Chris's Top 30 Films of 2014, and Other Best Of Lists for the Year in Cinema

No explanations, just my Best of 2014 lists. 

30 - Boyhood
29 - The Imitation Game
28 - Joe
27 - Gone Girl
26 - Starred Up
25 - Obvious Child
24 - Calvary
23 - The Babadook

22 - Foxcatcher
21 - Guardians of the Galaxy

20 - Love is Strange

19 - Listen Up Phillip

18 - Venus in Fur

17 - Selma 

16 - Interstellar

15 - X-Men: Days of Future Past

14 - Nightcrawler
13 - Ida

12 - Dear White People

11 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
10 - Inherent Vice 
 9 - The One I Love

 8 - Snowpiercer
 7 - A Most Violent Year 

 6 - Frank

 5 - Enemy

 4 - Whiplash 
 3 - Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
 2 - The Grand Budapest Hotel  
 1 - The Immigrant

For more (including Best Actor/Actress, Best Scenes, and Most Overrated Movie...

Best Actor (in order):

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler - and - Enemy

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel 

Tom Hardy - Locke

Michael Keaton - Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

David Oyelowo - Selma

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Joaquin Phoenix - The Immigrant - and - Inherent Vice

Michael Fassbender - Frank 

Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year

Best Actress (in order):

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Marion Cotillard - The Immigrant - and - 2 Days, One Night

Elisabeth Moss - Listen Up Phillip

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Agata Trzebuchowska - Ida
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year

Essie Davis - The Babadook

Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin

Emmanulle Seigner - Venus in Fur

Tessa Thompson - Dear White People

Best Supporting Actor (in order):

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Edward Norton - Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

Alfred Molina - Love is Strange

Toby Kebbell - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Riz Ahmed - Nightcrawler 

Gary Poulter - Joe

Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel - Guardians of the Galaxy

Tony Revolori - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Best Supporting Actress (in order): 

Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer

Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

Agata Kulesza - Ida

Uma Thurman - Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1

Emma Stone - Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

Emily Blunt - The Edge of Tomorrow

Allison Pill - Snowpiercer

Katherine Waterson - Inherent Vice

Sarah Gadon - Enemy

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Most Overrated:

The Lego Movie 

Boyhood

The Theory of Everything 

Maleficent
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 

Best Sountrack:

Guardians of the Galaxy 

Frank 

The Rover 

Inherent Vice 

Best Scenes:

The Immigrant - ending 

Whiplash - ending 

Enemy - ending 

Snowpiercer - the classroom scene

Foxcatcher - when John DuPont's mother comes to wrestling practice

Gone Girl - the throat slashing

The Skeleton Twins - the lip sync duet

22 Jump Street - the end credits

Nightcrawler - the Mexican restaurant - and - the end shootout

The Imitation Game - the interrogation monologue

Guardians of the Galaxy - the introduction of Peter Quill/Star-Lord

Selma - the diner/hospital scene

The Grand Budapest Hotel - the prison escape

Ida - the suicide 

Inherent Vice - the weird, yet erotic sex scene

Listen Up Phillip - Ashley says goodbye to Phillip one last time
A Most Violent Year - The car chase

Best Trailers:

For 2014 Films:
Foxcatcher
Interstellar
Dear White People
Selma
Inherent Vice
Enemy
The Grand Budapest Hotel 
American Sniper

For 2015 Films:
Knight of Cups
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Posters: 
Nymphomaniac
The Grand Budapest Hotel and this alternate one
Purge: Anarchy
X-Men: Days of Future Past 
As Above So Below
Listen Up Phillip
Inherent Vice
Enemy and this one as well
Filth
Bad Words
The Final Member