165 min Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Noah Wiseman, $257.76M, PG-13 The 20 best films of 2014 The best films of the year – the overground, the underground, the widely released and the still emerging, from oldtimers and first-timers – as chosen by 112 of our international contributors and colleagues. 113,481 Wes Anderson Director: | Gross: In any other hands, “Mommy” wouldn’t work. David Oyelowo, Action, Crime, Drama. Yahoo Movies ranks the 40 best movies of 2014. With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent. | Gross: | | Here we have the modern artistic sibling to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, connecting the moral fibers of a nation’s political, religious, and familial values, exposing their corrupted knots and soaking them in an ocean of vodka. The Hobbit: The Battle of t…. The top 20 underappreciated films of 2014 A new year of films may beckon, but there are lots of movies from 2014 you may have missed. Dolan’s use of music has never been better, with two sequences in particular providing swooningly gorgeous, unexpected audio/visual pairings, and lest you think the Academy ratio is a gimmick from the young filmmaker, it’s a choice that ramps up the intensity in a film where the emotions threaten to leap off the screen and eat you whole. | Gross: Movies Quiz / Top 20 Movies of 2014 by Director Random Movies or Director Quiz List the top 20 movies of 2014 as determined by the A.V Club? His most ardent fans (and we count ourselves among them) have learned that he never repeats himself and whatever he does next will be a complete 180 from whatever he did last time. YouTube. When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Here’s the list of 2014’s top 20 pirated movies and the number of downloads, as published by Variety. 1. Riz Ahmed, Votes: Check out 10 of the best movies that were released in 2014 below. Yayan Ruhian, At once a tiny, intimate three-hander and a grand, mythic tale about America and the inherent imbalance of capitalism, “Foxcatcher” strikes a high watermark for director Bennett Miller, a filmmaker who’d already knocked it out the park twice with “Capote” and “Moneyball.” Detailing the extraordinary true story of the Schultz Brothers (Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum), Olympic champion wrestlers who fall under the sway of industrialist heir John Du Pont (Steve Carell), the film’s a spare, almost austere parable that tips into absurdity only because it is an entirely absurd, and yet bone-chilling story. Crime, Thriller. | | Gross: | Sitting at our number one spot for the year by an enormous margin, mysterious, hypnotic and completely terrifying (is there any scene more eerily unheimlich than Johansson dragging that swimmer’s body past the crying baby on the beach?) Director: The complete list of the Guardian’s top 10 films of the year, as determined by UK release date ... With so many movies contriving to be dumb, ... Peter Bradshaw awards his top 10s of 2014. Tyler Perry, Votes: He’s eager to climb the ladder, but in yet another terrifically nuanced turn by Gyllenhaal, aided by Gilroy’s layered script, we see shades of Bloom’s damaged past, one that perhaps found him abused, alone, unwanted. | Gross: 'Interstellar' 9 20. Past that, there was also support for Denis Villeneuve‘s unnerving “Enemy,” Richard Ayoade‘s similarly doppelganger-themed “The Double,” and the Dardennes’ bruising “Two Days One Night,” while high placings in an individual list from two Playlist contributors saw “The Raid 2” and “John Wick” come near the top 25. Much better than I thought it would be with plenty humour and action to go around. Art directed with trademark Anderson perfection and nostalgia, it’s simply one of the most flat-out entertaining films of this year, even with an ending that’s so beautifully sad. The Hunger Games: Mockingja…. 2014-12-24T17:20:00Z ... Chris Pratt led the box office with two huge movies this year. Samuel L. Jackson, We provide 2014 movie release dates, cast, posters, trailers and ratings. | Brendan Gleeson, Votes: Oprah Winfrey, $333.18M. https://www.cnet.com/news/the-30-best-films-of-the-decade-ranked Tim Gordon of FilmGordon.com has been reviewing movies for 22 years so he’s seen a LOT of movies so you don’t have to. It seems that the woman’s touch of Gillian Flynn‘s novel and screen adaptation adds a new dimension to the auteur’s work — “Gone Girl” is a monster movie with a Hitchcock blonde as the antagonist, the stuff that men’s right’s activists’ dreams and nightmares are made of. Boyhood (I) (2014) 3. 705,738 The 20 Best Films Of 2014. | Director: Best of Rotten Tomatoes. Top-selling DVD titles in the US for 2014. Anne Hathaway, 194,785 $52.08M, R Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played. Melissa Benoist, | Gross: | Eligible movies are ranked based on their Adjusted Scores. A great year for gay cinema, this movie is remarkable and the ending – just a punch in the face! [Read our review]. Elizabeth Banks, Pawel Pawlikowski’s return to his native Poland, it’s a small, personal and beautifully formed little gem, focusing on novice nun Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska, who’s astonishing for a first-time actor), who discovers that she’s actually Jewish, and sets out with her aunt (the equally-astonishing Agata Kulesza) to look for her parents’ grave. Paul Reiser, Votes: “Birdman: or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”. Will Arnett, Votes: Elijah Smith, Votes: Thus we come to the top ten greatest movies of 2014, so keep reading! Zach Galifianakis, PG-13 But they’d be giving up on one of the most excitingly fresh, unapologetic directorial voices of the moment in Xavier Dolan and missing out on what ultimately becomes one of the most beautiful, goddamn heart-bursting movies of the year. | Stars: James Gunn | | Comedy, Drama. | Bradley Cooper, Willem Dafoe, Votes: In a future where every second summer film is going to be a Marvel universe offering, having Gunn on board delivering something as idiosyncratic as ‘Guardians’ can only be a good thing. Let us know in the comments and check out the rest of our year-end coverage right here. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Films of 2014. Then again Ben Affleck as the dull-as-paint husband is the stuff that intelligent, independent women’s nightmares are made of too. ‘Vol. But while “Only Lovers Left Alive” is impeccably cool, that doesn’t mean that it’s above real emotion. Jennifer Kent Carmen Ejogo, Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. From the ridiculous to the sublime, as part of our ongoing year-end coverage, we recently looked at the worst films of the year, but we wouldn’t want to rest on a negative note for too long, so there was only one way to go from there: to The Playlist’s Official 20 Best Motion Pictures of 2014. Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. | We pick our 20 favourite movies from the eye-opening, unpredictable cinematic smorgasbord that was 2014. Stars: [Read our review]. Stars: What does your own top 10 of 2014 look like? Drama, Horror. [Read our reviews of Vol. by SONofMLGBOI Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle . $25.38M, R Directors: 2014 has been an intriguing 12 months for movies. Action, Drama, Sci-Fi. Olivia Luccardi, 322,077 Night at the Museum: Secret…. Nine official adaptations, three moving romances, two historical dramas, and one horrifying storybook are among some of the films on HuffPost Entertainment's list of 2014's best movies. | Movies The Top 10 Movies of 2014 Slate’s movie critic on the monsters, the mothers, and the minifigs of the year in film. F. Murray Abraham, Inspired by a blue-collar working man who went on a bulldozer rampage in a small town in Colorado in 2004, Zvyagintsev had the desire to direct a story of a man in a desperate struggle with his government, slowly losing everything he holds dear. 2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 4. Tom Wilkinson, Votes: $233.92M, Probably the best X-men film of the entire franchise except maybe X2, R The film may simply be too out there to figure heavily into year-end discussions but give it some time and we’d wager it will start cropping up on Best of the Decade lists a few years down the line. If we had to sum up the Year in Movies for 2014 in one word it would be "surprising." Showdown (20) Subjective Camera (20) Subtitled Scene (20) Airplane (19) Bar (19) Car Accident (19) Cigarette Smoking (19) Crying (19) Elevator (19) Exploding Body (19) Horse (19) Male Rear Nudity (19) Mother Daughter Relationship (19) Self Sacrifice (19) Surrealism (19) Woods (19) Anti Hero (18) Car Chase (18) Church (18) Death Of Father (18) Exploding Car (18) Foot Chase (18) Helicopter (18) 5) PRIDE. A complete list of Family movies in 2014. Marion Cotillard gives a powerhouse performance in this Belgian drama about the goodness of people. For such a brief film (just 80 minutes), it’s also hugely substantial, packing in issues of identity, faith, history, guilt, sexuality and nationhood, while also being one of the most beautifully composed films in recent memory. A complete list of Romance movies in 2014. $42.34M. Neil Patrick Harris, Patricia Arquette, 2014 Romance movies, movie release dates. | Bill Paxton, Stars: Tomatometer rankings of the top 100 best movies of 2020 and all time. Director: 100 min Ellar Coltrane, 94 min J.C. Chandor Stars: Ethan Hawke, 20 Feet from Stardom. Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. ‘Vol. Top movies 2014: Addicted • Interstellar • X-Men: Days of Future Past • Transformers 4: Age of Extinction A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. Jazz bobs and weaves, it hits with unexpected rhythms, delights in accomplished technical feats of musicianship and wows with thunderous emotion at its highest peaks. | Gross: Chris Pratt, | From Anatolia to Zubrowka, the great motion pictures of 2014 took you places. | “Gone Girl” is a David Fincher film through and through: the grayscale palette, the uneasy Reznor/Ross score, the deep-seated cynicism and irony throughout. From the arch voiceover to the fluffy pink pens of Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), “Gone Girl” is Fincher’s take on a Dateline special. Fronted by Chris Pratt, a guy best known for a supporting role on a sitcom, and featuring a gang of deep space outlaws, including a thief, a ruthless assassin, a literal minded thug, an anthropomorphic raccoon with a penchant for heavy arms, and a talking alien tree who only says three words, it was however a gamble that paid off big time as ‘Guardians’ became the biggest movie of 2014 in the U.S. (second worldwide only to Michael Bay’s latest “Transformers” offering). Director: Iko Uwais, It's not only the best movie of 2014; it may be the best movie in 20 years. In an interview late last year he said, “It’s the big element of our medium – the manipulation of time, the perception of time, the control of time. Among the top 20 most-pirated titles, superhero, sci-fi, fantasy and action movies … Emily Blunt, II here]. 93,758 Stars: | Gross: Stars: Stars: 55,685 Considering the volume of releases, overall the 2000s have a dearth of truly good science-fiction films compared with the 1970s and 1980s. Still definitely worth a watch especially for Jake Gyllenhaal's performance as Lou Bloom, PG-13 Action, Adventure, Comedy. But he’s too much to handle, and so an unlikely alliance is formed with Kyra (Suzanne Clement) the neighbor who gives Steve care and guidance, while Diane earns their keep. 32. We can discuss formats all day long (and we did), but in the end, “Interstellar” has a sense of adventure, and a scope of ambition in tackling the Big Questions that really no other blockbuster even nodded to this year. 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' 6 A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe. | Adam Wingard It’s hardly a shock that this is a film that had to go the Megan Ellison route to get made: it’s deeply sad, almost lonely in tone, and savage in the way it holds up a mirror to the rotten core of the 1%, and the callousness with which they can treat the lives of others. | Gross: Director: | Isaac just wants to stay on the right side of the law, even if everything is pulling him towards criminal activity (personified by his brassy, mobbed-up wife played by Jessica Chastain). And this all plays out in the film’s blistering finale, a musical performance that’s character-driven, an action-packed sequence that doesn’t need one pixel of CGI. Evaluation of the year. | Gross: Biography, Drama, History. 20 Most Overlooked Movies of 2014: 'Snowpiercer,' 'Begin Again,' 'The Immigrant,' and More. At least at the outset, because as the film unfolds, the terrible perfection of her alien design (she is like an elaborate lure, cast by the man on the motorcycle, perhaps) is gradually compromised by the distant stirrings of a kind of humanity: pity, appetite, vanity, gratitude, fear. And it’s starkly beautiful to look at and to listen to, eschewing revelations and plot twists to deliver its deceptively simple story through mood, tone and atmosphere. 9 December 2014. An underrated psychological thriller about the stress of parenthood and tragedy. Horror, Mystery, Thriller. “There are more things in heaven and earth,” as Hamlet says to Horatio, “than are dreamed of in your philosophy.” And Jonathan Glazer’s bewitching “Under the Skin” may be the best expression ever of a film told from the point of view of one of those things. | Directors: For his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. A Million Ways to Die in Th…. As centuries-old vampiress Eve, Tilda Swinton has gotten most of the praise for the cast, but viewers shouldn’t overlook the rest of the talent: there’s a magnetic turn from Tom Hiddleston as her depressed vampire lover, Adam; nice supporting roles for Mia Wasikowska and Anton Yelchin; and we were equally enamored of both John Hurt as an undead Christopher Marlowe and Jeffrey Wright as a doctor who helps the ageless couple procure their drug of choice. [Read our review]. Stars: | Gross: We waited a long time for “Snowpiercer,” but it was worth it. We count down the 25 movies from 2014 that you absolutely need … Madeleine West, Votes: A nice surprising action films that knows what it is and uses that to its advantage. Action, Crime, Thriller. We caught up to this film expert to find out what he liked among this year’s Black film releases. Christopher Nolan Readers’ Poll: The 25 Best Cult Movies of All Time Midnight and dorm room favorites from ‘Eraserhead’ to ‘The Evil Dead’ Almost plotless, but never aimless, Jim Jarmusch’s take on the vampire genre is exactly what you’d expect from the director at his best: full of mood, dry wit and solid performances in cities as diverse as Detroit and Tangier. In Christopher Nolan’s space opera, the Earth coming to end is not a time mourn but an opportunity to explore new worlds and evolve as a species — it’s easily his most affecting, emotional work, that may have introduced a few of us to a new experience: crying at a Nolan film. Two Days, One Night – Luc Dardenne/Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Top 50 Movies of 2014. A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. The 20 best films of 2014. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. | It’s a staggering achievement, and we’re delighted to see so many take it to their hearts. Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Sam Parsonson, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Owen Wilson, Entertainment Weekly can suck it. The film is surprisingly affecting, with each detail creating a picture that is as impossible to get out of your head as a perfect rock’n’roll love song. “The Rover”If one takes “The Rover” on its own methodical, minimalist terms — an existentialist fable that burrows deep into the moralism of its corrupted, barren landscape — it’s hard to deny that writer/director David Michod’s sophomore effort wholly accomplishes what it sets out to do. Keri Russell, Movies; The Top 25 Must See Movies of 2014; Features The Top 25 Must See Movies of 2014. Rosamund Pike, | | ! J.C. Chandor is proving himself to be one of the slipperiest filmmaking chameleons, ping-ponging from a financial world thriller (“Margin Call“) to a robustly existential outdoor adventure (“All Is Lost“) to “A Most Violent Year,” possibly his deepest and most accomplished film to date, a period drama set in 1981 that speaks endlessly to the world around us today. Once again he’s assembled his all-star team, from Robert Elswit’s grainy, gorgeous 35mm cinematography to Jonny Greenwood’s mesmerizing score to an A-list ensemble, some of whom turn in career-best performances in essentially 1-2 scene parts. | Animation, Action, Adventure. Tell us what you think about this feature. Best-Reviewed Movies 2014 – Wide Release #1. And the result is a profound film of honest-to-goodness Biblical proportions delivered with a kind of invisible grace, which lodges itself in the memory banks and reverberates with an emotionally stirring, painfully real vision of humanity. 10. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. 90,600 12. The Top 10 Best Black Movies of 2014. 100 min David Leitch Drama, Music. [Read our review]. | Gross: Puffed up by ego, fueled by ambition, and unwilling or unable to stop until greatness is achieved, Fletcher and Andrew are in perverse need of each other to achieve their dreams. Joaquin Phoenix, 21. | [Read our review]. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) [Read our review]. A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies. How to Play. This year that guy is Michael Keaton and that film is “Birdman,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s virtuoso meta-fable of an actor fallen from grace. 728,428 [Read our review]. A slithering, steadily uncoiling examination of ambition, Gilroy and Gyllenhaal bring audiences into a Los Angeles not of sunshine, beautiful people and gleaming buildings, but of corroded aspirations and desperate measures that have curdled all morals and ethics. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes -- The summer's greatest blockbuster is also the film that brings us into the top … “There are no two words in the English language more harmful than ‘good job,’” Fletcher says. Stripping away all narrative complexity to the point of abstraction, the character study really breathes, but in such a completely different way to Michod’s triumphant last feature “Animal Kingdom,” that after just two features and a few shorts, Michod has us convinced he’s the real deal. With no obvious breakout Oscar winners (a la 12 Years a Slave) or billion-dollar box office smashes (like The Avengers), it’s … Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000 2014 Family movies, movie release dates. There’s just enough of a sliver of hope in “Snowpiercer,” and enough flashes of the most mordant humor, to keep it from being completely crushing, but it’s the bleak, damn near desolate texture Bong brings that makes it so utterly compelling. Lili Sepe, Votes: PG-13 7. | Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. [Read our review]. | Gross: There’s still plenty more year-end coverage to come, and there have been quite a few Best of the Year features already (which you can check out here). Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. “The Descent” (2005) 1,485,748 Top 10 Bollywood Movies in 2014 by Box Office Collection. With a spring release that was rewarded with deserved critical and financial success, it felt for the better part of 2014 that everyone was talking about ‘Grand Budapest.’ And for good reason: it’s funny as hell, with an against-type turn by Ralph Fiennes as a dandy, possibly bisexual and ultimately heroic hotel manager that’s award-worthy without being obvious. The ultimate anti-date movie, “Gone Girl” is Lifetime true crime gone high brow, masterfully and meticulously executed, with Pike’s Amy an instant icon of the anti-victim. Tom Cruise, | Gross: And all this couched within that remarkable score — all fetal heartbeats, vertiginous strings and amniotic pulsations — and some of the most striking imagery that master stylist Glazer has ever created, the more startling for being set amid the humdrum surroundings of Glaswegian high streets and gray Scottish countryside. | Gross: | ... Top Headlines. Blockbuster “Edge Of Tomorrow” also figured in, as did James Brown biopic “Get On Up,” Iranian vampire pic “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,” acerbic race-relations comedy “Dear White People,” Brendan Gleeson showcase “Calvary,” ’80s throwback actioner “The Guest,” environmental doc “Virunga,” Errol Morris‘ “The Unknown Known,” and stripped-down crime picture “Cold In July.”. Dec 9, 2014 12:32 pm Share This Article ... to The Playlist’s Official 20 Best Motion Pictures of 2014. Stars: In his article highlighting the best films of 2014, Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated, "The great surge in American filmmaking in the past ten years is due to independent financing at all levels. Meanwhile, reclusive Adam makes music that inspires obsessive listeners, while refusing to bow to the latest technology or trends. In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history. [Read our review]. But for now, take a look at the top 20 below, and let us know your own lists in the comments section. Patrick Stewart, 'Birdman' 1 $5.74M, R “Mommy,” much like Steve, is wild, reckless and flawed, but like Diane, that’s why we love it to death. Matt Reeves Given that it went rather overlooked on the festival circuit at the end of 2013, it’s been hugely gratifying to see the cult of “Ida” grow over 2014, as the film became a legitimate indie sleeper hit, and probably the front-runner for the Foreign Language Oscar. $188.02M. Above all, the film is a pair of love stories. FilmCrave's top movies of 2014 includes Tale of Princess Kaguya, The ( Kaguyahime no monogatari ), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Edge of Tomorrow and more. Aidan Gillen, Votes: | The story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s pivotal civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama — a pilgrimage that led to the landmark passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act — “Selma” is deeply moving. James McAvoy, Votes: Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage. Sarah Snook, Director: Maika Monroe, A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential. | [Read our review]. Scarlett Johansson, | Stars: But nevertheless, it’s been a fascinating process to watch the poll take shape (especially with the runaway number one film, which took almost twice as many points as its closest competitor), and we think we’ve ended up with a list that represents the site as a whole. On the road to becoming the most significant filmmaker of the last 20 years, Paul Thomas Anderson transformed from a Scorsesian chronicler of debauched L.A. life into a … | Eve adoringly pores over books, stuffing her suitcase for a trip with titles like “Infinite Jest” instead of clothes. Lists of recent good movies and award winners. | 1. the film earns its title not so much for any thematic answers it provides (it remains, to the last, a perfectly sealed enigma) but because for its admirers “under the skin” is where it lives, now and probably forever. | Gross: His place in the pantheon of modern auteurs is well-earned, but “Interstellar” evokes a spirit of human endeavor and an old-fashioned awe at the idea of space exploration, that makes all the spectacle somehow endearing too. | 1,034,433 [Read our review]. Richard Linklater Noah Taylor, 120 min R 698,509 Robert Redford, Votes: 149 min Ian McKellen, 5. $100.21M, PG-13 Ever since Cannes, we’ve been joining hands with fellow critics and singing the praises of Andrei Zvyagintsev’s unforgettable, deeply affecting, impossibly sophisticated “Leviathan.” In a year that has the word “epic” bandied about the playground like it ain’t no thing, in many ways it feels like it should be sheltered and reserved to describe the enchantment Zvyagintsev and his crew of exemplary professionals have managed to conjure up here. For as much as Anderson claims to make films for the Saturday night crowd, he’s really making them for the ages and he’s not afraid of leaving a few people behind to get there. Highest-grossing films of 2014 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Transformers: Age of Extinction: Paramount: $1,104,054,072 2 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Warner Bros. $956,019,788 3 Guardians of the Galaxy: Disney: $772,776,700 4 Maleficent: $758,410,378 5 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1: Lionsgate: $755,356,711 6