I counted the number of movies I watched and it was a lot. But I’ve forgotten that number. So, without further ado:
Best way to feel high (or possibly bored) without ingesting substances:
To the Wonder
Best too-dark and mumble-y film with four strong male leads:
Out of the Furnace
Paul Walker Memorial Viewing that didn’t hold up:
She’s All That
Best Ending:
and
Best Prison Scene
The Italian Job (1964)
Best way to spend 13 hours (excluding a trip home to feed the cats) :
Lord of the Rings Extended Version Trilogy
Best not-talking western with a female lead:
Meek’s Cutoff
Best boy molestation drama that’s hard to watch but worth it for the acting:
Mysterious Skin
Best movie to pull the boyfriend in:
Pitch Perfect
Best Canadian TV show about a Shakespeare Company:
and
Best theme songs:
Slings & Arrows Seasons 1, 2 & 3
Best Chris Pine Elizabeth Banks movie with a twist I didn’t see coming:
People Like Us
Worst movie I watched populated with people who don’t share my values:
Spring Breakers
Best movie about painting lines on roads:
and
Movie that proves movies that feature men can be about the most boring things on the planet
Prince Avalanche
Worst Downton Abbey Season:
Downton Abbey Season 4
Best movie with song that will get stuck in your head that you don’t mind:
and
Best movie with Channing Tatum’s voice:
The Lego Movie
Best movie I put off seeing because I thought it would be schmatlzy, but instead it was tremendous and really, you should totally watch it:
About Time
Best scene with a bird containing an actress who really is afraid of birds:
I Give it A Year
Best movie about a flawed female character I loved:
and
Horrible movie poster that made me not want to watch this movie:
Young Adult
Best movie about grownups who aren’t quite grown:
and
Best facial hair on an actor:
Drinking Buddies
Best anticipated Kickstarter Movie:
Veronica Mars
Most over-rated movie I almost fell asleep (multiple times) while watching:
Her
Only commentary track I listened to
(which told me way more than I ever needed to know about a former high school classmate):
The To Do List
Best overlooked ensemble cast movie:
10 Years
Wes Anderson Movie that has lept to the top of many people’s list of favorite Wes Anderson Movies, but which I had trouble staying awake:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best surprise reveal as well as best use of vending machine:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Best movie about women’s friendship I’ve seen in a very long time:
Brokedown Palace
Best movie that still is so damn intense:
The Departed
Best use of a Jim Croche Song in a movie EVER!:
X-Men Days of Future Past
Best family drama that makes one happy one is not a member of the film family:
and
Really great title that just rolls around in my mouth:
August Osage County
Stupid movie I liked just because I enjoy the leads so much:
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Best Movie of the Decade
(though if you haven’t seen it, tamp down those expectations because it’s best for a few reasons and I don’t want you to go in expecting it to be something it’s not):
Boyhood
Best HBO series with a lot of nudity and great plot:
Girls Seasons 1 & 2
Hideous, horrible movie I only watched because of Anna Faris and it wasn’t really worth it:
Just Friends
Best movie not from this year that I watched this year:
What’s Your Number
Best movie that was packaged just so I would love it:
and
Movie where I finally crossed over to the side of not being supremely annoyed by talking animals:
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Best overlooked and incredibly sweet zombie love story:
Warm Bodies
Best movie about people who don’t share my values that was actually watchable
The Bling Ring
Best movie with a forgettable title that introduced me to Zoe Kazan:
and
Best movie that lets a short man be short:
What If
Best movie set on a train:
and
Best movie featuring Tilda Swinton and a great set of false teeth:
Snowpiercer
Best movie I had low expectations of and thus enjoyed greatly:
If I Stay
Best movie I watched this year:
and
Best movie to look for the “quotes” from the original Sleeping Beauty movie:
Maleficent
Worst movie for treating women as objects:
and
A movie that has not aged well at all:
Revenge of the Nerds
Movie that was not at all graphic, but totally disturbing:
Never Let Me Go
Best comedy movie with a female as the main character:
In A World
Best book-to-movie adaptation of the year:
(but you should read the book anyway)
Gone Girl
Second best movie in which Channing Tatum’s voice appears:
The Book of Life
Movie that desperately longed to be cut by a good 30 minutes, but alas meandered on for much longer than necessary just like this award title:
Intersteller
Best hair (worn by President Coin):
Mockingjay Part I
Best Girls as Punk Rockers (although only because I haven’t yet seen We Are the Best:
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Best movie that lived up to the elementary school hype:
Frozen
Best revisiting of a Gus Van Sant film:
Mala Noche
Movie that didn’t really have a good understanding of its main character AT ALL:
The Homesman
Best Paul Rudd film:
Wet Hot American Summer
Best long journey that is actually interesting as opposed to a slog for the viewer who isn’t actually doing all that hiking:
Wild
Best BBC Series 1 watched this year:
Sherlock
Best use of soundtrack:
and
Two (TWO) characters who were also in Veronica Mars
(which has nothing to do with the actual film, which was also quite good):
Dear White People.
Do join us in comments and give out your own awards.
I haven’t seen Dear White People, so my best soundtrack would be Guardians of the Galaxy. I watch enough movies that I should be doing a list like this. Don’t know why I don’t. By the way, I LOVE the ending of the original Italian Job. I’m a sucker for cliffhanger endings. That’s also part of the reason why I’m so incredibly fond of "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels."
Fun list that I’d be coming back to when I ran out of ideas what to watch!
Sara Here:
Hmmm…
Favorite movie that was a total surprise for me: Guardians of the Galaxy
Best movie that I helped pay for: Veronica Mars
Maggie Smith is a Rockstar Award: Downton and Quartet
I am rather saddened that I cannot remember any other movies I saw this year. That is desperately disappointing.