My Year In Movies – 2014

(This is the second of a two-part series rating the books and movies I read and watched in 2014.)

My favorite of the movies I watched in 2014.

As I blogged January 2, I have compiled my list of all the books I read and all the movies I watched in 2014, and ranked them using a 5-star system. For a little more information on this, please see Friday’s post.

Like with my reading, I set a goal for the number of movies I watch and last year fell well short of that number. I strive to view at least 150 movies per year, but in 2014 only watched 74. For me, there usually is a low number of five-star movies, but with the number of four-star movies I watched last year, I was pleased with what I saw.

Below are the movies I watched in 2014. Again, these are not all movies that came out in 2014, but movies I saw for the first time last year. Also, my ratings do not indicate how well made the movies are. They are simply a reflection of how much I enjoyed them.

The scale:
* I liked absolutely nothing about this movie
** I really did not like much about this movie
*** I enjoyed the movie
**** I enjoyed the movie a great deal
***** I loved this movie

That said, here is the list for 2014:

* Movies

• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• Chastity Bites (2013)
• Hammett (1982)

** Movies

• Beat the Devil (1953)
• D.O.A. (1950)
• The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
• Murder is My Beat (1955)
• Underworld, U.S.A. (1961)

*** Movies

• A.C.O.D. (2013)
• Afternoon Delight (2013)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Beautiful Creatures (2013)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
• Cottage Country (2013)
• Gangster Squad (2013)
• Girl Most Likely (2012)
• Grudge Match (2013)
• The Hangover III (2013)
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
• Heaven Help Us (1985)
• Impact (1949)
• Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
• The Internship (2013)
• Jobs (2013)
• Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
• Merry Friggin’ Christmas (2014)
• Mom’s Night Out (2014)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Now You See Me (2013)
• Pacific Rim (2013)
• The Paperboy (2012)
• Port of New York (1949)
• Prince Avalanche (2013)
• Private School (1983)
• R.I.P.D. (2013)
• Ride Along (2014)
• Snow (2004)
• Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008)
• The Stranger (1946)
• They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• The To Do List (2013)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

**** Movies

• Admission (2013)
• Adult World (2013)
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• Bad Words (2013)
• They Came Together (2014)
• Don Jon (2013)
• The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
• Fruitvale Station (2013)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Horns (2013)
• In a World… (2013)
• Killer Joe (2011)
• Liberal Arts (2012)
• Lincoln (2012)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Nebraska (2013)
• The Pretty One (2013)
• Prohibition (2011)
• Quicksand (1950)
• See Girl Run (2012)
• Seven Psychopaths (2012)
• Silver Bells (2013)
• Syrup (2013)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Veronica Mars (2014)
• Wish I Was Here (2014)

***** Movies

• The Kings of Summer (2013)
• The Lifeguard (2013)
• Short Term 12 (2013)
• Stuck In Love (2012)

What movies did you really enjoy seeing this past year?