Year-End Lists

Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2014, as published by Artforum

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

1. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
2. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
3. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
4. Dreams are Colder than Death
   Arthur Jafa
5. Tales of the Grim Sleeper
   Nick Broomfield
6. Timbuktu
   Abderrahmane Sissako
7. Level Five
   Chris Marker
8. White God
   Kornél Mundruczó
9. Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
   Sam Fleischner
10. The Knick
    Steven Soderbergh

James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2014, as published by Artforum

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

1. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
2. Amour fou
   Jessica Hausner
3. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
4. Das Spektrum Europas
   Cristi Puiu
5. Hill of Freedom
   Hong Sang-soo
6. Jauja
   Lisandro Alonso
7. The Tribe
   Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
8. Timbuktu
   Abderrahmane Sissako
9. Above and Below the Minhocão
   Mark Lewis
10. August Winds
    Gabriel Mascaro

J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2014, as published by Artforum

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
2. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Ida
   Pawel Pawlikowski
4. The Americans
5. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
6. The Marx Brothers TV Collection (DVD)
   various artists
7. Die Farbe
   Sigmar Polke
8. Snowpiercer
   Bong Joon-ho
9. Maps to the Stars
   David Cronenberg
10. The Congress
    Ari Folman

Joshua Rothkopf: The 20 Best Movies of 2020, as published by Time Out New York

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Nightcrawler
   Dan Gilroy
3. The Babadook
   Jennifer Kent
4. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
5. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
6. Love is Strange
   Ira Sachs
7. We Are the Best!
   Lukas Moodysson
8. Snowpiercer
   Bong Joon-ho
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
10. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
11. Jodorowsky’s Dune
    Frank Pavich
12. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
13. Particle Fever
    Mark Levinson
14. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
15. A Most Violent Year
    J.C. Chandor
16. The Missing Picture
    Rithy Panh
17. American Sniper
    Clint Eastwood
18. Life Itself
    Steve James
19. Leviathan
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
20. Get on Up
    Tate Taylor

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s always enjoyable video countdown: 25 Best Films of 2014 (presented this year by Little White Lies).

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
2. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
4. Nymphomaniac
   Lars von Trier
5. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
6. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
7. The Double
   Richard Ayoade
8. God Help the Girl
   Stuart Murdoch
9. Force Majeure
   Ruben Östlund
10. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
    Isao Takahata
11. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
12. Goodbye to Language
    Jean-Luc Godard
13. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
14. Palo Alto
    Gia Coppola
15. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
16. Mommy
    Xavier Dolan
17. Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
    Sion Sono
18. Starred Up
    David Mackenzie
19. Godzilla
    Gareth Edwards
20. Listen Up Philip
    Alex Ross Perry
21. Love is Strange
    Ira Sachs
22. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
23. Timbuktu
    Abderrahmane Sissako
24. We Are the Best!
    Lukas Moodysson
25. Lucy
    Luc Besson

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2014

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Li’l Quinquin
   Bruno Dumont
2. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
4. Maps to the Stars
   David Cronenberg
5. The Wind Rises
   Hayao Miyazaki
6. Nymphomaniac
   Lars von Trier
7. Mommy
   Xavier Dolan
8. Love is Strange
   Ira Sachs
9. Paradise
   Alain Cavalier
10. Our Sunhi
    Hong Sang-soo

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 20 Films of 2014 (a poll of 112 critics, published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. Leviathan
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
3. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
5. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
7. Winter Sleep
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
8. The Tribe
   Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
9. Ida
   Pawel Pawlikowski
9. Jauja
   Lisandro Alonso
11. Mr. Turner
    Mike Leigh
11. National Gallery
    Frederick Wiseman
11. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
11. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
15. The Duke of Burgundy
    Peter Strickland
16. Birdman
    Alejandro G. Iñárritu
16. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
18. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
18. The Look of Silence
    Joshua Oppenheimer
18. The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki

John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2014, as published by Artforum

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Maps to the Stars
   David Cronenberg
2. Charlie Victor Romeo
   Karlyn Michelson, Patrick Daniels, Robert Berger
3. The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
   Guillaume Nicloux
4. The Smell of Us
   Larry Clark
5. Gloria
   Sebastián Lelio
6. Who Took Johnny
   David Beilinson, Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley
7. Li’l Quinquin
   Bruno Dumont
8. Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1 and 2
   Lars von Trier
9. Violette
   Martin Provost
10. Unrelated
    Joanna Hogg
10. Archipelago
    Joanna Hogg
10. Exhibition
    Joanna Hogg