Chris Luckett

On October 9 last year, I saw my 50th movie of 2013. On the same date this year, interestingly enough, I watched my 100th movie of 2014.

Seeing twice as many movies as I normally have by this time of year has given me a broader view of cinema in 2014, having seen more of the year’s best and worst than I normally do before the end-of-the-year lists begin rolling out. There have been a couple masterpieces already, as well as a few completely worthless bombs, with many average movies in between.

Twenty-fourteen still holds a number of heavy-hitters, from awards-courting fare like Foxcatcher and The Imitation Game to sure-fire box office hits like Mockingjay, Part 1 and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. For now, though, this is what I’ve thought of 2014.

(Don’t forget, any red links below will take you to the corresponding reviews!)

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1. The Grand Budapest Hotel (5/5)
2. Under the Skin (5/5)
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (4.5/5)
4. Boyhood (4.5/5)
5. Life Itself (4.5/5)
6. Bad Words (4.5/5)
7. Neighbors (4.5/5)
8. Lucy (4.5/5)
9. X-Men: Days of Future Past (4.5/5)
10. The LEGO Movie (4.5/5)
11. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (4.5/5)
12. The F Word (4.5/5)
13. They Came Together (4.5/5)
14. Sabotage (4.5/5)
15. Guardians of the Galaxy (4/5)
16. The Signal (4/5)
17. 22 Jump Street (4/5)
18. Chef (4/5)
19. Edge of Tomorrow (4/5)
20. Evergreen: The Road to Legalization (4/5)
21. The Fault in Our Stars (4/5)
22. Godzilla (4/5)
23. This is Where I Leave You (4/5)
24. Maleficent (4/5)
25. Enemy (4/5)
26. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (4/5)
27. Bears (4/5)
28. Veronica Mars (4/5)
29. Gone Girl (3.5/5)
30. Transcendence (3.5/5)
31. Joe (3.5/5)
32. 3 Days to Kill (3.5/5)
33. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (3.5/5)
34. Divergent (3.5/5)
35. The Rover (3.5/5)
36. Dom Hemingway (3.5/5)
37. Tracks (3.5/5)
38. Locke (3.5/5)
39. RoboCop (3.5/5)
40. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (3.5/5)
41. Jersey Boys (3.5/5)
42. About Last Night (3.5/5)
43. The Raid 2 (3.5/5)
44. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (3/5)
45. Muppets Most Wanted (3/5)
46. That Awkward Moment (3/5)
47. A Million Ways to Die in the West (3/5)
48. Draft Day (3/5)
49. Are You Here (3/5)
50. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (3/5)
51. Million-Dollar Arm (3/5)
52. The Monuments Men (3/5)
53. Belle (3/5)
54. Son of God (3/5)
55. Oculus (3/5)
56. Snowpiercer (2.5/5)
57. Noah (2.5/5)
58. Ride Along (2.5/5)
59. Need for Speed (2.5/5)
60. The November Man (2.5/5)
61. The Single Moms Club (2.5/5)
62. Tammy (2.5/5)
63. Cuban Fury (2.5/5)
64. Trailer Park Boys: Don’t Legalize It (2.5/5)
65. Rio 2 (2.5/5)
66. 300: Rise of an Empire (2.5/5)
67. God’s Pocket (2.5/5)
68. The Double (2.5/5)
69. For No Good Reason (2.5/5)
70. Non-Stop (2/5)
71. The Expendables 3 (2/5)
72. Heaven is For Real (2/5)
73. The Equalizer (2/5)
74. Winter’s Tale (2/5)
75. Space Station 76 (2/5)
76. Trust Me (2/5)
77. The Zero Theorem (2/5)
78. Only Lovers Left Alive (2/5)
79. Palo Alto (2/5)
80. Pompeii (2/5)
81. The Nut Job (2/5)
82. Devil’s Due (1.5/5)
83. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1.5/5)
84. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (1.5/5)
85. Blended (1.5/5)
86. Brick Mansions (1/5)
87. Think Like a Man Too (1/5)
88. Endless Love (1/5)
89. The Purge: Anarchy (1/5)
90. Moms’ Night Out (1/5)
91. The Quiet Ones (1/5)
92. Vampire Academy (0.5/5)
93. The Legend of Hercules (0.5/5)
94. Transformers: Age of Extinction (0.5/5)
95. God’s Not Dead (0.5/5)
96. I, Frankenstein (0.5/5)
97. The Other Woman (0.5/5)
98. America (0/5)
99. No Good Deed (0/5)
100. A Haunted House 2 (0/5)