Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2014

Cinema Scope: Top 10 Films of 2014

28 March 2015

Horse Money - Pedro Costa

Cinema Scope: Top 10 Films of 2014

[see also 2022202120202010s20192018201720162015201320122011]

Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2014

28 February 2015

Two Days, One Night - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2014 (limited to “poll-eligible” films)

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010sTop 50 Films of 2018Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018Top 25 Films of 2017Top 10 Films of 2016Top 10 Films of 2013Top 12 Films of 2012]

Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014

07 January 2015

Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014 (as posted on Twitter in this series of tweets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

[see also 2018201720122011]

Boston Globe: Ty Burr: 28 Best Movies of 2014

05 January 2015

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Ty Burr: 28 Best Movies of 2014, as published by The Boston Globe

[see also 2022202120202010s20122011]

Honorable Mention

BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore: 14 Greatest Movies of 2014

05 January 2015

Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer

Alison Willmore: 14 Greatest Movies of 2014, as published by BuzzFeed

[see also 20232022202120202019201820172016201520122011]

Atlantic: Christopher Orr: 30 Best Movies of 2014

05 January 2015

A Most Violent Year - J.C. Chandor

Christopher Orr: 30 Best Movies of 2014, as published by The Atlantic

[see also 2018201720162015]

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically)

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2014

05 January 2015

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2014

[see also 20232022202120202010s20192018201720162015201320122011]

Keyframe: Miriam Bale: Top 9 Films of 2014

04 January 2015

Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson

Miriam Bale: Top 9 Films of 2014, as published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog

[see also 2010s201820172016201520132012]

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014

01 January 2015

Obvious Child - Gillian Robespierre

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201320122011]

Darren Hughes: 10 Favorite Films of 2014

31 December 2014

The Immigrant - James Gray

Darren Hughes: 10 Favorite Films of 2014 (as published at his site, Long Pauses, where he also has lists of favorite unreleased films, experimental shorts, and discoveries)

[see also 20212010s20182017201620152012]