The New York Times 2014
Intro
The following films appeared on The New York Times best of 2014 lists from Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott.
Sources: Manohla Dargis's Best Movies of 2014, A.O. Scott's Top 10 Movies 2014
Films
Manohla Dargis
American Sniper
USA
Clint Eastwood
Beyond the Lights
USA
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
Birdman
USA
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Lists: Film Comment (8, 2014) | Sight & Sound (16, 2014)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Closing Night, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Venice (In Competition - Opening Film, 2014)
Boyhood
USA
Richard Linklater
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2014) | Film Comment (1, 2014) | Sight & Sound (1, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014) | Sundance (Premieres, 2014)
The Dog
USA
Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2014) | New York (Motion Portraits [Documentary], 2013) | Toronto (Docs, 2013)
Edge of Tomorrow
USA
Doug Liman
Gloria
Chile, Spain
Sebastián Lelio
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2013) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)
Goodbye to Language
Adieu au langage
France
Jean-Luc Godard
Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2014) | Film Comment (2, 2014) | Sight & Sound (2, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | Locarno (Out of Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
USA, Germany, UK
Wes Anderson
Lists: Film Comment (3, 2014) | Sight & Sound (6, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014)
Inherent Vice
USA
Paul Thomas Anderson
Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2014) | Film Comment (9, 2014) | Sight & Sound (9, 2015)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015)
Interstellar
USA, UK
Christopher Nolan
Listen Up Philip
USA
Alex Ross Perry
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Sundance (Next, 2014)
Manakamana
USA, Nepal
Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2013) | Film Comment (19, 2014)
Festivals: Locarno (Filmmakers of the Present, 2013) | New York (Motion Portraits [Documentary], 2013) | Rotterdam (Bright Future, 2014) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)
Manila in the Claws of Light [1975]
Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag
Philippines
Lino Brocka
Festivals: Cannes (Cannes Classics, 2013) | New York (Revivals, 2013) | Toronto (Cinematheque, 2013)
The Missing Picture
L'image manquante
Cambodia, France
Rithy Panh
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2013)
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2013) | New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2013)
National Gallery
USA, France
Frederick Wiseman
Lists: Film Comment (18, 2014) | Sight & Sound (11, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2014) | New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2014) | Toronto (Docs, 2014)
Selma
USA, UK
Ava DuVernay
Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2015)
Snowpiercer
Seolgungnyeolcha
South Korea, Czech Republic, USA, France
Bong Joon-ho
Lists: Film Comment (20, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2014)
Top Five
USA
Chris Rock
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
Violette
France, Belgium
Martin Provost
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)
A.O. Scott
1. Boyhood
USA
Richard Linklater
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2014) | Film Comment (1, 2014) | Sight & Sound (1, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014) | Sundance (Premieres, 2014)
2. Ida
Poland
Pawel Pawlikowski
Lists: Film Comment (4, 2014) | Sight & Sound (9, 2014)
Festivals: Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2014) | Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)
3. Citizenfour
USA
Laura Poitras
Lists: Film Comment (7, 2014) | Sight & Sound (18, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (LOLA at Berlinale, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2014)
4. Leviathan
Leviafan
Russia
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Lists: Sight & Sound (3, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)
5. Selma
USA, UK
Ava DuVernay
Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2015)
6. Love Is Strange
USA
Ira Sachs
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2014) | Sundance (Premieres, 2014)
7. We Are the Best!
Vi är bäst!
Sweden, Denmark
Lukas Moodysson
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013) | Venice (Horizons, 2013)
8. Mr. Turner
UK
Mike Leigh
Lists: Film Comment (13, 2014) | Sight & Sound (11, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
9. Dear White People
USA
Justin Simien
Festivals: Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2014)
10. The Babadook
Australia, Canada
Jennifer Kent
Festivals: Sundance (Park City at Midnight, 2014)
A.O. Scott Runners Up
Beyond the Lights
USA
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
Bird People
France
Pascale Ferran
Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2014) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2014)
The Dance of Reality
La danza de la realidad
France, Chile
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2013)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
USA, Germany, UK
Wes Anderson
Lists: Film Comment (3, 2014) | Sight & Sound (6, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014)
A Most Violent Year
USA
J.C. Chandor
Festivals: Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015)
Particle Fever
USA
Mark Levinson
Festivals: New York (Applied Science [Documentary], 2013) | Telluride (Backlot, 2013)
Snowpiercer
Seolgungnyeolcha
South Korea, Czech Republic, USA, France
Bong Joon-ho
Lists: Film Comment (20, 2014)
Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2014)
Top Five
USA
Chris Rock
Festivals: Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
Two Days, One Night
Deux jours, une nuit
Belgium, France, Italy
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2014) | Film Comment (11, 2014) | Sight & Sound (16, 2014)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)
Wild
USA
Jean-Marc Vallée
Festivals: Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2014)