10th Annual Movie Ranking (2014)

What a great year for films. My Top 20 in 2014 ran a gamut of styles, emotions, settings and approaches. At the end of the day, landing on the top five proved really tough. Particularly the top 3. I ended up with Whiplash up top because of the mix of great story, fantastic acting, and terrific pacing. The relevancy of a quest to be your best resonated deeply. A great flick!

1. Whiplash

2. Boyhood

3. Guardians of the Galaxy

4. Birdman

5. Captain American: The Winter Soldier

6. X-Men: Days of Future Past

7. Interstellar

8. Foxcatcher

9. Nightcrawler

10. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

11. Fury

12. Gone Girl

13. The Imitation Game

14. Into the Storm

15. The Hunger Games: Mockinjay

16. The Monuments Men

17. John Wick

18. Edge of Tomorrow

19. The Fault of Our Stars

20. Snowpiercer

21. Maze Runner

22. Godzilla

23. The Equalizer

24. I Origins

25. Lucy

26. Divergent

27. Jack Ryan

28. Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

29. Neighbors

30. That Awkward Moment

31. Robocop

32. About Last Night

33. Anchorman 2

34. 300 Rise of an Empire

35. Spider Man 2

36. Legend of Oz

37. Chef

38. Maleficent

39. 22 Jump Street

40. The Giver

41. Hercules

42. Let’s Be Cops

43. The Interview

44. Pompeii

45. Tammy

46. Ride Along

47. Endless Love

48. Transformers; Age of Extinction

49. Vampire Academy

50. Exodus

51. Noah