Summer 2015 Best-To-Worst Movies List

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP by Bennett Campbell Ferguson

Above: Riley Keough, Courtney Eaton, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in “Mad Max: Fury Road.”  Photo ©Warner Bros. Pictures

In the wake of a disappointing 2014, 2015 has risen to startling creative heights.  And while nothing this past summer could compete with the heavy-metal velocity of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” there were other triumphs, including the tender, candy-colored “Inside Out” and a parcel of brilliant indies (“Testament of Youth,” “Dope,” “Infinitely Polar Bear,” etc.).

            So here they are the movies of summer 2015, ranked from best to worst (in my humble opinion).  Bring on the awards season.

1.       “Mad Max: Fury Road” (George Miller)

2.      “Testament of Youth” (James Kent)

3.      “Infinitely Polar Bear” (Maya Forbes)

4.      “Irrational Man” (Woody Allen)

5.      “Inside Out” (Pete Docter)

6.      “Dope” (Rick Fumuyiwa)

7.      “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (Joss Whedon)

8.      “The Man From U.N.C.L.E” (Guy Ritchie)

9.      “She’s Funny That Way” (Peter Bogdanovich)

10.   “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” (Christopher McQuarrie)

11.   “Aloha” (Cameron Crowe)

12.   “Tomorrowland” (Brad Bird)

13.    “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” (Marielle Heller)

14.    “Far From the Madding Crowd” (Thomas Vinterberg)

15.   “Ant-Man” (Peyton Reed)

16.   “Spy” (Paul Feig)

17.   “Trainwreck” (Judd Apatow)

18.    “The Gift” (Joel Edgerton)

19.   “Results” (Andrew Bujalski)

20.  “Fantastic Four”(Josh Trank)

21.   “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)