Best movies of 2014
We dissect the cinema of 2014. Here is our top ranking from best to worst based strictly on our editorial autopsies.
David Robert Mitchell revolutionized indie horror with a hypnotic, beautiful nightmare about teenage paranoia, latent AIDS, and the walking dead.
A razor-sharp evisceration of *Nightcrawler*—the film that exposes journalism’s dark underbelly while making you root for the monster.
A scorching review of *Bosch*, the series that leaves you craving more—because, against all odds, it actually delivers.
Fabrice Du Welz reimagines the myth of the lonely hearts killers in a feverish whirlwind of jealousy, submission, and blood, led by Lola Dueñas in a performance that’s equal parts hypnotic and harrowing.
One night, one comet, and reality goes down the cosmic toilet.
A visceral, gothic dissection of the 2014 Spanish horror gem that traps you in its damp, nightmarish walls—whether you like it or not.
*Among the Living: Lost Childhood, the Deep America Slasher Transplanted to the French Countryside*
(2014)Bustillo and Maury fuse the spirit of *Stand by Me* with the ultra-violent rural slasher vibe of *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre* in a raw, physical film that hits like a sucker punch.
Gerard Johnstone delivers a horror-comedy with more jokes than scares and a cast that barely keeps the furniture from collapsing. New Zealand, where’s your gothic soul hiding?
A scathing deep-dive into the film that plunges into the darkest corners of the human psyche, only to resurface with demons that haunt us via a festival of clichés and a script so desperate it might as well be a cry for help.
