Year-End Lists

The Playlist: The 20 Best Films Of 2014

1. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
2. Nightcrawler
   Dan Gilroy
3. Foxcatcher
   Bennett Miller
4. Gone Girl
   David Fincher
5. Birdman
   Alejandro G. Iñárritu
6. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
7. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
8. Snowpiercer
   Bong Joon-ho
9. Leviathan
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
10. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
11. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
12. Guardians of the Galaxy
    James Gunn
13. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
14. A Most Violent Year
    J.C. Chandor
15. Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1
    Lars von Trier
15. Nymphomaniac: Vol. 2
    Lars von Trier
16. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
17. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
18. Mommy
    Xavier Dolan
19. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
20. The Rover
    David Michôd

Just Outside the Top Ten

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  Matt Reeves
• The Babadook
  Jennifer Kent

Past That

• Enemy
  Denis Villeneuve
• The Double
  Richard Ayoade
• Two Days, One Night
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• The Raid 2
  Gareth Evans
• John Wick
  Chad Stahelski

Beyond That

• We Are the Best!
  Lukas Moodysson
• Winter Sleep
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Frank
  Lenny Abrahamson
• The Lego Movie
  Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
• The Immigrant
  James Gray
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
  Ned Benson
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
  Ned Benson
• Force Majeure
  Ruben Östlund
• It Felt Like Love
  Eliza Hittman
• Stray Dogs
  Tsai Ming-liang
• Neighbors
  Nicholas Stoller
• Obvious Child
  Gillian Robespierre

Further Down the Individual Lists

• Citizenfour
  Laura Poitras
• The Overnighters
  Jesse Moss
• Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
  Chiemi Karasawa
• Edge of Tomorrow
  Doug Liman
• Get on Up
  Tate Taylor
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  Ana Lily Amirpour
• Dear White People
  Justin Simien
• Calvary
  John Michael McDonagh
• The Guest
  Adam Wingard
• Virunga
  Orlando von Einsiedel
• The Unknown Known
  Errol Morris
• Cold in July
  Jim Mickle