Year-End Lists

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

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

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