IndieWire - The Top-Rated Films of 2014

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Throughout 2014, members of Indiewire's Criticwire Network -- comprised of nearly 500 critics from around the world -- have been adding their grades and reviews to our database of film pages. Below is a collection of those films released in theaters during that time that have a) received 15 or more reviews and b) maintained a grade average of "B+" or higher. We'll update this list as new additions surface and as fresh waves of feedback arrive. Averages and totals are subject to change (grade totals listed in italics below have changed since the last update), but for now, these are the titles that many members of the Criticwire Network suggest you should watch.

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    Boyhood

    2014, in 16 top lists Check
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    Ida

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
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    Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan

    2013 — a.k.a. Norte, the End of History, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    2014, in 17 top lists Check
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    Only Lovers Left Alive

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
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    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
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    Whiplash

    2014, in 14 top lists Check
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    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    2014, in 8 top lists Check
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    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
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    Blue Ruin

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Nightcrawler

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
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    Snowpiercer

    2013, in 2 top lists Check
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    Life Itself

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kaze tachinu

    2013 — a.k.a. The Wind Rises, in 4 top lists Check
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    L'inconnu du lac

    2013 — a.k.a. Stranger by the Lake, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
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    Turist

    2014 — a.k.a. Force Majeure, in 6 top lists
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    Jodorowsky's Dune

    2013, in 1 top list Check
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    Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

    2013, in 1 top list Check
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    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mr. Turner

    2014, in 1 top list Check
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    Gloria

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
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    Soshite chichi ni naru

    2013 — a.k.a. Like Father, Like Son, in 3 top lists Check
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    Tim's Vermeer

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Love Is Strange

    2014, in 1 top list Check
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    Adieu au langage

    2014 — a.k.a. Goodbye to Language, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Overnighters

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Vi är bäst!

    2013 — a.k.a. We Are the Best!, in 1 top list Check
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    L'image manquante

    2013 — a.k.a. The Missing Picture, in 2 top lists Check
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    Pardé

    2013 — a.k.a. Closed Curtain, in 0 top lists Check
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    Manakamana

    2013, in 1 top list Check
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    Jiao you

    2013 — a.k.a. Stray Dogs, in 3 top lists Check
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    Finding Vivian Maier

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
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    Starred Up

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kis Uykusu

    2014 — a.k.a. Winter Sleep, in 6 top lists Check
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    Kaguya-hime no monogatari

    2013 — a.k.a. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, in 8 top lists Check
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    Le dernier des injustes

    2013 — a.k.a. The Last of the Unjust, in 1 top list Check
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    20,000 Days on Earth

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ernest et Célestine

    2012 — a.k.a. Ernest & Celestine, in 4 top lists Check
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    Das merkwürdige Kätzchen

    2013 — a.k.a. The Strange Little Cat, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rich Hill

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Actress

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Last Days in Vietnam

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Kill Team

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Whitey: United States of America v. James J....

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jigoku de naze warui

    2013 — a.k.a. Why Don't You Play in Hell?, in 1 top list Check
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    Foxcatcher

    2014, in 1 top list Check
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    The Immigrant

    2013, in 3 top lists Check
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