For an explanation of my blog post title, check out my “best of” list from last year. For my picks of great and terrible films from 2014, chosen from among those I have seen (obviously), read on. Please note that this is just a list. If you would like to read reviews of the films, click on the hyper-linked title, which will take you to my own review of it. Enjoy! And please let me know if you agree or disagree with any of these. In a few days, I will publish a separate list of the best of acting and technical/artistic achievements for the year.
Top 10 Films of 2014 (in alphabetical order):
- Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Director)
- Boyhood (Richard Linklater, Director)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony & Joe Russo, Directors)
- Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, Director)
- Two Days, One Night (“Deux jours, une nuit“) (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Directors)
- Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, Director)
- The Lego Movie (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Directors)
- Leviathan (“Leviafan“) (Andrey Zvyagintsev, Director)
- Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, Director)
- Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, Director)
Runners-Up of 2014 (my second 10 – extremely close to Top 10) (in alphabetical order):
- Belle (Amma Asante, Director)
- The Dance of Reality (“La danza de la realidad”) (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Director)
- Diplomacy (“Diplomatie“) (Volker Schlöndorff, Director)
- Force Majeure (“Turist“) (Ruben Östlund, Director)
- Jodorowsky’s Dune (Frank Pavich, Director)
- Little Accidents (Sara Colangelo, Director)
- Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre, Director)
- Pride (Matthew Warchus, Director)
- Selma (Ava DuVernay, Director)
- Snowpiercer (Bong Joon Ho, Director)
Worst 10 Films of 2014 (in alphabetical order):
- Blended (Franck Coraci, Director)
- Catch Hell (Ryan Phillippe, Director) – I could not bring myself to review this, so I have linked to another review, which is far too kind
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott, Director)
- Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, Director)
- If I Stay (R.J. Cutler, Director)
- A Million Ways to Die in the West (Seth MacFarlane, Director) – I could also not bring myself to review this, so I have linked to another review, which is also too kind
- Tammy (Ben Falcone, Director)
- Transcendence (Wally Pfister, Director) – ditto the above
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay, Director)
- When the Game Stands Tall (Thomas Carter, Director)
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