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2014 Movies

J.R. Jones: 20 Favorite Movies of 2014

29 December 2014

J.R. Jones: 20 Favorite Movies of 2014, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
  2. Calvary
    John Michael McDonagh
  3. Norte, the End of History
    Lav Diaz
  4. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  5. Night Moves
    Kelly Reichardt
  6. Last Days in Vietnam
    Rory Kennedy
  7. Joe
    David Gordon Green
  8. The Kill Team
    Dan Krauss
  9. Everyday
    Michael Winterbottom
  10. Cheap Thrills
    E.L. Katz
  11. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
  12. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
    Ned Benson
  13. A Girl at My Door
    July Jung
  14. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
  15. Nymphomaniac
    Lars von Trier
  16. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
  17. The Overnighters
    Jesse Moss
  18. In Secret
    Charlie Stratton
  19. Gloria
    Sebastián Lelio
  20. Tim’s Vermeer
    Teller

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