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The 20 Best Films of 2014 according to Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound magazine of the British Film Institute (BFI) published a list of the 20 best films of the year, chosen by 112 of its international contributors and colleagues. The year-end poll is irresistible for cinefiles looking for new recommendations, and the question usually arises, what would your own list for 2014 be like?

Here is the list of Sight & Sound, which includes eight titles that were presented for the first time in Mexico at the 12th FICM:

1.  Boyhood, by Richard Linklater – United States
   2.Adieu la langage/Goodbye to Language, by Jean-Luc Godard – France (International Premiere at the 12th FICM)
   3. Leviathan (tie), by Andrey Zvyagintsev – Russia (International Premiere at the 12th FICM)
   3. Cavalo Dinheiro/Horse Money (tie), by Pedro Costa – Portugal
   5. Under the Skin, by Jonathan Glazer – United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland
   6. The Grand Budapest Hotel, by Wes Anderson – United States and Germany
   7. Winter Sleep, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Turkey, France and Germany (International Premiere at the 12th FICM)
   8. The Tribe, by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy – Ukraine (shown at the Critics’ Week of the 12th FICM)
   9. Ida (tie), by Pawel Pawlikowski – Poland, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom (part of the programming of the 12th FICM)
   9. Jauja (tie), by Lisandro Alonso – Argentina, United States and Netherlands
   11. Mr. Turner (tie), by Mike Leigh – France, United Kingdom and Germany
   11. National Gallery (tie), by Frederick Wiseman – France and the United States
   11. The Wolf Of Wall Street (tie), by Martin Scorsese – United States
   11. Whiplash (tie), by Damien Chazelle – United States (International Premiere at the 12th FICM)
   15. The Duke of Burgundy, by Peter Strickland – United Kingdom, Hungary
   16. Birdman (tie), by Alejandro González Iñárritu – United States (Opening Film at the 12th FICM)
   16. Two Days, One Night (tie), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherland (International Premiere at the 12th FICM)
   18. Citizenfour (tie), by Laura Poitras – United States, South Africa, United Kingdom and Germany
   18. The Look of Silence (tie), by Joshua Oppenheimer – Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Norway
   18. The Wind Rises (tie), by Hayao Miyazaki – Japan

For more information, check out the official website of Sight & Sound: here.