The Tree of Life
Forgot to post this last week, due to me being so swamped putting together the 2010-2012 aggregate critics polls that I didn't have the free time, but Fandor Keyframe's Kevin B. Lee asked on Twitter and Facebook over the holidays the question of which films released in the first half of the 2010s (2010-2014) were the best. Nearly 300 people responded to him, including film critics as well as other general cinephiles, and this was the result for the top 35:
1. THE TREE OF LIFE (dir: Terrence Malick)- 103 votes
2. CERTIFIED COPY (dir: Abbas Kiarostami)- 91 votes
3. THE MASTER (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)- 76 votes
4. MARGARET (dir: Kenneth Lonergan)- 68 votes
5. HOLY MOTORS (dir: Leos Carax)- 66 votes
6. A SEPARATION (dir: Asghar Farhadi)- 64 votes
7. UNDER THE SKIN (dir: Jonathan Glazer)- 61 votes
8. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)- 59 votes
9. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul)- 45 votes
10. BOYHOOD (dir: Richard Linklater)- 44 votes
11. GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE 3D (dir: Jean-Luc Godard)- 41 votes
12. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (dir: David Fincher)- 40 votes
13. MOONRISE KINGDOM (dir: Wes Anderson)- 36 votes
14. HER (dir: Spike Jonze)- 33 votes
14. LEVIATHAN (dir: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel)- 33 votes
16. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (dir: Raul Ruiz)- 32 votes
17. THE ACT OF KILLING (dir: Christine Cynn, Joshua Oppenheimer)- 28 votes
17. THE TURIN HORSE (dir: Agnes Hranitzky, Bela Tarr)- 28 votes
19. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (dir: Richard Linklater)- 27 votes
19. MELANCHOLIA (dir: Lars Von Trier)- 27 votes
19. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan)- 27 votes
22. FRANCES HA (dir: Noah Baumbach)- 25 votes
22. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (dir: Martin Scorsese)- 25 votes
24. SPRING BREAKERS (dir: Harmony Korine)- 24 votes
24. TABU (dir: Miguel Gomes)- 24 votes
24. THE IMMIGRANT (dir: James Gray)- 24 votes
27. AMOUR (dir: Michael Haneke)- 23 votes
27. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (PLEASURES) (dir: Bertrand Bonello)- 23 votes
29. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (dir: Abbas Kiarostami)- 21 votes
29. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (dir: Wes Anderson)- 21 votes
29. THIS IS NOT A FILM (dir: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi)- 21 votes
32. UPSTREAM COLOR (dir: Shane Carruth)- 20 votes
33. STRAY DOGS (dir: Tsai Ming-liang)- 19 votes
34. DRIVE (dir: Nicolas Winding-Refn)- 18 votes
34. OSLO, AUGUST 31st (dir: Joachim Trier)- 18 votes
You can check out the entire list here, and you can also check out Lee's Slate article analyzing the list here.
Considering this was a list created by people who read articles from a writer for a cinephile-friendly website, the fact that the top of the list comprises of independent films and arthouse fare is no surprise at all. The Tree of Life being voted on as the #1 film is also not surprising. Since premiering at Cannes in 2011 (where it also won the Palme d'Or), Terrence Malick's impressionistic work has amazed countless film lovers in a way that few others have since: it placed #1 in this website's 2011 aggregate film poll during a year which saw a stacked crop of movies released and managed to becomes one of the most shocking Best Picture nominees in recent memory (and I say "shocking" because of its lack of focus on a traditional narrative story and because of the film being pretty divisive among those who saw it). It was the also the highest-ranked 2010s movie in the latest Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films ever, finishing one vote shy of the top 100 despite being released only a year before the list was compiled. If there was any one film that a majority of critics and cinephiles could pinpoint as being a meaningful one in the history of cinema, it would probably be this movie.
When comparing this list to this website's five aggregate critics poll, it's interesting to note the types of films that continued to receive acclaim years after their releases, as well as the films whose acclaim fluctuated.A lot of familiar faces show up: Certified Copy, The Master, Holy Motors, A Separation, Boyhood, The Social Network, etc. But the high placement of several movies were a pleasant surprise. Margaret, for instance, barely missed out on the top ten of the 2011 aggregate poll yet managed to finish fourth, while Mysteries of Lisbon and The Turin Horse cracked the top twenty despite not placing in the top twenty of the 2011 and 2012 polls, respectively. But perhaps the most surprising rise in acclaim is Bertrand Bonello's 2011 film House of Tolerance, which never made it onto the top 85 of any of this website's aggregate film polls yet placed in the top thirty of this list. On the flip side, there are several films adored at the year of its release that aren't as highly ranked in this one, including Inception, The Artist, Zero Dark Thirty, 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
There is a theory I have for the high placements of certain films on the list, which is that a lot of them fall under a certain category of movies, specifically the category that is both auteur-driven and was considered polarizing upon its release but gained a cult following among those who love it. As anyone would notice from reading famous film polls (like the once-a-decade Sught & Sound poll), this tends to fit many of the movies that would eventually be regarded as the greatest of all-time, from Vertigo and L'Avventura to The Rules of the Game and Last Year at Marienbad. It seems to continue in this list, with such films fitting the bill including Margaret, The Wolf of Wall Street, Spring Breakers and the aforementioned The Tree of Life. Either way, this is just one list and there is a good chance that if more people were polled, then the results would be a lot different. Now the only thing left is to wait another five years and see how the films highly-placed on this list compare to others when critics and film writers look back at the entire ten-year period.
Earlier this week, I released the website's 2014 aggregate film poll, featuring the 85 movies most beloved by critics in the year 2014. It is this website's second ever film poll of this caliber, joining the aggregate film poll made for the year 2013. Now, since I've apparently become addicted to this kind of work, I've decided to complete aggregate film polls for the rest of the 2010s with a top 85 list for the years 2010 through 2012. The strategy used to compile list was essentially the same as it was in the past, so there's no need to explain it again. So, I'll just get right to it...
2010 (using 162 different critics list)
Much in the same way that Boyhood dominated the 2014 year-end top-tens, the 2010 lists was dominated by The Social Network, the David Fincher drama about the founding of Facebook. The movie finished with 897 points, the most out of any film released from 2010-2012 and a point total that is over 350 points more than what runner-up Winter's Bone received. Black Swan, Toy Story 3 and Inception rounded out the top five. What's interesting to note about this list is how this film poll, more than any of the other aggregate film polls this website has ever released, mirrored the eventual movies that were celebrated at the Oscars. Nine of the films that placed in the top twelve were eventually nominated for Best Picture by the Academy, while top 25 films Exit Through the Gift Shop and Inside Job each earned Best Documentary nominations and top-fifteen film Dogtooth earned a Best Foreign Language film nomination (A Prophet also earned a nomination in the same category a year before Dogtooth).
1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (dir: David Fincher) 897 points
2. WINTER'S BONE (dir: Debra Granik) 522.5 points
3. BLACK SWAN (dir: Darren Aronofsky) 471 points
4. TOY STORY 3 (dir: Lee Unkrich) 428.5 points
5. INCEPTION (dir: Christopher Nolan) 421 points
6. THE KING'S SPEECH (dir: Tom Hooper) 314.5 points
7. CARLOS (dir: Olivier Assayas) 275 points
8. THE GHOST WRITER (dir: Roman Polanski) 257 points
9. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (dir: Lisa Cholodenko) 255 points
10. TRUE GRIT (dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) 230.5 points
11. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (dir: Banksy) 230 points
12. 127 HOURS (dir: Danny Boyle) 217.5 points
13. ANOTHER YEAR (dir: Mike Leigh) 216.5 points
14. A PROPHET (dir: Jacques Audiard) 193.5 points
15. DOGTOOTH (dir: Giorgos Lanthimos) 179.5 points
16. I AM LOVE (dir: Luca Guadagnino) 177.5 points
17. THE FIGHTER (dir: David O. Russell) 174 points
18. BLUE VALENTINE (dir: Derek Cianfrance) 146 points
19. MOTHER (dir: Bong Joon-ho) 125 points
20. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (dir: Edgar Wright) 117 points
21. INSIDE JOB (dir: Charles H. Ferguson) 115 points
22. ANIMAL KINGDOM (dir: David Michod) 102 points
23. PLEASE GIVE (dir: Nicole Holofcener) 98.5 points
24. ALLE ANDEREN (EVERYONE ELSE) (dir: Maren Ade) 98 points
25. LET ME IN (dir: Matt Reeves) 92 points
26. SHUTTER ISLAND (dir: Martin Scorsese) 90 points
27. RED RIDING TRILOGY (dir: Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker) 84.5 points
28. GREENBERG (dir: Noah Baumbach) 78.5 points
29. WHITE MATERIAL (dir: Claire Denis) 67.5 points
30. RABBIT HOLE (dir: John Cameron Mitchell) 65 points
31. FISH TANK (dir: Andrea Arnold): 57 points
32. VINCERE (dir: Marco Bellocchio): 55.5 points
33. LAST TRAIN HOME (dir: Lixin Fan): 55 points
34. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (dir: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders): 53 points
35. SWEETGRASS (dir: Lucien Castaing-Taylor): 51.5 points
36. SOMEWHERE (dir: Sofia Coppola): 51 points
37. MARWENCOL (dir: Jeff Malmberg): 50.5 points
38. FOUR LIONS (dir: Chris Morris): 50 points
39. RESTREPO (dir: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger): 49.5 points
40. THE TOWN (dir: Ben Affleck): 49 points
41. ENTER THE VOID (dir: Gaspar Noe): 45 points
42. WILD GRASS (dir: Alan Resnais): 44 points
43. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL LIST PAST LIVES (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul): 43 points
44. ALAMAR (dir: Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio): 41 points
45. THE ILLUSIONIST (dir: Sylvian Chomet): 36.5 points
46(tie). NEVER LET ME GO (dir: Mark Romanek): 32.5 points
46(tie). THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (dir: Juan J. Campanella): 32.5 points
48. LOURDES (dir: Jessica Hausner): 32 points
49. BOXING GYM (dir: Frederick Wiseman): 31 points
50. THE TILLMAN STORY (dir: Amir Bar-Lev): 29 points
51. LIFE DURING WARTIME (dir: Todd Solondz): 27.5 points
52. DADDY LONGLEGS (dir: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie): 27 points
53(tie). THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (dir: Mia Hansen-Love): 25.5 points
53(tie). KICK-ASS (dir: Matthew Vaughn): 25.5 points
55. LEBANON (dir: Samuel Maoz): 24 points
56(tie). AMER (dir: Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani): 23 points
56(tie). THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (dir: Manoel de Oliviera): 23 points
58(tie). AJAMI (dir: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani): 22 points
58(tie). MONSTERS (dir: Gareth Edwards): 22 points
60. OF GODS AND MEN (dir: Xavier Beauvois): 21 points
61. WORLD ON A WIRE* (dir: Rainier Werner Fassbinder): 20.5 points
62. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (dir: David Yates): 20 points
63. HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT'S INFERNO (dir: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea): 18.5 points
64(tie). FILM SOCIALISME (dir: Jean-Luc Godard): 18 points
64(tie). I LOVE YOU, PHILLIP MORRIS (dir: Glenn Ficara, John Requa): 18 points
66(tie). MOTHER AND CHILD (dir: Rodrigo Garcia): 17.5 points
66(tie). TINY FURNITURE (dir: Lena Dunham): 17.5 points
68(tie). BLUEBEARD (dir: Catherine Breillat): 17 points
68(tie). SECRET SUNSHINE (dir: Lee Chang-dong): 17 points
70. NIGHT CATCHES US (dir: Tanya Hamilton): 16.5 points
71. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU (dir: Andrei Ujica): 16 points
72(tie). NOWHERE BOY (dir: Sam Taylor-Wood): 15.5 points
72(tie). UP IN THE AIR (dir: Jason Reitman): 15.5 points
74. OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST (dir: Miguel Gomes): 15 points
75(tie). BURIED (dir: Rodrigo Cortes): 14.5 points
75(tie). THE SQUARE (dir: Nash Edgerton): 14.5 points
77(tie). A TOWN CALLED PANIC (dir: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Pata): 14 points
77(tie). GET LOW (dir: Aaron Schneider): 14 points
77(tie). TANGLED (dir: Nathan Greno, Bryan Howard): 14 points
80. MY DOG TULIP (dir: Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger): 13.5 points
81(tie). BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL-NEW ORLEANS (dir: Werner Herzog): 13 points
81(tie). GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH (dir: Damien Chazelle): 13 points
81(tie). THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (dir: Niels Arden Oplev): 13 points
81(tie). THE OATH (dir: Laura Poitras): 13 points
85(tie). I'M STILL HERE (dir: Casey Affleck): 12.5 points
85(tie). WAITING FOR 'SUPERMAN' (dir: Davis Guggenheim): 12.5 points
2011 (using 161 different year-end top tens)
2011 belonged to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life which earned itself 572.5 points to win the year's aggregate film poll (a smaller number than any of the three aggregate film polls on this column, but still high enough to beat everyone else). The Artist finished second (making it the highest-placing Best Picture winner from 2010-2012), with Drive and The Descendants not far behind. Hugo, A Separation, Melancholia, Certified Copt, Take Shelter and Martha Marcy May Marlene can also be seen in the list's top ten for a year that was light on representation from blockbusters (only one of 2011's ten highest grossing films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made it onto the list at all) but heavy on independent cinema.
1. THE TREE OF LIFE (dir: Terrence Malick) 572.5 points
2. THE ARTIST (dir: Michael Hazanavicius) 395 points
3. DRIVE (dir: Nicolas Winding Refn) 382 points
4. THE DESCENDANTS (dir: Alexander Payne) 370 points
5. HUGO (dir: Martin Scorsese) 335 points
6. A SEPARATION (dir: Asghar Farhadi) 323.5 points
7. MELANCHOLIA (dir: Lars Von Trier) 303.5 points
8. CERTIFIED COPY (dir: Abbas Kiarostami) 277.5 points
9. TAKE SHELTER (dir: Jeff Nichols) 256.5 points
10. MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (dir: Sean Durkin) 214.5 points
11. MARGARET (dir: Kenneth Lonergan) 196 points
12. MONEYBALL (dir: Bennett Miller) 194.5 points
13. SHAME (dir: Steve McQueen) 181 points
14. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (dir: Tomas Alfredson) 175.5 points
15. MEEK'S CUTOFF (dir: Kelly Reichardt) 174 points
16. BEGINNERS (dir: Mike Mills) 162.5 points
17. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (dir: Woody Allen) 153 points
18. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul) 140.5 points
19. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (dir: Lynne Ramsay) 131 points
20. BRIDESMAIDS (dir: Paul Feig) 130.5 points
21. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (dir: Pedro Almodovar) 108.5 points
22. THE INTERRUPTERS (dir: Steve James) 107 points
23. POETRY (dir: Lee Chang-dong) 106.5 points
24. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (dir: Raul Ruiz) 104.5 points
25. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (dir: David Yates) 91.5 points
26. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (dir: David Fincher) 85.5 points
27(tie). A DANGEROUS METHOD (dir: David Cronenberg) 84 points
27(tie). WAR HORSE (dir: Steven Spielberg) 84 points
29. MARGIN CALL (dir: J.C. Chandor) 79.5 points
30. WEEKEND (dir: Andrew Haigh) 74 points
31. OF GODS AND MEN (dir: Xavier Beavois): 73 points
32. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES) (dir:Rupert Wyatt): 70.5 points
33. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (dir: Werner Herzog): 66.5 points
34(tie). A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY* (dir: Edward Yang): 65 points
34(tie). BELLFLOWER (dir: Evan Glodell): 65 points
36. 50/50 (dir: Jonathan Levine): 64.5 points
37(tie). LE QUATTRO VOLTE (dir: Michelangelo Frammartino): 63.5 points
37(tie). THE TRIP (dir: Michael Winterbottom): 63.5 points
37(tie). YOUNG ADULT (dir: Jason Reitman): 63.5 points
40. LE HAVRE (dir: Aki Kaurismaki): 61 points
41. ATTACK THE BLOCK (dir: Joe Cornish): 56 points
42. WIN WIN (dir: Thomas McCarthy): 53 points
43. THE FUTURE (dir: Miranda July): 51.5 points
44. THE ARBOR (dir: Clio Barnard): 50.5 points
45. 13 ASSASSINS (dir: Takashi Miike): 50 points
46. PROJECT NIM (dir: James Marsh): 49.5 points
47. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (dir: Patricio Guzman): 47 points
48. CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (dir: Lu Chuan): 45 points
49. SUPER 8 (dir: J.J. Abrams): 44.5 points
50(tie). LIKE CRAZY (dir: Drake Doremus): 40 points
50(tie). RANGO (dir: Gore Verbinski): 40 points
52. CONTAGION (dir: Steven Soderbergh): 39 points
53(tie). EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (dir: Stephen Daldry): 38.5 points
53(tie). SENNA (dir: Asif Kapadia): 38.5 points
55. THE HELP (dir: Tate Taylor): 35 points
56. TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS (dir: Radu Muntean): 34 points
57(tie). FILM SOCIALISME (dir: Jean-Luc Godard): 33 points
57(tie). THE MUPPETS (dir: James Bobin): 33 points
59. SUBMARINE (dir: Richard Ayoade): 32.5 points
60. INCENDIES (dir: Denis Villeneuve): 31.5 points
61(tie). INTO THE ABYSS (dir: Werner Herzog): 29.5 points
61(tie). THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (dir: Steven Spielberg): 29.5 points
63(tie). JANE EYRE (dir: Cari Fukunaga): 26 points
63(tie). WARRIOR (dir: Gavin O'Connor): 26 points
65. TABLOID (dir: Errol Morris): 24 points
66. THE CLOCK** (dir: Christian Marclay): 23.5 points
67(tie). ANOTHER EARTH (dir: Mike Cahill): 23 points
67(tie). CORIOLANUS (dir: Ralph Fiennes): 23 points
69(tie). HANNA (dir: Joe Wright): 22 points
69(tie). KILL LIST (dir: Ben Wheatley): 22 points
71. BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (dir: Richard Press): 21.5 points
72(tie). PINA (dir: Wim Wenders): 21 points
72(tie). SOURCE CODE (dir: Duncan Jones): 21 points
72(tie). THIS IS NOT A FILM (dir: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb): 21 points
72(tie). TOMBOY (dir: Celine Sciamma): 21 points
76. BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER'S JOURNEY (dir: Costance A. Marks): 20.5 points
77. PUTY HILL (dir: Matthew Porterfield): 20 points
78(tie). BUCK (dir: Cindy Meehl): 19.5 points
78(tie). MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (dir: Simon Curtis): 19.5 points
80. TERRI (dir: Azazel Jacobs): 19 points
81(tie). CARNAGE (dir: Roman Polanski): 18 points
81(tie). RAMPART (dir: Oren Moverman): 18 points
81(tie). TO DIE LIKE A MAN (dir: Joao Pedro Rodrigues): 18 points
81(tie). WE WERE HERE (dir: David Weissman, Bill Weber): 18 points
85. HIGHER GROUND (dir: Vera Farmiga): 17.5 points
2012 (using 155 different year-end top tens)
Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty finished the 2012 poll at the top, making it also the second straight year in which a movie starring Jessica Chastain finished with a number one ranking. The Master, Moonrise Kingdom, Lincoln and Amour rounding out the top five. After a poor showing in 2011, summer blockbusters and big-budget films made a big comeback, with such film as Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers performing well enough to finish in the year's top twenty.
1. ZERO DARK THIRTY (dir: Kathryn Bigelow) 776 points
2. THE MASTER (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson) 556.5 points
3. MOONRISE KINGDOM (dir: Wes Anderson) 486 points
4. LINCOLN (dir: Steven Spielberg) 431 points
5. AMOUR (dir: Michael Haneke) 421 points
6. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (dir: Ben Zeitlin) 378.5 points
7. ARGO (dir: Ben Affleck) 375.5 points
8. HOLY MOTORS (dir: Leos Carax) 369 points
9. DJANGO UNCHAINED (dir: Quentin Tarantino) 266.5 points
10. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (dir: David O. Russell) 234 points
11. LIFE OF PI (dir: Ang Lee) 167.5 points
12. THIS IS NOT A FILM (dir: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi) 139.5 points
13. LOOPER (dir: Rian Johnson) 125.5 points
14. SKYFALL (dir: Sam Mendes) 119.5 points
15. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan) 112 points
16. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (dir: Christopher Nolan) 104.5 points
17. RUST AND BONE (dir: Jacques Audiard) 97 points
18. TABU (dir: Miguel Gomes) 96 points
19. THE DEEP BLUE SEA (dir: Terence Davies) 91.5 points
20. THE AVENGERS (dir: Joss Whedon) 91 points
21. THE GREY (dir: Joe Carnahan) 85.5 points
22. MAGIC MIKE (dir: Steven Soderbergh) 79 points
23. CLOUD ATLAS (dir: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski) 78.5 points
24. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (dir: David France) 76.5 points
25. THE LONELIEST PLANET (dir: Julia Loktev) 71 points
26. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (dir: Drew Goddard) 70.5 points
27. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (dir: Stephen Chbosky) 70 points
28. SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN (dir: Malik Bendjelloul) 69.5 points
29. THE SESSIONS (dir: Ben Lewin) 64 points
30(tie). BERNIE (dir: Richard Linklater) 63 points
30(tie). THE TURIN HORSE (dir: Agnes Hranitzky, Bela Tarr) 63 points
32. LES MISERABLES (dir: Tom Hooper): 59.5 points
33. ANNA KARENINA (dir: Joe Wright): 58 points
34. THE GATEKEEPERS (dir: Dror Moreh): 57.5 points
35. COSMOPOLIS (dir: David Cronenberg): 57 points
36. TAKE THIS WALTZ (dir: Sarah Polley): 55.5 points
37. OSLO, AUGUST 31st (dir: Joachim Trier): 52 points
38. FLIGHT (dir: Robert Zemeckis): 46.5 points
39. THE KID WITH A BIKE (dir: Jeanne-Pierre Dardene, Luc Dardenne): 46 points
40. STORIES WE TELL (dir: Sarah Polley): 44 points
41. COMPLIANCE (dir: Craig Zobel): 41 points
42. KILLER JOE (dir: William Friedkin): 38 points
43. THE IMPOSTER (dir: Bart Layton): 35.5 points
44. THE COMEDY (dir: Rick Alverson): 35 points
45(tie). KILLING THEM SOFTLY (dir: Andrew Dominik): 34 points
45(tie). WUTHERING HEIGHTS (dir: Andrea Arnold): 34 points
47(tie). IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (dir: Don Hertzfeldt): 33 points
47(tie). THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (dir: Lauren Greenfield): 33 points
49. THE IMPOSSIBLE (dir: Juan Antonio Bayona): 32.5 points
50. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (dir: Ava DuVernay): 31.5 points
51(tie). BARBARA (dir: Christian Petzhold): 30 points
51(tie). ELENA (dir: Petra Costa): 30 points
53(tie). RUBY SPARKS (dir: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris): 27 points
53(tie). WEST OF MEMPHIS (dir: Amy J. Berg): 27 points
55. KEEP THE LIGHTS ON (dir: Ira Sachs): 26.5 points
56. A SEPARATION (dir: Asghar Farhadi): 25 points
57(tie). IN THE FAMILY (dir: Patrick Wang): 24 points
57(tie). SISTER (dir: Ursula Meier): 24 points
59. DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (dir: Whit Stillman): 23.5 points
60(tie). 21 JUMP STREET (dir: Phil Lord, Chris Miller): 23 points
60(tie). ALMAYER'S FOLLY (dir: Chantal Akerman): 23 points
62. THE RAID: REDEMPTION (dir: Gareth Evans): 21 points
63. NOT FADE AWAY (dir: David Chase): 20.5 points
64(tie). JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (dir: Daivd Gelb): 20 points
64(tie). KILL LIST (dir: Ben Wheatley): 20 points
64(tie). THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (dir: Eugene Jarecki): 20 points
64(tie). ROOM 237 (dir: Rodney Ascher): 20 points
64(tie). SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (dir: Colin Trevorrow): 20 points
69(tie). BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (dir: Peter Strickland): 18.5 points
69(tie). YOUR SISTER'S SISTER (dir: Lynn Shelton): 18.5 points
71. FRANKENWEENIE (dir: Tim Burton): 18 points
72. HAYWIRE (dir: Steven Soderbergh): 17.5 points
73. POLISSE (dir: Maiwenn Besco): 17 points
74. TED (dir: Seth MacFarlane): 15 points
75(tie). ARBITRAGE (dir: Nicholas Jarecki): 14 points
75(tie). MONSIEUR LAZHAR (dir: Philippe Falardeau): 14 points
75(tie). THE WAITING ROOM (dir: Peter Nicks): 14 points
75(tie). WRECK-IT RALPH (dir: Rich Moore): 14 points
79. FOOTNOTE (dir: Joseph Cedar): 13.5 points
80(tie). END OF WATCH (dir: David Ayer): 13 points
80(tie). THE HUNT (dir: Thomas Vintenburg): 13 points
80(tie). MISS BALA (dir: Gerardo Naranjo): 13 points
83(tie). DARK HORSE (dir: Todd Solondz): 12 points
83(tie). LAURENCE ANYWAYS (dir: Xavier Dolan): 12 points
83(tie). THE PAPERBOY (dir: Lee Daniels): 12 points
I would write another column telling you the list of the critics I used for each of the lists, except that I'm feeling pretty lazy right now.
22 Jump Street
This week, I released this website's 2nd annual aggregate critics poll, featuring the 85 most acclaimed films from the 2014 calendar (which can viewed by clicking here and here). Today comes a list of what I like to call The Outliers, a.k.a. the list of all of the other films that were mentioned in at least one of the year-end top-ten lists used to create the aggregate poll.
To reiterate, over 300 films were mentioned at one point or another in the 2014 lists. Some of those films weren't actually even films, but stuff that could qualify as TV miniseries and anthology series (which I still qualified for the poll, since they are technically one-off stories) and regular TV series (which I did not, since those stories can last multiple seasons). Most of them were naturally from the year 2014, but there were still some 2013 leftover (just like in the top 85) as well as one film from 1996 (Level Five, directed by the late Chris Marker, which received a re-release in the US during the summertime).
We will begin the list by introducing the 15 films that qualified for the top 100, but just missed out on the top 85:
NUMBERS 86-100
86(tie). LEVEL FIVE (dir: Chris Marker)
26 points
86(tie). THE SKELETON TWINS (dir: Craig Johnson)
26 points
88. STILL ALICE (dir: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland)
25.5 points
89(tie). VIC + FLO SAW A BEAR (dir: Denis Cote)
25 points
89(tie). UNBROKEN (dir: Angelina Jolie)
25 points
91. LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM (dir: Rory Kennedy)
24.5 points
92(tie). GLORIA (dir: Sebastian Lelio)
24 points
92(tie). STORY OF MY DEATH (dir: Albert Serra)
24 points
92(tie). THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (dir: Martin Scorsese)
24 points
95. TIMBUKTU (dir: Abderrahmane Sissako)
23.5 points
96. HOW TO TRAIN YOU DRAGON 2 (dir: Dean DeBlois)
22.5 points
97. GOD HELP THE GIRL (dir: Stuart Murdoch)
22 points
98. THE LUNCHBOX (dir: Ritesh Batra)
21.5 points
99(tie). ACTRESS (dir: Robert Greene)
21 points
99(tie). FURY (dir: David Ayer)
21 points
And now...
THE REST (in alphabetical order)
22 JUMP STREET (dir: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (dir: Noam Murro)
A FIELD IN ENGLAND (dir: Ben Wheatley)
A MASTER BUILDER (dir: Jonathan Demme)
A TOUCH OF SIN (dir: Jia Zhangke)
ABOVE AND BELOW THE MINHOCAO (dir: Mark Lewis)
ABUSE OF WEAKNESS (dir: Catherine Breillat)
AFTERNOON OF A FAUN (dir: Nancy Buirski)
ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (dir: Declan Lowney)
ALL IS LOST (dir: J.C. Chandor)
ALL THIS MAYHEM (dir: Eddie Martin)
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS (dir: Grace Lee)
AMOUR FOU (dir: Jessica Hausner)
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE (dir: Anthony Powell)
AUGUST WINDS (dir: Gabriel Mascaro)
BAD HAIR (dir: Mariana Rondon)
BAD WORDS (dir: Jason Bateman)
BEGIN AGAIN (dir: John Carney)
BELOVED SISTERS (dir: Dominik Graf)
BETHLEHEM (dir: Yuval Adler)
BEYOND THE LIGHTS (dir: Gina Prince-Bythewood)
BIG BAD WOLVES (dir: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado)
BIG EYES (dir: Tim Burton)
BIG HERO 6 (dir: Don Hall, Chris Williams)
BIG MEN (dir: Rachel Boynton)
BIRD PEOPLE (dir: Pascale Ferran)
BJORK: BIOPHILIA LIVE (dir: Nick Fenton, Peter Strickland)
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (dir: Abdellatif Kechiche)
BOGOWIE (dir: Lukasz Palkowski)
BREAKFAST WITH CURTIS (dir: Laura Collela)
BUTTER ON THE LATCH (dir: Josephine Decker)
BUZZARD (dir: Joel Potrykus)
CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO (dir: Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, Karlyn Michelson)
CHARLIE'S COUNTRY (dir: Rolf de Heer)
CHEAP THRILLS (dir: E.L. Katz)
CHEF (dir: Jon Favreau)
CHEATIN' (dir: Bill Plympton)
CHILD'S POSE (dir: Calin Peter Netzer)
CLASS ENEMY (dir: Rok Bicek)
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (dir: Olivier Assayas)
COHERENCE (dir: James Ward Byrkit)
COLD IN JULY (dir: Jim Mickle)
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (dir: Jean-Marc Vallee)
DAS SPEKTRUM EUROPAS (dir: Cristi Puiu)
DIPLOMACY (dir: Volker Schlondorff)
DRAFT DAY (dir: Ivan Reitman)
DREAMS ARE COLDER THAN DEATH (dir: Arthur Jafa)
DUMB AND DUMBER TO (dir: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly)
ELENA (dir: Petra Cost)
ELLIE LUMME (dir: Ignatiy Vishnetsky)
ERNEST & CELESTINE (dir: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner)
EVERYDAY (dir: Michael Winterbottom)
EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL (dir: Darius Clarke Monroe)
EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (dir: Ridley Scott)
FARBE (dir: Sigmar Polke)
FADING GIGOLO (dir: John Turturro)
FALCON RISING (dir: Ernie Barbarash)
FED UP (dir: Stephanie Soechtig)
FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS (dir: Mitra Farahani)
FINAL CUT: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (dir: Gyorgi Palfi)
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER (dir: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel)
FISH & CAT (dir: Shahram Mokri)
GEBO AND THE SHADOW (dir: Manoel de Oliviera)
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM (dir: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz)
GLEN CAMPBELL: I'LL BE ME (dir: James Keach)
GODZILLA (dir: Gareth Edwards)
GUILTY OF ROMANCE (dir: Sion Sono)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS (dir: Joe Swanberg)
HAPPY VALLEY (dir: Amir Bar-Lev)
HATESHIP LOVESHIP (dir: Liza Johnson)
HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT (dir: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie)
HELI (dir: Amat Escalante)
HILL OF FREEDOM(dir: Hong Sang-soo)
HORSE MONEY (dir: Pedro Costa)
HOUSEBOUND (dir: Gerald Johnstone)
HYENA (dir: Gerard Johnson)
I ORIGINS (dir: Mike Cahill)
ILO ILO(dir: Anthony Chen)
IN BLOOM (dir: Chris Michael Birkmeier)
INTO THE WOODS (dir: Robert Marshall)
IT FOLLOWS (dir: David Robert Mitchell)
JAUJA (dir: Lisandro Alonso)
JERSEY BOYS (dir: Clint Eastwood)
JIMMY P.(dir: Arnaud Desplechin)
JOE (dir: David Gordon Green)
JOURNEY TO THE WEST (dir: Stephen Chow, Derek Kwok Chi-Kin)
KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON (dir: Alan Hicks)
KIDS FOR CASH(dir: Robert May)
LAGGIES (dir: Lynn Shelton)
LAND HO! (dir: Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens)
LAST WEEKEND (dir: Tom Dolby, Tom Williams)
LE PARADIS (dir: Alan Cavalier)
LE WEEK-END (dir: Roger Michell)
LESSON OF THE EVIL (dir: Takashi Miike)
LIFE OF RILEY (dir: Alan Resnais)
LIFE PARTNERS (dir: Susanna Fogel)
LITTLE FEET (dir: Alexandre Rockwell)
LOW DOWN (dir: Jeff Preiss)
LUCY (dir: Luc Besson)
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (dir: Woody Allen)
MAIDAN (dir: Sergei Loznitsa)
MALEFICENT (dir: Robert Stromberg)
MANUSCRIPTS DON'T BURN (dir: Mohammad Rasoulof)
MEMPHIS (dir: Tim Sutton)
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN (dir: Jason Reitman)
MISS JULIE (dir: Liv Ullmann)
MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS (dir: Tom Berninger)
MOOD INDIGO (dir: Michel Gondry)
MUPPETS MOST WANTED (dir: James Bobin)
MY LITTLE PONY: EQUESTRIAN GIRLS- RAINBOW ROCKS (dir: Ishi Rudell, Jayson Thiessen)
NEBRASKA (dir: Alexander Payne)
NEIGHBORS (dir: Nicholas Stoller)
NOAH (dir: Darren Aronofsky)
NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN (dir: Katrin Gebbe)
NORTHERN LIGHT (dir: Nick Bentgen)
OLIVE KITTERIDGE (dir: Lisa Cholodenko)
OMAR (dir: Hany Abu-Assad)
OUR SUNHI (dir: Hong Sang-soo)
PADDINGTON (dir: Paul King)
PATERMA INVERTED (dir: Yasuhiro Yoshiura)
POINT AND SHOOT (dir: Marshall Curry)
POLICEMAN (dir: Nadav Lapid)
PREDESTINATION (dir: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig)
PROXY (dir: Zack Parker)
PULP: A FILM ABOUT LIFE, DEATH AND SUPERMARKETS (dir: Florian Habicht)
RAMBLERAS (dir: Daniela Speranza)
RED ARMY (dir: Gabe Polsky)
RETURN TO HOMS (dir: Talal Derki)
REVENGE OF THE MEKONS (dir: Joe Angio)
ROB THE MOB (dir: Raymond De Felitta)
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY (dir: Drew Tobia)
SHADE AND LIGHT (dir: Juliano Ribeiro Salgad, Wim Wenders)
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE'S ANGRY (dir: Mary Dore)
STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS (dir: Sam Fleischner)
STARRY EYES (dir: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmeyer)
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (dir: Dietrich Bruggermann)
STOP THE POUNDING HEART (dir: Roberto Minervini)
SONG OF THE SEA (dir: Tomm Moore)
THE 50 YEAR ARGUMENT (dir: Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi)
THE AMAZING CATFISH (dir: Claudia Sainte-Luce)
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL (dir: Chapman Way, Maclain Way)
THE BLUE ROOM (dir: Mathieu Amalric)
THE BOOK OF LIFE (dir: Jorge Gutierrez)
THE BOXTROLLS (dir: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi)
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN (dir: Felix Van Groeningen)
THE CONGRESS (dir: Ari Folman)
THE DAVID WHITING STORY (dir: Walter Reuben)
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: THEM (dir: Ned Benson)
THE DOG (dir: Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren)
THE DOUBLE (dir: Richard Ayoade)
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY (dir: Peter Strickland)
THE EQUALIZER (dir: Antoine Fuqua)
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (dir: Josh Boone)
THE FILMS OF JOANNA HOGG: "UNRELATED," "ARCHIPELAGO," AND "EXHIBITION"
THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR (dir: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine)
THE GAMBLER (dir: Rupert Wyatt)
THE GREAT BEAUTY (dir: Paolo Sorrentino)
THE GREAT INVISIBLE (dir: Margaret Brown)
THE GUEST (dir: Adam Wingard)
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (dir: Peter Jackson)
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY- PART 1 (dir: Francis Lawrence)
THE KIDNAPPING OF MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ (dir: Guillaume Nicloux)
THE KILL TEAM (dir: Dan Krauss)
THE KING OF ESCAPE (dir: Alain Guiraudie)
THE LAST SENTENCE (dir: Jan Troell)
THE ONE I LOVE (dir: Charlie McDowell)
THE PAST (dir: Asghar Farhadi)
THE RETRIEVAL (dir: Chris Eska)
THE SALT OF THE EARTH (dir: Juliano Rubiero Salgado, Wim Wenders)
THE SECRET TRIAL 5 (dir: Amar Wala)
THE SELFISH GIANT (dir: Clio Barnard)
THE SMELL OF US (dir: Larry Clark)
THE THIRD PERSON (dir: Paul Haggis)
THE TRIBE (dir: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy)
THE TRIP TO ITALY (dir: Michael Winterbottom)
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY (dir: Hossein Amini)
THE UNKNOWN KNOWN (dir: Errol Morris)
THE WAY HE LOOKS (dir: Daniel Ribiero)
THEY CAME TOGETHER (dir: David Wain)
THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY (dir: Josephine Decker)
THURSDAY TIL SUNDAY (dir: Dominga Sotomayor)
THY WOMB (dir: Brillante Mendoza)
TIP TOP (dir: Serge Bozon)
TOP FIVE (dir: Chris Rock)
TRACKS (dir: John Curran)
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (dir: Michael Bay)
TRESPASSING BERGMAN (dir: Jane Magnusson, Hynek Pallas)
TRUE DETECTIVE: SEASON 1 (dir: Cary Fukunaga)VENUS IN FUR (dir: Roman Polanski)
VIOLETTE (dir: Antonio Frazzi)
WAR OF LIES (dir: Martin Provost)
WETLANDS (dir: David Wnendt)
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (dir: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi)
WHILE WE'RE YOUNG (dir: Noah Baumbach)
WHITE GOD (dir: Kornel Mundruczo)
WHO TOOK JOHNNY (dir: David Beilinson, Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley)
WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL? (dir: Shion Sono)
WITCHING AND BITCHING (dir: Alex de la Iglesia)
WORDS AND PICTURES (dir: Fred Schepisi)
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (dir: Brian Singer)
It should be noted that several of the movies mentioned here were only shown in the festival circuit, and have yet to be released in most parts of the globe. In 2013, such honorable mentions who fit into this category included Ida, Blue Ruin and Manakamana, and they were all movies that made it onto the top 85 of 2014. So, expect to see several of these place better in the 2015 lists after more critics are given the chance to see it. And now, the list of the 300 year-end lists that helped make up the 2014 poll:
Individual Lists
Robert Abele
Simon Abrams
Sam Adams
Al Alexander
Melissa Anderson
Ali Arikan
Michael Atkinson
Sean Axmander
Jason Bailey
Jeff Baker
Dana Barbuto
Linda Barnard
Marjorie Baumgarten
Josh Bell
Sheila Benson
James Berardinelli
William Bibbiani
Rick Bentley
Meredith Borders
Chuck Bowen
Peter Bradshaw
Liz Braun
Matt Brennan
Brad Brevet
Richard Brody
Tom Brook
Tom Brueggermann
Stephanie Bunbury
Sean Burns
Ty Burr
Paul Byrnes
Jehu Calderon
Jeff Cannata
Ian Casselberry
Justin Chang
David Chen
Daryl Chin
Adam Chitwood
Donald Clarke
Susan G. Cole
Sherilynn Connelly
Adam Cook
Richard Corliss
Dominic Corry
Jake Coyle
Jordan Cronk
Mike D'Angelo
Brian Darr
Erik Davis
Steve Davis
Peter Debruge
David Denby
Dennis Dermody
Serena Donadoni
Edward Douglas
A.A. Dowd
Duane Dudek
David Edelstein
David Ehrenstein
David Ehrlich
Eric Eisenberg
Annlee Ellingson
Gregory Ellwood
Steve Erickson
Devin Faraci
David Fear
Scott Feinberg
Marshall Fine
Bob Fischbach
Russ Fischer
Scott Foundas
Jim Fouratt
Haleigh Foutch
Cynthia Fuchs
Abby Garnett
Bill Gibron
Owen Gleiberman
Matt Goldberg
Bill Goodykoontz
William Goss
Pam Grady
Tim Grierson
Jaime Grijalba
Larry Gross
Rafer Guzman
Pete Hammond
Angie Han
Beth Hanna
Devindra Hardawar
Peter Hartlaub
Dennis Harvey
Jesse Hassenger
Philippa Hawker
Britt Hayes
Eugene Hernandez
Leba Hertz
Aaron Hilis
J. Hoberman
Stephen Holden
Anne Hornaday
Robert Horton
David Hudson
Darren Hughes
Drew Hunt
Robert Hunter
Eric Hynes
Richard T. Jameson
Steven Jenkins
Brian D. Johnson
J.R. Jones
Kimberly Jones
Tarah Judah
Inkoo Kang
Adam Kempenaar
Ben Kenigsberg
Lisa Kennedy
Glenn Kenny
Laura Kern
Ehsan Khoshbakht
Jonathan Kiefer
Danny King
Bruce Kirkland
Borys Kit
Chris Knight
Eric Kohn
Dan Kois
Michael Koresky
Genevieve Koski
Jay Kuehner
Josh Kupecki
Peter Labuza
Liam Lacey
Cody Lang
Josh Larsen
Mick LaSalle
Ryan Lattanzio
Richard Lawson
Kevin B. Lee
Will Leitch
Christy Lemire
Robert Levin
Phillip Lopate
Justin Lowe
Matthew Lucas
Lou Lumenick
Germain Lussier
Moira Macdonald
Gary Maddox
Vince Mancini
Calum Marsh
Kevin McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Patrick Z. McGavin
Marsha McCreadie
Drew McWeeny
Sean P. Means
Scott Mendelson
Carla Meyer
Brian Miller
Kristi Mitsuda
Marc Mohan
Roger Moore
Bob Mondello
Katherine Monk
Joe Morgenstern
Wesley Morris
Matt Mueller
Angelo Muredda
Kathleen Murphy
Noel Murray
Randy Myers
Chris Nashawaty
Adam Nayman
Col Needham
Perri Nemiroff
Rob Nelson
Joe Neuemaier
Amy Nicholson
Michael Nordine
Jocelyn Noveck
Sean O'Connell
Clint O'Connor
Andrew O'Hehir
Connie Ogle
Mark Olsen
Christopher Orr
Leigh Paatsch
Michael Pattinson
Gerald Peary
Sasha Perl-Raver
Steve Persall
Jamie Philbrick
Michael Phillips
Keith Phipps
Claudia Puig
James Quandt
Karl Quinn
Nathan Rabin
Steven Rae
Peter Rainer
Nicolas Rapold
Mack Rawden
Carrie Rickey
Rex Reed
Mara Reinstein
Simon Reynolds
Katey Rich
Tasha Robinson
Rene Rodriguez
Richard Roeper
Jonathan Romney
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Joshua Rothkopf
Mike Rubin
Mike Ryan
Evan Saathoff
Ben Sachs
Robert Saucedo
Marc Savlov
Adam Schartoff
A.O. Scott
Mike Scott
Nick Schager
Alan Scherstuhl
David Sexton
Betsy Sharkey
Keith Simanton
Brent Simon
Matt Singer
Jim Slotek
Kyle Smith
Michael Smith
Eric D. Snider
Josh Spiegel
Maciej Stasierski
David Sterritt
Marlow Stern
Dana Stevens
Sasha Stone
David Stratton
Bob Strauss
Ray Subers
Peter Suderman
Glenn Sumi
Kristopher Tapley
Anna Tatarska
Amy Taubin
Ella Taylor
Anne Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
Scott Tobias
Peter Travers
Michael Tully
John M. Urbanich
Barbara Vancheri
Todd VanDerWerff
James Verniere
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Chris Vognar
John Waters
Scott Wampler
Nathan Weinbender
Regina Weinreich
Sam Weisberg
Elizabeth Weitzman
Zachary Wigon
Matthew Wilder
Joe Williams
Alison Willmore
Norman Wilner
Calvin Wilson
Chuck Wilson
Jake Wilson
Stephen Whitty
Susan Wloszczyna
Anders Wright
Andrew Wright
Edgar Wright
Stephanie Zacharek
Staff Lists
Cahiers du Cinema
Complex
Consequence of Sound
Den of Geek
Empire
Huffington Post
FILMTV.it
LAist
Little White Lies
Movie Mezzanine
MTV News
Paste
People
RogerEbert.com
Slant
The Guardian
The Playlist
Time Out London
Total Film
TV Guide
Twitch
Yahoo! News
The website's look-back at the year of 2014 in film will wrap up sometime in late February, with a recap of the past winter's awards circuit. Other than that, I think it's officially safe to say that we can finally start to bring the previous year to a close. Now, let's see what movies you have to offer, 2015!
