Best Films of 2014

Please note these are my ranking only of films I've seen. Any films you think should be on this list may be due to the fact I've yet to watch them. I welcome any recommendations of films which should be included.

1. Birdman

2. Boyhood

3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

4. Gone Girl

5. Whiplash

6. The Imitation Game

7. Wild

8. Force Majeure

9. Life Itself

10. A Most Violent Year

Honorable Mention - '71, 99 Homes, 20,000 Days on Earth, American Sniper, The Babadook, Bears, Big Hero 6, The Book of Life, Calvary, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cesar Chavez, Chef, Citizenfour, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Drop, Edge of Tomorrow, Eightyseven, Foxcatcher, Frank, Fury, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Interstellar, Into the Woods, It Follows, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Last Five Years, The LEGO Movie, Love is Strange, Magic in the Moonlight, Merchants of Doubt, A Most Wanted Man, Mr. Turner, Nightcrawler, Obvious Child, The One I Love, RoboCop, Sam, The Skeleton Twins, Still Alice, The Theory of Everything, Timbuktu, Tokyo Fiancée, Two Days One Night, The Two Faces of January, Unbroken, What We Do in the Shadows, While We're Young, Wild Tales, X-Men: Days of Future Past

Noteworthy films I haven't seen yet - Art and Craft, A Brilliant Young Mind, GETT: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem, Gueros, Happy Christmas, Hockney, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Iris, Last Days in Vietnam, Leviathan, Listen Up Philip, Mommy, National Gallery, The Overnighters, Pride, Queen of the Mountains, Red Army, The Salt of the Earth, Seymour: An Introduction, Song of the Sea, Starred Up, Theeb, Winter Sleep

Films others rank highly that I do not: Cold in July, Dear White People, Diplomacy, The Fault in Our Stars, Get On Up, The Good Lie, The Guest, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Inherent Vice, John Wick, The New Girlfriend, Noah, Paddington, The Raid 2, Selma, Snowpiercer, Top Five, The Trip to Italy, White God