Best of May 2015: Top Albums, Games, Movies & TV
Highest-scoring albums this month
Includes albums with 7 or more reviews from critics. Reissues, live albums, EPs, and compilations are excluded. All scores on this page are from the morning of May 30, 2015.
Album/Artist
Score
Buy Album
Stream Album
1
From Kinshasa
by Mbongwana Star
89
iTunes
Spotify
2
Painted Shut
by Hop Along
86
iTunes
Spotify
3
Simple Songs
by Jim O'Rourke
85
4
Ba Power
by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
85
iTunes
Spotify
5
Saturn's Pattern
by Paul Weller
83
iTunes
Spotify
6
Platform
by Holly Herndon
82
iTunes
Spotify
7
Male Eunuch
by The Pre New
82
iTunes
8
Frozen Niagara Falls
by Prurient
82
iTunes
Spotify
9
Mutilator Defeated at Last
by Thee Oh Sees
82
iTunes
10
Hairless Toys
by Róisín Murphy
81
iTunes
Spotify
Highest-scoring movies this month
Includes films with 7 or more reviews from critics. Theatrical re-releases are excluded.
Best wide releases
Movie
Genre
Score
1
Mad Max: Fury Road
Action-Adventure
89
2
Far from the Madding Crowd
Drama
71
3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Action-Adventure
66
4
Pitch Perfect 2
Comedy/Musical
63
5
Tomorrowland
Sci-Fi/Adventure
60
Best limited releases
Movie
Genre
Score
1
Tu Dors Nicole
Foreign/Comedy
79
2
Heaven Knows What
Drama
76
3
I'll See You in My Dreams
Dramedy
75
4
Far From Men
Drama
74
5
Güeros
Foreign/Comedy
73
Best DVD/Blu-ray releases
Movie
Genre
Score
Buy
1
Mr. Turner
Drama
94
2
Leviathan
Foreign/Drama
92
3
Selma
Drama
89
4
Winter Sleep
Foreign/Drama
88
5
Girlhood
Drama
85
6
Ballet 422
Documentary
74
7
American Sniper
Action/Drama
72
8
Diplomacy
Foreign/Drama
72
9
The Blue Room
Foreign/Thriller
72
10
Still Alice
Drama
72
Highest-scoring TV premieres this month
All shows debuting this month with reviews from at least 4 critics are eligible.
Best new shows (including movies/miniseries)
Show
Score
Network
Stream It
1
Bessie
75
HBO
2
Wayward Pines
66
FOX
3
Nightingale
63
HBO
4
Aquarius
58
NBC
5
Grace and Frankie
58
Netflix
Best returning shows *
Show
Score
Network
Stream It
1
Penny Dreadful Season 2
77
Showtime
2
Halt and Catch Fire Season 2
72
AMC
* Among shows with reviews. Generally, only certain noteworthy shows are reviewed by critics after season 1.
Highest-scoring video games this month (by platform)
Includes games with 7 or more reviews from critics. (All "Buy" links below go to Amazon.com.)
1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
92
2
Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster
85
3
Project CARS
84
4
Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory
80
5
Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter
79
1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
90
2
Project CARS
81
3
Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory
80
4
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
76
5
Nero
63
1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
93
2
Galactic Civilizations III
85
3
Project CARS
84
4
Invisible, Inc.
84
5
Technobabylon
83
1
Splatoon
81
2
Swords & Soldiers II
75
1
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
84
2
Stretchmo
82
3
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
75
4
Bloo Kid 2
64
1
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed
71
What did you like?
Do you have any recommendations from the past month? Let us know in the comments section below.
