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.
2014 films[]
January–March[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y |
1 | The Best Offer | IFC Films | Giuseppe Tornatore (director); Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland | |
| 3 | Open Grave | Tribeca Film | Gonzalo López-Gallego (director); Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann, Erin Richards, Josie Ho, Max Wrottesley | ||
| Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones | Paramount Pictures | Christopher B. Landon (director); Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh | |||
| 10 | The Legend of Hercules | Summit Entertainment | Renny Harlin (director/screenplay); Daniel Giat, Giulio Steve, Sean Hood (screenplay); Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee, Liam Garrigan, Liam McIntyre, Rade Šerbedžija | ||
| 17 | Devil's Due | 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett (directors); Lindsay Devlin, Zoë Green (screenplay); Allison Miller, Zach Gilford, Sam Anderson, Aimee Carrero, Vanessa Ray, Michael Papajohn, Griff Furst | ||
| Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions | Kenneth Branagh (director); David Koepp, Adam Cozad, Anthony Peckham, Steve Zaillian, Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh | |||
| The Nut Job | Open Road Films | Peter Lepeniotis (director/screenplay); Lorne Cameron (screenplay); Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Liam Neeson, Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias | |||
| Ride Along | Universal Pictures / Rainforest Films | Tim Story (director); Greg Coolidge, Jason Mantzoukas, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi (screenplay); Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Laurence Fishburne | |||
| 24 | I, Frankenstein | Lionsgate Films / Lakeshore Entertainment | Stuart Beattie (director/screenplay); Kevin Grevioux (screenplay); Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Kevin Grevioux, Socratis Otto | ||
| 31 | Labor Day | Paramount Pictures | Jason Reitman (director/screenplay); Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire | ||
| That Awkward Moment | FilmDistrict | Tom Gormican (director/screenplay); Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots, Jessica Lucas, Mackenzie Davis | |||
| Trenchcoat | Walt Disney Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | ||||
| F E B R U A R Y |
7 | The Lego Movie | Warner Bros. / Warner Animation Group / Village Roadshow Pictures | Phil Lord, Chris Miller (directors/screenplay); Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman | |
| The Monuments Men | Columbia Pictures / 20th Century Fox | George Clooney (director/screenplay); Grant Heslov (screenplay); George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett | |||
| Vampire Academy | The Weinstein Company | Mark Waters (director); Dan Waters (screenplay); Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky | |||
| 14 | 3 Days to Kill | Relativity Media | McG (director); Luc Besson, Adi Hasak (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard | ||
| About Last Night | Screen Gems / Rainforest Films | Steve Pink (director); Leslye Headland (screenplay); Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Michael Ealy, Joy Bryant | |||
| Endless Love | Universal Pictures | Shana Feste (director/screenplay); Josh Safran (screenplay); Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Robert Patrick, Bruce Greenwood, Rhys Wakefield, Dayo Okeniyi, Emma Rigby, Joely Richardson | |||
| RoboCop | Walt Disney Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | José Padilha (director); Josh Zetumer, Nick Schenk (screenplay); Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Kenneth Williams | |||
| Winter's Tale | Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures / Weed Road Pictures | Akiva Goldsman (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, Will Smith, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint | |||
| 21 | The Dinosaur Train First Movie | Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment | Tim Hill (director); Jodi Benson, Phillip Corlett, Kristen Bell | ||
| Pompeii | TriStar Pictures | Paul W. S. Anderson (director); Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson, Julian Fellowes (screenplay); Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas | |||
| 28 | Non-Stop | Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Silver Pictures | Jaume Collet-Serra (director); Christopher Roach, John W. Richardson (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Lupita Nyong'o, Nate Parker, Michelle Dockery, Scoot McNairy, Bar Paly | ||
| Son of God | 20th Century Fox | Christopher Spencer (director/screenplay); Richard Bedser, Colin Swash, Nic Young (screenplay); Diogo Morgado, Roma Downey, Darwin Shaw | |||
| M A R C H |
7 | 300: Rise of an Empire | Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures | Noam Murro (director); Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad (screenplay); Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton, Hans Matheson, Lena Headey | |
| Mr. Peabody & Sherman | 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks Animation | Rob Minkoff (director); Craig Wright (screenplay); Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Allison Janney, Ariel Winter, Leslie Mann | |||
| 14 | Bad Words | Focus Features | Jason Bateman (director); Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Ben Falcone, Philip Baker Hall, Allison Janney | ||
| Need for Speed | DreamWorks Pictures / Reliance Entertainment / Electronic Arts | Scott Waugh (director); George Gatins, John Gatins (screenplay); Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Dominic Cooper, Michael Keaton, Ramón Rodríguez | |||
| The Single Moms Club | Lionsgate Films / Tyler Perry Studios | Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Nia Long, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Zulay Henao, Cocoa Brown, Amy Smart | |||
| 21 | Divergent | Summit Entertainment | Neil Burger (director); Evan Daugherty, Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz, Maggie Q, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Mekhi Phifer, Miles Teller, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Ben Lamb, Christian Madsen, Amy Newbold, Ashley Judd, Tony Goldwyn | ||
| Muppets Most Wanted | Walt Disney Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | James Bobin (director/screenplay); Nicholas Stoller (screenplay); Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell | |||
| 28 | Noah | Paramount Pictures / Regency Enterprises | Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Ari Handel, John Logan (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins | ||
| Sabotage | Open Road Films | David Ayer (director/screenplay); Skip Woods (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mireille Enos, Sam Worthington, Joe Manganiello, Olivia Williams, Harold Perrineau, Josh Holloway, Terrence Howard, Max Martini | |||
April–June[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L |
4 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Marvel Studios | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (directors); Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus (screenplay); Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson | |
| 11 | Draft Day | Summit Entertainment / OddLot Entertainment | Ivan Reitman (director); Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Tom Welling, Sam Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Chadwick Boseman | ||
| Oculus | Relativity Media / Blumhouse Productions | Mike Flanagan (director); Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff, Rory Cochrane, Annalise Basso, Garret Ryan Ewald | |||
| Rio 2 | 20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios | Chris Wedge (producer), Carlos Saldanha (director); Don Rhymer, Carlos Kotkin, Jenny Bicks, Yoni Brenner (screenplay); Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, Bruno Mars, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am | |||
| 16 | Heaven Is for Real | TriStar Pictures / Roth Films | Randall Wallace (director/screenplay); Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Thomas Haden Church, Jacob Vargas, Nancy Sorel, Lane Styles | ||
| 18 | Bears | Disneynature | Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill, Adam Chapman (directors); John C. Reilly | ||
| Cuban Fury | Entertainment One | James Griffiths (director); Jon Brown (screenplay); Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Olivia Colman, Chris O'Dowd, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Alexandra Roach | |||
| A Haunted House 2 | Open Road Films | Michael Tiddes (director); Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Cedric the Entertainer, Gabriel Iglesias | |||
| Transcendence | Warner Bros. / Alcon Entertainment | Wally Pfister (director); Jack Paglen (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser | |||
| 25 | Brick Mansions | Relativity Media / EuropaCorp | Camille Delamarre (director); Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA | ||
| The Other Woman | 20th Century Fox | Nick Cassavetes (director); Melissa Stack (screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Taylor Kinney, Nicki Minaj, Don Johnson | |||
| The Quiet Ones | Lionsgate Films | John Pogue (director/screenplay); Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Erin Richards, Olivia Cooke | |||
| M A Y |
2 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Columbia Pictures / Marvel Entertainment | Marc Webb (director); James Vanderbilt, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner (screenplay); Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Colm Feore, Felicity Jones, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field | |
| Walk of Shame | Focus Features / Lakeshore Entertainment | Steven Brill (director/screenplay); Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Wright, Ethan Suplee, Oliver Hudson, Willie Garson, Brandon Scott | |||
| 9 | Chef | Open Road Films | Jon Favreau (director/screenplay); Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Cannavale, Garry Shandling, Oliver Platt, Amy Sedaris | ||
| Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Clarius Entertainment | Will Finn, Dan St. Pierre (directors); Lea Michele, Patrick Stewart, Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Hilty, Hugh Dancy, Oliver Platt, Bernadette Peters, Martin Short | |||
| Moms' Night Out | TriStar Pictures | Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin (directors); Sarah Drew, Trace Adkins, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton | |||
| Neighbors | Universal Pictures / Good Universe | Nicholas Stoller (director); Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O'Brien (screenplay); Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco | |||
| 16 | Godzilla | Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures | Gareth Edwards (director); Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham, Frank Darabont (screenplay); Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn | ||
| Million Dollar Arm | Walt Disney Pictures | Craig Gillespie (director); Tom McCarthy (screenplay); Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Suraj Sharma, Lake Bell, Alan Arkin | |||
| 23 | Blended | Warner Bros. Pictures / Happy Madison Productions | Frank Coraci (director); Clare Sera, Ivan Menchell (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Terry Crews, Joel McHale, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon | ||
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | 20th Century Fox / TSG Entertainment / Bad Hat Harry Productions / Marvel Entertainment | Bryan Singer (director); Simon Kinberg (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Nicholas Hoult, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart | |||
| 30 | Maleficent | Walt Disney Pictures | Robert Stromberg (director); Linda Woolverton (screenplay); Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville | ||
| A Million Ways to Die in the West | Universal Pictures / Media Rights Capital / Bluegrass Films / Fuzzy Door Productions | Seth MacFarlane (director/screenplay); Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild (screenplay); Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman, Giovanni Ribisi, Amanda Seyfried, Rex Linn, Allyn Rachel, Ralph Garman, Bill Maher | |||
| J U N E |
6 | Edge of Tomorrow | Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures / RatPac Entertainment / 3 Arts Entertainment | Doug Liman (director); Dante Harper, Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Noah Taylor, Kick Gurry, Lara Pulver, Franz Drameh, Charlotte Riley, Jonas Armstrong | |
| The Fault in Our Stars | 20th Century Fox | Josh Boone (director); Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber (screenplay); Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort | |||
| 13 | 22 Jump Street | Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Original Film | Phil Lord, Chris Miller (director); Michael Bacall, Jonah Hill (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Nick Offerman, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell, Rob Riggle, Dave Franco | ||
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks Animation | Dean DeBlois (director/screenplay); Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett | |||
| 20 | Jersey Boys | Warner Bros. / RatPac Entertainment / GK Films | Clint Eastwood (director); John Logan (screenplay); John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza, Michael Lamenda, Christopher Walken | ||
| Think Like a Man Too | Screen Gems / Will Packer Productions | Tim Story (director); Keith Merryman, David A. Newman (screenplay); Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Terrence J, Jerry Ferrara, Gabrielle Union, Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco, Meagan Good | |||
| 27 | Snowpiercer | The Weinstein Company | Bong Joon-ho (director/screenplay); Kelly Masterson (screenplay); Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, John Hurt, Ed Harris | ||
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | Paramount Pictures / Hasbro Studios | Michael Bay (director); Ehren Kruger (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Stanley Tucci, T. J. Miller, Titus Welliver, Li Bingbing, Han Geng, Peter Cullen, Grey Delisle, Robert Foxworth, Tom Kenny, Reno Wilson, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, Frank Welker, John DiMaggio, John Goodman, Ken Watanabe | |||
July–September[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y |
2 | America: Imagine the World Without Her | Lionsgate | Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan (directors); Dinesh D'Souza | |
| Deliver Us from Evil | Screen Gems / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Scott Derrickson (director/screenplay) Paul Harris Boardman (screenplay); Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn, Joel McHale | |||
| Earth to Echo | Relativity Media | Dave Green (director); Henry Gayden, Andrew Panay (screenplay); Astro, Teo Halm, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt | |||
| Premature | IFC Films | Dan Beers (director); John Karna, Katie Findlay, Craig Roberts, Alan Tudyk | |||
| School Dance | Lionsgate | Nick Cannon (director); Bobb'e J. Thompson, The Ranger$, Luenell, Mike Epps, Katt Williams, Kristina DeBarge, Tiffany Haddish, George Lopez, Wilmer Valderrama | |||
| Tammy | Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / Gary Sanchez Productions | Ben Falcone (director/screenplay); Melissa McCarthy (screenplay); Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Sandra Oh, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates | |||
| 11 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox / Chernin Entertainment | Matt Reeves (director); Scott Z. Burns, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Mark Bomback (screenplay); Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Keri Russell, Judy Greer | ||
| 18 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Walt Disney Pictures / DisneyToon Studios | Roberts Gannaway (director); Jeffrey M. Howard (screenplay); Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Danny Mann, Teri Hatcher, Cedric the Entertainer, Julie Bowen, Ed Harris, Wes Studi, Dale Dye, Fred Willard, Jerry Stiller, Patrick Warburton, Brad Paisley | ||
| 25 | The Fluffy Movie | Open Road Films | Manny Rodriguez (director); Gabriel Iglesias (screenplay); Gabriel Iglesias | ||
| Hercules | Paramount Pictures / MGM | Brett Ratner (director); Ryan Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt | |||
| Lucy | Universal Pictures | Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik | |||
| Magic in the Moonlight | Sony Pictures Classics | Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Hamish Linklater, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Erica Leerhsen, Eileen Atkins, Simon McBurney, Antonia Clarke, Jeremy Shamos | |||
| A U G U S T |
1 | Get on Up | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Tate Taylor (director); Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth (screenplay); Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Brandon Mychal Smith, Jill Scott, Tika Sumpter, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Dan Aykroyd | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Marvel Studios | James Gunn (director/screenplay); Nicole Perlman (screenplay); Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Peter Serafinowicz, Glenn Close, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Seth Green | |||
| 8 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | DreamWorks Pictures / Reliance Entertainment / Participant Media / Imagination Abu Dhabi | Lasse Hallström (director); Steven Knight (screenplay); Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal | ||
| 15 | The Expendables 3 | Lionsgate Films | Patrick Hughes (director); Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Ronda Rousey, Victor Ortiz, Kellan Lutz, Glen Powell, Gregg Henry | ||
| 22 | If I Stay | Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / MGM | R. J. Cutler (director); Shauna Cross (screenplay); Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Lauren Lee Smith, Liana Liberato, Jamie Blackley, Aliyah O'Brien, Joshua Leonard, Jakob Davies | ||
| 27 | The November Man | Relativity Media | Roger Donaldson (director); Michael Finch, Karl Gajdusek (screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey, Bill Smitrovich, Will Patton, Eliza Taylor | ||
| 29 | As Above, So Below | Universal Pictures / Legendary Pictures | John Erick Dowdle (director/screenplay); Drew Dowdle (screenplay) Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar | ||
| S E P T E M B E R |
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| 10 | My Old Lady | Cohen Media Group | Israel Horovitz (director); Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Stéphane Freiss, Dominique Pinon, | ||
| 12 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Warner Bros. / Alcon Entertainment | Charles Martin Smith (director/screenplay); Winter, Hope, Nathan Gamble, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Austin Stowell, Bethany Hamilton, Juliana Harkavy, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Lee Karlinsky | ||
| No Good Deed | Screen Gems / Will Packer Productions | Sam Miller (director); Aimee Lagos (screenplay); Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Henry Simmons | |||
| 19 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | Universal Studios / Cross Creek Pictures | Scott Frank (director/screenplay); Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Ruth Wilson, Boyd Holbrook | ||
| 26 | The Boxtrolls | Focus Features / Laika | Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable (directors); Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan | ||
October–December[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R |
3 | Gone Girl | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises | David Fincher (director); Gillian Flynn (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Emily Ratajkowski | |
| 10 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Walt Disney Pictures | Miguel Arteta (director); Rob Lieber (screenplay); Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey, Bella Thorne | ||
| 17 | The Book of Life | 20th Century Fox / Reel FX Animation Studios | Jorge R. Gutierrez (director/screenplay); Doug Langdale (screenplay); Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Christina Applegate | ||
| 24 | John Wick | Summit Entertainment | Chad Stahelski, David Leitch (director, screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Bridget Moynahan, Willem Dafoe | ||
| 31 | Nightcrawler | Open Road Films | Dan Gilroy (director/screenplay); Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed | ||
| N O V E M B E R |
7 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas Movie | Walt Disney Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Zachary Gordon, Peyton List | |
| Interstellar | Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Syncopy | Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn, Wes Bentley, Topher Grace, Bill Irwin, Casey Affleck, Mackenzie Foy, David Oyelowo, Elyes Gabel, David Gyasi, Timothée Chalamet | |||
| 14 | Beyond the Lights | Relativity Media | Gina Prince-Bythewood (director/screenplay); Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover | ||
| Dumb and Dumber To | Universal Pictures / New Line Cinema | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly (directors/screenplay); Sean Anders, John Morris, Bennett Yellin, Mike Cerrone (screenplay); Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden | |||
| 21 | Big Hero 6 | Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios | Don Hall (director/screenplay), Chris Williams (director); Jordan Roberts (screenplay); Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, T. J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk, Daniel Henney | ||
| 26 | Horrible Bosses 2 | Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / RatPac Entertainment | Sean Anders (director/screenplay); John Morris (screenplay); Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz | ||
| Penguins of Madagascar | 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks Animation | Simon J. Smith (director); Michael Colton, John Aboud (screenplay); Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, Christopher Knights, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Annet Mahendru, Peter Stormare, Ken Jeong | |||
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| D E C E M B E R |
5 | The Pyramid | 20th Century Fox | Grégory Levasseur (director); Daniel Meersand, Nick Simon (screenplay); Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O'Hare, James Buckley | |
| 12 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | 20th Century Fox / TSG Entertainment / Scott Free Productions / Chernin Entertainment | Ridley Scott (director); Steve Zaillian, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage (screenplay); Christian Bale, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul | ||
| Inherent Vice | Warner Bros. | Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Martin Short, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom | |||
| Top Five | Paramount Pictures | Chris Rock (director/screenplay); Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Genevieve Angelson, Rachel Feinstein, Dan Naturman | |||
| 17 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Peter Jackson (director/screenplay); Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro (screenplay); Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Fry | ||
| 19 | Annie | Columbia Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment | Will Gluck (director/screenplay); Emma Thompson, Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay); Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | ||
| Mr. Turner | Sony Pictures Classics | Mike Leigh (director); Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage | |||
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | 20th Century Fox / 1492 Pictures / 21 Laps Entertainment | Shawn Levy (director); Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dan Stevens, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Skyler Gisondo, Rebel Wilson, Ben Kingsley | |||
| 25 | Big Eyes | The Weinstein Company | Tim Burton (director); Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski (screenplay); Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Jon Polito, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Terence Stamp | ||
| The Interview | Columbia Pictures | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (director); Dan Sterling (screenplay); James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park | |||
| Into the Woods | Walt Disney Pictures | Rob Marshall (director); James Lapine (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, MacKenzie Mauzy, Billy Magnussen, Johnny Depp | |||
| Unbroken | Universal Pictures / Legendary Pictures | Angelina Jolie (director); Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson (screenplay); Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock | |||
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