81. Big Eyes
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Terence Stamp, Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston
Plot: Painter Margaret Keane flourished in the 1950s, as her paintings featuring children with large eyes became the rage. In the 1960s, her husband Walter Keane started taking credit for her work, leading to a long, difficult legal battle.
82. The Railway Man
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid
Plot: During WWII Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied soldiers who were captured and forced to work on the Thai/Burma railway. Her survived - many did not. Years later, he meets Patti while on a train and the two connect. Knowing about the demons that haunt him - Patti sets off on her own investigation and discovers a once-young Japanese officer, and Eric's chief tormentor, is still alive.
83. Maleficent
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Stromberg
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple
Plot: The classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty as seen through the eyes of the main antagonist, the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil", Maleficent.
84. Fed Up
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stephanie Soechtig
Actors: Michele Simon, Katie Couric
Plot: Even though the media is constantly focused on how we look - and recent attempts to curb childhood obesity, the food industry has harbored a dangerous secret - one that means more people are getting sick from what they are eating and leading to a generation that won't live as long as their parents.
85. Kill the Messenger
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cuesta
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paz Vega, Michael Sheen, Robert Patrick, Tim Blake Nelson
Plot: Based on the true story of reporter Gary Webb: When Webb uncovers a conspiracy involving the CIA and Nicaragua contra rebels and cocaine in California, he is targeted by a precise, vicious smear campaign that drives him to depression and near suicide.
86. Housebound
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Actors: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird, Ross Harper
Plot: After a series of crimes, Kylie Bucknell is forced to take house arrest in the most stable place the court can find - her childhood home. While she's there, Kylie's mom, Miriam, comes out and says that the house might be haunted. She brushes it off at first, but after having experiences of her own, she starts digging deeper into the house's past and uncovers the dark truth.
87. The Good Lie
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Maria Howell, Sarah Baker, Thad Luckinbill, Sharon Conley
Plot: Known as "The Lost Boys" - groups of young Sudanese boys, orphaned by the civil war that ravaged their country, would travel for thousands of miles seeking safety. The Good Lie chronicles the story of three such boys, brought to America and dealing with a brash, no-nonsense woman who is looking to change their lives.
88. Kids for Cash
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert May
Plot: In the wake of the Columbine shootings, two judges in Pennsylvania - at first lauded for the efforts of keeping kids in line - are involved in a scandal involving for-profit juvenile detention facilities - netting them a lot of money for these "kids for cash" operations.
89. An Honest Liar
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein
Actors: James Randi, Penn Jillette, Bill Nye, Adam Savage, Alice Cooper, Michael Shermer
90. Belle
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Amma Asante
Actors: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Felton, Matthew Goode, Sarah Gadon, Alan McKenna, James Northcote
Plot: A Royal Navy Admiral has a mixed-race illegitimate daughter - where she finds herself raised by her aristocratic great uncle and his wife. Despite her assured lineage, her skin color prevents her from many social privileges - and she nearly gives up hope of ever finding love. But a vicar's son, who is seeking a change of his own, will join with her and be a driving force in ending slavery in England.
