1.
'71
(2014)
A young and disoriented British soldier is
accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly
streets of Belfast in 1971. (99 mins.)
Director: Yann Demange
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Paul Popplewell
2.
Annabelle
(2014)
A couple begins to experience terrifying
supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their
home is invaded by satanic cultists. (99 mins.)
Director: John R. Leonetti
3.
Appropriate Behavior
(2014)
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal
Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite
but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a
cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience. (86 mins.)
Director: Desiree Akhavan
4.
Birdman
(2014)
A washed up actor, who once played an
iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family,
his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of a
Broadway play. (119 mins.)
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
5.
Charlie's Country
(2013)
Blackfella Charlie is out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community... (108 mins.)
Director: Rolf de Heer
Stars: David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford, Bobby Bunungurr
6.
Clouds of Sils Maria
(2014)
A veteran actress comes face-to-face with
an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a
revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier. (124 mins.)
Director: Olivier Assayas
7.
Corazón de león
(2013)
After she loses her mobile phone, a lawyer
receives a call from the person who found it. They talk and hit it off
very quickly. But she's in shock when she sees that he's very short. (94 mins.)
Director: Marcos Carnevale
8.
Dear White People
(2014)
The lives of four black students at an Ivy League college. (108 mins.)
Director: Justin Simien
9.
Dr. Cabbie
(2014)
An Indian doctor emigrates to Canada in
the hope of starting a new life, but bureaucracy confines him to life as
a taxi driver. When he cannot suppress his desire to practice medicine,
he begins illegally treating patients from his cab. (101 mins.)
Director: Jean-François Pouliot
10.
Eastern Boys
(2013)
They come from all over Eastern Europe:
Russia, Romania, Ukraine. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no
more than 25; as for the youngest... (128 mins.)
Director: Robin Campillo
11.
El Niño
(2014)
A small-time trafficker working in the Gibraltar Straits. (136 mins.)
Director: Daniel Monzón
Stars: Ian McShane, Luis Tosar, Sergi López, Jesús Castro
12.
Fasandræberne
(2014)
The murder of young twins initially
implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the
case takes a turn or two from its starting point. (119 mins.)
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Stars: Fares Fares, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Pilou Asbæk, Danica Curcic
13.
Turist
(2014)
A family on a ski holiday in the French
Alps find themselves staring down an avalanche during lunch one day; in
the aftermath, their dynamic has been shaken to its core, with a
question mark hanging over their patriarch in particular. (120 mins.)
Director: Ruben Östlund
14.
Foxcatcher
(2014)
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion
brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John
E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that
leads to unlikely circumstances. (129 mins.)
Director: Bennett Miller
15.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(2014)
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice
cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious
Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle
to protect the peace. (102 mins.)
Director: Dean DeBlois
16.
Jo nan-ja-deul
(2013)
A screenwriter retreats to a secluded cabin in the woods only to be rudely interrupted by some uninvited guests. (99 mins.)
Director: Young-seok Noh
Stars: Suk-ho Jun, Tae-kyung Oh
17.
John Wick
(2014)
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. (101 mins.)
Director: Chad Stahelski
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe
18.
Leviafan
(2014)
In a Russian coastal town, Nikolai is
forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be
demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival
brings further misfortune for Nikolai and his family. (140 mins.)
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
19.
Love Is Strange
(2014)
After Ben and George get married, George
is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends
separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a
situation that weighs heavily on all involved. (94 mins.)
Director: Ira Sachs
Stars: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan
20.
Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand
(2013)
Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission
to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At
the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial
plans... (125 mins.)
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
21.
La isla mínima
(2014)
In the MARSHLAND a serial killer is on the
loose. Two homicide detectives who appear to be poles apart must settle
their differences and bring the murderer to justice before more young
women lose their lives. (105 mins.)
Director: Alberto Rodríguez
22.
Men, Women & Children
(2014)
A group of high school teenagers and their
parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed
their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their
love lives. (119 mins.)
Director: Jason Reitman
23.
Muppets Most Wanted
(2014)
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick. (107 mins.)
Director: James Bobin
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve Whitmire
24.
My Sweet Pepper Land
(2013)
Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is
now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in
this society now at peace... (100 mins.)
Director: Hiner Saleem
25.
Nightcrawler
(2014)
When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for
work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the
line between observer and participant to become the star of his own
story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran. (117 mins.)
Director: Dan Gilroy
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
26.
Panika
(2013)
Director: Barbara Zemljic
Stars: Janja Majzelj, Grega Zorc, Vladimir Vlaskalic, Pia Zemljic
27.
Pride
(2014)
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. (119 mins.)
Director: Matthew Warchus
Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine
28.
Kapgang
(2014)
Martin (14) is forced to deal with
confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in
the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its
influence on the grownups. (108 mins.)
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
29.
Still Alice
(2014)
Alice Howland, happily married with three
grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget
words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family
find their bonds tested. (101 mins.)
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
30.
La chambre bleue
(2014)
A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other... (76 mins.)
Director: Mathieu Amalric
31.
The Imitation Game
(2014)
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. (114 mins.)
Director: Morten Tyldum
32.
The Judge
(2014)
Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his
childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of
murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way,
reconnects with his estranged family. (141 mins.)
Director: David Dobkin
33.
The Little Death
(2014)
The Little Death is a truly original comedy about sex, love, relationships and taboo. In a multi story narrative... (95 mins.)
Director: Josh Lawson
Stars: Bojana Novakovic, Josh Lawson, Damon Herriman, Ben Lawson
34.
The Theory of Everything
(2014)
The relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. (123 mins.)
Director: James Marsh
Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry
35.
Tusk
(2014)
When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing
in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer
named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team
with an ex-cop to look for him. (102 mins.)
Director: Kevin Smith
36.
Whiplash
(2014)
A promising young drummer enrolls at a
cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored
by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's
potential. (107 mins.)
Director: Damien Chazelle
Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
37.
Kis uykusu
(2014)
Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he... (196 mins.)
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan
