I know that list posts are meh but thought I'd squeeze this in there before oscars. If you're looking for a few suggestions then here are all the 2014 films I would have given at least three stars out of four:
--title in
BOLD CAPS means that I think most everyone will like it
--if it's not in bold then I think lots of people won't like it
--(a) animated, (d) documentary, (f) foreign language
01. The Grand Budapest Hotel
02. Jodorowsky's Dune (d)
03. Ida (f)
04. Calvary
05. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (a,f)
06. WHIPLASH
07. Boyhood
08. Birdman
09. Interstellar
10. Citizenfour (d)
11. Under the Skin
12. NIGHTCRAWLER
13. Starred Up (english but if possible use subtitles)
14. Two Days, One Night (f)
15. EDGE OF TOMORROW
16. Force Majeure (f)
17. GONE GIRL
18. THE IMITATION GAME
19. Locke
---this next group would get 2.5 stars, meaning my feelings were more mixed but it was still an overall thumbs up---
20. Pride; 21. The Battered Bastards of Baseball (d); 22. Song of the Sea (a); 23. The Babadook; 24. The Lego Movie (a); 25. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (a); 26. Selma; 27. Big Hero 6 (a); 28. Foxcatcher; 29. American Sniper; 30. Inherent Vice; 31. Particle Fever (d); 32. Life Itself (d); 33. Only Lovers Left Alive; 34. The Winter Soldier; 35. Mr. Turner; 36. Wild; 37. We Are the Best! (f); 38. The Trip to Italy; 39. Big Men (d); 40. Chef; 41. The Boxtrolls (a).
---a few I still haven't seen---
A Most Violent Year, A Summer's Tale, The Double, Frank, Goodbye to Language, The Internet's Own Boy, Joe, Leviathan, The Lunchbox, The Missing Picture, National Gallery, Noah, Nymphomaniac, Obvious Child, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Stranger by the Lake
--and of all the 2014 movies I watched, the worst by far was
Left Behind. It was a very bad movie.
--also does anyone know a great site that says whether a movie is available to stream on netflix and/or amazon prime, itunes, flixster, on-demand, HBOgo, etc?
This is the best I've found but it's wrong all the time.
PS the oscars
are lame!