An Australian haunting, a sociopathic news cameraman, an actor in crisis, and a lobby boy were some of the best things to come to the screen this year.
I've seen around 175 new films this year, which feels like a lot, but is also nothing on the more than 900 that will have opened in theaters by the end of December. This list of the best of them is personal, but with that many theatrical releases crammed into a 12-month span, my year in moviegoing feels awfully personal too — there are definitely some great titles that passed me by, and that I'd still like to catch up with. Here's hoping that this list may inspire you to do the same with some of my favorites when there were way too many things to watch this year.
14. The Babadook
IFC Films
Director: Jennifer Kent
Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
If you haven't seen the inventive Aussie horror film The Babadook, it's not too late: It's still in theaters and available on demand. Kent's directorial debut is a spooky tale about a haunting by way of a menacing picture book, but what's more terrifying is the way the supernatural storyline runs parallel to an utterly convincing portrait of maternal depression. Davis and Wiseman are terrifically compelling as a widow and her overimaginative little boy caught in a spiral of exhaustion, grief, and isolation that looms as large as any monster.
13. Foxcatcher
Scott Garfield, Fair Hill/Sony Pictures Classics
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