To prepare for the award show season circuit, Rotten Tomatoes announced its picks for the best movies of 2015, featured in their very own 17th Annual Golden Tomato Awards. The 17th Annual Golden Tomato Awards features movies (as well as televisions shows) through a system of democratic reviewing.
Despite its casual way of gathering votes, it had two main rules: movies in the running had to have been released in 2015, and they had to have at least 40 reviews. Similarly to the Internet Movie Database, where a film’s popularity is determined by how many stars it has, RT chose their best picks of the year by their Tomatometer scores.
With the 2016 Golden Globe awards having just aired, it will be interesting to see how the Tomatometer scores, which are based on popular acclaim, compare to the view of the professionals. Given that it was a fiercely competitive year for films, we can only imagine how close the race was. In the end, though, we have a feeling you won’t be disappointed by the results. Certainly not those of you who rated the movies they saw, along the way!
Many movies that are getting a ton of Oscar buzz this season have won for different categories in the Tomato Awards based on the films genre. Those films include Brooklyn, starring Saoirse Ronan, winning for best drama, Room for best limited release, and Carol for best romance. Other favorites include Diary of a Teenage Girl, Sicario and Love & Mercy.
Another closely watched category is documentary, where Amy won for best documentary, and Making a Murderer, which has been receiving a considerable amount of attention, won for best docu-series.
Though these awards won’t exactly predict the upcoming winners at this year’s awards shows, we have a feeling that these picks will most definitely be in the running, considering all of the Oscar buzz surrounding them.