The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.
Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best films of 2014, Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated,
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2014 by worldwide gross are as follows:
+Highest-grossing films of 2014RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross 1Transformers: Age of ExtinctionParamount$1,104,054,072 2The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesWarner Bros.$962,201,338 3Guardians of the GalaxyDisney$772,776,600 4Maleficent$758,410,378 5The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1Lionsgate$755,356,711 6X-Men: Days of Future Past20th Century Fox$746,045,700 7Captain America: The Winter SoldierDisney$714,421,503 8Dawn of the Planet of the Apes20th Century Fox$710,644,566 9The Amazing Spider-Man 2Sony$708,982,323 10InterstellarParamount / Warner Bros.$677,896,797
Box office records Transformers: Age of Extinction grossed more than $1.1 billion, becoming the 10th highest-grossing film of all time. PK became the first Indian movie to gross more than $100 million at the box office. 2014 was also the first year since 1997 in which there were no animated movies among the 10 highest-grossing films of the year. However, the 11th and 12th highest grossing films of this year, Big Hero 6 and How to Train Your Dragon 2 respectively, are both animated.
Events
Award ceremonies Date Event Host Location Source January 10 3rd AACTA International Awards Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts West Hollywood, California3rd AACTA International Awards. January 16, 2014. January 12 71st Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California January 16 19th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California January 18 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Los Angeles, California January 19 Producers Guild of America Awards 2013 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, California January 20 49th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden January 25 66th Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California February 1 4th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium Writers Guild of America Awards 2013 Writers Guild of America Los Angeles, California February 9 28th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Madrid, Spain February 15 64th Golden Bear Awards Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany February 16 67th British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England February 23 18th Satellite Awards International Press Academy Century City, California2013 Nominations . Accessed January 21, 2014. February 26 39th César Awards Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, France March 1 29th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California 34th Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation Los Angeles, California March 2 86th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, California March 24 8th Gopo Awards Association for Romanian Film Promotion Bucharest, Romania March 30 19th Empire Awards Empire London, England April 5 11th Irish Film & Television Awards Irish Film and Television Academy Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland April 13 2014 MTV Movie Awards MTV Los Angeles, California April 19 44th Kerala State Film Awards Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India April 26 15th IIFA Awards International Indian Film Academy Awards Tampa Bay, Florida May 3 61st National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals India June 26 40th Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Burbank, California July 13 2014 FAMAS Awards Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Parañaque, Philippines December 13 27th European Film Awards European Film Academy Riga, Latvia
Festivals Date Event Host Location Source January 16–26 2014 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah February 6–16 64th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany May 14–25 2014 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France August 15–23 2014 Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia August 27 – September 6 71st Venice International Film Festival Venice Biennale Venice, Italy September 4–14 2014 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario November 14–30 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia December 25 – January 8, 2015 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival Metro Manila Film Festival Metro Manila, Philippines
Awards
Category/Organization 72nd Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 11, 2015 20th Critics' Choice Awards January 15, 2015 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 68th BAFTA Awards February 8, 2015 87th Academy AwardsFebruary 22, 2015 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel Boyhood Birdman Boyhood Birdman Best Director Richard LinklaterBoyhood Alejandro G. IñárrituBirdman Richard LinklaterBoyhood Alejandro G. IñárrituBirdman Best Actor Eddie RedmayneThe Theory of Everything Michael KeatonBirdman Eddie RedmayneThe Theory of Everything Best Actress Julianne MooreStill Alice Amy AdamsBig Eyes Julianne MooreStill Alice Best Supporting Actor J. K. SimmonsWhiplash Best Supporting Actress Patricia ArquetteBoyhood Best Screenplay, Adapted Alejandro G. Iñárritu Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Birdman Gillian FlynnGone Girl Graham Moore The Imitation Game Anthony McCartenThe Theory of Everything Graham Moore The Imitation Game Best Screenplay, Original Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Armando Bo BirdmanWes AndersonThe Grand Budapest Hotel Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Birdman Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon 2 The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 Best Original Score The Theory of EverythingJóhann Jóhannsson BirdmanAntonio Sánchez rowspan="3" The Grand Budapest HotelAlexandre Desplat Best Original Song "Glory"Selma "Glory"Selma Best Foreign Language Film Leviathan Force Majeure IdaBest Documentary colspan="2" Life Itself Citizenfour
Palme d'Or (67th Cannes Film Festival): Winter Sleep (Kış Uykusu), directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
Golden Lion (71st Venice International Film Festival): A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron), directed by Roy Andersson, Sweden
Golden Bear (64th Berlin International Film Festival): Black Coal, Thin Ice (白日焰火), directed by Diao Yinan, China
2014 films By country/region List of American films of 2014 List of Argentine films of 2014 List of Australian films of 2014 List of Bangladeshi films of 2014 List of Brazilian films of 2014 List of British films of 2014 List of Canadian films of 2014 List of Chinese films of 2014 List of French films of 2014 List of Hong Kong films of 2014 List of Indian films of 2014 List of Assamese films of 2014 List of Bengali films of 2014 List of Bollywood films of 2014 List of Odia films of 2014 List of Punjabi films of 2014 List of Gujarati films List of Kannada films of 2014 List of Malayalam films of 2014 List of Marathi films of 2014 List of Tamil films of 2014 List of Telugu films of 2014 List of Tulu films of 2014 List of Indonesian films List of Iraqi films of 2014 List of Italian films of 2014 List of Japanese films of 2014 List of Mexican films of 2014 List of Pakistani films of 2014 List of Russian films of 2014 List of South Korean films of 2014 List of Spanish films of 2014 List of Turkish films of 2014
By genre/medium List of action films of 2014 List of animated feature films of 2014 List of avant-garde films of 2014 List of comedy films of 2014 List of drama films of 2014 List of horror films of 2014 List of science fiction films of 2014 List of thriller films of 2014 List of western films of 2014
Deaths