Films include only those films released in Seattle in 2015.

Honorable mentions:
Rebels of a Neon God (Tsai Ming-liang)
Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven)
Blackhat (Michael Mann)
Selma (Ava DuVernay)
About Elly (Asghar Farhadi)
Ballet 422 (Jody Lee Lipes)

Best film not yet released locally: Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)