Movies watched in 2014
by jodieirvine | created - 26 Dec 2013 | updated - 20 Dec 2014 | PublicEvery movie watched in 2014, counting first watches ONLY, no rewatches. A ** in the description means it was watched in the cinema.
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1. Life of Pi (2012)
PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu
Votes: 666,309 | Gross: $124.99M
Watched 03/01/14 Really really good, stuck to the book a decent amount, lived up to my expectations. Same issues with this as I had with the book, the first part drags a fair bit, spends a lot of time focussing on the religious aspects and not the training of the animals. Special FX were obviously amazing, really helped the entire movie.
2. Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012 Video)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Musical
Celebrating 40 years since it first opened in London's West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Director: Laurence Connor | Stars: Tim Minchin, Melanie C, Chris Moyles, Ben Forster
Votes: 1,897
Watched 07/01/14 Such a good cast, shame about the really dodgy 'enhancing' of the vocals in places. As a show, not the best I've ever seen, but good modern take on the whole event.
3. The Strangers (2008)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Director: Bryan Bertino | Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher
Votes: 143,395 | Gross: $52.60M
4. Horrible Bosses (2011)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Steve Wiebe
Votes: 469,449 | Gross: $117.54M
5. Ruby Sparks (2012)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 105,388 | Gross: $2.54M
Watched 16/02/14 Really good and cute, aesthetically really nice as well. Not sure how I feel about the "I don't need a solution" ending, feels like a bit of a cheats way out. Also the whole thing with his mum being weird felt like it was going somewhere and it never did, bit pointless in the end.
6. Identity Thief (2013)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mild mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho, Amanda Peet
Votes: 140,835 | Gross: $134.51M
Watched 19/02/14 Averagely funny, good cast made it more than it was. Reasonably predictable plot.
7. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 658,686 | Gross: $260.00M
Watched 23/03/14 Overrated, unnecessarily long. Can see why its such a classic, mise en scene is really good etc but its just too implausible to take seriously, not even the shark itself but everything, like people not leaving the water when it comes and teasing it... The ending was good though, especially for the time with all the shark stuff. But why was the shark there in the first place? Just generally not sold on the whole film..
8. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
Votes: 41,210 | Gross: $1.03M
Watched 24/03/14 Struggled to engage with a few of the characters but a really good and in-depth story all in all. Lu's whole story was so good, and loved how it started with the beginning. Cinematography was lovely as well.
9. Charlie Countryman (2013)
R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
While travelling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Director: Fredrik Bond | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger
Votes: 29,764 | Gross: $0.01M
Watched 28/03/14 Really nice story, really good cast. Felt like maybe it was going down a more supernatural/he can see ghosts route at multiple points, but still good without a twist.
10. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 596,182 | Gross: $144.84M
Watched 09/04/14 What was the significance of Jordan? Also, I didn't understand Daisy's husbands problem with her when he'd been having an affair the whole time. It was really slow, but the last 3rd was better than the whole thing overall. Not really sure how we were supposed to think of Gatsby in the end?
11. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford
Votes: 898,276 | Gross: $259.77M
** Watched 11/04/14 Really good, not slow either which is rare with Marvel movies. Liked the stuff between Cap and Black Widow, and the guy he meets is a great addition. Also loved the appearance of Danny Pudi, what a highlight.
12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,076,797 | Gross: $34.40M
Watched 11/04/14 Struggled a lot for concentration for the first portion as it was confusing as to what was going on. Didn't really understand the significance of Mark Ruffalo's character. But it all came together in the end making for a really nice story, I liked the gradual build up to realising that them 'meeting' we see at the start is actually once they've met before.
13. End of Watch (2012)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera
Votes: 268,761 | Gross: $41.00M
Watched 12/04/14 Really good, really well paced and funny, sad etc in all the right places. The casting was really good. Really liked the whole filming everything aspect, although I did think their footage would end up being used somehow in some way.
14. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 537,225 | Gross: $202.85M
** Watched 23/04/14 Cast amazing, stunning special effects, emotional in all the right places, amazing outlook for the future film(s), so action packed and fast-paced.
15. Filth (I) (2013)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots
Votes: 115,736 | Gross: $0.03M
Watched 02/05/14 Decent cast, creepy in all the right places. Not entirely sure if he ever had a wife or kid in the end.. And who was the burned person near the start? So many unanswered questions... Engaging consistently throughout however, and just the right length.
16. Don Jon (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza
Votes: 246,930 | Gross: $24.48M
Watched 02/05/14 Didn't seem to have any deeper meaning other than JG-L obviously wanks a lot... Scarlett Johanson's character was a massive bitch which was a nice plot twist kind of thing when she turned out not to be his dram girl. Other woman seemed a bit too old though?
17. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 340,557 | Gross: $58.24M
Watched 03/05/14 Fairly predictable, the end I thought would prove to have a deeper meaning. Whole thing was just too far fetched to end up being real in the end... Nice looking movie though with nice varied locations. The skateboarding stuff was a nice touch.
18. Neighbors (I) (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy
After they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Lisa Kudrow
Votes: 329,150 | Gross: $150.16M
** Watched 30/05/14 Really consistently funny, amazing casting and really good cameos. Just the right amount of seriousness mixed in, and no low points or time-filling. Nice ending too, very 'happily ever after' but done in the right way. The baby was too bloody adorable as well, cute.
19. 22 Jump Street (2014)
R | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Nick Offerman
Votes: 405,613 | Gross: $191.72M
** Watched 11/06/14 Liked how it took the piss out of being a sequel and having a bigger budget etc, those were the funniest parts.
20. The Lego Movie (2014)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller | Stars: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
Votes: 388,004 | Gross: $257.76M
Watched 04/07/14 Really funny for the first 2/3rds, ending got a bit weird but great overall.
21. The Internship (2013)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy
Two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Aasif Mandvi
Votes: 214,964 | Gross: $44.67M
Watched 10/07/14 Forced at times but genuinely funny, nice cast, work on camera well together. Nice story and message even if a little cliched.
22. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Votes: 400,825 | Gross: $124.87M
** Watched 23/07/14
23. U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenage boy's descent into the dangerous world of the Internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions. A true story.
Director: Andrew Douglas | Stars: Jamie Blackley, Anthony Warren, Jack Lowden, Toby Regbo
Votes: 3,213
Watched 01/08/14
24. Paranormal Activity (2007)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong
Votes: 255,952 | Gross: $107.92M
Watched 03/08/14
25. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
Votes: 273,722 | Gross: $15.02M
Watched 04/08/14
26. The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy
Jay, Neil, Simon, and Will reunite in Australia for a holiday.
Directors: Damon Beesley, Iain Morris | Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas
Votes: 46,467
** Watched 11/08/14
27. Wayne's World (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Music
Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere
Votes: 170,656 | Gross: $121.70M
Watched 12/08/14
28. Blackfish (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg, Dean Gomersall
Votes: 72,360 | Gross: $2.07M
Watched 16/08/14
29. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 366,978 | Gross: $25.38M
** Watched 19/08/14
30. Transcendence (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence takes on dangerous implications when his own consciousness is uploaded into one such program.
Director: Wally Pfister | Stars: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy
Votes: 238,707 | Gross: $23.02M
Watched 24/08/14
31. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport
Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel
Votes: 721,146 | Gross: $100.49M
Watched 14/09/14
32. Mystic River (2003)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum
Votes: 485,463 | Gross: $90.14M
Watched 29/09/14
33. Supermensch (2013)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The life and career of the legendary Hollywood insider, Shep Gordon.
Directors: Beth Aala, Mike Myers | Stars: Shep Gordon, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Douglas, Alice Cooper
Votes: 3,403 | Gross: $0.21M
Watched 20/10/14
34. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 725,798 | Gross: $24.61M
Watched 06/11/14
35. Legally Blonde (2001)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.
Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis
Votes: 247,670 | Gross: $96.52M
Watched 07/11/14
36. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund
Votes: 163,315 | Gross: $13.24M
Watched 09/11/14
37. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 859,469 | Gross: $17.50M
Watched 11/11/14
38. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 1,272,083 | Gross: $333.18M
Watched 20/12/14
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