31. Song of the Sea
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tomm Moore
Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Pat Shortt, Lisa Hannigan, Jon Kenny
32. Two Days, One Night ( Deux jours, une nuit )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Catherine Salée, Batiste Sornin
Plot: A young, Belgian mother finds out about a plot at her workplace: her co-workers are willing to sack her in order to receive a significant pay increase. Now she has only the weekend to somehow convince the majority to keep her on and give up the extra money.
33. Selma
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ava DuVernay
Actors: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Common
Plot: Civil right icon Martin Luther King Jr. leads the charge for equal voting rights for all people - and the campaign of peace is marred by terror and violence. But he will not be shut down, and it all leads to an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Meanwhile, President Lyndon B. Johnson deals with the movement, leading up to his decision to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
34. St. Vincent
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Theodore Melfi
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard
Plot: When his parents get a divorce, a young boy finds himself lost - but he
finds an unlikely ally and friend in his next door neighbor - an abrasive,
bawdy war veteran.
35. Fury
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Ayers
Actors: Brad Pitt, Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Scott Eastwood, Jon Bernthal
Plot: As WWII winds down a battled-hardened sergeant, Wardaddy, commands a
Sherman tank and a five-man crew, aiming for the heart of Germany despite
being out-manned, out-gunned and fielding a rookie recruit.
36. Force Majeure ( Turist )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ruben Östlund
Actors: Brady Corbet, Kristofer Hivju, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Johannes Kuhnke, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren
Plot: A Swedish family enjoying a trip to the French Alps experiences a shakeup in the family dynamic when an avalanche threatens the resort - and finds the patriarch of the family struggling to regain his position in the eyes of his family.
37. What We Do in the Shadows
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Actors: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stuart Rutherford, Jackie van Beek
Plot: Parody to living the life of a vampire, this is the story of four vampires sharing a home and the chores during the night of their extraordinary lives.
38. The Normal Heart
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ryan Murphy
Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Taylor Kitsch, Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, Alfred Molina
39. The Duke of Burgundy
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Strickland
Actors: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D'Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Kata Bartsch, Fatma Mohamed
Plot: The relationship between two women involves role playing and humiliation alongside the road to love.
40. Letter to Momo, A ( Momo e no tegami )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Actors: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Daizaburo Arakawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Kôichi Yamadera, Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Plot: After the sudden death of her father, a young girl and her mother retreat from the bustle of Toyko to a more secluded island of Shio. Momo, hanging on to an unfinished letter her father started, has trouble adjusting. Things don't get any easier when she meets up with three goblins - spirits only she can see. But she learns soon enough these spirits are connected to her father, and may hold a key to finishing the letter she holds so dear.
