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Best Movies of 2014

The highest-rated films released in 2014, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 309 titlesavg ★ 6.55 avg 105 min Drama Comedy Thriller Action

Most watched in 2014

Interstellar2014 · ★ 8.5 · 2h 49m

Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 1m

John Wick2014 · ★ 7.5 · 1h 41m

Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 · ★ 7.7 · 2h 16m

Gone Girl2014 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 29m

The Maze Runner2014 · ★ 7.2 · 1h 53m

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#1 Interstellar (2014) · ★ 8.5 · 41,348 votes · 2h 49m · adventure, drama, science-fiction
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an in…
#2 Whiplash (2014) · ★ 8.4 · 17,153 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, drama, music
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.…
#3 Mommy (2014) · ★ 8.2 · 2,906 votes · 2h 18m · drama
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.…
#4 The Salt of the Earth (2014) · ★ 8.1 · 697 votes · 1h 50m · documentary
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the majo…
#5 Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow (2014) · ★ 8.1 · 541 votes · 1h 58m · action, fantasy, adventure
When man-eating Titans first appeared 100 years ago, humans found safety behind massive walls that stopped the giants in their tracks. But the safety they have had for so long is t…
#6 The Imitation Game (2014) · ★ 8.0 · 18,461 votes · 1h 53m · thriller, drama, history
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain…
#7 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) · ★ 8.0 · 16,552 votes · 1h 40m · comedy, drama
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The st…
#8 Song of the Sea (2014) · ★ 8.0 · 1,628 votes · 1h 34m · fantasy, animation, family
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their…
#9 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) · ★ 7.9 · 30,342 votes · 2h 1m · action, adventure, science-fiction
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.…
#10 Gone Girl (2014) · ★ 7.9 · 20,461 votes · 2h 29m · thriller, drama, mystery
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.…
#11 Wild Tales (2014) · ★ 7.9 · 3,861 votes · 2h 2m · comedy, thriller, drama
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation betwe…
#12 When Marnie Was There (2014) · ★ 7.9 · 2,025 votes · 1h 43m · drama, animation, family
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a…
#13 The Way He Looks (2014) · ★ 7.9 · 1,006 votes · 1h 36m · romance, drama
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go o…
#14 The Theory of Everything (2014) · ★ 7.8 · 11,289 votes · 2h 3m · romance, drama
Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitiou…
#15 Love, Rosie (2014) · ★ 7.8 · 6,569 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, romance, drama
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, a…
#16 Feast (2014) · ★ 7.8 · 925 votes · 0h 6m · comedy, drama, animation
This Oscar-winning animated short film tells the story of one man's love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the me…
#17 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 20,463 votes · 2h 16m · action, adventure, science-fiction
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But wh…
#18 Big Hero 6 (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 16,947 votes · 1h 42m · action, comedy, adventure
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.…
#19 Nightcrawler (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 12,122 votes · 1h 58m · thriller, drama, crime
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding…
#20 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 10,685 votes · 1h 42m · action, comedy, fantasy
Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair disco…
#21 Citizenfour (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 1,450 votes · 1h 53m · documentary
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.…
#22 Pride (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 1,441 votes · 2h 0m · comedy, drama
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarr…
#23 PK (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 1,208 votes · 2h 33m · comedy, adventure, drama
A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh…
#24 The Normal Heart (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 930 votes · 2h 13m · drama
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in t…
#25 Boys (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 752 votes · 1h 17m · tv-movie, romance, drama
Two teen track stars discover first love as they train for the biggest relay race of their young lives.…
#26 Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014) · ★ 7.7 · 578 votes · 2h 15m · action, fantasy, adventure
Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.…
#27 Edge of Tomorrow (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 15,531 votes · 1h 54m · action, science-fiction
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alph…
#28 The Fault in Our Stars (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 11,717 votes · 2h 6m · romance, drama
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a pati…
#29 I Origins (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 3,566 votes · 1h 46m · drama, science-fiction
A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.…
#30 The Raid 2 (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 2,699 votes · 2h 30m · action, thriller, crime
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerf…
#31 Who Am I (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 1,774 votes · 1h 45m · thriller
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.…
#32 Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 670 votes · 2h 18m · action, fantasy, adventure
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshi…
#33 Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014) · ★ 7.6 · 522 votes · 1h 30m · documentary
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path t…
#34 John Wick (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 21,370 votes · 1h 41m · action, thriller
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.…
#35 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 16,714 votes · 2h 12m · action, adventure, science-fiction
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change th…
#36 Fury (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 13,273 votes · 2h 15m · action, drama, war
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind en…
#37 Boyhood (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 5,654 votes · 2h 45m · drama
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18,…
#38 What We Do in the Shadows (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 3,974 votes · 1h 26m · comedy, horror
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.…
#39 Still Alice (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 3,292 votes · 1h 41m · drama
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her f…
#40 The Book of Life (2014) · ★ 7.5 · 3,019 votes · 1h 35m · comedy, fantasy, adventure
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an inc…