Critically acclaimed movies of 2014

Boyhood(2014)

Combined Rating:
97
Combined Critics Rating: 97

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.



Selma(2014)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 91

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.



Whiplash(2014)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

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.



The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.



Mr. Turner(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.



Gone Girl(2014)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

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.



It Follows(2014)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.



The Babadook(2014)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

A widowed mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.



Dawn of the Planet of the Apes(2014)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.



The LEGO Movie(2014)

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Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 86

An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied 'Special', is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.



Deux jours, une nuit(2014)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.



Leviafan(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 86

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.



Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.



Interstellar(2014)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.



Inherent Vice(2014)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.



Foxcatcher(2014)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

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.



X-Men: Days of Future Past(2014)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

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.



Wild(2014)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.



Love & Mercy(2014)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 84

In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.



A Most Violent Year(2014)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 84

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.




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