Year-End Lists

Christopher Orr: 30 Best Movies of 2014, as published by The Atlantic

1. A Most Violent Year
   J.C. Chandor
2. Selma
   Ava DuVernay
3. Birdman
   Alejandro G. Iñárritu
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
5. The Imitation Game
   Morten Tyldum
6. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
7. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
8. Ida
   Pawel Pawlikowski
9. Locke
   Steven Knight
10. Noah
    Darren Aronofsky
11. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
12. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically)

• American Sniper
  Clint Eastwood
• Big Hero 6
  Don Hall and Christ Williams
• Blue Ruin
  Jeremy Saulnier
• Calvary
  John Michael McDonagh
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  Anthony and Joe Russo
• Edge of Tomorrow
  Doug Liman
• The Hunger Games: Monckinjay – Part 1
  Francis Lawrence
• The Lego Movie
  Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
• A Most Wanted Man
  Anton Corbijn
• Nightcrawler
  Dan Gilroy
• Obvious Child
  Gillian Robespierre
• The Skeleton Twins
  Craig Johnson
• Snowpiercer
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Theory of Everything
  James Marsh
• Top Five
  Chris Rock
• Two Days, One Night
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Under the Skin
  Jonathan Glazer
• Whiplash
  Damien Chazelle