2014 - The Year in Cinema

My 2014 Ranking of Movies - including how I scored them on a scale of 1-10.

THE TOP TEN

The Imitation Game – 10

Interstellar – 10
Whiplash - 10

Edge of Tomorrow - 9

Selma – 9

Boyhood - 9

The Theory of Everything – 9

Jack Ryan:  Shadow Recruit - 9

American Sniper - 9
Still Alice - 9

Lucy - 8
Nightcrawler - 8
Gone Girl – 8

Philomena (2013) - 9

Chef - 8

Top Five - 8

Jersey Boys – 8
Birdman - 8

Kings of Summer (2013) - 8

Million Dollar Arm – 8

Unbroken – 8
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8

Parkland (2013) - 8

Disconnect (2012) - 8

Divergent - 8

Guardians of the Galaxy – 7

A Walk Among the Tombstones – 7

Foxcatcher - 7

Neighbors - 7                                     

Get on Up – 7

This is Where I Leave You - 7

Hunger Games – Mockingjay – 7

All is Lost (2013) - 7

The Judge – 7

Draft Day – 7

Three Days to Kill – 6

The Monuments Men – 6

August:  Osage County - 6

Documentaries

Life Itself – 10

Tim’s Vermeer – 9

The Act of Killing (2013) - 9

Kidnapped for Christ – 9

The Cheshire Murders – 9

The Case Against Proposition 8 - 8

The Armstrong Lie – 8

Captivated:  The Trials of Pamela Smart - 8

Big Star – Nothing Can Hurt Me - 7

And the Ozzies go to:  

Best Picture – The Imitation Game

Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game

Best Actress – Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor – Chadwick Boseman in Draft Day

Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette in Boyhood

Best Director - Christopher Nolan, Interstellar

Best Screenplay - Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, and John-Henry Butterworth for Edge of Tomorrow.

Here's what all the critics think:
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014