Tuesday 30 December 2014

Tom's Films of 2014

1. Blue Ruin (UK release date 21 February; GFF)
Written and directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Eve Plumb



2. 12 Years a Slave (UK release date 10 January)
Directed by Steve McQueen
Written by John Ridley
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano and Lupita Nyong'o



3. The Rover (UK release date 15 August)
Written and directed by: David Michôd
Story by: David Michôd and Joel Edgerton
Starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy



4. The Skeleton Twins (UK release date 7 November)
Directed by: Craig Johnson
Written by: Craig Johnson, Mark Heyman
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson and Ty Burrell



5. Gone Girl (UK release date 3 October)
Directed by: David Fincher
Written by: Gillian Flynn
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler Perry



6. American Hustle (UK release date 1 January)
Directed by David O. Russell
Written by: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence



7. Frank (UK release date 9 May)
Directed by: Lenny Abrhamson
Written by: Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan
Starring: Doomnhall Gleeson, Maggie Gylenhall, Scott McNairy, Michael Fassbender



8. Nightcrawler (UK release date 31 October)
Written and directed by: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton



9. Her (UK release date 14 February)
Written and directed by Spike Jonze
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johanssen



10. The Wolf of Wall Street (UK release date 17 January)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Terence Winter
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey and Kyle Chandler



11. Dallas Buyers Club (UK release date 7 February)
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
Written by: Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Starring: Matthew McConaghey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner



12. Bad Neighbours (UK release date 3 May)
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
Written by: Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O'Brien
Starring: Seth Rogan, Rose Byrne, Zach Effron



13. Mistaken For Strangers (UK release date 22 February; GFF)
Directed by Tom Berninger
Starring: Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger



14. The Grand Budapest Hotel (UK release date 7 March)
Written and directed by: Wes Anderson
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric and Saoirse Ronan



15. God's Pocket (UK release date 8 August)
Directed by: John Slattery
Written by: John Slattery, Alex Metcalf
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks and John Turturro



16. Inside Llewyn Davis (UK release date 24 January)
Written and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham and Justin Timberlake



17. Cold in July (UK release date 26 June)
Directed by: Jim Mickle
Written by: Jim Mickle, Nick Damici
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson



18. Obvious Child  (UK release date 29 August)
Written and directed by: Gillian Robespierre
Starring: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman and David Cross



19. Under the Skin (UK release date 14 March)
Directed by: Jonathan Glazer
Written by: Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Joe Szula and Kryštof Hádek



20. Chef  (UK release date 27 June)
Written and directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt and Bobby Cannavale



21. Guardians of the Galaxy (UK release date 31 July)
Directed by: James Gunn
Written by: James Gunn, Nicole Perlman
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel andBradley Cooper



22. The One I Love (No UK cinema release)
Directed by: Charlie McDowell
Written by: Justin Lader
Starring: Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss and Ted Danson



23. Life of Crime (UK release date 5 September)
Written and directed by: Daniel Schechter
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Yasiin Bey, John Hawkes, Isla Fisher, Will Forte and Tim Robbins



24. Snowpiercer (No UK cinema release)
Directed by: Bong Joon-ho
Written by: Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson
Starring: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell and Octavia Spencer



25. August: Osage County (UK release date 24 January)
Directed by: John Wells
Written by: Tracy Letts
Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin and Benedict Cumberbatch



26. Starred Up (UK release date 21 March)
Directed by: David MacKenzie
Written by: Jonathan Asser
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend



27. '71 (UK release date 10 October)
Directed by: Yann Demange
Written by: Gregory Burke
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, Sam Reid, Charlie Murphy and Paul Anderson



28. Stretch (UK release date 7 October; Online)
Written and directed by: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Brooklyn Decker and Ed Helms



29. Pride (UK release date 12 September)
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Written by: Stephen Beresford
Starring: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine and Ben Schnetzer



30. A Most Wanted Man (UK release date 5 September)
Directed by: Anton Corbijn
Written by: Andrew Bovell
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe and Daniel Brühl



31. Calvary (UK release date 11 April)
Written and Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Domhnall Gleeson, Aidan Gillen and Dylan Moran



32. What We Do In The Shadows (UK release date 21 November)
Written and Directed by: Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
Starring: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby and Jonathan Brugh



33. Edge of Tomorrow (UK release date 28 May)
Directed by: Doug Liman
Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton and Brendan Gleeson



34. Willow Creek (UK release date 2 May)
Written and Directed by: Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson



35. Fury (UK release date 22 October)
Written and directed by David Ayer
Starring: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña and Jon Bernthal



36. Wish I Was Here (UK release date 19 September)
Directed by: Zach Braff
Written by Zach Braff, Adam Braff
Starring: Zach Braff, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Kate Hudson, Joey King and Mandy Patinkin



I've been compiling my films of the year for ten years now. My previous films of the year can be found below.

Tom's Films of 2013

Tom's Films of 2012

Tom's Films of 2011

Tom's Films of 2010

Tom's Films of 2009

Tom’s Films of 2008

Tom’s Films of 2007

Tom’s Films of 2006

Tom’s Films of 2005

Tom’s Films of 2004