It will be some time into 2015 before I have had a chance to see all the 2014 movies, but what are some of the best movies of the year? If it came out in some places in 2013, that’s cool too.
I really enjoyed:
Calvary
Zero Theorem
Predestination
Guardians of the Galaxy
Maze Runner
Horns
X-men Days of Future Past
Fault in Our Stars
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I’m sure I have forgotten some, but those are the ones that stand out in my mind right now. Calvary probably has stayed in my mind for the longest, though I can’t declare it the best yet. Brendan Gleeson will be robbed if he is not nominated for an Academy Award this year for it.
The Grand Budapest Hotel - I’m a Wes Anderson fan.
Gone Girl - I’m not a Fincher fan, but I admit this was a good movie.
The Babadook - Awesome psychological horror.
The Raid 2: Berandal - The most intense, nonstop action flick of the year.
The movie I enjoyed the most was Captain America 2. The movie that effected me the most was Her which technically came out at the very end of 2013 but I saw it in 2014. The most surprisingly good movie was Amazing Spider-Man 2.
My favorite movie thus far this year: Edge of Tomorrow (Live/Die/Repeat)
The best movie I’ve seen this year: Whiplash
Giant caveat: I’ve been balancing full time business school and part time work this fall, so I’m way behind on my Oscar-type-films. With school on break I expect to see Birdman, Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game, and Inherent Vice over the next couple of weeks, and I fully expect that one of those may jump into the “best” spot.
Boyhood
The Skeleton Twins
Snowpiercer
20,000 Days On Earth
Pride
Nightcrawler
Predestination
…and then probably a whole bunch of films that won’t be released until early 2015 here in Australia. (Can’t wait for Birdman and The Imitation Game especially.)
I also enjoyed:
The Lego Movie
Snowpiercer
Noah
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
I usually tend to watch more movies in most years, but for some reason I haven’t this time around, - so I haven’t see films that I really wanted to like Boyhood, Birdman, Fury, Captain America 2, Edge of Tomorrow, and Nightcrawler.
I haven’t seen Boyhood yet, but I intend to. Not in the theater though, it’s a movie I can watch at home. (And I prefer to watch non-spectacle movies at home.)
Of the ones I’ve seen, the best were:
Interstellar
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge of Tomorrow
Some major films I still haven’t seen (The imitation Game, Citizenfour, Leviathan, Mr. Turner, Selma, The Babadook, Unbroken, Into the Woods, American Sniper, Maps to the Stars), but for the year thus far, I’d guess my top 10 would be (in alpha order):
Boyhood
Calvary
Frank
Ida
Locke
A Most Violent Year
Obvious Child
Only Lovers Left Alive
Tim’s Vermeer
Under the Skin
That’s an awesome list MovieMogul! How wonderful to see Only Lovers Left Alive and Under The Skin on your list! I like most of the movies mentioned so far but those are my two favorite movies of the year.
Of the ones you haven’t seen, I’m waiting to see them too (plus Inherent Vice) except The Imitation Game, which I saw last week, and thought was pretty good. Of your list, I haven’t seen Frank or A Most Violent Year.
X-Men: Days of future Past (sucked)
Captain America: Winter Soldier (sucked, but not as hard)
How to Train Your Dragon 2. (not nearly as good as the first)
Forgot The Trip to Italy, too. I saw Vice and will need to see it again–I’m hard-pressed to remember the last time an A-list Hollywood director made a film quite as cuckoo-bananas as that one is, so it’s worth seeking out but I’m still not sure how I feel…
