2014 movies
The Oscar nominations will be announced in a couple of hours. To be eligible in the Best Picture category, and in most of the other categories for feature-length films, a film needs to have played a “qualifying run” in Los Angeles in 2014. There are a few other conditions, and the producers need to formally submit an eligibility form. The Academy has announced that 323 features are in contention. Of course, most of them stand no chance of being nominated because there is no “For Your Consideration” campaign behind them. I went through the reminder list [PDF] of eligible films and noted which films on the list I had seen (the total came to 45) and which I still want to see (57). First, here's the 2014 Oscar-contending films I have seen, along with my rating of how much I liked the film.
movies seen (as of 2015-01-14)
rating from 0 to 10
Abuse of Weakness
4
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
5
Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
7
The Blue Room
6
Citizenfour
8
Dear White People
6
Devil’s Knot
8
Edge of Tomorrow
9
Finding Vivian Maier
9
A Five Star Life
7
Force Majeure
10
Foxcatcherr
7
Fury
6
The Gambler
8
The German Doctor
7
God’s Pocket
8
Gone Girl
7
The Grand Budapest Hotel
5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
5
Human Capital
9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
9
Ida
8
The Imitation Game
9
Inherent Vice
3
Interstellar
9
Jodorowsky’s Dune
7
Leviathan
5
Lucy
8
The Lunchbox
10
A Most Wanted Man
5
Night Moves
6
Nightcrawler
10
Obvious Child
7
Only Lovers Left Alive
5
Rocks in My Pockets
5
Rosewater
9
St. Vincent
9
The Salt of the Earth
6
Stranger by the Lake
5
The Theory of Everything
6
Tracks
8
Two Days, One Night
3
Under the Skin
8
Wild
8
Wild Tales
10
Here are the movies from the Oscar Reminder List that I have not seen but still want to:
Anita [documentary] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2481202/combined
Antarctica: A Year on Ice [documentary]
Bad Words
Belle
The Best of Me
The Better Angels [Diane Kruger, Brit Marling]
Better Living Through Chemistry
Big Hero 6
Black or White
Boyhood
Cake
Cesar Chavez
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
The Double
The Drop
The Equalizer
Fort Bliss
Frank
Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
The Good Lie
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Homesman [?]
I Origins
The Immigrant
In Secret
Kill the Messenger
The Lego Movie
Life of Crime
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Locke
Low Down
Million Dollar Arm
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Minuscule - Valley of the Lost Ants
Miss Julie
A Most Violent Year
My Old Lady
Non-Stop
The November Man
Pompeii
Pride
The Quiet Ones
The Railway Man
The Rover
Selma
The Skeleton Twins
Still Alice
3 Days to Kill
Top Five
Tusk
The Two Faces of January
Veronica Mars
Walking With the Enemy
Wetlands
Whiplash
X-Men: Days of Future Past
movies seen (as of 2015-01-14)
rating from 0 to 10
Abuse of Weakness
4
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
5
Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
7
The Blue Room
6
Citizenfour
8
Dear White People
6
Devil’s Knot
8
Edge of Tomorrow
9
Finding Vivian Maier
9
A Five Star Life
7
Force Majeure
10
Foxcatcherr
7
Fury
6
The Gambler
8
The German Doctor
7
God’s Pocket
8
Gone Girl
7
The Grand Budapest Hotel
5
How to Train Your Dragon 2
5
Human Capital
9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
9
Ida
8
The Imitation Game
9
Inherent Vice
3
Interstellar
9
Jodorowsky’s Dune
7
Leviathan
5
Lucy
8
The Lunchbox
10
A Most Wanted Man
5
Night Moves
6
Nightcrawler
10
Obvious Child
7
Only Lovers Left Alive
5
Rocks in My Pockets
5
Rosewater
9
St. Vincent
9
The Salt of the Earth
6
Stranger by the Lake
5
The Theory of Everything
6
Tracks
8
Two Days, One Night
3
Under the Skin
8
Wild
8
Wild Tales
10
Here are the movies from the Oscar Reminder List that I have not seen but still want to:
Anita [documentary] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2481202/combined
Antarctica: A Year on Ice [documentary]
Bad Words
Belle
The Best of Me
The Better Angels [Diane Kruger, Brit Marling]
Better Living Through Chemistry
Big Hero 6
Black or White
Boyhood
Cake
Cesar Chavez
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
The Double
The Drop
The Equalizer
Fort Bliss
Frank
Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
The Good Lie
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Homesman [?]
I Origins
The Immigrant
In Secret
Kill the Messenger
The Lego Movie
Life of Crime
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Locke
Low Down
Million Dollar Arm
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Minuscule - Valley of the Lost Ants
Miss Julie
A Most Violent Year
My Old Lady
Non-Stop
The November Man
Pompeii
Pride
The Quiet Ones
The Railway Man
The Rover
Selma
The Skeleton Twins
Still Alice
3 Days to Kill
Top Five
Tusk
The Two Faces of January
Veronica Mars
Walking With the Enemy
Wetlands
Whiplash
X-Men: Days of Future Past