89.) Joy [12/30/2105]

David O. Russell doesn't work often, but when he does it's usually great and usually stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, and Joy follows the success of Silver Lining's Playbook  and American Hustle; Lawrence, who was in practically every scene save a few flashbacks, was phenomenal in this beautifully shot, slow-moving character study of a women who would not accept what life had given her.