Top 10 2014 Movies

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I watched 106 movies in 2014, many of them classics I was thrilled to experience for the first time. A fair number of the movies I watched were of more recent vintage, though: about a third were 2014 releases (or borderline 2013/2014 releases that I'm choosing to include in this category):

	The Invisible Woman	1/10/2014
	Non-Stop	3/1/2014
	300: Rise of an Empire	3/15/2014
	Noah	4/26/2014
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	4/26/2014
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	5/3/2014
	Reasonable Doubt	5/7/2014
	Under the Skin	5/15/2014
	Locke	5/16/2014
	X-Men: Days of Future Past	6/28/2014
	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	7/30/2014
	Guardians of the Galaxy	8/29/2014
	A Most Wanted Man	9/10/2014
	The Two Faces of January	9/20/2014
	Gone Girl	10/5/2014
	Annabelle	10/11/2014
	Nightcrawler	11/8/2014
	The Theory of Everything	11/15/2014
	Whiplash	11/24/2014
	Birdman	11/26/2014
	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	11/29/2014
	Lucy	11/30/2014
	Interstellar	12/4/2014
	The Imitation Game	12/12/2014
	Wild	12/20/2014
	The Grand Budapest Hotel	12/21/2014
	Listen Up Philip	12/22/2014
	Foxcatcher	12/25/2014
	Inherent Vice	12/26/2014
	Boyhood	12/26/2014
	Only Lovers Left Alive	12/27/2014
	Nymphomaniac, Part I	12/29/2014

It's interesting, though not surprising, to see how heavily these are weighted towards the end of the year ("awards season").


TOP TEN

My top ten picks from the above:


1. Whiplash
2. Only Lovers Left Alive
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4. Under the Skin
5. Foxcatcher
6. The Theory of Everything
7. Nightcrawler
8. Wild
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
10. Locke

Honorable mentions go to Birdman, The Invisible Woman and A Most Wanted Man (which coincidentally all contain the words "man" or "woman" in the title).

Boyhood and The Imitation Game were also quite good, and for comics-inspired movies I thought Captain America: Winter Soldier was riveting and excellently crafted.