Year-End Lists

Noel Murray: Top 15 Films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve

[see also The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 • The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 • The Best Films of 2021 • The Best Films of 2020 • The Best Films of 2019 • Top 15 Films of 2018 • Best Films of 2017 • The Best Films of 2016 • The Best Films of 2015 • 15 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
2. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
3. Snowpiercer
   Bong Joon-ho
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
5. Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1
   Lars von Trier
6. The Babadook
   Jennifer Kent
7. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
8. Nightcrawler
   Dan Gilroy
9. Edge of Tomorrow
   Doug Liman
10. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
11. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
12. Stranger by the Lake
    Alain Guiraudie
13. The Overnighters
    Jesse Moss
14. Listen Up Philip
    Alex Ross Perry
15. Blue Ruin
    Jeremy Saulnier

Mike D’Angelo: Top 15 films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve and A.V. Club

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

1. Two Days, One Night
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
2. Coherence
   James Ward Byrkit
3. Bird People
   Pascale Ferran
4. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
6. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
7. Last Days in Vietnam
   Rory Kennedy
8. Proxy
   Zack Parker
9. The Missing Picture
   Rithy Panh
10. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
11. Joe
    David Gordon Green
12. Lucky Them
    Megan Griffiths
13. The Strange Little Cat
    Ramon Zürcher
14. Edge of Tomorrow
    Doug Liman
15. John Wick
    Chad Stahelski

This list contributes to:

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

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2014

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

1. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
2. Popular Problems
   Leonard Cohen
3. Syro
   Aphex Twin
4. LP1
   FKA twigs
5. Are We There
   Sharon Van Etten
6. lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
   Robert Plant
7. Lateness of Dancers
   Hiss Golden Messenger
8. Everyday Robots
   Damon Albarn
9. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
10. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
11. Toumani & Sidiki
    Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
12. Our Love
    Caribou
13. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
14. Atlas
    Real Estate
15. The River & the Thread
    Rosanne Cash
16. American Interior
    Gruff Rhys
17. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
    Lucinda Williams
18. To Be Kind
    Swans
19. Small Town Heroes
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
20. Wig Out At Jagbags
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
21. Primitive and Deadly
    Earth
22. Morning Phase
    Beck
23. Pom Pom
    Ariel Pink
24. Sukierae
    Tweedy
25. Divide and Exit
    Sleaford Mods
26. Way Out Weather
    Steve Gunn
27. Hendra
    Ben Watt
28. Turn Blue
    The Black Keys
29. Lazaretto
    Jack White
30. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
31. Nikki Nack
    Tune-Yards
32. After the End
    Merchandise
33. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
34. Intensity Ghost
    Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band
35. English Oceans
    Drive-By Truckers
36. Trouble in Paradise
    La Roux
37. Band of Brothers
    Willie Nelson
38. Bécs
    Fennesz
39. Singles
    Future Islands
40. Dereconstructed
    Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
41. Phantom Radio
    Mark Lanegan Band
42. Rave tapes
    Mogwai
43. Total Strife Forever
    East India Youth
44. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
    Thom Yorke
45. Everybody Down
    Kate Tempest
46. Folk Singer, Vol. 1
    Willie Watson
47. Worship the Sun
    Allah-Lahs
48. World Peace Is None Of Your Business
    Morrissey
49. The Man Upstairs
    Robyn Hitchcock
50. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
51. The Voyager
    Jenny Lewis
52. Mess
    Liars
53. Commune
    Goat
54. Hypnotic Eye
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
55. Soused
    Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
56. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
57. Colfax
    The Delines
58. Carry On the Grudge
    Jamie T
59. Seven Dials
    Roddy Frame
60. Indian Ocean
    Frazey Ford
61. Do to the Beast
    The Afghan Whigs
62. Caustic Love
    Paolo Nutini
63. Unflesh
    Gazelle Twin
64. From Scotland With Love
    King Creosote
65. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
66. The Best Day
    Thurston Moore
67. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
68. Somewhere Else
    Lydia Loveless
69. Season Sun
    Gulp
70. Stay Gold
    First Aid Kit
71. Beauty & Ruin
    Bob Mould
72. Distance
    Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards
73. Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
    Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
74. Sun Structures
    Temples
75. Acoustic Classics
    Richard Thompson

Scott Tobias: Top 15 films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve

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

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
5. Stray Dogs
   Tsai Ming-liang
6. Winter Sleep
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
7. The Immigrant
   James Gray
8. Listen Up Philip
   Alex Ross Perry
9. Force Majeure
   Ruben Östlund
10. The Missing Picture
    Rithy Panh
11. Stranger by the Lake
    Alain Guiraudie
12. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
13. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
14. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
15. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle

Keith Phipps: Top 15 Films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
3. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
5. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
6. Selma
   Ava DuVernay
7. Two Days, One Night
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
8. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
9. Mr. Turner
   Mike Leigh
10. Life Itself
    Steve James
11. Love is Strange
    Ira Sachs
12. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
13. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
14. Night Moves
    Kelly Reichardt
15. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund

Tasha Robinson: Top 15 Films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
3. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
4. Song of the Sea
   Tomm Moore
5. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
6. Starred Up
   David Mackenzie
7. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
8. Selma
   Ava DuVernay
9. Jodorowsky’s Dune
   Frank Pavich
10. Ernest & Celestine
    Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
11. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
12. Blue Ruin
    Jeremy Saulnier
13. Big Hero 6
    Don Hall and Christ Williams
14. Bird People
    Pascale Ferran
15. Guardians of the Galaxy
    James Gunn

Nathan Rabin: Top 15 Films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve

[see also 2012 • 2011]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
   James Gunn
4. Nightcrawler
   Dan Gilroy
5. Life Itself
   Steve James
6. Obvious Child
   Gillian Robespierre
7. They Came Together
   David Wain
8. The Lego Movie
   Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
9. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
10. Blue Ruin
    Jeremy Saulnier
11. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
12. Happy Valley
    Amir Bar-Lev
13. Happy Christmas
    Joe Swanberg
14. God Help the Girl
    Stuart Murdoch
15. Cheap Thrills
    E.L. Katz

Genevieve Koski: Top 15 Films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Life Itself
   Steve James
3. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
5. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
6. Wild
   Jean-Marc Vallée
7. The Lego Movie
   Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
8. Force Majeure
   Ruben Östlund
9. Obvious Child
   Gillian Robespierre
10. The Guest
    Adam Wingard
11. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
12. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
13. We Are the Best!
    Lukas Moodysson
14. The Overnighters
    Jesse Moss
15. The Case Against 8
    Ben Cotner & Ryan White

Flavorwire: 26 Best Films of 2014

1. Selma
   Ava DuVernay
2. The Immigrant
   James Gray
3. Birdman
   Alejandro G. Iñárritu
4. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
5. Cold in July
   Jim Mickle
6. Mistaken for Strangers
   Tom Berninger
7. Dear White People
   Justin Simien
8. Tales of the Grim Sleeper
   Nick Broomfield
9. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
10. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
11. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
12. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
13. Venus in Fur
    Roman Polanski
14. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
15. Before I Disappear
    Shawn Christensen
16. Love is Strange
    Ira Sachs
17. A Life in Dirty Movies
    Wiktor Ericsson
18. The Double
    Richard Ayoade
19. Nightcrawler
    Dan Gilroy
20. Finding Vivian Maier
    John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
21. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
22. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
23. Nymphomaniac
    Lars von Trier
24. Gone Girl
    David Fincher
25. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
25. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
    Ana Lily Amirpour

Flavorwire: 30 Best Albums of 2014

[see also 2018 • 2015]

1. Too Bright
   Perfume Genius
2. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
   Angel Olsen
3. Run the Jewels 2
   Run the Jewels
4. The Future’s Void
   EMA
5. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
6. Ruins
   Grouper
7. Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
   Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
8. Xen
   Arca
9. SUCKER
   Charli XCX
10. American Middle Class
    Angaleena Presley
11. The Pinkprint
    Nicki Minaj
12. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
13. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
14. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
15. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
16. Broke With Expensive Taste
    Azealia Banks
17. Heigh Ho
    Blake Mills
18. In Conflict
    Owen Pallett
19. Typical System
    Total Control
20. Bécs
    Fennesz
21. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
22. The London Sessions
    Mary J. Blige
23. July
    Marissa Nadler
24. Black Portland
    Young Thug & Bloody Jay
25. Home, Like Noplace Is There
    The Hotelier
26. Lese Majesty
    Shabazz Palaces
27. In Cold Blood
    White Sea
28. My Everything
    Ariana Grande
29. Mess
    Liars
30. Northtown – EP
    Shamir