DREW'S TOP 20 FILMS OF 2014

Man, what a stellar year in film. It's kind of amazing how many absolute knockouts we had this year. It's so astounding that I found myself incapable of ranking a Top Ten or even Fifteen list for the year. There are even films I'm leaving out that I genuinely liked (for the record: X-Men: Days of Future Past (my review), Hercules (yup), Birdman (my review), Interstellar (you get the idea), Neighbors, and Witching & Bitching) that just didn't stack up to a lot of other stuff I saw this year. As of this writing, these are my top twenty films of the year. The top ten will actually have some consideration taken into their rank, but the others are not in any particular order, so just because Captain America: The Winter Solider is my #20 entry doesn't mean I liked it the least. If there isn't a movie on here that you think should be, it means I either didn't see it or didn't like it quite as much as you. And keep in mind that these are the movies I enjoyed the most, not the "best" (whatever the hell that means) films of the year. Is Boyhood more monumental than John Wick? Yeah, but that doesn't mean my personal experience watching Boyhood was as impacting or enjoyable as my viewing of John Wick was. It's all subjective, so enough prefacing! On with the list!

Some SPOILERS may occur, because I don't like censoring myself when talking about movies. Snape kills Dumbledore.

DREW'S TOP 25 FILMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2014

I'll still be catching up to all the films I missed this year, but there will be just as many (if not more!) coming up in 2014 that I will feel compelled to see. Here's the top 25 that have piqued my interest. I've arranged them by release date, since trying to rank movies that I haven't yet seen feels kind of pointless. Also, I try not to get too hyped up for certain films, since it's very rare that they live up to the film I've imagined in my head (blame Prometheus). These are all films that, according to IMDb, are scheduled for release in 2014. If something pushes them back or they end up just fading into the ether, don't blame me. And if you think I've missed something, please sound off in the comments! I'd love to hear a really strong argument as to why you actually think Transformers 4 or Night at the Museum 3 could end up not being cinematic cancer. ...Okay, I'll stop being mean now.