Final list: Best Films of 2014.

Final listing of best (and otherwise) 2014 films I've seen as of today:
FOXCATCHER, THE TRIP TO ITALY, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, AMERICAN SNIPER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME, JODOROWSKY'S DUNE, SNOWPIERCER, THE DOG, CALVARY, THE LEGO MOVIE, BIG EYES, WILD
Honorable Mention: BOYHOOD, THE IMITATION GAME, INHERENT VICE, LIFE ITSELF, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: THEM, THE SKELETON TWINS, NIGHT MOVES, BELLE, STILL ALICE, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
Disappointments From Major Directors: GONE GIRL, LUCY, THE ZERO THEOREM
Overrated to Severely Overrated:
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, WHIPLASH, BIRDMAN, SELMA, NIGHTCRAWLER

List of 2014 Part Three: Best Movies.

An updated list will be published in a few days.  The following count as the best 2014 releases I saw through today (in no specific order):
FOXCATCHER, THE TRIP TO ITALY, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, AMERICAN SNIPER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME, JODOROWSKY'S DUNE, SNOWPIERCER, THE DOG, CALVARY, THE LEGO MOVIE
Honorable Mention: BOYHOOD, THE IMITATION GAME, INHERENT VICE, LIFE ITSELF, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: THEM, THE SKELETON TWINS, NIGHT MOVES, BELLE
Disappointments From Major Directors: GONE GIRL, LUCY, THE ZERO THEOREM

The movies of 2014 (so far).

Haven't seen too many films in the first 5 months and two weeks of this year, but here are noteworthy ones (not all of them blessed with unanimous critic-herd approval): THE LEGO MOVIE, THE UNKNOWN KNOWN, NOAH, THE RAID 2, DEVIL'S KNOT, FADING GIGOLO, NYMPHOMANIAC PART 1, BELLE, NIGHT MOVES, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, I AM DIVINE, PLIMPTON! STARRING GEORGE PLIMPTON AS HIMSELF, GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA
Reissue of the year so far: SORCERER (now available on DVD/Blu-ray)
Inexplicably well-reviewed artistic underachievers of the year so far:
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (comedown for Wes Anderson after the superior MOONRISE KINGDOM)
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (well-acted, but sometimes smug and overly pandering to its intended young adult audience)
Blockbuster underachievers:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
DIVERGENCE
MALEFICENT