The Tech’s Best of 2014
This year, all departments of The Tech voted on the best movies, music albums, and TV shows of 2014. With a wide selection of best-of titles, from Oscar-nominated movies to lesser-known music albums and TV shows, The Tech presents its 2014 favorites in t
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, and Emma Stone
Boyhood
Directed by Richard Linklater
Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo
Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Sebastian Stan
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Directed by Wes Anderson
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, and Tony Revolori
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Directed by Dean DeBlois
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, and America Ferrera
Interstellar
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine
Selma
Directed by Ava DuVernay
Starring: David Oyelowo, Tessa Thompson, Tom Wilkinson, and Lorraine Toussaint
The Imitation Game
Directed by Morten Tyldum
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Goode
The Lego Movie
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Starring: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, and Elizabeth Banks
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Directed by Bryan Singer
Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence
2014 Forrest Hills, by J. Cole
Released: December 9, 2014
Record Label: Dreamville, Roc Nation, and Columbia Records.
Benji, by Sun Kil Moon
Released: February 11, 2014
Record Label: Caldo Verde Records
I Never Learn, by Lykke Li
Released: May 2, 2014
Record Label: LL Recordings and Atlantic Records
Music for the Uninvited, by Leon Vynehall
Released: March 17, 2014
Record Label: 3024
Nikki Nack, by tUnE-yArDs
Released: May 5, 2014
Record Label: 4AD
Run the Jewels 2, by Run the Jewels
Released: October 24, 2014
Record Label: Mass Appeal, Sony RED
St. Vincent, by St. Vincent
Released: February 24, 2014
Record Label: LomaVista/Republic
The Feast of the Broken Heart, by Hercules & Love Affair
Released: May 26, 2014
Record Label: Moshi Moshi
The Outsiders, by Eric Church
Released: February 11, 2014
Record Label: EMI Nashville
Too Bright, by Perfume Genius
Released: September 23, 2014
Record Label: Matador
Game of Thrones
Created by David Benioff and D. B .Weiss
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Lena Headey
House of Cards
Created by Beau Willimon
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, and Kate Mara
How to Get Away With Murder
Created by Peter Nowalk
Starring: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, and Alfred Enoch
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Created by HBO/John Oliver
Hosted by John Oliver
Parks and Recreation
Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur
Starring: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, and Aziz Ansari
Sherlock
Created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
The Good Wife
Created by Robert and Michelle King
Starring: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, and Archie Panjabi
The Legend of Korra
Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
Starring: Henry Rollins, Grey DeLisle, Bruce Davison, and Alyson Stoner
Transparent
Created by Jill Soloway
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, and Amy Landecker
True Detective
Created by Nic Pizzolatto
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, and Michelle Monaghan