Sight & Sound 2014

1. Boyhood

USA
Richard Linklater

Lists: Cinema Scope (Special Mention, 2014) | Film Comment (1, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014 / 1 - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014) | Sundance (Premieres, 2014)

2. Goodbye to Language

Adieu au langage
France
Jean-Luc Godard

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2014) | Film Comment (2, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | Locarno (Out of Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)

3. Horse Money

Cavalo dinheiro
Portugal
Pedro Costa

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2014) | Film Comment (15, 2015)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)

3. Leviathan

Leviafan
Russia
Andrey Zvyagintsev

Lists: New York Times (4 - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)

5. Under the Skin

UK, USA
Jonathan Glazer

Lists: Film Comment (5, 2014)

Festivals: Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013) | Venice (In Competition, 2013)

6. The Grand Budapest Hotel

USA, Germany, UK
Wes Anderson

Lists: Film Comment (3, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014 / Runner Up - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2014)

7. Winter Sleep

Kış Uykusu
Turkey, Germany, France
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | Toronto (Masters, 2014)

8. The Tribe

Plemya
Ukraine, Netherlands
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy

Festivals: Cannes (Critics' Week, 2014) | Locarno (Jury Films, 2014) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2015) | Toronto (Discovery, 2014)

9. Ida

Poland
Pawel Pawlikowski

Lists: Film Comment (4, 2014) | New York Times (2 - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Rotterdam (The State of Europe, 2014) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2014) | Telluride (2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013)

9. Jauja

Argentina, USA, Netherlands, France, Mexico
Lisandro Alonso

Lists: Cinema Scope (4, 2014) | Film Comment (16, 2015)

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Rotterdam (Spectrum, 2015) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2014)

11. Mr. Turner

UK
Mike Leigh

Lists: Film Comment (13, 2014) | New York Times (8 - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)

11. National Gallery

USA, France
Frederick Wiseman

Lists: Film Comment (18, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2014) | New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2014) | Toronto (Docs, 2014)

11. Whiplash

USA
Damien Chazelle

Lists: Film Comment (16, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2014) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)

11. The Wolf of Wall Street

USA
Martin Scorsese

Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2013) | New York Times (10 - Scott, 2013)

15. The Duke of Burgundy

UK
Peter Strickland

Festivals: Rotterdam (Limelight, 2015) | Toronto (Vanguard, 2014)

16. Birdman

USA
Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Lists: Film Comment (8, 2014) | New York Times (Dargis, 2014)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Closing Night, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Venice (In Competition - Opening Film, 2014)

16. 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) | New York Times (Runner Up - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2014) | New York (Main Slate, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2014)

18. Citizenfour

USA
Laura Poitras

Lists: Film Comment (7, 2014) | New York Times (3 - Scott, 2014)

Festivals: Berlin (LOLA at Berlinale, 2015) | New York (Main Slate, 2014)

18. The Look of Silence

Senyap
Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, Finland, UK
Joshua Oppenheimer

Lists: Film Comment (10, 2015)

Festivals: Berlin (Berlinale Special, 2015) | New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2014) | Telluride (2014) | Toronto (Docs, 2014) | Venice (In Competition, 2014)

18. The Wind Rises

Kaze tachinu
Japan
Hayao Miyazaki

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2013) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2013) | Venice (In Competition, 2013)