Best to Worst 2014
by bseagrave54 | created - 11 Jan 2013 | updated - 20 Mar 2019 | PublicThis is a list of all of the movies that I have seen in 2014.
Movie Ratings:
Acting- Ensemble Cast
Story- Overall Story/Screenplay
Visual- Cinematography/Production Design/ Costume/Makeup/Visual Effects
Technical- Direction/Editing
Audio- Score/Sound Editing/Mixing
Personal- My Personal Score
On a scale of 1-10, where a 10 is master, 5 is average, 1 is pedestrian.
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1. Interstellar (2014)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
Votes: 2,098,746 | Gross: $188.02M
Overall: 9.2/10 Acting: 8 Story: 8 Visual: 10 Technical: 10 Audio: 10 Personal: 9
2. Gone Girl (2014)
R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
Votes: 1,066,984 | Gross: $167.77M
Overall: 8.2/10 Acting: 8 Story: 7 Visual: 9 Technical: 9 Audio: 8 Personal: 8
3. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
Votes: 110,698 | Gross: $8.11M
Overall: 7.8/10 Acting: 8 Story: 6 Visual: 9 Technical: 9 Audio: 8 Personal: 7
4. Selma (2014)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 95,457 | Gross: $52.08M
Overall: 7.7/10 Acting: 8 Story: 8 Visual: 8 Technical: 8 Audio: 7 Personal: 7
5. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 666,449 | Gross: $42.34M
Overall: 7.3/10 Acting: 8 Story: 6 Visual: 9 Technical: 9 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
6. Fury (2014)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War
A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña
Votes: 546,946 | Gross: $85.82M
Overall: 7.3/10 Acting: 7 Story: 7 Visual: 8 Technical: 8 Audio: 7 Personal: 7
7. Ida (2013)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama
A novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela
Votes: 60,690 | Gross: $3.83M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 7 Story: 7 Visual: 8 Technical: 8 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
8. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 604,433 | Gross: $32.38M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 8 Story: 7 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
9. The Lego Movie (2014)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller | Stars: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
Votes: 388,240 | Gross: $257.76M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 6 Story: 7 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 7
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 1,272,996 | Gross: $333.18M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 6 Story: 7 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 7 Guardians of the Galaxy has aged better than most of the MCU films. The characters are distinctive and interesting. The visuals are well-crafted and the soundtrack is singular. The biggest downside are the villain, Lee Pace overacts as Ronan making him feel out of place.
11. American Sniper (2014)
R | 133 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis
Votes: 529,099 | Gross: $350.13M
Overall: 6.5/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
12. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 824,809 | Gross: $91.13M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 8 Story: 7 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
13. Frank (II) (2014)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Moira Brooker
Votes: 82,365 | Gross: $0.64M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 7 Story: 7 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 8 Personal: 6
14. Life Itself (2014)
R | 121 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Gene Siskel, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 16,250 | Gross: $0.81M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: N/A Story: 8 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 8
15. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Votes: 401,042 | Gross: $124.87M
Overall: 7/10 Acting: 7 Story: 7 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 7
16. Foxcatcher (2014)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 149,234 | Gross: $12.10M
Overall: 6.8/10 Acting: 8 Story: 6 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
17. The Guest (I) (2014)
R | 100 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe, Joel David Moore
Votes: 106,856 | Gross: $0.32M
Overall: 6.8/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
18. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 988,834 | Gross: $13.09M
Overall: 6.8/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 8 Personal: 6
19. Camp X-Ray (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
A soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.
Director: Peter Sattler | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, Tara Holt
Votes: 42,930 | Gross: $0.01M
Overall: 6.8/10 Acting: 8 Story: 7 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
20. A Most Violent Year (2014)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 77,574 | Gross: $5.74M
Overall: 6.7/10 Acting: 8 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
21. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 736,578 | Gross: $100.21M
Overall: 6.7/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 8 Technical: 6 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
22. It Follows (2014)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe
Votes: 268,871 | Gross: $14.67M
Overall: 6.7/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 8 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
23. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy
Votes: 744,968 | Gross: $233.92M
Overall: 6.7/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 5
24. Men, Women & Children (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communications, their self-images, and their love lives.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner
Votes: 33,726 | Gross: $0.46M
Overall: 6.5/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
25. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 367,124 | Gross: $25.38M
Overall: 6.5/10 Acting: 6 Story: 7 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
26. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The fragile peace between apes and humans is threatened as mistrust and betrayal threaten to plunge both tribes into a war for dominance over the Earth.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 468,703 | Gross: $208.55M
Overall: 6.5/10 Acting: 7 Story: 5 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
27. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 886,302 | Gross: $59.10M
Overall: 6.5/10 Acting: 7 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 7 Personal: 5
28. The Theory of Everything (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry
Votes: 481,964 | Gross: $35.89M
Overall: 6.5/10 Acting: 8 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
29. Still Alice (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth
Votes: 143,460 | Gross: $18.75M
Overall: 6.3/10 Acting: 8 Story: 6 Visual: 6 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 6
30. I Origins (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Brit Marling
Votes: 133,585 | Gross: $0.33M
Overall: 6.3/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
31. Locke (2013)
R | 85 min | Drama
Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence.
Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott
Votes: 159,556 | Gross: $1.36M
Overall: 6.3/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 7 Personal: 6
32. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford
Votes: 898,851 | Gross: $259.77M
Overall: 6.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 6 The Winter Soldier attempts to be a taught thriller, but every turn and reveal are obvious leading the film to feel inert and uninteresting.
33. Transcendence (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence takes on dangerous implications when his own consciousness is uploaded into one such program.
Director: Wally Pfister | Stars: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy
Votes: 238,824 | Gross: $23.02M
Overall: 6.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
34. Leviathan (2014)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 56,904 | Gross: $1.09M
Overall: 6.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 5 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
35. Force Majeure (2014)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren
Votes: 67,095 | Gross: $1.36M
Overall: 6.2/10 Acting: 7 Story: 5 Visual: 8 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
36. Snowpiercer (2013)
R | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
Votes: 388,903 | Gross: $4.56M
Overall: 6.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 5 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
37. Big Hero 6 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who together team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller
Votes: 501,833 | Gross: $222.53M
Overall: 6/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
38. The Pretty One (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A tragedy presents Laurel with the chance to reinvent herself as her idolized twin sister, Audrey. As she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself as the perfect fraud.
Director: Jenée LaMarque | Stars: Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston, John Carroll Lynch
Votes: 10,328 | Gross: $0.01M
Overall: 5.8/10 Acting: 6 Story: 6 Visual: 6 Technical: 6 Audio: 5 Personal: 6
39. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Director: Dean DeBlois | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson
Votes: 363,923 | Gross: $177.00M
Overall: 5.8/10 Acting: 6 Story: 5 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
40. Chef (2014)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A head chef quits his restaurant job and buys a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 231,663 | Gross: $31.42M
Overall: 5.7/10 Acting: 6 Story: 4 Visual: 7 Technical: 6 Audio: 6 Personal: 5
41. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Votes: 170,447 | Gross: $13.76M
Overall: 5.3/10 Acting: 5 Story: 5 Visual: 6 Technical: 6 Audio: 5 Personal: 5
42. What If (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.
Director: Michael Dowse | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Adam Driver
Votes: 81,665 | Gross: $3.45M
Overall: 5.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 5 Visual: 5 Technical: 5 Audio: 5 Personal: 5
43. Not Another Happy Ending (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a troubled editor discovers that his only successful author is blocked, he knows that he needs to do something about it.
Director: John McKay | Stars: Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Iain De Caestecker, Gary Lewis
Votes: 5,123
Overall: 5.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 5 Visual: 5 Technical: 5 Audio: 5 Personal: 5
44. Under the Skin (I) (2013)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell
Votes: 158,159 | Gross: $2.61M
Overall: 5.2/10 Acting: 6 Story: 3 Visual: 8 Technical: 7 Audio: 5 Personal: 2
45. Tusk (I) (2014)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror
A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez
Votes: 63,133 | Gross: $1.82M
Overall: 5/10 Acting: 5 Story: 5 Visual: 5 Technical: 5 Audio: 5 Personal: 5
46. Life After Beth (2014)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon
Votes: 23,825 | Gross: $0.08M
Overall: 4.5/10 Acting: 5 Story: 4 Visual: 5 Technical: 4 Audio: 5 Personal: 4
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