Films to see in 2014
Some films I'd like to watch this year, whether they're good or bad.
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- DirectorSaul DibbStarsMichelle WilliamsKristin Scott ThomasMargot RobbieDuring the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.
- DirectorA.J. EdwardsStarsJason ClarkeDiane KrugerBrit MarlingThe story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsJoaquin PhoenixJosh BrolinOwen WilsonIn 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsIan McKellenMartin FreemanRichard ArmitageBilbo Baggins and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.
- DirectorGregg ArakiStarsShailene WoodleyEva GreenChristopher MeloniIn 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
- DirectorPeter SattlerStarsKristen StewartPayman MaadiLane GarrisonA soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.
- DirectorJeff PreissStarsJohn HawkesElle FanningGlenn CloseA look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsTom HardyGary OldmanNoomi RapaceA disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
- DirectorWilliam H. MacyStarsBilly CrudupAnton YelchinFelicity HuffmanA grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsCate BlanchettRooney MaraSarah PaulsonAn aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsBen FosterChris O'DowdGuillaume CanetAn Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
- DirectorKevin GreutertStarsSarah SnookMark WebberJoelle CarterReturning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return -- and has no intention of letting her escape.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsQuvenzhané WallisCameron DiazJamie FoxxA foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
- DirectorMarianne TardieuStarsReda KatebAdèle ExarchopoulosRashid DebbouzeCherif hates his day job as a security guard in the mall.He is trying to get his nursing degree without success. He likes Jenny, a girl he met on the bus. His life is complicated by a band of teenagers who harasses him daily.
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsJason SchwartzmanElisabeth MossJonathan PryceWhen a self-obsessed novelist (Jason Schwartzman) has problems with his novel and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss), he seeks refuge in his mentor's cottage where the peace and quiet allow him to focus on his favorite subject - himself.
- DirectorMikhail Kosyrev-NesterovStarsAdèle ExarchopoulosArtyom AlekseevJean-Pierre MussoThe young man (Artem Alekseev) - after a long break is coming from Russia to visit her mother, a long time living in France. The dramatic events of a single day - a meeting with mother overturn the life of the hero and his sisters (Adele Exarchopoulos).
- DirectorShira PivenStarsKristen WiigJames MarsdenLinda CardelliniWhen Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.
- DirectorDylan KiddStarsMiles TellerAnna KendrickBryan CranstonAfter college, Will is having problems getting a good, lasting job, as are his roomies, his girlfriend, and his just-fired dad.
- DirectorMark JacksonStarsCatherine KeenerHafsia HerziBen KingsleyA war photographer who recently endured a brutal detainment in Libya holes up in Sicily to come to terms with her ordeal, not far from the home of her former lover and mentor. Soon she crosses paths with a Tunisian migrant in need of an abortion and safe passage to France, who bears a striking resemblance to a Libyan girl Lee photographed just before her capture.
- DirectorAngelina JolieStarsJack O'ConnellMiyaviDomhnall GleesonAfter a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
- DirectorJon StewartStarsGael García BernalKim BodniaDimitri LeonidasIranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsPaulina GarcíaSergio HernándezDiego FontecillaA story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.
- DirectorDavid GrovicStarsJohn CusackRebecca Da CostaRobert De NiroA criminal bides his time at a seedy motel, waiting for his boss after killing several men and making away with a mystery bag.
- DirectorJustin SimienStarsTyler James WilliamsTessa ThompsonKyle GallnerThe lives of four black students at an Ivy League college.
- DirectorGeoff MooreDavid PosamentierStarsSam RockwellOlivia WildeMichelle MonaghanDouglas leads a simple and uneventful existence as a pharmacist in a small town.
- DirectorChristian DesmaresFranck EkinciStarsMarion CotillardMarc-André GrondinPhilippe KaterineIt's 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
- DirectorMark OsborneStarsJeff BridgesMackenzie FoyRachel McAdamsA little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.
- DirectorDiego LunaStarsMichael PeñaAmerica FerreraRosario DawsonA biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.
- DirectorLynn SheltonStarsKeira KnightleyChloë Grace MoretzSam RockwellIn the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes. She takes an opportunity to escape for a week, hiding out in the house of her new 16-year-old friend Annika and her world-weary single dad.
- DirectorMarjane SatrapiStarsRyan ReynoldsGemma ArtertonAnna KendrickA likable guy pursues his office crush with help from his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.
- DirectorAfonso PoyartStarsAnthony HopkinsJeffrey Dean MorganAbbie CornishPsychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsReese WitherspoonLaura DernGaby HoffmannA chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
- DirectorPascal ChaumeilStarsPierce BrosnanToni ColletteImogen PootsFour people meet on New Year's Eve, and form a surrogate family to help one another with the difficulties of their lives.
- DirectorAdam RodgersStarsAndy GarciaVera FarmigaTaissa FarmigaTwo parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour.
- DirectorJason FriedbergAaron SeltzerStarsDesiree HallSamantha ColburnEddie RitchardClaire is about to get married, but her bachelorette party quickly spirals out of control.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsCarey MulliganMatthias SchoenaertsMichael SheenIn Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
- DirectorDesiree AkhavanStarsDesiree AkhavanRebecca HendersonHalley FeifferShirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
- DirectorEskil VogtStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenHenrik RafaelsenVera VitaliForsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSheila VandArash MarandiMarshall ManeshIn the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerStarsRinko KikuchiNobuyuki KatsubeKanako HigashiA jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo (1996) on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money.
- DirectorTalal DerkiStarsAbdul Basset SarootA look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettNatalie PortmanA writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas have to offer, undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.
- DirectorJesse MossStarsJay ReinkeAndrea ReinkeAlan MezoBroken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.
- DirectorTim SuttonStarsWillis Earl BealConstance BrantleyLarry DodsonA strange singer with God-given talent drifts through his adopted city of Memphis with its canopy of ancient oak trees, streets of shattered windows, and aura of burning spirituality. Surrounded by beautiful women, legendary musicians, a stone-cold hustler, a righteous preacher, and a wolf pack of kids, the sweet, yet unstable, performer avoids the recording studio, driven by his own form of self-discovery. His journey quickly drags him from love and happiness right to the edge of another dimension.
- DirectorDaniel BorgmanStarsDemos MurphyAngelina CottrellCatherine WilkinThe sensitive, bullied and lonely Adrian (10) is living with his grandmother and sick uncle. He finds a friendship with a new mysterious neighbor Nicole (10). Is she one of the abducted children that they keep talking about on TV?
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsVincent CasselLéa SeydouxAndré DussollierAn unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsAmy AdamsChristoph WaltzDanny HustonA drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
- DirectorRyan Piers WilliamsStarsRyan Piers WilliamsAmerica FerreraJon Paul PhillipsA look at the lives and interactions of a group of friends living in New York.
- DirectorMichael BerryStarsEd HarrisEva LongoriaMichael PeñaA former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.
- DirectorKat CandlerStarsAaron PaulJuliette LewisJosh WigginsWhen motocross and heavy metal obsessed thirteen-year-old Jacob's increasing delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother, Wes, with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father, Hollis, must finally take responsibility for their actions and for each other in order to bring Wes home.
- DirectorClaudia MyersStarsPablo SchreiberMichelle MonaghanRon LivingstonAfter returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
- DirectorJesse ZwickStarsNate ParkerJason RitterMaggie GraceWhen a group of old college friends reunites over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions--and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsJuliette BinocheKristen StewartChloë Grace MoretzA film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
- DirectorAngus MacLachlanStarsPaul SchneiderMelanie LynskeyAnna CampWhen his wife unexpectedly informs him that she wants a divorce, well-meaning but oblivious husband Otto Wall finds himself thrust back into bachelorhood, where he searches for the real thing amidst a string of one night stands.
- DirectorStephanie SoechtigStarsMichele SimonKatie CouricBill ClintonAn examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
- DirectorGillian RobespierreStarsJenny SlateJake LacyGaby HoffmannA twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.
- DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
- DirectorKasimir BurgessStarsMatt NableIsabella GarwoliBrett RobinFell is an entrancing and enigmatic drama - a dreamlike, visually resplendent tale of nature, revenge and redemption.
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsShirley MacLaineChristopher PlummerMarcia Gay HardenA withdrawn senior experiences life in new ways when he begins spending time with the free-spirited woman who lives across the hall.
- DirectorChristian DitterStarsLily CollinsSam ClaflinChristian CookeRosie and Alex have been best friends since they were 5, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another...or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies.
- DirectorLiv UllmannStarsColin FarrellJessica ChastainSamantha MortonOver the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
- DirectorSaverio CostanzoStarsAdam DriverAlba RohrwacherRoberta MaxwellThe relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life-or-death circumstance.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsGugu Mbatha-RawNate ParkerMinnie DriverThe pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsImogen PootsOwen WilsonJennifer AnistonOn the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover and the call-girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
- DirectorBill PohladStarsJohn CusackPaul DanoElizabeth BanksIn the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.
- DirectorJeffrey St. JulesStarsJane LevyJustin ChatwinDavid RealeA small-town 1960s teenager believes that her dreams of becoming a famous singer will come true when her rock-star idol gets stranded in town.
- DirectorErik PoppeStarsJuliette BinocheNikolaj Coster-WaldauLauryn CannyRebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsAubrey PlazaParker PoseyRobert John BurkeHenry and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Rifle family.
- DirectorTeddy ChanStarsDonnie YenBaoqiang WangCharlie YeungA martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
- DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsEdward SnowdenGlenn GreenwaldWilliam BinneyA documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorTim R. LeaStarsMichela CarattiniDianna La GrassaMichael DrysdaleA well-to-do Sydney party disintegrates into chaos and panic when a bomb goes off, forcing 5 friends into a 1960s nuclear shelter. As food and water runs out, they are forced to make an impossible decision: either one dies or they all die.
- DirectorLawrence RoeckStarsScott EastwoodWalton GogginsCamilla BelleA young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.