2014 has come to a close, which means it’s once again time for my look-back at the best and worst movies of the past six months.

From July through December, I saw 41 flicks… and, yes, I missed a handful– but most of them were intentional (Annie, Ouija, The Best of Me). Hey, life’s too short.

Without further ado, away we go:

  1. Birdman
  2. Gone Girl
  3. The Skeleton Twins
  4. The Theory of Everything
  5. Big Hero 6
  6. Wild
  7. Guardians of the Galaxy
  8. Fury
  9. Into the Woods
  10. The Book of Life
  11. John Wick
  12. A Walk Among the Tombstones
  13. Interstellar
  14. Unbroken
  15. The Maze Runner
  16. Nightcrawler
  17. St. Vincent
  18. The Hundred-Foot Journey
  19. Horrible Bosses 2
  20. Boyhood
  21. If I Stay
  22. Into the Storm
  23. Planes: Fire & Rescue
  24. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
  25. Dumb and Dumber To
  26. Penguins of Madagascar
  27. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I
  28. The November Man
  29. Dolphin Tale 2
  30. Hercules
  31. The Judge
  32. The Boxtrolls
  33. The Equalizer
  34. Let’s Be Cops
  35. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  36. Earth to Echo
  37. This Is Where I Leave You
  38. Sex Tape
  39. Tammy
  40. Before I Go to Sleep
  41. Lucy