2015 Black Comedy Was Just Ranked the 'Most Original Movie of the Last 15 Years'

While modern audiences seemingly can't escape remakes, movie-goers still occasionally get treated to unique and daring films. For instance, Colliderrecently shared a ranking of the "10 most original movies of the last 15 years."

The list, published on May 28, featured unusual but acclaimed films like 2022's Barbarian, I Saw the TV Glow from 2024, Get Out, released 2017, and 2019's Parasite. According to Collider, the 2015 Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film, The Lobster, deserved the title of the most original film that debuted after 2011.

The publication reported that the film utilized frank, unflinching dialogue and images as a way to critique the belief that fulfillment can only be found in romantic relationships.

The Lobster holds a score of 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 82 on Metacritic.

Colin Farrell Discussed the Message of 'The Lobster' in 2015

In a 2015 interview with HeyUGuys, The Lobster's star Colin Farrell, who played David, discussed the absurdist film's underlying messages. He explained that Lanthimos and his co-scriptwriter, Efthimis Filippou, didn't seek out to address one specific topic.

"There's no singular message that the filmmakers were trying to put forth. I know that for sure. But different people are coming away with different things. You know, the idea of of the pressure, obviously is one of the obvious ones, that society lives under to pair themselves off into a couple. And you know, the virtues of living alone, and the conflict between those two things," said Farrell in the 2015 interview.

He also said while he "didn't really get any one particular message from" the film, he believes "it's a really beautiful tale."

In addition, Farrell said working on the movie "was an extraordinary experience." He then shared that he wasn't used to the script's "peculiar" material and the way Lanthimos directs.

"The process of making the film, and the lack of rehearsal, and the lack of talking about character and backstory and narrative. There was none of that, and it was all just very immersive in a kind of an unusually clinical way, which was bizarrely pleasing and surprisingly warm for its clinicaly," said the actor, who collaborated with Lanthimos again for the 2017 movie Killing of a Sacred Deer.

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This story was originally published May 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM.