Year-End Lists

Andrew O’Hehir: 21 Best Movies of 2014, as published by Salon

[see also 2012 • 2011]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Leviathan
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
3. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Winter Sleep
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
5. The Homesman
   Tommy Lee Jones
6. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
7. Snowpiercer
   Bong Joon-ho
8. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
9. The Immigrant
   James Gray
10. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
    Ana Lily Amirpour
11. 20,000 Days On Earth
    Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)

• Birdman
  Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• Citizenfour
  Laura Poitras
• Concerning Violence
  Göran Olsson
• Force Majeure
  Ruben Östlund
• Goodbye to Language
  Jean-Luc Godard
• Love is Strange
  Ira Sachs
• Mr. Turner
  Mike Leigh
• The Overnighters
  Jesse Moss
• Selma
  Ava DuVernay
• Whiplash
  Damien Chazelle

Drowned in Sound: 51 Favourite Albums of 2014

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
   The Twilight Sad
2. Are We There
   Sharon Van Etten
3. 1989
   Taylor Swift
4. July
   Marissa Nadler
5. Crosses
   ††† (Crosses)
6. Alvvays
   Alvvays
7. Eagulls
   Eagulls
8. More Than Any Other Day
   Ought
9. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
10. To Be Kind
    Swans
11. Here and Nowhere Else
    Cloud Nothings
12. Rave tapes
    Mogwai
13. El Pintor
    Interpol
14. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
15. LP1
    FKA twigs
16. Romantic Works
    Keaton Henson
17. Atomos
    A Winged Victory For The Sullen
18. The Hum
    Hookworms
19. Total Strife Forever
    East India Youth
20. The Future’s Void
    EMA
21. Singles
    Future Islands
22. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
23. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
24. Ruins
    Grouper
25. Punish, Honey
    Vessel
26. Blood Red Shoes
    Blood Red Shoes
27. Art Official Age
    Prince
27. PLECTRUMELECTRUM
    Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL
28. Chiaroscuro
    I Break Horses
29. The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
    Eels
30. Blood
    Pulled Apart By Horses
31. In Conflict
    Owen Pallett
32. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
33. Kiasmos
    Kiasmos
34. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
35. A U R O R A
    Ben Frost
36. Mess
    Liars
37. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
38. Familiars
    The Antlers
39. Strange Friend
    The Phantom Band
40. Inventions
    Invensions
41. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
42. Dead
    Young Fathers
43. Pe’ahi
    The Raveonettes
44. Angels & Devils
    The Bug
45. Gone Girl (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
    Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
46. IX
    …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
47. Never Hungover Again
    Joyce Manor
48. Syro
    Aphex Twin
49. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
    Thom Yorke
50. Two
    Owls

J.R. Jones: 20 Favorite Movies of 2014, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Ida
   Pawel Pawlikowski
2. Calvary
   John Michael McDonagh
3. Norte, the End of History
   Lav Diaz
4. Two Days, One Night
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
5. Night Moves
   Kelly Reichardt
6. Last Days in Vietnam
   Rory Kennedy
7. Joe
   David Gordon Green
8. The Kill Team
   Dan Krauss
9. Everyday
   Michael Winterbottom
10. Cheap Thrills
    E.L. Katz
11. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
12. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
    Ned Benson
13. A Girl at My Door
    July Jung
14. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
15. Nymphomaniac
    Lars von Trier
16. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
17. The Overnighters
    Jesse Moss
18. In Secret
    Charlie Stratton
19. Gloria
    Sebastián Lelio
20. Tim’s Vermeer
    Teller

Inkoo Kang: The Ten Best TV Shows of 2014, as published by The Village Voice

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2015]

1. Transparent
2. Game of Thrones
3. Orange is the New Black
4. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
5. Mad Men
6. Inside Amy Schumer
7. Olive Kitteridge
8. Veep
9. Bob’s Burgers
10. 30 for 30, "The Price of Gold"

Jane Ciabattari: The 10 Best Books of 2014 as published by BBC Culture

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2013]

1. Euphoria
   Lily King
2. Lila
   Marilynne Robinson
3. An Untamed State
   Roxane Gay
4. Some Luck
   Jane Smiley
5. Wonderland
   Stacey D'Erasmo
6. The Kills

   Sutler, The Massive, The Kill, and The Hit
   Richard House
7. Penelope Fitzgerald

   A Life
   Hermione Lee
8. The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness
   Rebecca Solnit
9. Nora Webster
   Colm Tóibín
10. A Brief History of Seven Killings
    Marlon James

Mark Kermode: Top Ten Films of 2014, as aired on BBC’s Kermode Uncut

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. The Babadook
   Jennifer Kent
2. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
3. Frank
   Lenny Abrahamson
4. Belle
   Amma Asante
5. The Golden Dream
   Diego Quemada-Díez
6. Pride
   Matthew Warchus
7. Maps to the Stars
   David Cronenberg
8. The Past
   Asghar Farhadi
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
10. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
10. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer

Mara Reinstein: Top 10 Movies of 2014, as published by Us Weekly

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
3. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
4. Foxcatcher
   Bennett Miller
5. The Theory of Everything
   James Marsh
6. Nightcrawler
   Dan Gilroy
7. Wild
   Jean-Marc Vallée
8. American Sniper
   Clint Eastwood
9. The Fault in Our Stars
   Josh Boone
10. Edge of Tomorrow
    Doug Liman

Ben Kenigsberg: The Best Films of 2014, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
3. Two Days, One Night
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
4. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
5. The Strange Little Cat
   Ramon Zürcher
6. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
7. The Last of the Unjust
   Claude Lanzmann
8. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
9. The Immigrant
   James Gray
10. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
11. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
12. A Most Wanted Man
    Anton Corbijn
13. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
14. National Gallery
    Frederick Wiseman
15. Policeman
    Nadav Lapid

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: The 20 Best Movies of 2014

Nick Schager: The Best Films of 2014, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Mr. Turner
   Mike Leigh
2. National Gallery
   Frederick Wiseman
3. Winter Sleep
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
4. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
5. A Field in England
   Ben Wheatley
6. Two Days, One Night
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
7. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
8. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
9. Force Majeure
   Ruben Östlund
10. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
    Ana Lily Amirpour
11. A Most Violent Year
    J.C. Chandor
12. The Homesman
    Tommy Lee Jones
13. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
14. A Most Wanted Man
    Anton Corbijn
15. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: The 20 Best Movies of 2014

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2014, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013]

1. The Immigrant
   James Gray
2. Listen Up Philip
   Alex Ross Perry
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
4. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
5. Beloved Sisters
   Dominik Graf
6. Starred Up
   David Mackenzie
7. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
8. Stranger by the Lake
   Alain Guiraudie
9. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
10. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
11. John Wick
    Chad Stahelski
12. The Strange Little Cat
    Ramon Zürcher
13. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
14. Lucy
    Luc Besson
15. Norte, the End of History
    Lav Diaz

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: The 20 Best Movies of 2014