Film List of 2014

These are all of the movies I have watched throughout last year and were qualified to be judged for my awards.

If I didn't watch a film at all or in its entirety, it is disqualified and ineligible. There were a ton of movies that I couldn't get access to and/or make the time for, which is very sad given how amazing last year's output was. A few examples of films I wanted to see but couldn't before the mandated deadline were Inherent Vice, Life Itself, Birdman, Interstellar, The Immigrant, The Babadook, Cold in July, The Guest, Dear White People, Starred Up and Only Lovers Left Alive.


300: Rise of an Empire
Alan Partridge
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
As Above, So Below
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Bang Bang!
Big Hero 6
Blended
Blue Ruin
The Boxcar Children
Boyhood
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Devil's Due
Divergent
Draft Day
Edge of Tomorrow
Enemies Closer
The Equalizer
The Expendables 3
The Fault In Our Stars
Force Majeure
Foxcatcher
Fury
God's Not Dead
Godzilla
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Grand Piano
Guardians of the Galaxy
A Haunted House 2
Heaven Is For Real
Hercules
How To Train Your Dragon 2
I, Frankenstein
Into the Storm
Into the Woods
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jersey Boys
Jodorowsky's Dune
John Wick
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Kite
Knights of Badassdom
Left Behind
The Legend of Hercules
The Lego Movie
Leprechaun: Origins
Life After Beth
Locke
Lucy
A Million Ways to Die in the West
The Monuments Men
Muppets Most Wanted
Need for Speed
Neighbors
Nightcrawler
The November Man
Nurse
The Nut Job
Obvious Child
Oculus
The One I Love
Open Grave
The Other Woman
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Pompeii
The Purge: Anarchy
The Quiet Ones
The Raid 2
Raze
Rio 2
Road to Paloma
RoboCop
The Rover
Sabotage
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Snowpiercer
Son of God
Sparks
Stage Fright
Tarzan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
They Came Together
Think Like a Man Too
Transcendence
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Under the Skin
Vampire Academy
A Walk Among The Tombstones
Welcome to the Jungle
Whiplash
Willow Creek
Winter's Tale
Wrinkles


Overall Count: 96 Films

Film Quotes of 2014

These are some of the choice quotes from the films of 2014, from the ones that had everyone repeating, to the ones that thrilled us at the art of dialogue, to some personal favorites.

WARNING: Some spoilers abound!




Alan Partridge
You don't know "Banged Up Abroad"?



Atlas Shrugged: Part III
(slow motion) I'll be back, you SON OF A BITCH!



Big Hero 6
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?
Are you satisfied with your care?
(fist-bump) Bah-la-la-la-la!



Blue Ruin
The one with the gun gets to tell the truth.
The keys are in the car...



Boyhood
Why don't you say goodbye to that little horse shit attitude?
Life doesn't give you bumpers.
I just thought there would be more.



Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(whispers) Hail Hydra.



Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Apes not kill apes.



Draft Day
Say it with me, you pancake-eating motherfucker!



Foxcatcher
Wrestling is a low sport, and I don't like seeing you low.
Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.



Fury
Best job I ever had.
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.



Godzilla
Let them fight.



Gone Girl
We're so cute. I wanna punch us in the face.



The Grand Budapest Hotel
I go to bed with all of my friends.



Guardians of the Galaxy
I am Groot.
Why would I want to put my finger on his throat?
Do not call me a thesaurus!
Who put the sticks up their butts?
You're...making...me...kick...dirt!
They got my dick message!
Bunch of jackasses, standing in a circle.
We're just like Kevin Bacon.
Metaphor.



Into the Woods
I was raised to be charming, not sincere.



The Legend of Hercules
You're bringing the wrath of Zeus down on me, BOY?!



The Lego Movie
Honey, where are my paaaaaaants?
I super hate you.
Business, Business, Business, Numbers. Is this working?
I know it sounds like a cat poster but it's true.
SPACESHIP!!!
You don't have to be the bad guy.
We are from the Planet Duplo, and we're here to destroy you.



Nightcrawler
My motto is if you want to win the lottery, you've got to make money to buy a ticket.



Snowpiercer
Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe!
They have no bullets!
Chrono?
I know that babies taste the best.



Stage Fright
All of life's a song to sing, so sing with all your heart.



They Came Together
You like fiction books?



Transformers: Age of Extinction
My face is my warrant.
Sweetie, hand me my alien gun!



Whiplash
Were you rushing or were you dragging?
There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job".

Joke Film Awards of 2014

Best Film Title of the Year: The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears

Most Accurate Film Title: Bears

Same Dress, Different Hairstyle: The Legend of Hercules and Hercules

The Eric Roth Award for Worst Display of Self-Plagiarism: Radio Silence (V/H/S's "10/31/98" = The finale of Devil's Due)

Palm Dog Award: Winston - Feast (Runner Up: Daisy - John Wick)

Best Duel with an Animal: Hercules vs. Horse - Hercules

Best Use of a Nearly Three Hour Running Time: Boyhood

Worst Use of a Nearly Three Hour Running Time: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Kill: Big G's "open wide" in Godzilla

Worst Kill: Gwen Stacy's fall in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Most Suspenseful Sequence Involving an Answering Machine: The last showdown in Blue Ruin

Most Suspenseful Sequence Involving a Fast Food Joint: The setup in Nightcrawler

Most "Suspenseful" Sequence Involving Bigfoot: The 20-minute tent scene in Willow Creek

Best Use of a Jump Scare: The submerged man in Under the Skin

Best Reason to Fast-Forward to the End: The total destruction of the city in Pompeii

Most Incestuous Film: That Lovely Girl

Actor with the Biggest Open Schedule of the Year: Tilda Swinton

The Ryan Reynolds Award for The Biggest Failure to Jump to Stardom: Brenton Thwaites (Runner Up: Kellan Lutz)

The Lorraine Bracco Award for The Biggest Failure to Jump to Stardom: Imogen Poots

Best Cameo in a Comedy Movie: Michael Shannon in They Came Together

Oddest Cameo in a Kid's Movie: Jack the Ripper in Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (Runner Up: PSY in The Nut Job)

Oddest Cameo in a Horror Movie: Kathleen Turner in Nurse

Worst Use of Whitewashing: The entire cast of Exodus: Gods and Kings

Worst Use of Metaphors: Robert McCall's books in The Equalizer

Worst Use of ADR: Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas

Worst Use of a Queen Song: Heaven Is For Real

Best Food: Mendl's Courtesan au Chocolat in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Product Placement: Legos in The Lego Movie

Worst Product Placement: Spider-Man in Heaven Is For Real (Runner Up: Dick's and Hooters in Blended)

Most Boob-tastic Poster: Free the Nipple

Most Butt-tastic Poster: Dumbbells (Runner Up: Cam2Cam)

Best Character Poster Line: Cheap Thrills

Worst Character Poster Line: The Expendables 3

Best Raunchy Tagline: "They put balls back in the game" - The Battered Bastards of Baseball

Worst Raunchy Tagline: "Say hello to his little friend" - Bad Johnson

Best of the Rest of 2014

BEST BREAKTHROUGH: Jenny Slate


Honorable Mentions: Ellar Coltrane, Carrie Coon, Macon Blair, James Corden, Karen Gillan, Ansel Elgort, Kate Upton



BEST ENSEMBLE: The Cast of Gone Girl


Honorable Mentions: Guardians of the Galaxy, John Wick, Boyhood, The Lego Movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Neighbors



BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater - Boyhood


Honorable Mentions: Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Gareth Evans (The Raid 2), Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin), Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Gillian Robespierre (Obvious Child), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Scott Frank (A Walk Among the Tombstones), Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer), David Wain (They Came Together)



BEST SCREENPLAY: Phil Lord & Chris Miller - The Lego Movie


Honorable Mentions: Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), James Gunn & Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Gillian Robespierre (Obvious Child)



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Daniel Landin - Under the Skin


Honorable Mentions: Michael Seresin (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Sharone Meir (Whiplash), Robert D. Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin), Jeff Cronenweth (Gone Girl), Lee Daniel & Shane F. Kelly (Boyhood), Matt Flanery & Dimas Imam Subhono (The Raid 2)



BEST EDITING: Tom Cross - Whiplash


Honorable Mentions: James Herbert & Laura Jennings (Edge of Tomorrow), Barney Pilling (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Paul Watts (Under the Skin), Gareth Evans (The Raid 2), Jacob Secher Schulsinger (Force Majeure), Kirk Baxter (Gone Girl, Steve M. Choe & Changju Kim (Snowpiercer)



BEST SCORE: Mica Levi - Under the Skin


Honorable Mentions: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl), Mark Mothersburgh (The Lego Movie)e, Michael Giacchino (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Frank Riggio (Raze), Nathan Whitehead (The Purge: Anarchy)



BEST SONG: "Everything Is AWESOME!!!" by Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island - The Lego Movie


Honorable Mentions: "Tu Meri" by Vishal-Shekhar & Vishal Dadlani (Bang Bang!), "Shots Fired" by Le Castle Vania (John Wick), "Bang Bang!" by Vishal-Shekhar, Benny Dayal & Neeti Mohan (Bang Bang!), "Love Me Again" by John Newman (Edge of Tomorrow), "Untitled Self Portrait" by Will Arnett (The Lego Movie), "Guts Over Fear" by Eminem feat. Sia (The Equalizer), "Not About Angels" by Birdy (The Fault In Our Stars), "Uff" by Vishal-Shekhar, Harshdeep Kaur & Benny Dayal (Bang Bang!) "Who You Talkin' To Man?" by Ciscandra Nostalghia (John Wick), "All The Wrong Places" by Example (Alan Partridge), "Jungle" by Jamie N Commons & X Ambassadors (Hercules), "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX (The Fault In Our Stars)



BEST PREEXISTING SONG: "Pretty Girl Rock" by Keri Hilson - The Rover


Honorable Mentions: "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone (Guardians of the Galaxy), "O-O-H Child" by The Five Stairsteps (Guardians of the Galaxy), "Cuddly Toy" by Roachford (Alan Partridge), "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5 (Guardians of the Galaxy), "No Regrets" by Little Willie John (Blue Ruin), "Wait" by M83 (The Fault In Our Stars), "Hocus Pocus" by Focus (RoboCop), "Fooled Around and Feel In Love" by Elvis Bishop (Guardians of the Galaxy), "The Weight" by The Band (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), "Bomfalleralla" by Afasi & Filthy (The Fault In Our Stars), "Feels So Good" by Chuck Mangione (Life After Beth), "Dedicated To The One I Love" by The Mamas & The Papas (The One I Love)



BEST OPENING CREDITS: Guardians of the Galaxy


Honorable Mentions: Raze, Alan Partridge, A Walk Among The Tombstones, Grand Piano, Godzilla



BEST ENDING CREDITS: Bang Bang!


Honorable Mentions: The Lego Movie, Hercules, Alan Partridge, The Purge: Anarchy



BEST STINGER: Guardians of the Galaxy


Honorable Mentions: Big Hero 6



BEST POSTER ART: The Double ("City")


Honorable Mentions: Godzilla (SXSW Exclusive), Stripped, Actress, Birdman, The Interview, The Maze Runner ("Puzzle Title"), John Wick ("Bomb"), The One I Love, The Purge: Anarchy ("Flag"), Dear White People, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Willow Creek, The Drop, Into the Storm (Japanese), The Grand Budapest Hotel ("Hotel")



BEST TRAILER: Guardians of the Galaxy (Teaser Trailer)


Honorable Mentions: American Sniper, Gone Girl ("She"), Inherent Vice, Godzilla (Teaser Trailer), Nightcrawler



BEST ACTION FILM: The Raid 2


Honorable Mentions: John Wick, Bang Bang!, Hercules



BEST ANIMATED FILM: The Lego Movie


Honorable Mentions: Big Hero 6, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart



BEST COMEDY FILM: Neighbors


Honorable Mentions: They Came Together, Alan Partridge, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Muppets Most Wanted, Obvious Child



BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Jodorowsky's Dune


Honorable Mentions: None



BEST HORROR FILM: The Purge: Anarchy


Honorable Mentions: Oculus, Stage Fright



BEST SCI-FI FILM: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes


Honorable Mentions: Snowpiercer, Edge of Tomorrow, Godzilla



BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas



FUTURE CULT AND APPRECIATION

Films that I feel will grow on me, beyond my initial expectations and opinions and become the great films that they sought to be.

Force Majeure
Godzilla
Grand Piano
Hercules
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Neighbors
Oculus
The Purge: Anarchy
The Rover
Stage Fright


UNDERRATED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Actors and Actresses that gave great performances in bad films and/or in roles with little material and screentime.

Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler)
Antonio Banderas (The Expendables 3)
Christine Baranski (Into the Woods)
Li Bingbing (Transformers: Age of Extinction)
Olivia Cooke (The Quiet Ones)
Bryan Cranston (Godzilla)
Willem Dafoe (The Fault In Our Stars, The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Peter Dinklage (Knights of Badassdom)
Eva Green (300: Rise of an Empire, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For)
Kelsey Grammer (Transformers: Age of Extinction)
Amy Hargreaves (Blue Ruin)
Jared Harris (The Quiet Ones)
Lisa Kudrow (Neighbors)
Tyler Perry (Gone Girl)
Alison Pill (Snowpiercer)
Emily Ratajkowski (Gone Girl)
Bella Thorne (Blended)
Kate Upton (The Other Woman)
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Enemies Closer, Welcome to the Jungle)
Christopher Walken (Jersey Boys)
Sela Ward (Gone Girl)
Alex Winter (Grand Piano)

Best Performances of 2014

Best Actor: Chris Pratt - The Lego Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy


Honorable Mentions:

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Miles Teller - Whiplash

Tom Hardy - Locke

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Macon Blair - Blue Ruin

Ben Affleck - Gone Girl

Channing Tatum - Foxcatcher

Ellar Coltrane - Boyhood

Liam Neeson - A Walk Among the Tombstones

Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Tom Cruise - Edge of Tomorrow

Chris Evans - Snowpiercer

Frank Grillo - The Purge: Anarchy

Hrithik Roshan - Bang Bang!

Guy Pearce - The Rover

Mark Duplass - The One I Love

Johannes Kuhnke - Force Majeure

Steve Coogan - Alan Partridge



Best Actress: Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl


Honorable Mentions:

Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin

Jenny Slate - Obvious Child

Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow

Lisa Loven Kongsli - Force Majeure

Elisabeth Moss - The One I Love

Amy Poehler - They Came Together

Zoe Saldana - Guardians of the Galaxy

Elizabeth Banks - The Lego Movie

Aubrey Plaza - Life After Beth

Rose Byrne - Neighbors



Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash


Honorable Mentions:

Dave Bautista - Guardians of the Galaxy

Will Arnett - The Lego Movie

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Toby Kebbell - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Will Ferrell - The Lego Movie

Bill Paxton - Edge of Tomorrow and Nightcrawler

Bradley Cooper - Guardians of the Galaxy

Robert Pattinson - The Rover

Charlie Day - The Lego Movie

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

Arifin Putra - The Raid 2

Ian McShane - Hercules

Chris Pine - Into the Woods

Chadwick Boseman - Draft Day



Best Supporting Actress: Carrie Coon - Gone Girl


Honorable Mentions:

Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Alison Brie - The Lego Movie

Lorelei Linklater - Boyhood

Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

Kim Dickens - Gone Girl

Missi Pyle - Gone Girl

Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Polly Draper - Obvious Child

Mireille Enos - Sabotage

Lilla Crawford - Into the Woods



Next Up: The Best of the Rest of 2014

Worst Performances of 2014

Worst Actor: Shane Harper - God's Not Dead


Dishonorable Mentions:

Seth MacFarlane - A Million Ways to Die in the West

Darren Doane - Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas

Marlon Wayans - A Haunted House 2

Diogo Morgado - Son of God

Kirk Cameron - Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas

Kellan Lutz - The Legend of Hercules

Tom Everett Scott - Enemies Closer



Worst Actress: Paz de la Huerta - Nurse


Dishonorable Mentions:

Leslie Mann - The Other Woman

Megan Fox - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Laura Regan - Atlas Shrugged: Part III

Nicola Peltz - Transformers: Age of Extinction

Trisha LaFache - God's Not Dead

Gaia Weiss - The Legend of Hercules

Cameron Diaz - The Other Woman

Kelly Reilly - Heaven Is For Real

Lucy Fry - Vampire Academy



Worst Supporting Actor: Connor Corum - Heaven Is For Real


Dishonorable Mentions:

Michael Keaton - RoboCop and Need For Speed

Braxton Beckham - Blended

Kenneth Branagh - Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

David A.R. White - God's Not Dead

Jack Reynor - Transformers: Age of Extinction

Greg Germann - Atlas Shrugged: Part III

Jeff Dunham - The Nut Job

Andrew Dunbar - Leprechaun: Origins

Andy Garcia - Rio 2



Worst Supporting Actress: Roma Downey - Son of God


Dishonorable Mentions:

Cassi Thomson - Left Behind

Cory Oliver - God's Not Dead

Jordin Sparks - Left Behind

Alyvia Alyn Lind - Blended

Cassidy Gifford - God's Not Dead

Miranda Otto - I, Frankenstein



Next Up: The Best Performances of 2014