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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. DreamWorks Animation celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014.
In his article highlighting the best films of 2014, Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated, "The great surge in American filmmaking in the past ten years is due to independent financing at all levels. The American independent cinema is right now the flower of the world, but independence isn't in itself a merit badge. Artistically, the films in question range from the majestic to the meretricious. Independent financing has set truly imaginative directors into free flight. This is a moment of extraordinary cinematic invention—of filmmakers, working at a wide range of budget levels, coming up with original and personal ideas about movies and how to make them. On the other hand, this independent surge has also created a new class of culturally respectable directors and films, an ostensible art cinema that flows into the mainstream. True independent filmmaking has always been a tough proposition in the marketplace, let alone at the multiplex. Its commercial obstacles are an increasing problem even for established professionals, who now take their place alongside street-level independents. Filmmakers rightly worry that it's becoming more difficult than ever to make a salable movie, to make a living making movies. If films are becoming like books, where the artistically ambitious ones are only rarely big hits, then directors working outside Hollywood will become more and more like novelists, who often need to supplement their income with teaching or other outside jobs. As independent films become increasingly marginalized in the marketplace, this loss of status risks marginalizing critics as well—which is why the re-professionalization of the movie business has become a matter of critical advocacy." [1]
The top 10 films released in 2014 by worldwide gross are as follows: [2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Paramount | $1,104,054,072 |
2 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Warner Bros. | $962,201,338 |
3 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Disney | $772,776,600 |
4 | Maleficent | $758,410,378 | |
5 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Lionsgate | $755,356,711 |
6 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | 20th Century Fox | $746,045,700 |
7 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Disney | $714,421,503 |
8 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | $710,644,566 |
9 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Sony Pictures | $708,982,323 |
10 | Interstellar | Paramount / Warner Bros. | $677,896,797 [nb 1] |
Date | Event | Host | Location | Source |
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January 16–26 | 2014 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Institute | Park City, Utah | [29] |
February 6–16 | 64th Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany | [30] |
May 14–25 | 2014 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France | [31] |
August 15–23 | 2014 Sarajevo Film Festival | Sarajevo Film Festival | Sarajevo, Bosnia | [32] |
August 27 – September 6 | 71st Venice International Film Festival | Venice Biennale | Venice, Italy | [33] |
September 4–14 | 2014 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario | [34] |
November 14–30 | 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Tallinn, Estonia | [35] |
December 25 – January 8, 2015 | 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival | Metro Manila Film Festival | Metro Manila, Philippines |
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 1 | Juanita Moore | 99 | US | Actress | |
2 | Bernard Glasser | 89 | US | Producer, Director | ||
3 | Saul Zaentz | 92 | US | Producer | ||
5 | Carmen Zapata | 86 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Larry D. Mann | 91 | Canada | Actor | ||
7 | Run Run Shaw | 106 | China | Producer | ||
11 | Jophery Brown | 68 | US | Stuntman | ||
11 | Arnoldo Foà | 97 | Italy | Actor | ||
12 | Alexandra Bastedo | 67 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | Frank Marth | 91 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Richard Shepherd | 86 | US | Producer | ||
15 | Roger Lloyd-Pack | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Harvey Bernhard | 89 | US | Producer | ||
16 | Russell Johnson | 89 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Hal Sutherland | 84 | US | Animator, Director | ||
18 | Sarah Marshall | 80 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | Gordon Hessler | 88 | Germany | Director | ||
19 | Ben Starr | 92 | US | Screenwriter | ||
20 | James Jacks | 66 | US | Producer | ||
22 | Luis Ávalos | 67 | Cuba | Actor | ||
22 | Carlo Mazzacurati | 57 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
23 | Riz Ortolani | 87 | Italy | Composer | ||
24 | Lisa Daniely | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
26 | Margery Mason | 100 | UK | Actress | ||
27 | Ann Carter | 77 | US | Actress | ||
28 | John Cacavas | 83 | US | Composer | ||
28 | Tom Sherak | 68 | US | Studio Executive | ||
30 | Campbell Lane | 78 | Canada | Actor | ||
30 | William Motzing | 76 | US | Composer | ||
30 | Arthur Rankin Jr. | 89 | US | Director, Producer | ||
31 | Miklós Jancsó | 92 | Hungary | Director, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Christopher Jones | 72 | US | Actor | ||
February | 1 | Maximilian Schell | 83 | Austria | Actor | |
2 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | 46 | US | Actor | ||
2 | Craig Lahiff | 66 | Australia | Director | ||
9 | Gabriel Axel | 95 | Denmark | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Eric Bercovici | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
10 | Ronnie Masterson | 87 | Ireland | Actress | ||
10 | Shirley Temple | 85 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
12 | Sid Caesar | 91 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Ralph Waite | 85 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Remo Capitani | 86 | Italy | Actor | ||
14 | Robert M. Fresco | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
15 | Mary Grace Canfield | 89 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Christopher Malcolm | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Jimmy T. Murakami | 80 | US | Animator, Director | ||
18 | Joy Todd | 78–79 | US | Casting Director | ||
20 | Roger Hill | 65 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Harold Ramis | 69 | US | Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
March | 1 | Alain Resnais | 91 | France | Director, Screenwriter | |
2 | Gail Gilmore | 76 | Canada | Actress, Dancer | ||
2 | Stanley Rubin | 96 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
3 | Curtis McClarin | 44 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Scott Kalvert | 49 | US | Director | ||
6 | Sheila MacRae | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
8 | Wendy Hughes | 61 | Australia | Actress | ||
10 | Patricia Laffan | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | Richard Coogan | 99 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Raymond Wagner | 85 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
13 | Abby Singer | 96 | US | Production Manager | ||
17 | Oswald Morris | 98 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
21 | James Rebhorn | 65 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Patrice Wymore | 87 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | 91 | US | Screenwriter | ||
29 | Marc Platt | 100 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
30 | Kate O'Mara | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
31 | David Hannay | 75 | Australia | Producer | ||
April | 2 | Richard Brick | 68 | US | Producer | |
2 | Everett De Roche | 67 | Australia | Screenwriter | ||
5 | John Pinette | 50 | US | Actor | ||
5 | José Wilker | 69 | Brazil | Actor | ||
6 | Mary Anderson | 96 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Mickey Rooney | 93 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Claudine Bouché | 88 | France | Film Editor | ||
9 | Gil Askey | 89 | US | Composer | ||
11 | Darrell Zwerling | 85 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Ingeborg von Kusserow | 95 | Germany | Actress | ||
17 | Anthony Marriott | 83 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
17 | Gabriel García Márquez | 87 | Colombia | Screenwriter | ||
21 | Craig Hill | 88 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Bob Hoskins | 71 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
30 | Judi Meredith | 77 | US | Actress | ||
May | 1 | Assi Dayan | 68 | Israel | Actor | |
1 | Howard Smith | 77 | US | Documentarian | ||
2 | Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. | 95 | US | Actor | ||
3 | Leslie Carlson | 81 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Jackie Lynn Taylor | 87 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Virginia Belmont | 92 | US | Actress | ||
6 | William Olvis | 56 | US | Composer | ||
7 | Tony Genaro | 72 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Beverly Long | 81 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Barbara Knudson | 86 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Cornell Borchers | 89 | Lithuania | Actress | ||
12 | H. R. Giger | 74 | Switzerland | Designer, Illustrator | ||
12 | Ralph Peduto | 72 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Malik Bendjelloul | 36 | Sweden | Documentarian | ||
18 | Gordon Willis | 82 | US | Cinematographer | ||
20 | Barbara Murray | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Jane "Poni" Adams | 95 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Matthew Cowles | 69 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Mona Freeman | 87 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Michael Gottlieb | 69 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
25 | Lee Chamberlin | 76 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Herb Jeffries | 100 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
26 | Anna Berger | 91 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Maya Angelou | 86 | US | Actress | ||
29 | Karlheinz Böhm | 86 | Germany | Actor | ||
30 | Joan Lorring | 88 | US | Actress | ||
31 | Martha Hyer | 89 | US | Actress | ||
June | 1 | Joseph Olita | 70 | Kenya | Actor | |
7 | Jacques Herlin | 86 | France | Actor | ||
8 | Veronica Lazăr | 75 | Romania | Actress | ||
9 | Rik Mayall | 56 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Ruby Dee | 91 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Gilles Ségal | 82 | France | Actor | ||
12 | Carla Laemmle | 104 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Pennie DuPont | 75 | US | Casting Director | ||
14 | Sam Kelly | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Francis Matthews | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Terry Richards | 81 | UK | Actor, Stuntman | ||
15 | Jacques Bergerac | 87 | France | Actor | ||
17 | Anthony Goldschmidt | 71 | US | Title Designer | ||
17 | Barry Moss | 74 | US | Casting Director | ||
18 | James Nelson | 81 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
24 | Eli Wallach | 98 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Wolf Koenig | 86 | Canada | Documentarian | ||
26 | Mary Rodgers | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Bobby Womack | 70 | US | Actor, Composer | ||
28 | Meshach Taylor | 67 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Bob Hastings | 89 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Paul Mazursky | 84 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
July | 4 | Paul Apted | 47 | UK | Sound Engineer | |
5 | Noel Black | 77 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
5 | Rosemary Murphy | 89 | Germany | Actress | ||
6 | Dave Bickers | 76 | UK | Stuntman | ||
6 | Dave Legeno | 50 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Dick Jones | 87 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
9 | Ken Thorne | 90 | UK | Composer | ||
10 | Zohra Sehgal | 102 | India | Actress, Dancer | ||
14 | Tom Rolf | 82 | Sweden | Film Editor | ||
16 | Hans Funck | 61 | Germany | Film Editor | ||
17 | Elaine Stritch | 89 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Dietmar Schönherr | 88 | Austria | Actor | ||
19 | John Fasano | 52 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
19 | James Garner | 86 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Skye McCole Bartusiak | 21 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Álex Angulo [36] | 61 | Spain | Actor | ||
23 | Dora Bryan | 91 | UK | Actress | ||
24 | Walt Martin | 69 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
28 | James Shigeta | 85 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
30 | Dennis Lipscomb | 72 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Dick Smith | 92 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
31 | Kenny Ireland | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
August | 5 | Marilyn Burns | 65 | US | Actress | |
8 | Menahem Golan | 85 | Israel | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
8 | Charles Keating | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Danny Murphy | 58 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Peter Sculthorpe | 85 | Australia | Composer | ||
9 | J. E. Freeman | 68 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Ed Nelson | 85 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Joe Viskocil | 61 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
11 | Robin Williams | 63 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
12 | Lauren Bacall | 89 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Columba Domínguez | 85 | Mexico | Actress | ||
14 | Stephen Lee | 58 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Tom Pevsner | 87 | UK | Producer | ||
19 | Brian G. Hutton | 79 | US | Director | ||
24 | Richard Attenborough | 90 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
25 | William Greaves | 87 | US | Documentarian | ||
28 | Bill Kerr | 92 | Australia | Actor | ||
29 | George L. Little | 63 | US | Costume Designer | ||
30 | Andrew V. McLaglen | 94 | US | Director | ||
September | 1 | Gottfried John | 72 | Germany | Actor | |
4 | Joan Rivers | 81 | US | Actress, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter | ||
5 | Karel Černý | 92 | Czech Republic | Art Director | ||
6 | Stefan Gierasch | 88 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Don Keefer | 98 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Yoshiko Ōtaka | 94 | Japan | Actress, Singer | ||
9 | Denny Miller | 80 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Richard Kiel | 74 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Joachim Fuchsberger | 87 | Germany | Actor | ||
11 | Donald Sinden | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Theodore J. Flicker | 84 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Assheton Gorton | 84 | UK | Production Designer | ||
14 | Angus Lennie | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Audrey Long | 92 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Polly Bergen | 84 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
20 | John J. Lloyd | 92 | US | Production Designer | ||
20 | George Sluizer | 82 | France | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Sam Hall | 93 | US | Screenwriter | ||
October | 2 | Carlos Lopez | 25 | US | Stuntman | |
4 | Michael Goldberg | 55 | US | Screenwriter | ||
5 | Geoffrey Holder | 84 | Trinidad | Actor, Singer | ||
5 | Ike Jones | 84 | US | Producer, Actor | ||
5 | Misty Upham | 32 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Anna Przybylska | 35 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Marian Seldes | 86 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Federico Boido | 75 | Italy | Actor | ||
9 | Jan Hooks | 57 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Kim Koscki | 50 | US | Stuntman | ||
10 | Pavel Landovský | 78 | Czech Republic | Actor | ||
11 | Gary McLarty | 73 | US | Stuntman | ||
11 | Bob Orrison | 86 | US | Stuntman | ||
14 | Elizabeth Peña | 55 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Marie Dubois | 77 | France | Actress | ||
19 | Edward Donno | 79 | US | Stuntman | ||
19 | Gerard Parkes | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
20 | Ox Baker | 80 | US | Actor | ||
20 | L. M. Kit Carson | 73 | US | Actor, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Ted Beniades | 91 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Marcia Strassman | 66 | US | Actress | ||
30 | Renée Asherson | 99 | UK | Actress | ||
31 | Ian Fraser | 81 | UK | Composer | ||
November | 1 | Donald Saddler | 94 | US | Choreographer | |
4 | Richard Schaal | 86 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Carole Matthews | 94 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Steve Dodd | 86 | Australia | Actor | ||
10 | Ernest Kinoy | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
10 | Ken Takakura | 83 | Japan | Actor | ||
10 | Geula Nuni | 72 | Israel | Actress | ||
11 | Carol Ann Susi | 62 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Warren Clarke | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Richard Pasco | 88 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Mike Nichols | 83 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
22 | Derek Deadman | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Joanna Dunham | 78 | UK | Actress | ||
27 | Frank Yablans | 79 | US | Executive, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Danny Lee | 95 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
December | 2 | Gerry Fisher | 88 | UK | Cinematographer | |
2 | Jeff Truman | 57 | Australia | Actor | ||
5 | Manuel De Sica | 65 | Italy | Composer | ||
6 | Takao Saito | 85 | Japan | Cinematographer | ||
7 | Eddie Rouse | 60 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Mary Ann Mobley | 75 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Tom Adams | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Booth Colman | 91 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Virna Lisi | 78 | Italy | Actress | ||
19 | Arthur Gardner | 104 | US | Producer | ||
21 | Stuart A. Reiss | 93 | US | Set Decorator | ||
21 | Billie Whitelaw | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
22 | Christine Cavanaugh | 51 | US | Voice Actress | ||
22 | Richard Graydon | 92 | UK | Stuntman | ||
22 | Joseph Sargent | 89 | US | Director | ||
23 | Mike Elliott | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Jeremy Lloyd | 84 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
25 | Dave Comer | 59 | New Zealand | Location Scout | ||
25 | Bernard Kay | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | David Ryall | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Rhodes Reason | 84 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Yolande Donlan | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Patrick Gowers | 78 | UK | Composer | ||
30 | Luise Rainer | 104 | Germany | Actress | ||
31 | Edward Herrmann | 71 | US | Actor |
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2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths.
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2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.
Flee is a 2021 independent adult animated documentary film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. An international co-production with Denmark, France, Norway, and Sweden, it follows the story of a man under the alias Amin Nawabi, who shares his hidden past of fleeing his home country of Afghanistan to Denmark for the first time. Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau serve as executive producers and narrators for the English-language dub version.
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