Movies is always the last list I get to because so many movies come out after the year is technically over. I’ve seen a few. We’ll see if I get to move before I do my own list. Stay tuned.
- American Sniper – AA, AFI, BA, MD
- The Babadook – AOS
- Beyond the Lights – MD
- Birdman – AA, AFI, AOS, CC, CFC, EW, FW, G, IS, MD, RC
- Boyhood – AA, AFI, AOS, CC, CFC, EW, FW, G, GG, IS, MD, RC
- Citizenfour – AOS, RC
- Cold in July – FW
- Dear White People – AOS, FW
- The Dog – MD
- Edge of Tomorrow – MD
- Foxcatcher – AFI, GG
- Gloria – MD
- Gone Girl – BA, CC, EW
- Goodbye to Language – MD, RC
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – AA, CC, CFC, EW, G, MD, RC
- Guardians of the Galaxy – EW
- Ida – AOS
- The Immigrant – FW
- The Imitation Game – AA, AFI, BA, CC, GG
- Inherent Vice – FW, MD
- Interstellar – AFI, MD
- Into the Woods – AFI
- Jodorowsky’s Dune – EW, RC
- The Lego Movie – RC
- Leviathan – AOS
- Life Itself – EW
- Listen Up, Philip – AOS, MD
- Love is Strange – AOS, G, IS
- Lucy – RC
- Manakamana – MD
- Manila in the Claws of Light – MD
- Mistaken for Strangers – FW
- The Missing Picture – MD
- Mr. Turner – AOS
- National Gallery – MD
- Nightcrawler – AFI, CC, RC
- Paddington – BA
- The Sacrament – MLS
- Selma – AA, AFI, AOS, CC, EW, FW, GG, MD
- Snowpiercer – EW, FW, MD
- Takes of the Grim Sleeper – FW
- The Theory of Everything – AA, BA, CC, GG
- Top Five – MD
- Unbroken – AFI, CC
- Under the Skin – CFC, G
- Violette – MD
- We Are the Best! – AIS
- Whiplash – AA, AFI, CC, CFC, EW, IS
- Wild Tales – RC
AA – Academy Award Nominations, AFI, AOS – A. O. Scott for NYT, BA – BAFTA Nominations, CC – Critics Choice, CFC – Chicago Film Critics, EW, FW – Flavorwire, G – Gotham Awards, GG – Golden Globe Nomination, IS – Independent Spirit Awards, MD – Manohla Dargis for NYT, MLS – Mick LaSalle for SFGATE, RC – Richard Corliss for Time