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2014 Movies

Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2014

12 December 2014

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Film Comment: 20 Best Films of 2014

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  1. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
  2. Goodbye to Language
    Jean-Luc Godard
  3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
  4. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
  5. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
  6. Stranger by the Lake
    Alain Guiraudie
  7. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
  8. Birdman
    Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  9. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  10. The Immigrant
    James Gray
  11. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  12. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
  13. Mr. Turner
    Mike Leigh
  14. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
  15. Norte, the End of History
    Lav Diaz
  16. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
  17. Stray Dogs
    Tsai Ming-liang
  18. National Gallery
    Frederick Wiseman
  19. MANAKAMANA
    Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
  20. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho

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