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2014 Movies

Flavorwire: 26 Best Films of 2014

20 December 2014

Selma - Ava DuVernay

Flavorwire: 26 Best Films of 2014

  1. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
  2. The Immigrant
    James Gray
  3. Birdman
    Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  4. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
  5. Cold in July
    Jim Mickle
  6. Mistaken for Strangers
    Tom Berninger
  7. Dear White People
    Justin Simien
  8. Tales of the Grim Sleeper
    Nick Broomfield
  9. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  10. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
  11. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  12. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
  13. Venus in Fur
    Roman Polanski
  14. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
  15. Before I Disappear
    Shawn Christensen
  16. Love is Strange
    Ira Sachs
  17. A Life in Dirty Movies
    Wiktor Ericsson
  18. The Double
    Richard Ayoade
  19. Nightcrawler
    Dan Gilroy
  20. Finding Vivian Maier
    John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
  21. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
  22. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
  23. Nymphomaniac
    Lars von Trier
  24. Gone Girl
    David Fincher
  25. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
  26. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
    Ana Lily Amirpour

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