One Hundred Movies of 2014, Tenth Anniversary Edition
It's time for the tenth anniversary edition of Amy's 100 Films of 2014 rankings! Will there be a new number one? What films moved up the most? Is there a dig at Zach Braff? Read on to find out!
Okay, so...yeah, here's the thing.
Imagine this was a perfectly on point riff on Interstellar, or a giant bit referencing Gone Girl. That would be a lot of fun, right? You bet it would be!
Unfortunately, time got away from me, and, well, here we are. So instead of doing all of that, we're just going to quickly get to the tenth anniversary edition of my 100 Films of 2014! Like 2020 (and 2015, I think) this is ranked from 100 to 1, and grouped by cute little category names.
And yes, some of these films will be shown as 2013 on Wikipedia, or Letterboxd, or elsewhere. Especially Ernest & Celestine, which really shouldn't have been on this list. But that was the list in ten years ago, and the point is keeping the list and comparing through the years. So there.
Now, one final thing before we get started. I did not watch all 100 movies this time. To be fair, I only started this on December 6, so 40 movies in about three weeks is still a whole lot of films. Instead, Cora picked one movie from the bottom 20 from 2020, I randomly picked another 19 from #80-21, and watched every one of the top 20. You want me to watch the full list? My patreon's right here. I will no longer suffer Zach Braff's pet projects for free, y'know.
On with the rankings!
One Hundred Films of 2014, ranked
Film (change from 2020 ranking)
Just Plain Bad
100. A Million Ways to Die in the West (-)
99. Transcendence (-)
98. Dumb and Dumber To (-)
Very Personal; Very Cynical; Very Bad
97. Wish I Was Here (-)
Weird (Derogatory)
96. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (-)
95. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (-)
94. Bad Words (-)
93. Tammy (-)
Mostly Bad, Occasionally Interesting
92. Million Dollar Arm (-)
91. Horrible Bosses 2 (-)
90. The Imitation Game (-)
89. Exodus: Gods and Kings (-)
88. American Sniper (-1)
Yawwwnnnn
87. The Monuments Men (-1)
86. St. Vincent (-1)
85. The Judge (-1)
84. Muppets: Most Wanted (-1)
83. Corner Gas: The Movie (-1)
82. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (-1)
81. The Interview (-1)
Didn't Hate; Sometimes Interesting
80. Magic in the Moonlight (-2)
79. Men, Women and Children (+9)
78. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part One (-1)
Eh, It Was Okay, I Guess
77. Get on Up (+2)
76. The Unknown Known (-1)
75. Big Eyes (-2)
74. Happy Valley (-2)
73. Rosewater (-2)
72. Cake (-2)
71. Neighbors (-2)
70. Coherence (-2)
69. Top Five (-2)
68. Godzilla (-2)
67. 22 Jump Street (-2)
66. Nymphomanic, Volume One (-2)
65. Nymphomanic, Volume Two (-2)
64. Foxcatcher (-3)
63. The Homesman (-3)
62. Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (-3)
61. Kill the Messenger (-3)
60. Laggies (-3)
59. A Most Wanted Man (+15)
58. Dear White People (-4)
57. The Immigrant (+5)
56. X-Men: Days of Future Past (-3)
55. Into the Woods (-3)
54. The Theory of Everything (+22)
53. Begin Again (+3)
52. Lucy (-2)
Pretty Good
51. This is Where I Leave You (-17)
50. The Missing Picture (-2)
49. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (-3)
48. Captain America: Winter Soldier (-3)
47. God Help the Girl (-4)
46. The Gambler (-5)
45. Chef (-5)
44. The Skeleton Twins (-6)
43. Still Alice (-6)
42. The Trip to Italy (-6)
I Welcome Your Hatred Because (I Kinda Like It)
41. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virture of Ignorance) (+10)
Hey, that was Good!
40. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (-5)
39. Big Hero 6 (-6)
38. The Lego Movie (-6)
37. Locke (+2)
36. The Double (+6)
35. Guardians of the Galaxy (-4)
34. Snowpiercer (-4)
33. Happy Christmas (+14)
32. Obvious Child (-3)
31. A Most Violent Year (+13)
30. Only Lovers Left Alive (-3)
29. The Congress (-13)
28. Ida (-2)
27. Night Moves (+28)
26. Life Itself (-2)
25. Mr. Turner (-2)
24. The One I Love (+4)
23. Bird People (-1)
22. Grand Piano (-2)
21. Noah (+28)
OMG, I ❤️ These Films!
20. Ernest & Celestine (-2)
19. Edge of Tomorrow (-7)
18. Nightcrawler (+1)
17. Particle Fever (+8)
16. Frank (-7)
15. Pride (-)
14. Under the Skin (-1)
13. Listen Up, Philip (-3)
12. Blue Ruin (+2)
11. Whiplash (-)
10. Selma (-3)
9. Force Majeure (-4)
All Time Favorites
8. Inherent Vice (+13)
7. Gone Girl (-6)
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel (-2)
5. Wild (+1)
4. Two Days, One Night (-1)
3. Boyhood (+5)
2. We are the Best! (-)
1. Interstellar (+16)
Love the list? Hate it? Angry at my dig at you, Mr. Braff? Let's talk about it in the comments!
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