Favourite Movies of 2014
My "official" year-end top list. Year by the first general/non-festival release listed…
My "official" year-end top list. Year by the first general/non-festival release listed…
Jan 1
Dec 31
Tessa Ross 11
Stan Lee 4
Mary Vernieu 11
Kerry Barden 10
Jina Jay 7
Tim Orr 3
Al Goto 7
John Roesch 10
Ve Neill 3
BBC Film 11
Paramount 10
BFI 10
Canal+ 10
Urs Hirschbiegel 5.0
Adam Somner 5.0
Francisco Ortiz 5.0
Richard L. Fox 5.0
Mark C. Stevens 5.0
Betsy Magruder 5.0
W. Alex Korp 5.0
Frank Capra III 5.0
Jason Graham 5.0
James Alan Hensz 5.0
Dave Halls 5.0
John Silvestri 4.5
Nilo Otero 4.5
Josh Robertson 4.5
Ben Howard 4.5
Courtenay Miles 4.5
Mike Smith 5.0
Charlie Picerni 5.0
Robert Legato 4.5
Martin Scali 4.5
Peter MacDonald 4.5
Crispin Reece 4.5
Mick Ward 4.5
Chris Forster 4.5
Jonathan Taylor 4.0
Spiro Razatos 4.0
Brian Smrz 4.0
Regina Cachuela 4.0
Jeremy Hollobon 4.0
Taylor Carrasco 4.0
Lori Smallwood 4.0
Bradley Parker 4.0
Gary Capo 4.0
Gary Powell 4.0
Marianne Bower 5.0
Ted Griffin 5.0
Adam Somner 5.0
Richard Baratta 5.0
Tony Gilroy 5.0
Jennifer Fox 5.0
Jake Gyllenhaal 5.0
David Lancaster 5.0
Michel Litvak 5.0
Garrick Dion 5.0
Juliana Guedes 5.0
Stephanie Wilcox 5.0
Sandra Adair 5.0
John Sloss 5.0
Caroline Kaplan 5.0
Jonathan Sehring 5.0
Irwin Winkler 5.0
Georgia Kacandes 5.0
Rick Yorn 5.0
Betsy Danbury 5.0
Nicolas Chartier 5.0
David L. Bushell 5.0
Holly Wiersma 5.0
Zev Foreman 5.0
Logan Levy 5.0
Joe Newcomb 5.0
Nathan Ross 5.0
Walter Campbell 5.0
Reno Antoniades 5.0
Robert Graf 5.0
Daniel Grodnik 5.0
Terence Winter 5.0
Dan Gilroy 5.0
Melisa Wallack 5.0
Craig Borten 5.0
Jonathan Glazer 5.0
Milo Addica 5.0
Walter Campbell 5.0
Gregg Araki 5.0
John Hughes 5.0
Michael Haneke 5.0
Shane Meadows 5.0
Glenn Ficarra 5.0
John Requa 5.0
Richard Pryor 5.0
Paul Mooney 5.0
Michael Pavone 5.0
Scott Neustadter 4.5
Jordan Belfort 5.0
Michel Faber 5.0
Scott Heim 5.0
Stefan Zweig 4.5
Gillian Flynn 4.5
Dan Abnett 4.5
Steve Englehart 4.5
Val Mayerik 4.5
Andy Lanning 4.5
Jim Starlin 4.5
Bill Mantlo 4.5
Keith Giffen 4.5
Steve Gan 4.5
Anthony Burgess 4.5
Peter Benchley 4.5
Andrew Hodges 4.5
Mickey Rapkin 4.5
Solomon Northup 4.5
Michael Bond 4.5
Cressida Cowell 4.5
Allison Hall 5.0
Matthew Maisto 5.0
Johanna Ray 5.0
Jenny Jue 5.0
Rich Delia 4.8
Dixie Webster 4.8
Beth Sepko 4.8
Ellen Chenoweth 4.8
Kahleen Crawford 4.5
Heidi Levitt 4.5
Des Hamilton 4.5
Felicia Fasano 4.5
Alexandra Montag 4.5
Patty Connolly 4.5
John Barba 4.5
Zhiyun Su 4.5
John Gilroy 5.0
Debra L. Tennant 5.0
Sandra Adair 5.0
Jean-Marc Vallée 5.0
Martin Pensa 5.0
Paul Watts 5.0
Ethan Coen 5.0
Joel Coen 5.0
Gregg Araki 5.0
Monika Willi 5.0
Robert Hoffman 5.0
Steve Livingston 5.0
Ken Johnson 5.0
Marc Pollon 5.0
Kevin Hickman 4.8
Joel Cox 4.5
Rodrigo Prieto 5.0
Robert Elswit 5.0
Lee Daniel 5.0
Shane F. Kelly 5.0
Yves Bélanger 5.0
Daniel Landin 5.0
Brett Pawlak 5.0
Danny Cohen 5.0
Jamie Anderson 5.0
Katell Djian 5.0
Laurent Didier 5.0
Hugues Gemignani 5.0
Tom Schamp 5.0
Kenneth Zunder 5.0
Barry Peterson 4.5
Bruno Delbonnel 4.5
Rachel Morrison 4.5
Lubomir Bakchev 4.5
Michael Svitak 5.0
Stuart Howell 5.0
Douglas Knapp 5.0
Randy Nolen 5.0
Gary Jay 5.0
Maceo Bishop 4.5
Peter Wignall 4.5
Sam Renton 4.5
Gary Spratling 4.5
Bela Trutz 4.5
Ernest Day 4.5
Mike Molloy 4.5
Ron Drinkwater 4.5
Michael Chapman 4.5
Valerie Taylor 4.5
Ron Taylor 4.5
Harry Pray IV 5.0
Renaldo Jackson 5.0
Sidney Brisco 5.0
Ben Gamble 5.0
Bill Silic 5.0
Kevin Kelley 5.0
Gene Engels 5.0
David Smith 4.5
Dustin Gardner 4.5
Harold Skinner 4.5
Martin Keough 4.5
Joshua Whitford 4.5
Francis Padilla 4.5
Amelia Doescher 4.5
Stefan Wilking 4.5
Vincent Varga 4.5
Landin Walsh 4.5
Feng Hua Mao 4.5
Tom Debenham 5.0
Todd Barron 5.0
Kirk Bales 5.0
Eric Engler 5.0
Ann Lukacs 5.0
Robert Legato 4.5
Brian Mussetter 4.5
Lance Acord 4.5
Eduard Grau 4.5
Wyatt Troll 4.5
Jonathan Taylor 4.5
Laurie Frost 4.5
Steven Hall 4.5
Dimitri Zaunders 4.5
Nima Nabili Rad 4.5
Adam Camporeale 4.5
Jordan Agutter 4.5
Tyler Allison 4.5
Kevin Kavanaugh 5.0
Rodney Becker 5.0
Gay Studebaker 5.0
Stephen Marsh 5.0
Rachel Myers 5.0
Mark Leese 5.0
Raymond Pumilia 5.0
Adam Stockhausen 4.5
Jess Gonchor 4.5
Sharon Seymour 4.5
Kave Quinn 4.5
Nathan Crowley 4.5
K.K. Barrett 4.5
Charles Wood 4.5
Wendy Stites 4.5
Patrice Vermette 4.5
John Barry 4.5
Joe Alves 4.5
Maria Djurkovic 4.5
Chris Shriver 5.0
David Meyer 5.0
Martin McNee 5.0
Emer O'Sullivan 5.0
Beala Neel 5.0
Grace Alie 5.0
Beth Kuhn 5.0
Peter Borck 5.0
Ray Yamagata 5.0
Sue Chan 4.5
W. Steven Graham 4.5
Hinju Kim 4.5
Sandy Veneziano 4.5
Naaman Marshall 4.5
Jay Pelissier 4.5
Javiera Varas 4.5
David F. Klassen 4.5
Eric Sundahl 4.5
Eggert Ketilsson 4.5
Brian Jones 5.0
Damon Hahn 5.0
Meg Everist 5.0
Jennifer Durban 5.0
Melanie Ferguson 5.0
Dimitra Bixby 5.0
Zach Selter 5.0
Erin Smith 5.0
Lisa Fischer 5.0
Tim Zydel 5.0
Natalie Richards 5.0
Owl Martin Dwyer 5.0
Douglas A. Mowat 4.5
Susan Bode Tyson 4.5
David Hack 4.5
Lynn Christopher 4.5
Robert Woodruff 4.5
Richard Stutsman 5.0
Chuck Khoury 5.0
Joe Montenegro 5.0
Elia P. Popov 5.0
Katie Riggs 5.0
Mark Curtis 5.0
Tony Turner 5.0
Mark Bero 5.0
David Waine 5.0
Allen Hall 5.0
Gary L. Karas 5.0
Dieter Sturm 5.0
Ryan Arndt 4.5
Gary Paller 4.5
Don Dolan 4.5
Robert L. Slater 4.5
Amanda Paller 4.5
Mark Owen Forker 5.0
Justin Ferk 5.0
Joe Farrell 5.0
Jason Kolowski 5.0
Mark Russell 5.0
Rachel Berry 5.0
Connor Meechan 5.0
Marc Cote 5.0
Antony Bluff 5.0
Tom Debenham 5.0
Dominic Parker 5.0
Tim Field 5.0
Huseyin Caner 5.0
Alex Lemke 5.0
Sarah Dowland 5.0
Henrik Fett 5.0
Mark Driscoll 5.0
Hoyt Yeatman 5.0
Maria Kerrigan 5.0
Todd Hall 5.0
Sam Lisenco 4.5
James Boorman 4.5
Ian Cross 4.5
Conor Byrne 4.5
Phil Pinto 4.5
Alan Munro 4.5
Howard Watkins 4.5
Julia Hall 4.5
Jeff Kryvicky 4.0
Erin Sarofsky 4.0
Jason Marconi 4.0
Elton Garcia 4.0
Tom Raycove 4.0
Jason Newmark 4.0
Wayne Fitzgerald 4.0
Kevin Rogers 5.0
Martin Klebba 5.0
Trampas Thompson 5.0
Corey Pierno 5.0
Asa Liebmann 5.0
William Cote 5.0
Dina L. Margolin 5.0
Shane Geraghty 5.0
Ned Corrigan 5.0
Geoffrey Dowell 5.0
Jalil Jay Lynch 5.0
Tim Gilbert 5.0
Simon Rhee 5.0
Chic Daniel 5.0
Dennis Scott 5.0
Oliver Keller 5.0
Spike Silver 5.0
Aakomon Jones 4.5
Anne Fletcher 4.0
Liam Steel 4.0
Mandy Moore 4.0
Nicole Cuevas 4.0
Francesca Jaynes 3.5
Christine Lakin 3.5
John Carrafa 3.0
Harrison Beal 3.0
Cynthia Onrubia 3.0
Chuck Maldonado 2.5
Jenny Arnold 2.5
Litza Bixler 2.0
Corinne Devaux 1.0
Leigh Miles 0.5
Mica Levi 5.0
Robin Guthrie 5.0
Harold Budd 5.0
Joel P. West 5.0
Ludovico Einaudi 5.0
Philippe Hersant 5.0
James Raymond 5.0
David Kitay 4.8
Nate Walcott 4.5
Mike Mogis 4.5
Julie Delpy 4.5
Simon Rhodes 4.5
Trent Reznor 4.5
Atticus Ross 4.5
Will Butler 4.5
Owen Pallett 4.5
Maurice Jarre 4.5
Wendy Carlos 4.5
Deacon Blue 5.0
Darude 5.0
Soundtree 5.0
Anna Kendrick 4.5
Chris Hrasky 4.0
Michael James 4.0
Munaf Rayani 4.0
Mark Smith 4.0
Eric Idle 4.0
Jackson C. Frank 4.0
Matthias Gohl 4.0
Henry Mancini 3.5
Johnny Mercer 3.5
Eminem 3.5
Art Garfunkel 3.5
Bret McKenzie 3.5
Martin Charnin 3.5
Lorde 3.0
Sammy Fain 3.0
Larry Kemp 5.0
Frank Kern 5.0
James Sabat 5.0
Shawn Holden 5.0
Michael Kamper 5.0
Margit Pfeiffer 5.0
Martyn Zub 5.0
Jessie Pariseau 5.0
Wayne Bell 5.0
Ethan Andrus 5.0
Tom Hammond 5.0
Justin Hennard 5.0
Evan Dunivan 5.0
Susan Fitz-Simon 5.0
Dick Hansen 5.0
Jo Caron 5.0
Paul Col 5.0
Anton Fischlin 5.0
Amy Westcott 5.0
Alix Hester 5.0
Joy Cretton 5.0
Jo Thompson 5.0
Claire Breaux 5.0
Mary Zophres 4.8
Sandy Powell 4.5
Milena Canonero 4.5
Casey Storm 4.5
Alexandra Byrne 4.5
Nancy Konrardy 4.5
Patricia Norris 4.5
Lindy Hemming 4.5
Heather Wallace 4.5
Verity Hawkes 4.5
Bridget O'Neill 5.0
Mary Anne Spano 5.0
Jill Astmann 5.0
Darylin Nagy 5.0
Robin Mathews 5.0
Fleur Morell 5.0
Nicole Le Bris 5.0
Lee Harman 5.0
Allison Bryan 5.0
Michal Bigger 5.0
Lynne K. Eagan 5.0
Carrie Angland 5.0
Donald Mowat 4.8
Sian Grigg 4.5
Frances Hannon 4.5
Michael Kriston 5.0
Joseph Whitmeyer 5.0
Susan Schectar 5.0
Jovan Vitagliano 5.0
Candace Neal 5.0
Pavy Olivarez 5.0
Viviane Normand 5.0
Darylin Nagy 5.0
Nicole Le Bris 5.0
Kaye Pownall 5.0
Francesca Paris 5.0
Thom Gonzales 5.0
Teressia Carter 5.0
Adruitha Lee 4.8
Kathryn Blondell 4.5
Patricia DeHaney 4.5
Bold Films 5.0
Sierra/Affinity 5.0
IFC Productions 5.0
CE 5.0
R² Films 5.0
Rainmaker Films 5.0
JW Films 5.0
Antidote Films 5.0
Fortissimo Films 5.0
Traction Media 5.0
Animal Kingdom 5.0
The first Nativity! flick is a gentle gem, a sweet little Christmassy testament to indie British filmmaking. The second suffered from trying to recapture the magic of its predecessor, but it was a solid three-star effort. Alas, this third addition to the franchise is utterly absymal, brainless and hopeless from…
My "official" year-end top list. Year by the first general/non-festival release listed on IMDb.
The list cuts off at 40.
See also my "favourite movies of 2014 by UK cinema release" list letterboxd.com/wezzo/list/favourite-movies-of-2014-by-uk-cinema-release/
Close: A Most Wanted Man, Magic in the Moonlight, Mr Peabody and Sherman, What If, Edge of Tomorrow, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, John Wick, The Riot Club, Big Hero 6
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1.7
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vs 3.07
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vs 2.03
Stats by Letterboxd