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

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015]

1. A Most Violent Year — J.C. Chandor
2. Selma — Ava DuVernay
3. Birdman — Alejandro G. Iñárritu
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
5. The Imitation Game — Morten Tyldum
6. Boyhood — Richard Linklater
7. Gone Girl — David Fincher
8. Ida — Pawel Pawlikowski
9. Locke — Steven Knight
10. Noah — Darren Aronofsky
11. Foxcatcher — Bennett Miller
12. Interstellar — Christopher Nolan

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically)

• American Sniper — Clint Eastwood
• Big Hero 6 — Don Hall and Christ Williams
• Blue Ruin — Jeremy Saulnier
• Calvary — John Michael McDonagh
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier — Anthony and Joe Russo
• Edge of Tomorrow — Doug Liman
• The Hunger Games: Monckinjay – Part 1 — Francis Lawrence
• The Lego Movie — Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
• A Most Wanted Man — Anton Corbijn
• Nightcrawler — Dan Gilroy
• Obvious Child — Gillian Robespierre
• The Skeleton Twins — Craig Johnson
• Snowpiercer — Bong Joon-ho
• The Theory of Everything — James Marsh
• Top Five — Chris Rock
• Two Days, One Night — Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
• Whiplash — Damien Chazelle

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

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012]

1. Inherent Vice — Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Maps to the Stars — David Cronenberg
3. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya — Isao Takahata
4. Gone Girl — David Fincher
5. Belle — Amma Asante
6. Goodbye to Language 3D — Jean-Luc Godard
7. Listen Up Philip — Alex Ross Perry
8. Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
9. Jealousy — Philippe Garrel

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 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012]

1. The Immigrant — James Gray
2. The Strange Little Cat — Ramon Zürcher
3. Jealousy — Philippe Garrel
4. What Now? Remind Me — Joaquim Pinto
5. Norte, the End of History — Lav Diaz
6. Goodbye to Language 3D — Jean-Luc Godard
7. Night Moves — Kelly Reichardt
8. Stray Dogs — Tsai Ming-liang
9. The Last of the Unjust — Claude Lanzmann
10. Closed Curtain — Kambuzia Partovi and Jafar Panahi

Steve Erickson: 20 Best Films of 2014, as published by Gay City News

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015]

1. Boyhood — Richard Linklater
2. What Now? Remind Me — Joaquim Pinto
3. Night Moves — Kelly Reichardt
4. Actress — Robert Greene
5. Stray Dogs — Tsai Ming-liang
6. The King of Escape — Alain Guiraudie
7. Goodbye to Language 3D — Jean-Luc Godard
8. The Immigrant — James Gray
9. Nightcrawler — Dan Gilroy
10. Selma — Ava DuVernay

Runners-up (alphabetically)

• The Babadook — Jennifer Kent
• Beyond the Lights — Gina Prince-Bythewood
• The Dog — Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren
• John Wick — Chad Stahelski
• The Naked Room — Nuria Ibañez
• National Gallery — Frederick Wiseman
• Two Days, One Night — Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
• Vic + Flo Saw a Bear — Denis Côté
• We Are Mari Pepa — Samuel Kishi Leopo

Brian Darr: 10 Best Feature Films of 2014, as published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog. See also this list of documentaries.

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013]

1. Goodbye to Language 3D — Jean-Luc Godard
2. Citizenfour — Laura Poitras
3. Interstellar — Christopher Nolan
4. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear — Denis Côté
5. The Immigrant — James Gray
6. Abuse of Weakness — Catherine Breillat
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
8. The Dance of Reality — Alejandro Jodorowsky
9. MANAKAMANA — Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
10. Stray Dogs — Tsai Ming-liang