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A note on the poll’s workings: over 100 North American colleagues ranked their favorites in two categories: 1) those that received theatrical runs and 2) those viewed this year but currently with no announced plans for U.S. theatrical distribution. For each ballot, a first-place choice was allotted 20 points, 19 for second, and so on.
1. Boyhood
2. Goodbye to Language
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Ida
5. Under the Skin
6. Stranger by the Lake
7. CITIZENFOUR
8. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
9. Inherent Vice
10. The Immigrant
For the full list and information on the readers' poll:
http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/20-best-films-of-2014
