor | 2015
Adventure Thriller WesternSurvivor” (2015), awarded three Oscars and a Golden Globe Award, ranked second among the best films of 2015. During a bear hunt, Hugh Glass is seriously injured. One of the hunters named John Fitzgerald suggests leaving a friend to die and moving on. Glass is left alone with the wild and harsh nature. Not expecting such a betrayal, the man is ready to fight to the end for his life. All he has now is his willpower and an irresistible desire for revenge.
1. Puzzle | 2015
“Puzzle” (2015) was recognized as the best animated film, which was awarded the Oscar. The family-friendly comedy cartoon has also been praised by leading movie sites. That is why he leads our rating. In the center of the plot is an eleven-year-old schoolgirl Riley. Her inner world is filled with harmony and each of the emotions helps her cope with difficulties. But when the girl finds out that she and her parents will have to move to another city, Riley feels that she is losing control of her emotions. She will have to overcome the complete confusion that begins to happen inside her.