2014: World Premieres 2014: U.S. Releases 2014: Still Left to See 2014: Cannes Festival 2014: Chicago Festival 2014: Toronto Festival 2014: Prep for Toronto 2014: Venice Festival 2014: Best Collaborations Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 2014: World Premieres  By Grade // By Title, with Full Reviews // By VOR Rating  (what's this?) Top Ten List (January 2015) 1.  Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait Dirs. Ossama Mohammed, Wiam Simav Bedirxan A 2.  Iraqi Odyssey Dir. Samir. Documentary combining familial and national history A 3.  Edge of Tomorrow Dir. Doug Liman. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson A– 4.  National Gallery Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about the celebrated museum A– 5.  The Tribe Dir. Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy. Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova A– 6.  The Look of Silence Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer. Documentary about a genocide A– 7.  Li'l Quinquin Dir. Bruno Dumont. Alane Delhaye, Bernard Pruvost, Lucy Caron A– 8.  Goodbye to Language 3D Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Héloise Godet, Kamel Abdeli A– 9.  American Sniper Dir. Clint Eastwood. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman A– 10.  Selma Dir. Ava DuVernay. David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Stephan James A– Runners-up: Beyond the Lights; Birdman; From What Is Before; The Homesman; It Follows; Jauja; Love Is Strange; A Most Violent Year; Mr. Turner; The President; Pride; Timbuktu; Winter Sleep Remainder of Films Screened A Most Violent Year Dir. J.C. Chandor. Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks A– Mr. Turner Dir. Mike Leigh. Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson A– Pride Dir. Matthew Warchus. Ben Schnetzer, George MacKay, Faye Marsay A– Radiator Dir. Tom Browne. Daniel Cerqueira, Richard Johnson, Gemma Jones A– We Come As Friends Dir. Hubert Sauper. Documentary about South Sudan A– The Wonders Dir. Alice Rohrwacher. Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck A– Alex & Ali Dir. Malachi Leopold. Documentary about ex-lovers of different cultures B+ The Babadook Dir. Jennifer Kent. Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney B+ Beyond the Lights Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker B+ Big Hero 6 Dirs. Don Hall, Chris Williams. Animated. Voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit B+ Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu B+ Black Coal, Thin Ice Dir. Diao Yinan. Liao Fan, Gwei Lun Mei, Wang Xuebing B+ Citizenfour Dir. Laura Poitras. Real-time record of Edward Snowden's disclosures B+ Eden Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve. Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Hugo Conzelmann B+ Evolution of a Criminal Dir. Darius Clark Monroe. Documentary about ex-convict B+ From What Is Before Dir. Lav Diaz. Perry Dizon, Reynan Abcede, Hazel Orencio B+ A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour. Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi B+ Girlhood Dir. Céline Sciamma. Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh B+ The Homesman Dir. Tommy Lee Jones. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones B+ It Follows Dir. David Robert Mitchell. Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto B+ Jauja Dir. Lisandro Alonso. Viggo Mortensen, Diego Roman, Viilbjørk Malling Agger B+ The Kindergarten Teacher Dir. Nadav Lapid. Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz B+ Love Is Strange Dir. Ira Sachs. John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Charlie Tahan B+ A Most Wanted Man Dir. Anton Corbijn. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams B+ Obvious Child Dir. Gillian Robespierre. Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann B+ Out in the Night Dir. blair dorosh-walther. Documentary about wrongly jailed lesbians B+ The Overnighters Dir. Jesse Moss. Documentary about pastor housing migrants B+ Pervert Park Dirs. Frida and Lasse Barkfors. Documentary about sex offenders B+ A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Dir. Roy Andersson B+ The President Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili B+ The Princess of France Dir. Matías Piñeiro. Julián Larquier, Agustina Muñoz B+ Saint Laurent Dir. Bertrand Bonello. Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Amira Casar B+ Something Must Break Dir. Ester Martin Bergsmark. Saga Becker, Iggy Malmborg B+ Timbuktu Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako. Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Mehdi Ag Mohamed B+ Two Days, One Night Dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Marion Cotillard B+ Winter Sleep Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Ayberk Pekcan B+ 99 Homes Dir. Ramin Bahrani. Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Tim Guinee B About Last Night Dir. Steve Pink. Joy Bryant, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart B Amour fou Dir. Jessica Hausner. Birte Schnoeink, Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller B Bird People Dir. Pascale Ferran. Anaïs Demoustier, Josh Charles, Taklyt Vongdara B Boyhood Dir. Richard Linklater. Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke B Camp X-Ray Dir. Peter Sattler. Kristen Stewart, Peyman Moaadi, Lane Garrison B Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dirs. Anthony and Joe Russo. Chris Evans B Corn Island Dir. George Ovashvili. Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili, Tamer Levent B Far from Men Dir. David Oelhoffen. Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Nicolas Giraud B The Fault in Our Stars Dir. Josh Boone. Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern B A Few Cubic Meters of Love Dir. Jamshid Mahmoudi. Hassiba Ebrahimi, Nader Fallah B The Fool Dir. Yuri Bykov. Artyom Bystrov, Darya Moroz, Aleksandr Korshunov B Force Majeure Dir. Ruben Östlund. Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Fanni Metelius B Free Fall Dir. György Pálfi. Piroska Molnár, Miklós Benedek, Tamás Jordán B Futuro Beach Dir. Karim Aïnouz. Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuíta Barbosa B Goodbye to All That Dir. Angus MacLachlan. Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey B Goodnight Mommy Dirs. Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala. Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz B Happy Christmas Dir. Joe Swanberg. Anna Kendrick, Joe Swanberg, Melanie Lynskey B Hill of Freedom Dir. Hong Sang-soo. Ryô Kase, Moon So-ri, Seo Young-hwa, Kim Eui-sung B Horse Money Dir. Pedro Costa. Ventura, Vitalina Varela, Tito Furtado, Antonio Santos B Into the Clouds We Gaze Dir. Martin Dušek. Documentary about Czech car enthusiasts B The Iron Ministry Dir. J.P. Sniadecki. Documentary about train travel in China B+ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Dir. David Zellner. Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube B Kumu Hina Dirs. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson. Documentary about transgender Hawai'ian B Leviathan Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev. Aleksey Serebryakov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov B Life Itself Dir. Steve James. Documentary about life and career of film critic Roger Ebert B Maidan Dir. Sergei Loznitsa. Documentary about Ukrainian independence protests B The Mend Dir. John Magary. Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen, Mickey Sumner B Nabat Dir. Elçin Musaoğlu Guliyev. Fatemah Motamed Arya, Vidadi Aliyev, Farhad Israfilov B Next to Her Dir. Asaf Korman. Liron Ben-Shlush, Dana Ivgy, Jacob Daniel, Liat Goren B Paddington Dir. Paul King. Voice of Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins B Red Amnesia Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai. Lu Zhong, Shi Liu, Feng Yuanzheng, Qin Hao B Red Rose Dir. Sepideh Farsi. Vassilis Koukalani, Mina Kavani, Shabnam Tolouei B Refugiado Dir. Diego Lerman. Julieta Díaz, Sebastián Molinaro, Valentina García Guerrero B Sand Dollars Dirs. Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas. Yanet Mojica B She's Beautiful When She's Angry Dir. Mary Dore. Documentary B The Skeleton Twins Dir. Craig Johnson. Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson B Stations of the Cross Dir. Dietrich Brüggemann. Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz B Still the Water Dir. Naomi Kawase. Nijiro Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Fujio Tokita B The Theory of Everything Dir. James Marsh. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones B The Third One Dir. Rodrigo Guerrero. Emiliano Dionisi, Nicolás Armengol B This Afternoon Dir. Stephen Cone. Stephen Cefalu, Nikki Pierce, John Highberger B La Tirisia Dir. Jorge Pérez Solano. Gabriela Cartol, Adriana Paz, Noé Hernández B Two 4 One Dir. Maureen Bradley. Gavin Crawford, Naomi Snieckus, Matt Baram B The Valley Dir. Ghassan Salhab. Carlos Chahine, Mounzer Baalbaki, Yumna Marwan B The Way He Looks Dir. Daniel Ribeiro. Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim B When Marnie Was There Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Animated B Wild Tales Dir. Damián Szifron. Darío Grandinetti, Julieta Zylberberg, Rita Cortese B '71 Dir. Yann Demange. Jack O'Connell, Paul Anderson, Sam Reid, Sean Harris B– The Blue Room Dir. Mathieu Amalric. Mathieu Amalric, Stéphanie Cléau, Léa Drucker B– Boy Meets Girl Dir. Eric Schaeffer. Michelle Hendley, Michael Welch, Alexandra Turshen B– Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Dir. Matt Reeves. Jason Clarke, Andy Serkis B– Dear White People Dir. Justin Simien. Tessa Thompson, Tyler James Williams B– The Duke of Burgundy Dir. Peter Strickland. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D'Anna B– Foxcatcher Dir. Bennett Miller. Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo B– Goal of the Dead Dirs. Benjamin Rocher, Thierry Poiraud. Alban Lenoir B– The Grand Budapest Hotel Dir. Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori B– Guardians of the Galaxy Dir. James Gunn. Chris Pratt, Zoë Saldana, Dave Bautista B– The Guest Dir. Adam Wingard. Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer B– Heaven Knows What Dirs. Josh and Benny Safdie. Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones B– How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dir. Dean DeBlois. Animated. Voice of Jay Baruchel B– Inherent Vice Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. Joaquin Phoenix, Katherine Waterston B– Neighbors Dir. Nicholas Stoller. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, James Franco B– Nightcrawler Dir. Dan Gilroy. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton B– The Normal Heart Dir. Ryan Murphy. TV Movie. Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch B– The One I Love Dir. Charlie McDowell. Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson B– Predestination Dirs. Michael and Peter Spierig. Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook B– Rosewater Dir. Jon Stewart. Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Shohreh Aghdashloo B– La Sapienza Dir. Eugène Green. Fabrizio Rongione, Christelle Prot Landman B– Still Alice Dirs. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland. Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin B– Testament of Youth Dir. James Kent. Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton B– Trick or Treaty? Dir. Alanis Obomsawin. Documentary about First Nations' activism B– The Trip to Italy Dir. Michael Winterbottom. Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Ronni Ancona B– While We're Young Dir. Noah Baumbach. Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Naomi Watts B– White God Dir. Kornél Mundruczó. Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth, Lili Monori B– The Word Dir. Anna Kazejak-Dawid. Eliza Rycembel, Mateusz Więcławek B– You're Not You Dir. George C. Wolfe. Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel B– The Circle Dir. Stefan Haupt. Matthias Hungerbühler, Sven Schelker, Ueli Jäggi C+ Clouds of Sils Maria Dir. Olivier Assayas. Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart C+ Cold in July Dir. Jim Mickle. Michael C. Hall, Vinessa Shaw, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson C+ Fury Dir. David Ayer. Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña C+ Get On Up Dir. Tate Taylor. Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis C+ Godzilla Dir. Gareth Edwards. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe C+ A Good Marriage Dir. Peter Askin. Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang C+ Interstellar Dir. Christopher Nolan. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway C+ Into the Woods Dir. Rob Marshall. Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Emily Blunt C+ Joy of Man's Desiring Dir. Denis Côté. Documentary about human and machinic labor C+ The Lego Movie Dirs. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. Animated. Voice of Chris Pratt C+ Lilting Dir. Hong Khaou. Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-Pei, Andrew Leung, Naomi Christie C+ Madame Bovary Dir. Sophie Barthes. Mia Wasikowska, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ezra Miller C+ Maps to the Stars Dir. David Cronenberg. Mia Wasikowska, Evan Bird, Julianne Moore C+ Non-Stop Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery C+ Phoenix Dir. Christian Petzold. Nina Hoss, Ronald Zerhfeld, Nina Kunzendorf C+ Queens and Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo Dir. Matt Livadary C+ Rudderless Dir. William H. Macy. Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman C+ The Search Dir. Michel Hazanavicius. Abdul Khalim Mamutsiev, Bérénice Bejo C+ Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Dir. Josephine Decker. Joe Swanberg, Sophie Traub C+ Xenia Dir. Panos H. Koutras. Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Aggelos Papadimitriou C+ 22 Jump Street Dirs. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum C The Boxtrolls Dirs. Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable. Animated C Divergent Dir. Neil Burger. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jai Courtney, Zoe Kravitz C Drunktown's Finest Dir. Sydney Freeland. Carmen Moore, Jeremiah Bitsui C Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Dirs. Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. Ronit Elkabetz C A Girl at My Door Dir. July Jung. Doona Bae, Jang Hie-jin, Kim Sae-ron, Mun Seong-kun C Gone Girl Dir. David Fincher. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Carrie Coon C The Imitation Game Dir. Morten Tyldum. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley C Listen Up Philip Dir. Alex Ross Perry. Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss C Maleficent Dir. Robert Stromburg. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley C Miss Julie Dir. Liv Ullmann. Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton C Mommy Dir. Xavier Dolan. Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément C Queers in the Kingdom: Let Your Light Shine Dir. Markie Hancock. Documentary C Speed Walking Dir. Niels Arden Oplev. Villads Bøye, Frederik Winther Rasumussen C Tammy Dir. Ben Falcone. Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Mark Duplass C They Came Together Dir. David Wain. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Ellie Kemper, Bill Hader C Welcome to Me Dir. Shira Piven. Kristen Wiig, Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini C The Well Dir. Tom Hammock. Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Jon Gries C Whiplash Dir. Damien Chazelle. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser C Wild Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée. Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski C The Alley Cat Dir. Marie Ullrich. Jenny Strubin, Dana Bernadine, Sandy Gulliver C– Blackbird Dir. Patrik-Ian Polk. Julian Walker, Torrey Laamar, Gary LeRoi Gray C– The Captive Dir. Atom Egoyan. Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Rosario Dawson C– The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Dir. Ned Benson. Jessica Chastain C– Frank Dir. Lenny Abrahamson. Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Fassbender C– The Giver Dir. Phillip Noyce. Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Odeya Rush, Meryl Streep C– Hungry Hearts Dir. Saverio Costanzo. Adam Driver, Alba Rohrwacher, Roberta Maxwell C– Land of Storms Dir. Ádám Császi. András Sütö, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky C– Lucy Dir. Luc Besson. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked C– Serena Dir. Susanne Bier. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, David Dencik, Rhys Ifans C– Top Five Dir. Chris Rock. Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, J.B. Smoove, Gabrielle Union C– We Are Francesco Dir. Guendalinda Zampagni. Mauro Racanati, Elena Sofia Ricci C– 300: Rise of an Empire Dir. Noam Murro. Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey D+ Black Panther: The Story of Emilie and Jacob Dir. Samuel Perriard. Lucy Wirth D+ The Last Five Years Dir. Richard LaGravenese. Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan D+ Noah Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman D+ Big Eyes Dir. Tim Burton. Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter D Cake Dir. Daniel Barnz. Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Sam Worthington D Cru Dir. Alton Glass. Keith Robinson, Richard T. Jones, Sammi Rotibi, Antwon Tanner D Summer Dir. Colette Bothof. Sigrid ten Napel, Jade Olieberg, Martijn Lakemeier, Lisa Smit D The Two Faces of January Dir. Hossein Amini. Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen D Unbroken Dir. Angelina Jolie. Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund D The Judge Dir. David Dobkin. Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vincent D'Onofrio D– The Rover Dir. David Michôd. Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field F