Some of my favorite films of 2014.

Only Lovers Left Alive

A depressed musician reunites with his lover, though their romance - which has already endured several centuries - is disrupted by the arrival of uncontrollable younger sister.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714915/

Begin Again

A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980929/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

Coherence

Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/

I Origins

A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2884206/

Wish I Was Here (2014)

A struggling actor, father and husband finds himself at a major crossroad, which forces him to examine his life, his family and his career.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870708/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Book of Life

Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227/

Predestination

The life of a time-traveling Temporal Agent. On his final assignment, he must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/

Pride

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Two Days, One Night

Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2737050/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Frank

Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605717/

Starred Up

A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to adult prison where he finally meets his match - a man who also happens to be his father.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2567712/

John Wick

An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/

The Wind Rises

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1

The Babadook

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Birdman

A washed up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of a Broadway play.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562232/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Nightcrawler

When Lou Bloom, a driven man 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.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Boxtrolls

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator. Based on the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/?ref_=tt_rec_tti

Big Hero 6

The special bond that 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.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/

Selma

A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Love Is Strange

After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2639344/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Ida

Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2718492/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Congress

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821641/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Whiplash

A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Under the Skin

A mysterious woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. Events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441395/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Inherent Vice

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576852/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/?ref_=nv_sr_1

In a World...

An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294677/