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IMDb’s Top 50 Highest Rated Movies of 2014

December 18, 2014 by Gary Collinson

Earlier this week we brought you a list of the most Facebooked movies and TV shows of the year [see here], and now the IMDb has released a list of the top 50 highest-rated English-language movies of the year (with at least 5000 votes). Here they are, in descending order…

50. Veronica Mars (6.9)
49. If I Stay (6.9)
48. The Guest (7.0)
47. The Boxtrolls (7.0)
46. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (7.0)
45. Frank (7.0)
44. A Most Wanted Man (7.0)
43. The Maze Runner (7.0)
42. Non-Stop (7.0)
41. Jersey Boys (7.0)
40. The One I Love (7.1)
39. The Skeleton Twins (7.1)
38. Million Dollar Arm (7.1)
37. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (7.2)
36. Maleficent (7.1.)
35. Penguins of Madagascar (7.2)
34. I Origins (7.2)
33. Camp X-Ray (7.2)
32. 22 Jump Street (7.2)
31. Chef (7.3)
30. St. Vincent (7.3)
29. The Hundred-Foot Journey (7.4)
28. The Equalizer (7.4)
27. The Book of Life (7.5)
26. Predestination (7.5)
25. Calvary (7.5)
24. The Drop (7.6)
23. The Judge (7.6)
22. The Theory of Everything (7.7)
21. John Wick (7.7)
20. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (7.8)
19. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (7.9)
18. The LEGO Movie (7.9)
17. Fury (7.9)
16. Edge of Tomorrow (8.0)
15. The Fault in Our Stars (8.0)
14. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (8.0)
13. Pride (8.1)
12. Nightcrawler (8.1)
11. The Grand Budapest Hotel (8.2)
10. X-Men: Days of Future Past (8.2)
9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (8.2)
8. Guardians of the Galaxy (8.3)
7. Big Hero 6 (8.3)
6. The Imitation Game (8.4)
5. Gone Girl (8.4)
4. Boyhood (8.4)
3. Whiplash (8.7)
2. Birdman (8.7)
1. Interstellar (8.9)

So, what do you make of these rankings, and what’s your best movie of the year?

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Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: 22 Jump Street, A Most Wanted Man, Big Hero 6, Birdman, Boyhood, Calvary, camp x-ray, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chef, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Edge of Tomorrow, Frank, Fury, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, I Origins, if i stay, Interstellar, Jersey Boys, John Wick, Maleficent, Million Dollar Arm, Nightcrawler, Non-Stop, Penguins of Madagascar, Predestination, pride, st vincent, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Book of Life, The Boxtrolls, The Drop, The Equalizer, The Fault in Our Stars, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Guest, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hundred-Foot Journey, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game, the judge, The LEGO Movie, The Maze Runner, The One I Love, The Skeleton Twins, The Theory of Everything, Veronica Mars, Whiplash, X-Men: Days of Future Past

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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