The Best Movies to See in 2014

1. ROBOCOP

• Release Date: February 12, 2014

• The first big studio release (at least for the geek community) in 2014 is an early Valentine’s Day present.

2. 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE

• Release Date: March 7, 2014

• A ridiculously long time coming, 300: Rise of an Empire burst back onto the scene with a killer trailer in front of this summer’s Man of Steel.

3. UNDER THE SKIN

• Release Date: March 14, 2014 (UK)

• One to look forward to, just based off all the film festival buzz this year, is the upcoming "Scarlett Johansson is a Pod Person" movie.

4. MUPPETS MOST WANTED

• Release Date: March 21, 2014

• If someone told you three years ago that The Muppets would once more be one of the best family franchises in Hollywood, you’d laugh them all the way back to the swamp.

5. NOAH

• Release Date: March 28, 2014

• The Biblical Epic is experiencing a Second Coming in Hollywood.

6. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

• Release Date: April 4, 2014

• For those who cannot wait for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Studios is happy to kind of, maybe, quietly give you just a taste of it next April.

7. TRANSCENDENCE

• Release Date: April 18, 2014

• When Wally Pfister announced his imminent retirement from cinematography (at least for now), cinephiles wept.

8. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

• Release Date: May 2, 2014

• Sony’s Spider-Man franchise has always had the best (financial) luck during the first weekend of May, a prime real estate spot that Spider-Man carved out in 2002.

9. GODZILLA

• Release ate: May 16, 2014

• Okay, the last time Hollywood sent Godzilla stomping over easily smash-able cityscapes, the box office and critical response was lukewarm AT BEST.

10. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

• Release Date: May 23, 2014

• It is a rare thing when the SEVENTH film in a franchise feels like the freshest idea ever.

11. MALEFICENT

• Release Date: May 30, 2014

• To date, the need to revisit and “revitalize” classic fairy tales, particularly still adored from the Disney catalogue of the 20th century, has been a mixed bag.

12. A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST

• Release Date: May 30, 2014

• Admit it, no matter what he did to Brian, you like Seth MacFarlane. Or you at least tend to like his projects when they are fresh and new.

13. EDGE OF TOMORROW

• Release Date: June 6, 2014

• Everyone loves the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray must repeat the same horrific date until he embraces it.

14. 22 JUMP STREET

• Release Date: June 13, 2014

• Comedy sequels are difficult, right Hangover? But if it there is one that is primed for a new adventure, it must surely be Jonah Hill’s comedic reimagining of 1980s teen show 21 Jump Street.

15. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION

• Release Date: June 27, 2014

• What can be said about Michael Bay’s Transformers movies? You love them or you hate them—but either way, you’re probably going to see them.

16. DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

• Release Date: July 11, 2014

• It is still hard to believe that after all this time, Fox was able to so successfully resuscitate the Planet of the Apes franchise.

17. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

• Release Date: August 1, 2014

• August 2014 will kickoff with Marvel Studios’ riskiest and most intriguing gamble to date, Guardians of the Galaxy.

18. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

• Release Date: August 8, 2014

• Nothing says “relaunch” like Michael Bay. The producer who turned quaint 1980s nostalgia like the Transformers cartoon and action figures into billion-dollar blockbuster destruction porn is now producing the live-action TMNT reboot.

19. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

• Release Date: August 22, 2014

• Nine years after the first one, some would suggest that a second Sin City film is at least half a decade too late.

20. THE EQUALIZER

• Release Date: September 26, 2014

• Normally, gritty adaptations of cheesy 1980s cops (or vigilante) shows would seem a bizarre thing to get excited for.

21. DRACULA UNTOLD

• Release Date: October 3, 2014

• A classic never dies. It just rises from the grave, again and again. Yet for their fourth official attempt to unearth the Undead count.

22. INTERSTELLAR

• Release Date: November 7, 2014

• Intentionally, we have avoided numbering this list. But it is an easy guess what would be in the top spot if we did: Interstellar marks Christopher Nolan’s first original film after concluding The Dark Knight Trilogy.

23. THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1

• Release Date: November 21, 2014

• It all will be coming to an end…kind of. In actuality, it is very hard to end a franchise in our post Deathly Hallows world where even a single book can be dissected into two or three films.

24. EXODUS

• Release Date: December 12, 2014

• And the Biblical Epics keep on running. If you ever wanted to hear Christian Bale gruff, “Let my people go!” here is your chance.

25. THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN

• Release Date: December 17, 2014

• Now, the time has come to close out this list with what is (hopefully) the closing film on the Middle-Earth universe.

•Which one is your Favorite?