Year-End Lists

A.O. Scott: Top 21 Films of 2014, as published by The New York Times

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Ida
   Pawel Pawlikowski
3. Citizenfour
   Laura Poitras
4. Leviathan
   Andrey Zvyagintsev
5. Selma
   Ava DuVernay
6. Love is Strange
   Ira Sachs
7. We Are the Best!
   Lukas Moodysson
8. Mr. Turner
   Mike Leigh
9. Dear White People
   Justin Simien
10. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent

Runners-up (alphabetically)

• Beyond the Lights
  Gina Prince-Bythewood
• Bird People
  Pascale Ferran
• The Dance of Reality
  Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Jodorowsky’s Dune
  Frank Pavich
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
  Wes Anderson
• A Most Violent Year
  J.C. Chandor
• Particle Fever
  Mark Levinson
• Snowpiercer
  Bong Joon-ho
• Top Five
  Chris Rock
• Two Days, One Night
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Wild
  Jean-Marc Vallée