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)
