2014 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. DreamWorks Animation celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014.

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Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best films of 2014, Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated, "The great surge in American filmmaking in the past ten years is due to independent financing at all levels. The American independent cinema is right now the flower of the world, but independence isn't in itself a merit badge. Artistically, the films in question range from the majestic to the meretricious. Independent financing has set truly imaginative directors into free flight. This is a moment of extraordinary cinematic invention—of filmmakers, working at a wide range of budget levels, coming up with original and personal ideas about movies and how to make them. On the other hand, this independent surge has also created a new class of culturally respectable directors and films, an ostensible art cinema that flows into the mainstream. True independent filmmaking has always been a tough proposition in the marketplace, let alone at the multiplex. Its commercial obstacles are an increasing problem even for established professionals, who now take their place alongside street-level independents. Filmmakers rightly worry that it's becoming more difficult than ever to make a salable movie, to make a living making movies. If films are becoming like books, where the artistically ambitious ones are only rarely big hits, then directors working outside Hollywood will become more and more like novelists, who often need to supplement their income with teaching or other outside jobs. As independent films become increasingly marginalized in the marketplace, this loss of status risks marginalizing critics as well—which is why the re-professionalization of the movie business has become a matter of critical advocacy."[1]

Highest-grossing films
See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 2014

The top 10 films released in 2014 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 2014
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount $1,104,054,072
2 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Warner Bros. $962,201,338
3 Guardians of the Galaxy Disney $772,776,600
4 Maleficent $758,410,378
5 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Lionsgate $755,356,711
6 X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Century $746,045,700
7 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Disney $714,421,503
8 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 20th Century $710,644,566
9 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony Pictures / Columbia $708,982,323
10 Interstellar Paramount / Warner Bros. $677,896,797[nb 1]
  1. Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

Box office records

Events

Award ceremonies
Date Event Host Location Source
January 10 3rd AACTA International Awards Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts West Hollywood, California [3]
January 12 71st Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California [4]
January 16 19th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California [5]
January 18 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Los Angeles, California [6]
January 19 Producers Guild of America Awards 2013 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, California [7]
January 20 49th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden [8]
January 25 66th Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California [9]
February 1 4th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium [10]
Writers Guild of America Awards 2013 Writers Guild of America Los Angeles, California [11]
February 15 64th Golden Bear Awards Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany [12]
February 16 67th British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England [13]
February 23 18th Satellite Awards International Press Academy Century City, California [14]
February 26 39th César Awards Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, France [15]
March 1 29th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California [16]
34th Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation Los Angeles, California [17]
March 2 86th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, California [18]
March 24 8th Gopo Awards Association for Romanian Film Promotion Bucharest, Romania [19]
March 30 19th Empire Awards Empire London, England [20]
April 5 11th Irish Film & Television Awards Irish Film and Television Academy Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland [21]
April 13 2014 MTV Movie Awards MTV Los Angeles, California [22]
April 19 44th Kerala State Film Awards Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India [23]
April 26 15th IIFA Awards International Indian Film Academy Awards Tampa Bay, Florida [24]
May 3 61st National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals India [25]
June 26 40th Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Burbank, California [26]
July 13 2014 FAMAS Awards Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Parañaque, Philippines [27]
December 13 27th European Film Awards European Film Academy Riga, Latvia [28]

Festivals
Date Event Host Location Source
January 16–26 2014 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah [29]
February 6–16 64th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany [30]
May 14–25 2014 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France [31]
August 15–23 2014 Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia [32]
August 27 – September 6 71st Venice International Film Festival Venice Biennale Venice, Italy [33]
September 4–14 2014 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario [34]
November 14–30 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia [35]
December 25 – January 8, 2015 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival Metro Manila Film Festival Metro Manila, Philippines

Awards
Category/Organization72nd Golden Globe Awards
January 11, 2015		20th Critics' Choice Awards
January 15, 2015		Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards68th BAFTA Awards
February 8, 2015		87th Academy Awards
February 22, 2015
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmBoyhoodThe Grand Budapest HotelBoyhoodBirdmanBoyhoodBirdman
Best DirectorRichard Linklater
Boyhood		Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Birdman		Richard Linklater
Boyhood		Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Birdman
Best ActorEddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything		Michael Keaton
Birdman		Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Best ActressJulianne Moore
Still Alice		Amy Adams
Big Eyes		Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Best Supporting ActorJ. K. Simmons
Whiplash
Best Supporting ActressPatricia Arquette
Boyhood
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAlejandro G. Iñárritu Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo
Birdman		 Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl		Graham Moore
The Imitation Game		Anthony McCarten
The Theory of Everything		Graham Moore
The Imitation Game
Best Screenplay, OriginalAlejandro G. Iñárritu and Armando Bo
Birdman		Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest Hotel		Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo
Birdman
Best Animated FilmHow to Train Your Dragon 2The Lego MovieBig Hero 6
Best Original ScoreThe Theory of Everything
Jóhann Jóhannsson		Birdman
Antonio Sánchez		N/AThe Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song"Glory"
Selma		N/AN/A"Glory"
Selma
Best Foreign Language FilmLeviathanForce MajeureN/AIda
Best DocumentaryN/AN/ALife ItselfCitizenfour

2014 films

The list of films released in 2014, arranged by country, are as follows:

Deaths
MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Juanita Moore99USActress
2Bernard Glasser89USProducer, Director
3Saul Zaentz92USProducer
5Carmen Zapata86USActress
6Larry D. Mann91CanadaActor
7Run Run Shaw106ChinaProducer
11Jophery Brown68USStuntman
11Arnoldo Foà97ItalyActor
12Alexandra Bastedo67UKActress
12Frank Marth91USActor
14Richard Shepherd86USProducer
15Roger Lloyd-Pack69UKActor
16Harvey Bernhard89USProducer
16Russell Johnson89USActor
16Hal Sutherland84USAnimator, Director
18Sarah Marshall80UKActress
19Gordon Hessler88GermanyDirector
19Ben Starr92USScreenwriter
20James Jacks66USProducer
22Luis Ávalos67CubaActor
22Carlo Mazzacurati57ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
23Riz Ortolani87ItalyComposer
24Lisa Daniely84UKActress
26Margery Mason100UKActress
27Ann Carter77USActress
28John Cacavas83USComposer
28Tom Sherak68USStudio Executive
30Campbell Lane78CanadaActor
30William Motzing76USComposer
30Arthur Rankin Jr.89USDirector, Producer
31Miklós Jancsó92HungaryDirector, Screenwriter
31Christopher Jones72USActor
February 1Maximilian Schell83AustriaActor
2Philip Seymour Hoffman46USActor
2Craig Lahiff66AustraliaDirector
9Gabriel Axel95DenmarkDirector, Screenwriter
9Eric Bercovici80USScreenwriter
10Ronnie Masterson87IrelandActress
10Shirley Temple85USActress, Singer
12Sid Caesar91USActor
13Ralph Waite85USActor
14Remo Capitani86ItalyActor
14Robert M. Fresco83USScreenwriter
15Mary Grace Canfield89USActress
15Christopher Malcolm67UKActor
16Jimmy T. Murakami80USAnimator, Director
18Joy Todd78–79USCasting Director
20Roger Hill65USActor
24Harold Ramis69USActor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
March 1Alain Resnais91FranceDirector, Screenwriter
2Gail Gilmore76CanadaActress, Dancer
2Stanley Rubin96USProducer, Screenwriter
3Curtis McClarin44USActor
5Scott Kalvert49USDirector
6Sheila MacRae93UKActress
8Wendy Hughes61AustraliaActress
10Patricia Laffan94UKActress
12Richard Coogan99USActor
12Raymond Wagner85USProducer, Executive
13Abby Singer96USProduction Manager
17Oswald Morris98UKCinematographer
21James Rebhorn65USActor
22Patrice Wymore87USActress
28Lorenzo Semple Jr.91USScreenwriter
29Marc Platt100USActor, Dancer
30Kate O'Mara74UKActress
31David Hannay75AustraliaProducer
April 2Richard Brick68USProducer
2Everett De Roche67AustraliaScreenwriter
5John Pinette50USActor
5José Wilker69BrazilActor
6Mary Anderson96USActress
6Mickey Rooney93USActor
7Claudine Bouché88FranceFilm Editor
9Gil Askey89USComposer
11Darrell Zwerling85USActor
14Ingeborg von Kusserow95GermanyActress
17Anthony Marriott83UKScreenwriter
17Gabriel García Márquez87ColombiaScreenwriter
21Craig Hill88USActor
29Bob Hoskins71UKActor, Director
30Judi Meredith77USActress
May 1Assi Dayan68IsraelActor
1Howard Smith77USDocumentarian
2Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.95USActor
3Leslie Carlson81USActor
5Jackie Lynn Taylor87USActress
6Virginia Belmont92USActress
6William Olvis56USComposer
7Tony Genaro72USActor
8Beverly Long81USActress
11Barbara Knudson86USActress
12Cornell Borchers89LithuaniaActress
12H. R. Giger74SwitzerlandDesigner, Illustrator
12Ralph Peduto72USActor
13Malik Bendjelloul36SwedenDocumentarian
18Gordon Willis82USCinematographer
20Barbara Murray84UKActress
21Jane "Poni" Adams95USActress
22Matthew Cowles69USActor
23Mona Freeman87USActress
23Michael Gottlieb69USDirector, Screenwriter
25Lee Chamberlin76USActress
25Herb Jeffries100USActor, Singer
26Anna Berger91USActress
28Maya Angelou86USActress
29Karlheinz Böhm86GermanyActor
30Joan Lorring88USActress
31Martha Hyer89USActress
June 1Joseph Olita70KenyaActor
7Jacques Herlin86FranceActor
8Veronica Lazăr75RomaniaActress
9Rik Mayall56UKActor
11Ruby Dee91USActress
11Gilles Ségal82FranceActor
12Carla Laemmle104USActress
13Pennie DuPont75USCasting Director
14Sam Kelly70UKActor
14Francis Matthews86UKActor
14Terry Richards81UKActor, Stuntman
15Jacques Bergerac87FranceActor
17Anthony Goldschmidt71USTitle Designer
17Barry Moss74USCasting Director
18James Nelson81USSound Engineer
24Eli Wallach98USActor
26Wolf Koenig86CanadaDocumentarian
26Mary Rodgers83USScreenwriter
27Bobby Womack70USActor, Composer
28Meshach Taylor67USActor
30Bob Hastings89USActor
30Paul Mazursky84USActor, Director, Screenwriter
July 4Paul Apted47UKSound Engineer
5Noel Black77USDirector, Screenwriter
5Rosemary Murphy89GermanyActress
6Dave Bickers76UKStuntman
6Dave Legeno50UKActor
7Dick Jones87USActor, Singer
9Ken Thorne90UKComposer
10Zohra Sehgal102IndiaActress, Dancer
14Tom Rolf82SwedenFilm Editor
16Hans Funck61GermanyFilm Editor
17Elaine Stritch89USActress
18Dietmar Schönherr88AustriaActor
19John Fasano52USScreenwriter, Producer
19James Garner86USActor
19Skye McCole Bartusiak21USActress
20Álex Angulo[36]61SpainActor
23Dora Bryan91UKActress
24Walt Martin69USSound Engineer
28James Shigeta85USActor, Singer
30Dennis Lipscomb72USActor
30Dick Smith92USMakeup Artist
31Kenny Ireland68UKActor
August 5Marilyn Burns65USActress
8Menahem Golan85IsraelDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
8Charles Keating72UKActor
8Danny Murphy58USActor
8Peter Sculthorpe85AustraliaComposer
9J. E. Freeman68USActor
9Ed Nelson85USActor
11Joe Viskocil61USVisual Effects Artist
11Robin Williams63USActor, Comedian
12Lauren Bacall89USActress
13Columba Domínguez85MexicoActress
14Stephen Lee58USActor
18Tom Pevsner87UKProducer
19Brian G. Hutton79USDirector
24Richard Attenborough90UKActor, Director
25William Greaves87USDocumentarian
28Bill Kerr92AustraliaActor
29George L. Little63USCostume Designer
30Andrew V. McLaglen94USDirector
September 1Gottfried John72GermanyActor
4Joan Rivers81USActress, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter
5Karel Černý92Czech RepublicArt Director
6Stefan Gierasch88USActor
7Don Keefer98USActor
7Yoshiko Ōtaka94JapanActress, Singer
9Denny Miller80USActor
10Richard Kiel74USActor
11Joachim Fuchsberger87GermanyActor
11Donald Sinden90UKActor
12Theodore J. Flicker84USDirector, Screenwriter
14Assheton Gorton84UKProduction Designer
14Angus Lennie84UKActor
19Audrey Long92USActress
20Polly Bergen84USActress, Singer
20John J. Lloyd92USProduction Designer
20George Sluizer82FranceDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
26Sam Hall93USScreenwriter
October 2Carlos Lopez25USStuntman
4Michael Goldberg55USScreenwriter
5Geoffrey Holder84TrinidadActor, Singer
5Ike Jones84USProducer, Actor
5Misty Upham32USActress
5Anna Przybylska35USActress
6Marian Seldes86USActress
7Federico Boido75ItalyActor
9Jan Hooks57USActress
9Kim Koscki50USStuntman
10Pavel Landovský78Czech RepublicActor
11Gary McLarty73USStuntman
11Bob Orrison86USStuntman
14Elizabeth Peña55USActress
15Marie Dubois77FranceActress
19Edward Donno79USStuntman
19Gerard Parkes90CanadaActor
20Ox Baker80USActor
20L. M. Kit Carson73USActor, Producer, Screenwriter
24Ted Beniades91USActor
24Marcia Strassman66USActress
30Renée Asherson99UKActress
31Ian Fraser81UKComposer
November 1Donald Saddler94USChoreographer
4Richard Schaal86USActor
6Carole Matthews94USActress
10Steve Dodd86AustraliaActor
10Ernest Kinoy89USScreenwriter
10Ken Takakura83JapanActor
10Geula Nuni72IsraelActress
11Carol Ann Susi62USActress
12Warren Clarke67UKActor
12Richard Pasco88UKActor
19Mike Nichols83USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
22Derek Deadman74UKActor
25Joanna Dunham78UKActress
27Frank Yablans79USExecutive, Producer, Screenwriter
28Danny Lee95USSpecial Effects Artist
December 2Gerry Fisher88UKCinematographer
2Jeff Truman57AustraliaActor
5Manuel De Sica65ItalyComposer
6Takao Saito85JapanCinematographer
7Eddie Rouse60USActor
9Mary Ann Mobley75USActress
11Tom Adams76UKActor
15Booth Colman91USActor
18Virna Lisi78ItalyActress
19Arthur Gardner104USProducer
21Stuart A. Reiss93USSet Decorator
21Billie Whitelaw82UKActress
22Christine Cavanaugh51USVoice Actress
22Richard Graydon92UKStuntman
22Joseph Sargent89USDirector
23Mike Elliott68UKActor
23Jeremy Lloyd84UKActor, Screenwriter
25Dave Comer59New ZealandLocation Scout
25Bernard Kay86UKActor
25David Ryall79UKActor
26Rhodes Reason84USActor
30Yolande Donlan94UKActress
30Patrick Gowers78UKComposer
30Luise Rainer104GermanyActress
31Edward Herrmann71USActor

Film debuts

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