A.O. Scott: Top 21 Films of 2014, as published by The New York Times
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Boyhood — Richard Linklater
- Ida — Pawel Pawlikowski
- Citizenfour — Laura Poitras
- Leviathan — Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Selma — Ava DuVernay
- Love is Strange — Ira Sachs
- We Are the Best! — Lukas Moodysson
- Mr. Turner — Mike Leigh
- Dear White People — Justin Simien
- The Babadook — Jennifer Kent
- Beyond the Lights — Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Bird People — Pascale Ferran
- The Dance of Reality — Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Jodorowsky’s Dune — Frank Pavich
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
- A Most Violent Year — J.C. Chandor
- Particle Fever — Mark Levinson
- Snowpiercer — Bong Joon-ho
- Top Five — Chris Rock
- Two Days, One Night — Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
- Wild — Jean-Marc Vallée