One Line Review's Top Ten Movies and Noteworthy Achievements 2014

TOP TEN 2014 (alphabetical)

Edge of Tomorrow (d. Doug Liman)

Ida (d. Pawel Pawlikowski)

Interstellar (d. Christopher Nolan)

Locke  (d. Steven Knight)

Nightcrawler (d. Dan Gilroy)
Only Lovers Left Alive (d. Jim Jarmusch)

Selma (d. Ava DuVernay)

The Skeleton Twins (d. Craig Johnson)

Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (d. Bryan Singer)

NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS:

Best Film:

Whiplash

Best Actor:

J. K. Simmons in Whiplash

Best Actress:

Caity Lotz in The Machine

Best Supporting Actress:

Rene Russo in Nightcrawler

Best Supporting Actor:

Ethan Hawke in Boyhood

Best Original Screenplay:

Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Christopher McQuarrie and Jez & John-Henry Butterworth for Edge of Tomorrow

Best Director:

Damien Chazelle for Whiplash

Honorable Mentions:

Best Film: n/a (!)

Best Actor: Bradley Cooper in American Sniper; Michael Keaton in Birdman; David Oyelowo in Selma; Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel; Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler; Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins; Tom Middleton in Only Lovers Left Alive; Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything; Miles Teller in Whiplash. 

Best Actress: Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything; Tilda Swinton in Only Lovers Left Alive; Agata Trzebuchowska in Ida.

Best Supporting Actor: Marco Perella in Boyhood; Tyler Perry in Gone Girl; Tom Wilkinson in Selma.

Best Supporting Actress: Sofia Vergara in Chef; Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer; Jennifer Lawrence for X-Men: Days of Future Past; Mia Wasikowska in Only Loves Left Alive.

Best Original Screenplay: Paul Webb for Selma.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Damien Chazelle for Whiplash.

Best Director: Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler.