Readers’ Poll: Readers are invited to stand up and be counted too! All entries will be automatically entered in our contest for free DVDs from the Criterion Collection. We will print the poll results in our March/April issue and publish your comments on the website. Send your ranked list of the year’s 20 best films (plus any rants, raves, and insights) with your name, address, and phone number, to fcpoll [at] filmlinc.com. Deadline: February 2, 2015. First Prize: your choice of Criterion Collection DVDs, up to $200 in value. Second Prize: up to $120. Third & Fourth Prizes: up to $80. The winners, who will be picked by random draw, can select prizes, subject to availability, from the Criterion Collection catalogue.
Boyhood Richard Linklater, U.S.
Goodbye to Language Jean-Luc Godard, France
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, U.S.
Ida Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer, U.K.
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie, France
CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras, U.S.
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Alejandro G. Iñárritu, U.S.
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson, U.S.
The Immigrant James Gray, U.S. Don’t see your favorite here? Proceed to the Best Unreleased Films of 2014.
Two Days, One Night Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium
Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch, U.S.
Mr. Turner Mike Leigh, U.K.
Force Majeure Ruben Östlund, Sweden
Norte, The End of History Lav Diaz, Philippines
Whiplash Damien Chazelle, U.S.
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
National Gallery Frederick Wiseman, U.S.
Manakamana Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, U.S.
Snowpiercer Bong Joon-ho, South Korea 21. Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry, U.S. 22. Gone Girl David Fincher, U.S. 23. Selma Ava DuVernay, U.S. 24. The Missing Picture Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France 25. We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson, Sweden 26. The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher, Germany 27. Jealousy Philippe Garrel, France 28. The Last of the Unjust Claude Lanzmann, France 29. Foxcatcher Bennett Miller, U.S. 30. Leviathan Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia 31. Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy, U.S. 32. The Babadook Jennifer Kent, Australia 33. Love Is Strange Ira Sachs, U.S.
What Now? Remind Me Joaquim Pinto, Portugal 35. Life Itself Steve James, U.S. 36. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Ana Lily Amirpour, U.S. 37. A Summer’s Tale Eric Rohmer, France 38. Winter Sleep Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey 39. Closed Curtain Jafar Panahi, Iran 40. Night Moves Kelly Reichardt, U.S. 41. Interstellar Christopher Nolan, U.S. 42. Locke Steven Knight, U.K. 43. It Felt Like Love Eliza Hittman, U.S. 44. Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn, U.S. 45. The Homesman Tommy Lee Jones, U.S. 46. Like Father, Like Son Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan 47. Level Five Chris Marker, France 48. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness Ben Rivers & Ben Russell, U.S./U.K. 49. A Most Violent Year J.C. Chandor, U.S. 50. Gebo and the Shadow Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal
