This is my attempt to watch at least 365 movies in the year of 2014.
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Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature.
Movies rated 8, 9 or 10.
List of Academy Award-winning since 1994 in:
- Best Picture - Best Director
- Best Actor/Actress - Best Supporting Actor/Actress
- Best Original Screenplay - Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Animated Feature Film - Best Animated Short Film
- Best Documentary Feature - Best Documentary Short Subject
- Best Live Action Short Film - Best International Feature Film
- Best Original Score - Best Original Song
- Best Sound Editing - Best Sound Mixing
- Best Production Design - Best Cinematography
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Best Costume Design
- Best Film Editing - Best Visual Effects
The list includes also nominations in the same categories.
Good Movies to Watch When You’re Feeling Down.
Movies that can lift your spirits.
Pick Me Ups
Movies that I've culled from various lists that have either actually have or have been recommended to make me forget about things on my mind.
Get motivated, be uplifted, strive for change.
Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.
Notable entries missing include:
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Buried (2010)
The Babadook (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Coriolanus (2011)
Palo Alto (2013)
The Hunt (2012)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015)
Last Updated: 26/06/2019
List of Nominees and Winners.
STEVE CARELL in "Foxcatcher"
BRADLEY COOPER in "American Sniper"
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH in "The Imitation Game"
MICHAEL KEATON in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
WINNER - EDDIE REDMAYNE in "The Theory of Everything"
ROBERT DUVALL in "The Judge"
ETHAN HAWKE in "Boyhood"
EDWARD NORTON in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
MARK RUFFALO in "Foxcatcher"
WINNER - J.K. SIMMONS in "Whiplash"
MARION COTILLARD in "Two Days, One Night"
FELICITY JONES in "The Theory of Everything"
WINNER - JULIANNE MOORE in "Still Alice"
ROSAMUND PIKE in "Gone Girl"
REESE WITHERSPOON in "Wild"
WINNER - PATRICIA ARQUETTE in "Boyhood"
LAURA DERNin "Wild"
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY in "The Imitation Game"
EMMA STONE in "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"
MERYL STREEP in "Into the Woods"
WINNER - "BIG HERO 6" Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
"THE BOXTROLLS" Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
"HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2" Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
"SONG OF THE SEA" Tomm Moore and Paul Young
"THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA" Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
"AMERICAN SNIPER" Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
WINNER - "BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)" Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
"BOYHOOD" Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
"THE IMITATION GAME" Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
"SELMA" Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
"THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
"WHIPLASH" Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER - "BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)" Emmanuel Lubezki
"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Robert Yeoman
"IDA" Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski
"MR. TURNER" Dick Pope
"UNBROKEN" Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER - "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Milena Canonero
"MR. TURNER" Jacqueline Durran
"INHERENT VICE" Mark Bridges
"INTO THE WOODS" Colleen Atwood
"MALEFICENT" Anna B. Sheppard
WINNER - "BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)" Alejandro G. Iñárritu
"BOYHOOD" Richard Linklater
"FOXCATCHER" Bennett Miller
"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Wes Anderson
"THE IMITATION GAME" Morten Tyldum
"AMERICAN SNIPER" Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
"BOYHOOD" Sandra Adair
"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Barney Pilling
"THE IMITATION GAME" William Goldenberg
WINNER - "WHIPLASH" Tom Cross
"IDA" Poland
"LEVIATHAN" Russia
"TANGERINES" Estonia
"TIMBUKTU" Mauritania
"WILD TALES" Argentina
"FOXCATCHER" Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
WINNER - "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
"GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY" Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
WINNER - "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"THE IMITATION GAME" Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
"INTERSTELLAR" Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
"INTO THE WOODS" Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"MR. TURNER" Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
WINNER - "AMERICAN SNIPER" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
"BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)" Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
"THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES" Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
"INTERSTELLAR" Richard King
"UNBROKEN" Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
"AMERICAN SNIPER" John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
"BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)" Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
"INTERSTELLAR" Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
"UNBROKEN" Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
WINNER - "WHIPLASH" Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
"CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER" Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
"DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
"GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY" Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
WINNER - "INTERSTELLAR" Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
"X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
WINNER - "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Alexandre Desplat
"THE IMITATION GAME" Alexandre Desplat
"INTERSTELLAR" Hans Zimmer
"MR. TURNER" Gary Yershon
"THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING" Jóhann Jóhannsson
WINNER - "BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)" Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
"BOYHOOD" Written by Richard Linklater
"FOXCATCHER" Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
"THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL" Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
"NIGHTCRAWLER" Written by Dan Gilroy
WINNER - "CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1" Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
"JOANNA" Aneta Kopacz
"OUR CURSE" Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
"THE REAPER (LA PARKA)" Gabriel Serra Arguello
"WHITE EARTH" J. Christian Jensen
WINNER - "CITIZENFOUR" Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
"FINDING VIVIAN MAIER" John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
"LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM" Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
"THE SALT OF THE EARTH" Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
"VIRUNGA" Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
= SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
"THE BIGGER PICTURE" Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
"THE DAM KEEPER" Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
WINNER - "FEAST" Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
"ME AND MY MOULTON" Torill Kove
"A SINGLE LIFE" Joris Oprins
"AYA" Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
"BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM" Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
"BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK)" Hu Wei and Julien Féret
"PARVANEH" Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
WINNER - "THE PHONE CALL" Mat Kirkby and James Luca
“Everything Is Awesome” from "THE LEGO MOVIE"; Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
WINNER - “Glory” from "SELMA"; Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from "BEYOND THE LIGHTS"; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from "GLEN CAMPBELL…I’LL BE ME"; Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from "BEGIN AGAIN"; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
"AMERICAN SNIPER" Written by Jason Hall
WINNER - "THE IMITATION GAME" Written by Graham Moore
"INHERENT VICE" Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
"THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING" Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
"WHIPLASH" Written by Damien Chazelle
IMDB Top 1000 - 14/11/05
Films approved by my wife and daughter.
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
movies that are underrated (IMO)
IMDb movies from 7 to 7.4 rating (min. votes = 10k, min year = 2006)
Musicals or music heavy film favorites.
Personal list of rewatchable pieces from Science Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animated, Romance, Horror, Adventure, Superhero, Zombie, Supernatural, Classic, Film Noir, Documentary, Drama, Musicals, Road movie, Crime & Gangster, Thriller, British, Cult movies.
last uptade: jan 2024
Non-animated movies that musicals are based on or are in the genre of musicals.
Basically movies which stories are based around music and/or dance.
chick flicks
by ela