Here is the list of top 5 Hollywood movies of the year 2015 that we have picked up with details of each movie.
It is amazing that the recent Hollywood movies, even after the gigantic technological progress, succeeded to keep alive their long traditional root. There have been too many good movies this year showing equal potential for critical acclamation and box office revenue. We have had different types of movies with unique statements, technical brilliance, performances and directorial skills. Here is our pick on top 5 Hollywood movies 2015 so far.
1) Mad Max: Fury Road
This is a movie about human survival in most challenging circumstances. The movie is also survival challenge for George Miller for his fourth film of Mad Max franchise where Tom Hardy replaces Mel Gibson in the title role as 'Mad' Max Rockatansky for the first time. It also casts Charlize Theron, Nicolas Hoult and Hugh Keays-Byrne in different roles. The primary theme of the film is survival including vengeance, solidarity, and home coming. It has to pass a long way of battle but yet home has been portrayed as a central motivation to the protagonist. The film got praise from the critics for its acting, screenplay, action sequences, stunts, direction and made huge business throughout the world.
2) Far from the madding crowd (2015)
'Far from the madding crowd' is a classic novel of Thomas Hardy being adapted for the fourth time as a film, directed by Thomas Vinterberg and casts Carey Mulligan as a head storming farm owner, Matthias Schoenaerts as Gabriel Oak who is a sheep farmer, Tom Sturridge as reckless Sergeant Frank Troy and Michael Sheen in the role of affluent and matured bachelor William Boldwood. Carey's performance was critically praised and even compared with the 1967 adaptation starring Julie Christie.
3) Avengers: Age of Ultron
It is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The story revolves around the avengers who had to fight together to save the world defeating Ultron which is an artificial and mechanical brainpower intending human destruction. The film, written and directed by Joss Whedon is a sequel of The Avengers released in 2012. This time the film received positive reviews and garnered over $1.1 billion worldwide business.
4) Fifty Shades of Grey
The novel of the same name by British author E. L. James has been adapted for the film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson starring Dakota Johnson as a literature student of Washington State University named as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan as a business magnet named Christian Grey. Both of them share an erotic and romantic relationship between them. Though the film got mixed reviews but its Box office success broke many records and grossed over $569 million worldwide.
5) Cinderella
The American romantic fantasy film Cinderella is directed by Kenneth Branagh and is based on the modern version of Cinderella created by a French author Charles Perrault. The film starring Lily James as Ella as Cinderella, Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother and Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother garnered positive reviews and praise for their performance, visuals, direction, and particularly for portraying authentic spirit of the original Disney Classic. Grossing over $521 million worldwide Cinderella is one of the best Hollywood productions this year.
Though there has not been a genre defining or cult movie so far in this year, the worldwide box office success and positive reviews for most Hollywood movies made 2015 a productive year for the industry so far. The above mentioned movies just offer a glimpse of this continuing success.
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