The Best Reviewed Movies Of 2014: From Wild To The LEGO Movie
So we’ve looked atthe bestandworst moviesof the year as rated by the largest sampling of moviegoers available publicly (IMDB). And as you know, the public opinion sometimes differs from that of professional film critics. As it should, film critics often see hundreds of new movies a year (a larger sampling of content) and have thus have a more discerning taste. So after the jump we will take a look at the best reviewed movies of 2014.
This list was compiled from Rotten Tomatoes and not Metacritic. Both sites have their advantages. Rotten Tomatoes includes a larger sample of reviews, while Metacritic features a smaller more-selected grouping of film critics. Rotten Tomatoes calculates critic scores using a positive or negative score for each review. One movie could be 100% fresh with all the critics giving the movie a 7/10 grade. Metacritic attempts to gauge the score of each critic’s review (not just a positive or negative, but a number 0 to 100) averaged together, giving you a better indication of what the response is to any given film, and not just a percentage of positive reviews. Honestly, I like how Metacritic calculates the numbers, but their refusal to incorporate a larger sample of film critics puts them behind Rotten Tomatoes in my mind.
Note:This list was compiled on the third week of December, these ratings and placements could change into January. The ranking also uses an adjusted score (that uses a weighted Bayesian formula) with a minimum of 40 reviews.
Runners Up
50. 94% The Dog 49
94% The Dance of Reality 50
93% Child’s Pose 74
47. 89% Locke 169
46. 95% Particle Fever 44
45. 93% Force Majeure 99
44. 91% A Most Wanted Man 151
43. 95% Two Days, One Night 60
- 94% Stranger by the Lake 84
41. 94% Finding Vivian Maier 86
40. 96% A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 45
- 96% Last Days in Vietnam 49
38. 92% Wild 143
37. 94% Pride 100
93% Frank 128 reviews
88% Gone Girl 249 reviews
- 92% How to Train Your Dragon 2 159
33. 89% Captain America: The Winter Soldier 241
32. 98% Manakamana 41
- 98% A Summer’s Tale 43
The Top 30 Reviewed Movies of 2014
- 20,000 Days on Earth
97% rating
67 reviews
29. The Lunchbox
96% rating
94 reviews
28. Ernest & Célestine
75 reviews
27. The Overnighters
98% rating
52 reviews
26. The Rocket
54 reviews
25. Mr. Turner
78 reviews
24. Birdman
93% rating
172 reviews
23. Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow
90% rating
242 reviews
22. Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
57 reviews
21. Love Is Strange
104 reviews
The Top 20 Reviewed Movies of 2014
- Guardians of the Galaxy
251 reviews
115 reviews
18. Blue Ruin
96% rating
17. Citizenfour
97% rating
102 reviews
16. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
91% rating
243 reviews
15. The Grand Budapest Hotel
92% rating
228 reviews14. We Are the Best!
112 reviews
13. Snowpiercer
95% rating
165 reviews
12. X-Men: Days of Future Past
237 reviews
11. The Missing Picture
99% rating
74 reviews
The Top 10 Reviewed Movies of 2014
10. Jodorowsky’s Dune
99 reviews
9. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
100% rating
56 reviews
8. Starred Up
90 reviews
7. Nightcrawler
192 reviews
6. The Babadook
124 reviews
110 reviews
4. Whiplash
182 reviews
3. The LEGO Movie
96% rating
201 reviews
2. Life Itself
166 reviews
1. Boyhood
213 reviews
