Wick's 2014 Great Movies - ViewList (31)

Introduction

The Great, Really Great & Perfect new movies I saw in `14: new movies I graded 4.0, 4.5 or 5 beams out of 5. Includes movies officially designated 2013 but not out wide till 2014.

Movies

• Lone Survivor (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Innocent, Savage, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Biography, History, Islamists, Actual Events, War on Terror, Afghanistan, 2000s, Docudrama, Army, SEALs, SEALs

• The Lego Movie (2014)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Action, Fathers, Sons, Lovers, Kids, Thinkers, Live Action, CGI, 3D, Moguls

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Profane, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Europe, Funny, Fun, Fiction, 1970s, 1940s, 1930s, FX Heavy, Glamorous, Tense, Period Piece

• Noah (2014)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	VERY GOOD Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Profane, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Earth, Biblical, FX Heavy, Period Piece, Prehistoric, Jews

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Innocent, Savage, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Guys, Marvel, Superheroes, Washington, DC, Kids, 3D, IMAX, 2010s, Sequel, Spies

• Under the Skin (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Erotic, Savage, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Dark, Novel, 1990s, Aliens, FX Heavy, Tense, Sexy, Scotland

• Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

  

  PERFECT Movie	66 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Romance, Funny, Fiction, Vampires, Writers, Vampire, 2010s, Detroit, Sexy, Morocco, Romantic, Composers

• Locke (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Gentle, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Thriller, England, Fiction, The Road, 2000s

• The Railway Man (2013)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, England, Home, 1980s, 1940s, Date Night, Actual Events, Pacific War, Period Piece, Thailand

• Chef (2014)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Gentle, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Love, Funny, Work, Spouses, Fiction, Parents, Sons, Los Angeles, Date Night, The Road, 2010s, Miami, Small Business, Ambition, RomCom, Austin, Foodies

• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Salty, Fantasy

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Guys, Marvel, 1970s, Superheroes, Presidents, Kids, Thinkers, FX Heavy, 2010s, Mutants

• 22 Jump Street (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Nasty, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Crime, Funny, Work, Farce, Fun, College, Fiction, Party, 2010s, Sequel, Sexy, Narcs, Students

• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Future, Novel, Monsters, Military, Aliens, FX Heavy, 3D, Paris, London, Normandy

• Coherence (2013)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Science Fiction, Thriller, Silicon Valley, Home, Fun, Spouses, Buddies, Lovers, Scary, Thinkers, Live Action, 2010s, Tense, Brainy

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Action, Science Fiction, Future, 21st Century, Spouses, Novel, Guys, Apes, Fathers, Extended Family, Sons, Kids, San Francisco, Thinkers, FX Heavy, 3D, Sequel, Post-Apocalypse

• Hercules (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Savage, Salty, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Adventure, Funny, Comic Book, Gods, Monsters, Royalty, FX Heavy, 3D, IMAX, Tense, Mercenaries, Athens, Before the Common Era, Bulgaria, Legend, Reboot

• Get on Up (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, Music, California, Dark, Funny, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, Rockstars, Buddies, Lovers, New York City, Actual Events, Rockstars, Glamorous, Paris, Sick, Georgia, Period Piece, Sexy

• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	88 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Salty, Fantasy

  
  
  

  Tags: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Space, United States, Funny, Marvel, 1980s, Superheroes, Aliens, FX Heavy, 3D, IMAX, 2010s, Origin Story, Alien Worlds

• Boyhood (2014)

  

  PERFECT Movie	83 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Profane, Natural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Funny, Home, Family, Fiction, Texas, Scary, Thinkers, 2000s, 2010s, Illuminating

• When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, Bay Area, Home, High School, Spouses, Fathers, Sons, Football, Actual Events, 2000s, Athletes, Illuminating

• The Skeleton Twins (2014)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Comedy, Spouses, Fiction, Mothers, Siblings, New York, 2010s

• Gone Girl (2014)

  

  GREAT Movie	66 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	GREAT Film
  Erotic, Savage, Nasty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Dark, Spouses, Novel, Detectives, Parents, New York City, 2010s, Tense, Sick, Missouri

• Fury (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Monstrous, Vile, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Action, Germany, Fiction, 1940s, Nazis, Army, European Theater, FX Heavy, Army

• Nightcrawler (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Funny, Work, Fiction, Los Angeles, The Road, 2010s, Sick, Thieves, Anchors

• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  

  Tags: Drama, Dark, Funny, Black Comedy, Fiction, Theater, Fathers, Daughters, New York City, Actors, Thinkers, 2010s, Illuminating, Sexy

• Interstellar (2014)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Profane, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Adventure, Science Fiction, Space, United States, Future, Family, Fiction, Guys, Thinkers, FX Heavy, Scientists, Astronauts, Farmers

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

  

  GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, North America, Future, Novel, Kids, Thinkers, FX Heavy, Sequel

• Foxcatcher (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Fierce, Salty, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, Pennsylvania, Guys, Brothers, 1980s, Mothers, Wrestling, Actual Events, Thinkers, Tense, Sick, Period Piece, Wrestlers

• Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Action, Adventure, History, Gods, Remake, Royalty, Biblical, FX Heavy, 3D, Period Piece, Slaves, Jews, Egypt, Before the Common Era

• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	83 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Innocent, Brutal, Salty, Supernatural

  
  
  

  Tags: Adventure, Fantasy, Novel, Guys, Wizards, FX Heavy, 3D, Sequel, Middle-earth

• American Sniper (2014)

  

  PERFECT Movie	66 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	PERFECT Film
  Titillating, Savage, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Action, Biography, War, Home, Family, Texas, Guys, 1990s, Marines, Islamists, Actual Events, Iraq War, Iraq, Thinkers, FX Heavy, 2000s, 2010s, Illuminating, Tense, SEALs, Mission, San Diego, Grownups

1 Comment

• Wick Jan 11, 2014 2:21AM

  Marc Wahlberg starred in the first great movie of 2012 and does so again in the first great movie of 2014. Contraband then, Lone Survivor now.

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