2015

You couldn’t escape “Uptown Funk” (it’s still stuck in your head, admit it). Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke the box office, and Inside Out made a generation cry over a cartoon imaginary friend. Drake gave us Hotline Bling , and the world discovered the dab — a dance move that would haunt family photos forever.

Meanwhile, Netflix transformed from a DVD-by-mail service into a global juggernaut. In , Netflix expanded to 130 new countries at a single press conference. It also released its first original movie, Beasts of No Nation , and premiered the true crime documentary Making a Murderer , which dominated watercooler conversation for two solid months. You couldn’t escape “Uptown Funk” (it’s still stuck