Temporal Top Ten – 2014

Number of movies seen from this year – 213
Number of movies reviewed – 259 (including 46 Encore Reviews)

 

I loved the movies of 2014, not only because it was the first full release year where I reviewed every movie I watched, but because there are at least twenty films that could have found spots on this list, but since I have to fair, I (begrudgingly) widdled it down to just 10.

Of the 9 best picture nominees, only 2 were able to crack my top ten and neither of them are among the two favorites that duked it out for the golden guy back in Feb.

For anyone who saw my end of the year top ten, you will notice slight changes between that list and this one because time and rewatches help to skew the perceptions from what they were beforehand. (For better or for worse)

Perhaps in another 6 months or 6 years, my opinion will once again change.

My #1 was actually a very easy choice because I love this movie and have already seen it 4 times (and I constantly have an urge to see it again very soon)

#2 is one of the most intense and innovative movies that I’ve seen in the last few years and despite many people faulting it for it’s length and science, it still remains very high on my list of favorite movie.

#3 is actually a guilty pleasure because it’s a love story that really drew me in, I’ve already seen it 3 times this year and can’t get enough of the characters.

#4 is a very emotional documentary for movie lovers like me and it is one of the few movies on this list that I’ve only seen once (so far) because it is not an easy watch.

#5 and #6 are interchangeable in my book because they are both great biopics that both deserved much more recognition than they got.

#7 and #10 are two excellent additions to the ever expanding superhero universe, both sequels IMHO are even better than their predecessors.

#8 is the only movie that I’ve seen since I made my end of year top ten and it was one that both I and my entire family extremely enjoyed because it had a great story and was hilarious.

#9 is a great addition to the Disney canon and is another one of these movies that I feel the urge to rewatch again soon when I get the chance.

Update 2 Apr 17 – Night Will Fall is now #6, all subsequent titles are bumped down one slot

Update 31 Mar 2019 – The Sixties is now #9, all subsequent titles are bumped down one slot.

Update 1 Jun 2021 – Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays is now #3, all subsequent titles are bumped down one slot.

My Top Ten

Honorable mention – X-Men: Days of Future Past

Honorable mention – Big Hero 6

10. Paddington

9. The Sixties

8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

7. Night Will Fall

6. Selma

5. Life Itself

4. The Fault in Our Stars

3. Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays

2. Interstellar

1. Guardians of The Galaxy

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 2014

1. 22 Jump Street
2. 3 Days to Kill
3. 50 to 1
4. ’71
5. 99 Homes
6. About Alex
7. The Address
8. All this Mayhem
9. Amazing Spider-Man 2, The             Encore Review
10. American Sniper                            Encore Review   Encore Review 2
11. And So It Goes        Encore Review
12. And the Oscar Goes To…
13. Angriest Man in Brooklyn, The
14. Annie
15. As Above, So Below
16. Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
17. Automata
18. Babadook, The
19. Backcountry
20. Bad Country
21. Batman: Assault on Arkham
22. Bear Story
23. Before I Go to Sleep
24. Before We Go
25. Beyond the Lights
26. Big Driver
27. Big Eyes  Encore Review
28. Big Hero 6
29. Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
30. Bing Crosby Rediscovered
31. Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Encore Review Encore Review 2
32. Black or White
33. Blended
34. Boogaloo & Graham
35. Boxtrolls
36. Boyhood                   Encore Review
37. Brick Mansions
38. Cake
39. Calvary
40. The Calling
41. Captain America: The Winter Soldier      Encore Review   Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3
42. Captive, The
43. Chaos on the Bridge
44. Chef
45. Citizenfour
46. Clouds of Sils Maria
47. Cobbler, The
48. Cold in July
49. Crawl or Die
50. Cut Bank  Encore Review
51. The Dam Keeper
52. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
53. Divergent Encore Review
54. Dracula Untold
55. Draft Day Encore Review
56. The Drop
57. Edge of Tomorrow      Encore Review
58. Equalizer, The
59. Ex Machina
60. Exodus: Gods and Kings
61. Expendables 3, The
62. Fault in Our Stars, The Encore Review Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 4
63. Face of an Angel, The
64. Faults
65. Force Majeure
66. Fort Bliss
67. Foxcatcher
68. Frank
69. Frontera
70. Fury
71. Get on Up
72. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem  Encore Review
73. Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, A
74. The Giver
75. Godzilla
76. Gone Girl Encore Review
77. Good Lie, The
78. Good Marriage, A
79. Goodbye to All That
80. Grace of Monaco
81. The Grand Budapest Hotel
82. Guardians of the Galaxy Encore Review  Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 4 5 6 7
83. The Guest
84. Heaven is For Real
85. Hobbit, The: The Battle of the Five Armies
86. Homesman, The
87. Horrible Bosses 2
88. Housebound
89. How to Train Your Dragon 2
90. Hundred-Foot Journey, The
91. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
92. I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
93. I Origins
94. Imitation Game, The     Encore Review
95. In Your Eyes
96. Infinitely Polar Bear
97. Inherent Vice
98. The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
99. Interstellar Encore Review  Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3
100. Into the Storm
101. Into the Woods
102. It Follows
103. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit  Encore Review
104. Jersey Boys
105. Jessabelle
106. John Wick   Encore Review
107. The Judge
108. Just Before I Go
109. Justice League: War
110. Kill the Messenger
111. Korengal
112. Labyrinth of Lies
113. Last Man on the Moon, The
114. The Lego Movie
115. Life Itself   Encore Review
116. Lilting
117. Love & Mercy
118. Love Is Strange
119. Lucy
120. Maleficient
121. Maps to the Stars
122. The Maze Runner
123. Me and My Moulton
124. Mercy
125. A Merry Friggin’ Christmas
126. Million Dollar Arm
127. A Million Ways to Die in the West
128. The Monuments Men
129. A Most Violent Year
130. A Most Wanted Man
131. Mr. Peabody & Sherman
132. Mr. Turner
133. Muppets Most Wanted
134. Need for Speed
135. Neighbors
136. Night Will Fall
137. Nightcrawler  Encore Review
138. Noah
139. Non-Stop
140. The Normal Heart
141. The Nut Job
142. Obvious Child
143. October Gale
144. Olive Kitteridge
145. One I Love, The   Encore Review
146. Other Woman, The
147. Out of the Dark
148. Paddington
149. Phoenix
150. Playing It Cool
151. Predestination
152. Premature
153. Pride
154. The Prince
155. The Purge: Anarchy
156. Rage
157. The Raid 2: Berandal
158. Reasonable Doubt
159. The Rewrite
160. Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
161. Ride
162. Ride Along
163. Rio 2
164. Rob the Mob
165. Robin Williams Remembered: Pioneers of Television (2014)
166. RoboCop
167. Sabotage
168. Selma Encore Review Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3
169. Serena
170. S*x Tape
171. Signal, The
172. Sixties, The
173. Someone Marry Barry
174. Son of Batman
175. Song of the Sea
176. Space Station 76
177. St. Vincent
178. Stan Lee’s Mighty 7
179. Still Alice
180. Taken 3
181. Terror at the Mall
182. Testament of Youth
183. That Awkward Moment
184. That Film About Money
185. The Theory of Everything
186. They Came Together
187. This Is Where I Leave You
188. Time Lapse
189. Top Five
190. Toy Story That Time Forgot
191. Transcendence
192. Transformers: Age of Extinction
193. Two Days, One Night
194. The Two Faces of January
195. Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story, The
196. Unbroken   Encore Review
197. Veronica Mars
198. Voices, The
199. A Walk Among the Tombstones
200. War Story
201. Water Diviner, The
202. Welcome to New York
203. What We Did on Our Holiday
204. What We Do in the Shadows
205. When the Game Stands Tall
206. While We’re Young
207. Whiplash      Encore Review
208. White Bird in a Blizzard
209. Wild
210. Winter’s Tale
211. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
212. X-Men: Days of Future Past Encore Review  Encore Review 2
213. You’re Not You