Top 10 Most Anticipated Films This Year (Part 1)

Making lists of most anticipating films of the year is always hard. But for me, it's pretty fun. But hard, like, fun-hard type of thing.

2015 has given us some of the best like the heroically funny Spy, hauntingly thoughtful Ex Machina, and the post-apocalyptic feminist film of the year, Mad Max: Fury Road, and other incredible films to be reckoned with.

Some may have been released already because of the amount of people who want to see it, but there are few others who hasn't seen the light of day from the local distributors (probably because they deliberately want them to be in on the end of the year for the awards season).

And to collect them all, I combed down some of the films that have been getting praise here and there because of the film festivals such as SXSW, Sundance, and Cannes. So, in order for you to keep up with your "This Year's Films Bucket List", I have gathered and analyzed some of the films that may have be in your cinephiliac taste, and the result is, pretty eclectic.

Hereby lies, the top 10 most anticipated films this year:

1. Carol

Todd Haynes is finally back to the screen with the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's enthrallingly heartfelt love story of two women in the 1950s New York. Critics loves this for its beautiful direction, the artistically divine production and cinematography, and the excellent performances of the two leads, the always stunning Cate Blanchett, and phenomenally talented Rooney Mara.

Carol might be in to compete for the awards season, since Mara won for Cannes' Best Actress this year for the film.

2. Eden

Eden, by Mia Hansen-Løve, tells a story of a French DJ who went through the up and down of his life, and mastered the art of French touch (a type of electronic dance/disco/house music in the 1990s). This film is loosely based on the life of the director's brother.

The nuances of the film, the beautiful performances (Greta Gerwig!), and the amazing soundtracks (Daft Punk!) make Eden, one of the most genuine films that Hollywood seem to forget, and the most and more deserving recognition for Mia Hansen-Løve.

3. The Lobster

Yorgos Lanthimos made it to the international acclaim with the absurdly dark and funny Dogtooth, where it went on winning the Cannes' Un Certain Regard in 2009. And now, he's back with the deadpan satirical comedy, The Lobster.

Sets in the dystopian future about the nature of relationships, where someone should find a partner or else they would be punished and changed to be the animal that they choose in the first place. With promising cast like Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Lea Seydoux, John C. Reilly, and Ben Whishaw, I can say that this film is going to be as weird and as funny as it can be.

4. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

This Sundance darling film could sound like last year's hit The Fault in Our Stars with its synonymous plot, but what's different from the latter is that the ability to find joy and lively moments throughout the film.

The story is simply about a high school senior kid who got forced to befriend his classmate, the girl who has just been diagnosed with leukimia. The warmth in this film is because it's filled with newly found friendships, the way they want their voices to be heard and the heartfelt missions to make the girl welcomed and feel better in her remaining, limited life. 

With the grand winnings in this year's Sundance for Grand Jury Prize for Drama and Audience Award for Drama, this film could cause you to waste a lot of tissues for the warmth, the charm, and the genuineness.

5. Inside Out

Here's the question for this film, "What if feelings, have feelings????"

Premiered in Cannes this year, Inside Out's proved to be the best Pixar film since Up. With its exceptional story, Inside Out lurks into the mind of a young girl, Riley Andersen (Kaitlyn Dias), where five emotions—Joy (Amy Poehler), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), Fear (Bill Hader), and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) lead her through her life and its ups and downs. And with cast like this, how could you say no??

Its visual style is diverse and each time you go to the next scene, it's another level of incredibility; the inside of the human brain where they store the core memory, the world inside the brain, the Imagination Land, anything. And the fact that the special effects collaborates with the actual neuropsychology and make the visual style to be much more hauntingly fun.

The film is more than just a kids' film. Its cheerful and humorous tone of the film dig deeper to the concept of growing up and dealing with the maturity of young kids and how they cope with the ever-changing life. It's smart, it's warmth, it's emotional, it's everything you want to see as a kid, wondering how could life go on and how your childhood memories are becoming to be the fundamental base in building your greater life.

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