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Chris Luckett
You’re read my Worst Movies of 2014. You’ve read my Best Movies of 2014. Finally, in its complete order from 1 to 204, here is my definite ranking of every movie I saw last year, from best to worst. How many have you seen?
(Click any link in red to read my corresponding review.)
THE 5-STARS
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1. Nightcrawler
2. Birdman, of the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Under the Skin
5. Jodorowsky’s Dune
THE 4½-STARS
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6. Whiplash
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
8. Boyhood
9. Interstellar
10. Life Itself
11. Bad Words
12. Neighbors
13. The Babadook
14. Citizenfour
15. Lucy
16. The LEGO Movie
17. Horns
18. A Most Violent Year
19. X-Men: Days of Future Past
20. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
21. Two Days, One Night
22. The F Word
23. The Imitation Game
24. They Came Together
25. Sabotage
THE 4-STARS
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26. Guardians of the Galaxy
27. Big Hero 6
28. The Maze Runner
29. The Signal
30. 22 Jump Street
31. Ida
32. The Book of Life
33. Chef
34. The Theory of Everything
35. Still Alice
36. Frank
37. Edge of Tomorrow
38. John Wick
39. Exodus: Gods and Kings
40. Corner Gas: The Movie
41. The Drop
42. Selma
43. Evergreen: The Road to Legalization
44. The Fault in Our Stars
45. Godzilla
46. This is Where I Leave You
47. Maleficent
48. Wish I Was Here
49. Enemy
50. Mr. Turner
51. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
52. Bears
53. Veronica Mars
THE 3½-STARS
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54. Gone Girl
55. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
56. Leviathan
57. Pride
58. Inherent Vice
59. Big Eyes
60. Force Majeure
61. Annabelle
62. Tusk
63. Wild
64. The Boxtrolls
65. Transcendence
66. Fury
67. Joe
68. 3 Days to Kill
69. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
70. American Sniper
71. Jimi: All is By My Side
72. Divergent
73. The Rover
74. Mockingjay, Part 1
75. Foxcatcher
76. The Grand Seduction
77. Monty Python Live (Mostly)
78. Begin Again
79. Dom Hemingway
80. Tracks
81. Locke
82. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
83. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
84. RoboCop
85. The Giver
86. How to Train Your Dragon 2
87. Dolphin Tale 2
88. Jersey Boys
89. Beyond the Lights
90. Love is Strange
91. About Last Night
92. The Raid 2
THE 3-STARS
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93. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
94. St. Vincent
95. Muppets Most Wanted
96. That Awkward Moment
97. A Million Ways to Die in the West
98. Top Five
99. Into the Woods
100. Draft Day
101. Get on Up
102. Are You Here
103. Mr. Peabody & Sherman
104. Unbroken
105. The Judge
106. Penguins of Madagascar
107. Million-Dollar Arm
108. The Monuments Men
109. Blue Ruin
110. Belle
111. As Above, So Below
112. The Hundred-Foot Journey
113. Annie
114. The Railway Man
115. The Immigrant
116. The Skeleton Twins
117. Son of God
118. Oculus
THE 2½-STARS
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119. Snowpiercer
120. Dumb and Dumber To
121. The Guest
122. The Interview
123. Noah
124. And So it Goes
125. Ride Along
126. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
127. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
128. A Most Wanted Man
129. Need for Speed
130. The November Man
131. Planes: Fire & Rescue
132. Horrible Bosses 2
133. The Face of Love
134. Dinosaur 13
135. The Single Mom’s Club
136. Tammy
137. Cuban Fury
138. Trailer Park Boys: Don’t Legalize It
139. Rio 2
140. 300: Rise of an Empire
141. The Double
142. Cesar Chavez
143. Magic in the Moonlight
144. Video Games: The Movie
145. God’s Pocket
146. For No Good Reason
THE 2-STARS
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147. Non-Stop
148. The Expendables 3
149. Heaven is for Real
150. The Equalizer
151. Winter’s Tale
152. Sex Tape
153. Men, Women & Children
154. Space Station 76
155. Trust Me
156. The Zero Theorem
157. Only Lovers Left Alive
158. The Gambler
159. Palo Alto
160. Deliver Us from Evil
161. Pompeii
162. A Walk Among the Tombstones
163. The Nut Job
THE 1½-STARS
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164. Hercules
165. Devil’s Due
166. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
167. 23 Blast
168. Swearnet
169. The Longest Week
170. When the Game Stands Tall
171. Earth to Echo
172. Step Up: All In
173. Dracula Reborn
174. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
175. Blended
THE 1-STARS
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176. Brick Mansions
177. Think Like a Man Too
178. Endless Love
179. The Purge: Anarchy
180. The Pyramid
181. Before I Go to Sleep
182. If I Stay
183. Ouija
184. The Best of Me
185. The Identical
186. Happy Christmas
187. Moms’ Night Out
188. The Quiet Ones
THE ½-STARS
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189. Vampire Academy
190. Into the Storm
191. God’s Not Dead
192. Dr. Cabbie
193. The Legend of Hercules
194. Addicted
195. Transformers: Age of Extinction
196. I, Frankenstein
197. Persecuted
198. The Other Woman
THE 0-STARS
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199. Let’s Be Cops
200. America: Imagine the World Without Her
201. A Merry Friggin’ Christmas
202. No Good Deed
203. A Haunted House 2
204. Left Behind
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