I need some damn good 2015 movie recommendations!
 

I need some 'really good' recommendations for 2015 movies, as my Netflix DVD queue is just about empty. I'm working on watching 2015 movies at the moment.

I like period pieces, historical based films and dramas best.

I've seen these 2015 movies and ranked them in order, this gives you an idea of what I like.

Liked:
Ex Machina
Trumbo
The Revenant
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Martian
Suffragette
Everest
Creed
Ricki and the Flash
Hated:
In the Heart of the Sea
Vacation
Mad Maxx: Fury Road (didn't finish watching it)

Will be watching soon:
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Lady in the Van

Added to my Queue
The Age of Adaline...recommended by GBG
45 Years..recommended by GBG
Spotlight...recommended by Cricket

Other than most of the Oscar nominees, I haven't seen many movies from 2015, but I loved The Age of Adaline. I haven't heard much about it here so I doubt most people agree with me, but I thought it was great.

Re: I need some damn good 2015 movie recomendations!
 

The Age of Adaline I was thinking about that one. Do you think I would like it? And is it aimed at a youthful audience? Sometimes movies seem to have this young adult feel to them, if you know what I mean.

Re: I need some damn good 2015 movie recomendations!
 

Bridge of Spies is the best 2015 film I have seen.

I'll recommend avoiding Room because it's unfortunately simplistic and saccharine giving its subject matter and has cliched and weak rhetoric for its themes.

Good! that makes me excited to watch it, I should have that movie shortly.

OK also good, because I was on the edge about watching Room. Saccharine and cliched sounds like I won't like it. So I will skip it for now, thanks:p

I think you might like it, but I'm not sure. It has a great concept, but you're sometimes a bit more picky about the way things play out than I am.

However in terms of being aimed at a more youthful audience, I can tell you that my Mom loved it, but take that with a grain of salt because she loves Harrison Ford.

Hope you like Brooklyn, that's a real good one.

Besides that, my favorites that you haven't seen are probably Hateful Eight, Room, and Spotlight, but I'm not especially confident you'd like any of them.

Re: I need some damn good 2015 movie recomendations!
 

Harrison Ford is in Age of Adeline, good, that's a plus because then that alleviates my concern that it's a 'kids movie'. So I will add that to my queue, thanks!

I would also recommend Bridge of Spies. I thought it was better than most of the other Best Picture nominees.

If you haven't seen it, I would also recommend 45 Years.

Thanks. I liked Brooklyn but I think you might like it a little more. :)

I know you said you aren't a huge Disney fan but I will suggest Inside Out (and this year's Zootopia) because their themes are superb and done in a unique way; especially Zootopia as it goes with the election (ie: social issues like racism and reverse racism).

Thanks Cricket, I'm pretty much off on Tarantino, so I'm passing on that. Spotlight, if it's well done, I might like it, despite a sad subject matter. I'll put that in my considering list.

I've never considered watching Bridge of Spies and I don't know why.

Awaiting review.

Spotlight is very well done; I'd compare it to All the President's Men.

I also highly recommend Inside Out, (I haven't seen Zootopia yet), but I hesitated to mention it because I know you're not a big fan of animated movies.

I almost didn't watch Bridge of Spies because I thought it was a war movie, but it's not. It's a thriller, and a very good one. I recommend giving it a chance.

Thanks GBG, I had read about it, but it was described as bittersweet:
Can you answer in a spoiler tag what happens to the couple?

You convinced me! I'll add it to my queue.

Not as a thriller though, but as a movie about investigative journalism that's tightly made.

I don't want to tell you too much, but basically:



It's definitely not an upbeat movie, but I thought it was very good.