11. Tale of Princess Kaguya, The ( Kaguyahime no monogatari )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, James Marsden
Plot: Based on the oldest surviving, and one of the most famous, Japanese folklore tales - an old man who makes a living selling bamboo comes across a princess, no bigger than his finger, in one of the plants. Named Kaguya, she grows and when she is of age, five suitors from five prestigious families come to propose. She requests five memorable wedding gifts - but each of the five men fails to bring her what she wants - then, the Emperor of Japan proposes as well.
12. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Judy Greer, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell
Plot: Ten years after a virus has decimated humanity and given rise to a growing nation of genetically-modified apes, led by Caesar, the two sides come to a fragile peace. But this peace will not last and soon a war arises - one whose outcome will determine which species remains the dominant force on the planet.
13. Edge of Tomorrow
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way
Plot: On an alien battlefield - the war is finally coming to an end - but for one soldier, the war never ends as he is caught in a time loop reliving the same battle over and over again. Having been thrown into the fire untested and untrained - each time he learns more about becoming a soldier - and just maybe he will find out what happens when he survives the assault.
14. The Lego Movie
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Chris McKay
Actors: Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks
Plot: A perfectly ordinary LEGO minifigure is mistaken for the legendary Master Builder and whisked away on a journey to stop a LEGO madman from gluing the world together.
15. Life Itself
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve James
Actors: Roger Ebert, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Ava DuVernay, Ramin Bahrani
Plot: A look at the life and cultural impact of Roger Ebert, one of the world's renowned film critics and social commentators - from his Pulitzer Prize film reviews, to his long career with Gene Siskel to his late-life battle with cancer - it a both a poignant and insightful look into Ebert's world.
16. The Imitation Game
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Morten Tyldum
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Tuppence Middleton
Plot: The true life story of the English cryptanalyst, mathematician and logician Alan Turing. During WWII the Turing led a group of code breakers at a top secret facility in Bletchley Park during the darkest days of the war in order to crack the German's Enigma code.
17. The Raid 2
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gareth Evans
Actors: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Raiden Integra, Donny Alamsyah, Tio Pakusodewo, Ryûhei Matsuda
Plot: Taking place immediately following the events of The Raid: Rama finds himself having to go undercover with a dangerous Jakarta gang in order to take on the syndicate and rampant corruption in his own police force.
18. Pride
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Warchus
Actors: Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine
Plot: In the summer of 1984, the UK National Union of Mineworkers began a lengthy strike. During this trying period, they are given an unexpected boost from gay and lesbian activists as well.
19. Mommy
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Alexandre Goyette, Patrick Huard
Plot: A single mom's drama about raising her son, who's behavior deteriorates into violence, due to a mild mental illness.
20. Boyhood
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Tamara Jolaine, Nick Krause, Jordan Howard
Plot: Richard Linklater's films, 12 years in the making, follows the life of Mason as he ages from 5 to 18.
