Top 20 Films Seen in 2014

I think this will be my last blog entry in this particular account. If any of you want to read my reviews, you can just follow me on Letterboxd. Thank you. It's been a fun ride.

 I've seen about 300 new films in 2014. Here are the 20 that will crack my all-time favorite lists, arranged in chronological order from date seen:

THE LONG GOODBYE (1973)

   

directed by Robert Altman (1/4) 

  FLOATING CLOUDS (1955)

 

directed by Mikio Naruse (2/2)

WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956)

directed by Douglas Sirk (2/23)

THE LIFE OF OHARU (1955)

directed by Kenji Mizoguchi (4/6)

ORDET (1955)

directed by Carl Theodore Dreyer (4/18)

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014)

directed by Wes Anderson (4/19)

THE BIG CITY (1963)

directed by Satyajit Ray (4/26)

WHITE HEAT (1949)

directed by Raoul Walsh (6/1)

THE KID BROTHER (1927)

directed by Ted Wilde & JA Howe (6/8)

UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948)

directed by Preston Sturges (6/15)

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (2013)

directed by Hirokazu Koreeda (6/27)

HEARTS AND MINDS (1974)

directed by Peter Davis (8/5)

ANIMAL FARM (1954)

directed by John Halas & Joy Batchelor (8/10)

EMPIRE OF PASSION (1978)

directed by Nagisa Oshima (8/22)

BOYHOOD (2014)

directed by Richard Linklater (8/25)

THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955)

directed by John Ford (9/19)

LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)

directed by Rouben Mamoulian (10/12)

YOYO (1965)

directed by Pierre Etaix (11/15)

CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986)

directed by Hayao Miyazaki (12/24)

LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)

directed by John M. Stahl (12/31)