The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the newsroom drama SPOTLIGHT as the best film of 2015, according to the results of its 22nd annual critics' poll released today..
Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were as follows:
2) The Revenant
3) Carol
4) Sicario
5) Mad Max: Fury Road
6) The Big Short
7) The Martian
8) Room
9) The Danish Girl
10 Brooklyn
Best Actor
1) Leonardo DiCaprio for The REVENANT
2) Michael Fassbender for STEVE JOBS
3) Eddie Redmayne for THE DANISH GIRL
4) Matt Damon for THE MARTIAN
5) Johnny Depp for BLACK MASS
Best Actress
1) Brie Larson for ROOM
2) Cate Blanchett for CAROL
3) Saoirse Ronan for BROOKLYN
4) Charlotte Rampling for 45 YEARS
5) Tie: Charlize Theron for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and Carey Mulligan for SUFFRAGETTE
Best Supporting Actor
1) Paul Dano for LOVE AND MERCY
2) Mark Rylance for BRIDGE OF SPIES
3) Tom Hardy for THE REVENANT
4) Idris Elba for BEASTS OF NO NATION
5) Benicio del Toro for SICARIO
Best Supporting Actress
1) Rooney Mara for CAROL
2) Alicia Vikander for EX MACHINA
3) Kate Winslet for STEVE JOBS
4) Alicia Vikander for THE DANISH GIRL
5) Jennifer Jason Leigh for THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Best Director
1) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for THE REVENANT
2) Thomas McCarthy for SPOTLIGHT
3) George Miller for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
4) Todd Haynes for CAROL
5) Dennis Villeneuve for SICARIO
Best Foreign Language Film
1) SON OF SAUL
2) THE ASSASSIN
3) THE SECOND MOTHER
4) MUSTANG
5) GOODNIGHT MOMMY
Best Documentary
1) AMY
2) THE LOOK OF SILENCE
3) THE WOLFPACK
4) GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF
5) THE HUNTING GROUND
Best Animated Film
1) INSIDE OUT
2) ANOMALISA
Best Screenplay
1)Thomas McCarthy and Josh Singer for SPOTLIGHT
2) Emma Donoghue for ROOM
Best Cinematography
1) Emmanuel Lubezki for THE REVENANT
2) Edward Lachman for CAROL
Best Musical Score
Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai and Ryuichi Sakamoto for THE REVENANT
Russell Smith Award
The association voted TANGERINE as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 31 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit www.dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @dfwfilmcritics.