Nathan Rabin: Top 15 Films of 2014, as published by The Dissolve
- Boyhood — Richard Linklater
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
- Guardians of the Galaxy — James Gunn
- Nightcrawler — Dan Gilroy
- Life Itself — Steve James
- Obvious Child — Gillian Robespierre
- They Came Together — David Wain
- The Lego Movie — Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
- Whiplash — Damien Chazelle
- Blue Ruin — Jeremy Saulnier
- Foxcatcher — Bennett Miller
- Happy Valley — Amir Bar-Lev
- Happy Christmas — Joe Swanberg
- God Help the Girl — Stuart Murdoch
- Cheap Thrills — E.L. Katz