Best Of 2014: a Summary of World Cinema

2014

Most Awarded Films:

2014 Film Festivals

Awarded Film	Event
Winter Sleep	Cannes Film Festival	France
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	Venice Film Festival	Italy
Black Coal, Thin Ice	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
Magical Girl	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
The Imitation Game	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
Whiplash	Sundance Film Festival	USA
Come to my Voice	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
My Man	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
Trash	International Rome Film Festival	Italy
I Origins	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
The Farewell Party	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

2014 Awards

Awarded Film	Award
Birdman	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
Boyhood (Drama) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
Ida	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
Boyhood	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
Timbuktu	Cesar Awards (France)	France
Black Souls	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
Marshland	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
Victoria	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
Turist (Force Majeure)	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

Critics' Association Awards 2014

Awarded Film	Awards
A Most Violent Year	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
Boyhood	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
Boyhood	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
Boyhood	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
Boyhood	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
Boyhood	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

Best Films of 2014 According to World Famous Film Critics:

Peter Travers, Chief Critic of Rolling Stone - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Boyhood
2		Birdman
3		Foxcatcher
4		Selma
5		Gone Girl
6		Whiplash
7		The Grand Budapest Hotel
8		Unbroken
9		Under the Skin
10		Interstellar

A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Boyhood
2		Ida
3		Citizenfour
4		Leviathan
5		Selma
6		Love Is Strange
7		We Are the Best!
8		Birdman
8		Listen Up Philip
8		Mr. Turner
9		Dear White People
10		The Babadook

Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Article Sorted by alphabetical order:

Country:	Film
	American Sniper
	Beyond the Lights
	Birdman
	Boyhood
	The Dog
	Edge of Tomorrow
	Gloria
	Goodbye to Language
	The Grand Budapest Hotel
	Inherent Vice
	Interstellar
	Listen Up Philip
	Manakamana
	The Missing Picture
	National Gallery
	Selma
	Snowpiercer
	Violette
	Top Five

Peter Bradshaw, Co-Chief Critic of The Guardian - Article (No particular order)

Country:	Film
	Boyhood
	Under the Skin
	12 Years a Slave
	Mr. Turner
	The Grand Budapest Hotel
	Two Days, One Night
	Exhibition
	Maps to the Stars
	Norte, the End of History
	Ida

Richard Brody, Chief Critic of The New Yorker - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Grand Budapest Hotel
2		Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
3-4		Goodbye to Language
3-4		The Last of the Unjust
5		The Immigrant
6		American Sniper
7		Listen Up Philip
8		Actress
9		Memphis
10		Butter on the Latch

Richard Corliss, Chief Critic of Time - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Grand Budapest Hotel
2		Boyhood
3		The Lego Movie
4		Lucy
5		Goodbye to Language
6		Jodorowsky's Dune
7		Nightcrawler
8		Citizenfour
9		Wild Tales
10		Birdman

Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of The Washington Post - Article Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Boyhood
2		Birdman
3		Citizenfour
4		Turist (Force Majeure)
5		Foxcatcher
6		Under the Skin
7		Selma
8		Edge of Tomorrow
9		Beyond the Lights
10		Locke

The Highest Grossing Films of 2014:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2014 Worldwide

#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Sci-Fi	Paramount / Hasbro	$1.087.400.000
2	Guardians of the Galaxy	Sci-Fi	Marvel / MPC / Disney	$772.300.000
3	Maleficent	Fantasy	Disney / MPC / Roth	$757.800.000
4	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Sci-Fi	20th Century / Bad Hat	$746.000.000
5	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Action	Marvel / Sony	$714.100.000
6	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Fantasy	Marvel / Columbia / Sony	$709.000.000
7	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Sci-Fi	20th Century / Chernin	$708.300.000
8	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I	Sci-Fi	Lionsgate / Colorforce	$669.700.000
9	Interstellar	Sci-Fi	Warner / Syncopy / Paramount	$641.300.000
10	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Animation	DreamWorks / Mad Hatter	$618.900.000

The Highest Grossing Films of 2014 in the US

#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Guardians of the Galaxy	Sci-Fi	Marvel / MPC / Disney	$332.800.000
2	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I	Sci-Fi	Lionsgate / Color Force	$306.700.000
3	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Action	Marvel / Sony	$259.800.000
4	The Lego Movie	Animation	Animal / LEGO / Lin	$257.800.000
5	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Sci-Fi	Paramount / Hasbro	$245.400.000
6	Maleficent	Fantasy	Disney / MPC / Roth	$241.400.000
7	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Sci-Fi	20th Century / Bad Hat	$233.900.000
8	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Sci-Fi	20th Century / Chernin	$208.500.000
9	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Fantasy	Marvel / Columbia / Sony	$202.900.000
10	Godzilla	Sci-Fi	Legendary / Warner	$200.700.000

The Highest Grossing Films of 2014 in their Country of Origin

Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
Vaterfreuden	Comedy	Pantaleon / Wiedemann & Berg	$24.300.000
O Candidato Honesto	Comedy	Camisa Listrada / Panorama	$10.000.000
Ocho apellidos vascos	Comedy	Lazonafilms / Kowalski / Telecinco	$77.500.000
Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?	Comedy	Les films du 24 / TF1 Film	$104.700.000
Stand by Me Doraemon	Animation	Fujiko / Shirogumi	$79.000.000
The Inbetweeners 2	Musical	Bwark	$55.700.000

The Best Films of 2014 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2014 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
8.2		Birdman
8.0		Interstellar
7.9		Wild Tales
7.8		Mommy
7.8		Whiplash
7.6		Boyhood
7.6		Magical Girl
7.5		Winter Sleep
7.5		Marshland
7.4		Big Hero 6

The Best TV Series of 2014 according to Filmaffinity Users

Rating	Country:	TV Series
8.6		True Detective
8.2		Gomorrah
8.2		Fargo
7.7		The Knick
7.7		Happy Valley
7.7		Transparent
7.5		The End of Comedy
7.5		The Honourable Woman
7.5		24: Live Another Day
7.4		No Game, No Life