Most Anticipated Films of 2014

     One year done, another has begun. Even though I still have a few films to see from 2013, I am already looking forward to 2014. Great directors, such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Christopher Nolan, Michael Mann (hopefully), Darren Aronofsky, David Cronenberg and Jim Jarmusch, to name a few of my own favorites, that will be releasing new films in 2014. A lot of good stuff on the way. We will also find out which films are good and which ones are duds after the few that are premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in a couple of weeks. I have broken down my personal top ten and also just named around 20 other films that have intrigue. The top ten are top notch, highly anticipated and come from directors with a serious respect and knowledge of film. They usually always make stuff that sticks to you and does not just roll over and go away. Here we go!!!

TOP TEN

1. Inherent Vice   d. Paul Thomas Anderson; starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jena Malone, Benicio del Toro, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Maya Rudolph and Martin Short
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel   d. Wes Anderson; starring Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Léa Seydoux, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Tom Wilkinson, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Almaric, Bob Balaban, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray
3. Gone Girl   d. David Fincher; starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Missi Pyle, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Patrick Fugit, Kim Dickens and Scoot McNairy
4. Birdman   d. Alejandro González Iñárritu; starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan and Zach Galifianakis
5. Only Lovers Left Alive   d. Jim Jarmusch; starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska, Jeffrey Wright and John Hurt
6. Interstellar   d. Christopher Nolan; starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Topher Grace, John Lithgow, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, David Oyelowo and Michael Caine
7. Foxcatcher   d. Bennett Miller; starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carell, Anthony Michael Hall, Sienna Miller and Vanessa Redgrave
8. Cyber   d. Michael Mann; starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis and William Mapother (this is schedule for January 2015, but hopefully it will open in December)
9. Magic in the Moonlight   d. Woody Allen; starring Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden and Jackie Weaver
10. Noah   d. Darren Aronofsky; starring Russel Crowe, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Durand, Martin Csokas and Ray Winstone

THE REST

1. Transcendence   d. Wally Pfister
2. The Monuments Men   d. George Clooney
3. Nymphomaniac   d. Lars Von Trier
4. Maps to the Stars   d. David Cronenberg
5. A Most Wanted Man   d. Anton Corbijn
6. Midnight Special   d. Jeff Nichols
7. Boyhood   d. Richard Linklater
8. Knight of Cups   d. Terrence Malick (if it is ready???)
9. Big Eyes   d. Tim Burton
10. Enemy   d. Denis Villeneuve
11. Under the Skin   d. Jonathan Glazer
12. Bad Words   d. Jason Bateman
13. Exodus   d. Ridley Scott
14. Joe   d. David Gordon Green
15. Manglehorn   d. David Gordon Green
16. Dom Hemingway   d. Richard Shepard
17. Rosewater   d. Jon Stewart
18. Untitled Noah Baumbach Public School Project   d. Noah Baumbach
19. While We're Young   d. Noah Baumbach (if it is released in 2014???)
20. The Double   d. Richard Ayoade
21. Venus in Fur   d. Roman Polanski
22. Calvary   d. John Michael McDonagh
23. Carol   d. Todd Haynes
24. The Rover   d. David Michôd
25. Mr. Turner   d. Mike Leigh
26. The Sweet Blood of Jesus   d. Spike Lee
27. Nightcrawler   d. Dan Gilroy
28. The Imitation Game   d. Morten Tyldum
29. The Homesman   d. Tommy Lee Jones
30. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For   d. Robert Rodriguez
31. St. Vincent De Van Nuys   d. Theodore Melfi
32. Two Faces of January   d. Hossein Amini
33. Fading Gigolo   d. John Turturro
34. How to Catch a Monster   d. Ryan Gosling
35. Locke   d. Steven Knight
36. Black Sea   d. Kevin Macdonald
37. The Giver   d. Phillip Noyce
38. Fury   d. David Ayer
39. The Immigrant   d. James Gray
40. Wild   d. Jean-Marc Vallée
41. Men, Women & Children   d. Jason Reitman
42. The Cobbler   d. Thomas McCarthy
43. Stretch   d. Joe Carnahan
44. Cesar Chávez: An American Hero   d. Diego Luna
45. Happy Christmas   d. Joe Swanberg
46. Ex Machina   d. Alex Garland
47. Grand Piano   d. Eugenio Mira
48. The Hobbit: There and Back Again   d. Peter Jackson
49. Mortdecai   d. David Koepp
50. Jupiter Ascending   d. Lana & Andy Wachowski
51. Guardians of the Galaxy   d. James Gunn (curious for some reason)