My Top 50 First Time Viewings of 2014.
Here is a list of my top 50 first time viewings (all of which I've reviewed!) of 2014,in order.
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- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceLena EndreLisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
- DirectorClaudio GuerínJuan Antonio BardemStarsRenaud VerleyViveca LindforsAlfredo MayoAfter being falsely accused of being insane and put in a asylum so his wicked aunt and her daughters could steal his money, a recently released young man returns to seek the ultimate revenge against them.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsMae ClarkeDouglass MontgomeryDoris LloydA prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.
- DirectorEloy de la IglesiaStarsCarmen SevillaVicente ParraMaría AsquerinoA high-class escort witnesses her new neighbor trying to dispose of his wife's corpse. The husband then forces her to help him get rid of the body, and an unexpected relationship develops.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatDanny LeeSally YehA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJoan CrawfordRobert MontgomeryNils AstherA socialite begins a shipboard romance with a wealthy man, but is blackmailed by a former lover.
- DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisYayan RuhianArifin PutraOnly a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFlorinda BolkanBarbara BouchetTomas MilianWhen a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsMontgomery CliftSusannah YorkLarry ParksAn examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsIrasema DiliánJorge MistralLilia PradoA partial retelling of Wuthering Heights in 19th century Mexico.
- DirectorGiuseppe Patroni GriffiStarsFlorinda BolkanTony MusanteJean-Louis TrintignantA liberal-thinking author watches his wife as she attempts to seduce his best friend at a dinner party.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsFranca MaïBrigitte LahaieJean-Marie LemaireA runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsHarry BaurRenée FaureMarie-Hélène DastéThe story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsMichael SarrazinJennifer O'NeillMargot KidderWhen college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsStuart WhitmanJohn SaxonMartin LandauAfter his younger sister is poisoned, a tough Ottawa cop embarks on a violent journey through Montreal to find her killer, which turns into a whirlpool of revenge and betrayal.
- DirectorPim de la ParraStarsWilleke van AmmelrooyHugo MetsersLex GoudsmitAlthough Frank is always cheating on her, Eva still cannot bring herself to leave him. But Frank objects when Eva becomes pregnant, as well as when she takes a lover of her own.
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsRoger PigautClaire MafféiNoël RoquevertWorking class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket out of poverty, their dreams seem like they'll remain just that.
- DirectorSalvatore SamperiStarsLaura AntonelliTuri FerroAlessandro MomoA widower and two of his sons become infatuated with their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoUschi GlasPier Paolo CapponiA woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsRobert PrestonElizabeth SellarsColin TapleyA Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
- DirectorStanislav GovorukhinStarsVladimir ZeldinTatyana DrubichAleksandr KaydanovskiyA psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsPedro ArmendárizMaría Elena MarquésFernando WagnerThe discovery of a perfect pearl forever changes the lives of a poor Mexican fisherman and his family.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsJohn HallidayCharles RugglesShirley GreyAn ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
- DirectorAllen BaronStarsAllen BaronMolly McCarthyLarry TuckerA hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
- DirectorOttavio AlessiStarsMaud BellerocheMaurizio BonugliaEdwige FenechHoping to sway her unbalanced son into losing his virginity, an oil baroness takes him and several of her decadent friends on a cruise, culminating in an orgy of lust and murder.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJuliette GrécoPhilippe LemaireYvonne SansonTherese is a nun-in-training who returns to "civilian" life to care for her young sister Denise.
- DirectorTomás AznarStarsFrancisco Sánchez GrajeraRaquel RamírezEmilio SiegristDeadly supernatural events plague three criminals and their two hostages, after burning an elderly woman's house.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsAnita EkbergPhilip CareyGypsy Rose LeeVirginia Wilson saw a man get shot right after he tried to kill her, so she goes to psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood. He falls in love with her and takes over her life, but she insists on continuing her career as a stripper.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsCatherine DeneuveMichel PiccoliEva DahlbeckA young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.
- DirectorZack ParkerStarsAlexa HavinsJoe SwanbergKristina KlebeThe life of three parents who have all shared the loss of a child. Motives are not what they seem and sanity is in short supply in this thriller.
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsDolly ReadCynthia MyersMarcia McBroomThree girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs, and sleaze.
- DirectorJeff LipskyStarsJustin KirkJulianne NicholsonChelsea AltmanA story of one couple falling in and out of love.
- DirectorJosé GiovanniStarsLino VenturaMarlène JobertMichel ConstantinPolice inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas. The duo are soon assigned a very difficult mission: to find a man whose evidence is instrumental in convicting a murderer. They start searching throughout Paris...
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsAlexander GranachFritz KampersErnst BuschPlea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJack HedleyAlmanta SuskaHoward RossA burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsEmma CohenRobert WoodsFrançoise BrionA nightclub singer is haunted by the ghost of her late father. The dead man summons her through a mirror, forcing her to commit a series of violent crimes.
- DirectorChris ButlerSam FellStarsKodi Smit-McPheeAnna KendrickChristopher Mintz-PlasseA misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKaren GillanBrenton ThwaitesKatee SackhoffA recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.
- DirectorStu SegallStarsMarilyn ChambersJuliet AndersonValerie LaVeauxHeiress Sandra Chase returns with her granting a personal interview with an ambitious journalist to her most carnal desires.
- DirectorJack BernhardStarsJean GillieEdward NorrisRobert ArmstrongA mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.
- DirectorGerard DamianoStarsGeorgina SpelvinHarry ReemsJohn ClemensMiss Jones is tired of her life and commits suicide. She comes to a place where its decided if she will end up in Heaven or Hell. Because of her suicide she should go to Hell but she has the option to return to Earth and live life according to one of the mortal sins for some time. She picks lust and a few days of carnal pleasure follows.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsMartin LandauWoody AllenBill BernsteinAn ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
- DirectorMauro BologniniMario MonicelliAntonio PietrangeliStarsMonica VittiEnrico Maria SalernoClaudia CardinaleFour unrelated short comedies by four different directors. "Queen Sabina" chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. "Queen Armenia" centers on a self-serving opportunistic gypsy babysitter who uses her employer's kids for her own gain. "Queen Elena" centers on a husband who learns a lesson about the perils of infidelity after he succumbs to the wiles of the seductive wife next door. "Queen Marta" centers on a wealthy woman who, when drunk, uses her butler as an outlet for her lust.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsBryant HalidayWilliam SylvesterYvonne RomainAn evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsReiko IkeMakoto AikawaArumi KuriOcho gets abducted by a yakuza clan that uses a gang of women to smuggle drugs in their vaginas. Finding out that the kingpin had killed the last boss and abducted his daughter, Ocho joins forces with the drug mules against the clan.
- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsFrank GrilloCarmen EjogoZach GilfordThree groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsNadja TillerJean-Claude BrialyPerrette PradierA group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsDaniel RadcliffeJuno TempleMax MinghellaIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead.
- DirectorJosie RourkeTim Van SomerenStarsRochenda SandallMark StanleyDwane WalcottCaius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsDaniel MasseyRaymond MasseyRobert StephensGrenadier Guards Captain John Fellowes prepares for the Trooping the Colour ceremony and reminisces about his years at Sandhurst Military Academy as well as his family's dramatic life.