Slashflilm

1. Boyhood
2. Inherent Vice
3. Whiplash
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Selma
6. Nightcrawler
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Snowpiercer
9. Birdman
10. The Raid 2

Emertainment Monthly

1. Selma
2. Whiplash
3. Boyhood
4. Gone Girl
5. Nightcrawler
6. Theory of Everything
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Foxcatcher
9. The Skeleton Twins
10. Into the Woods

Twin Cities Daily Planet

1. Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater (USA)

2. The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson (USA/Germany/UK)

3. Inherent Vice, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)

4. CITIZENFOUR, directed by Laura Poitras (Germany/USA)

5, Blue Ruin, directed by Jeremy Saulnier (USA/France)

6. The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss (USA)

7. Tales of the Grim Sleeper, directed by Nick Broomfield (USA/UK)

8. The Lunchbox, directed by Ritash Batra (India/France)

9. Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle (USA)

10. Thou Wast Mild & Lovely, directed by Josephine Decker

Chelmsford Independent

1. Boyhood
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. The Imitation Game
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
5. Birdman
6. Whiplash
7. What If …
8. Gone GIrl
9. Snowpiercer
10. Obvious Child

• Big Eyes
• Birdman
• The Book of Life
• Boyhood
• Calvary
• Frank
• Fury
• The Gambler
• Inherent Vice
• A Most Violent Year
• Nightcrawler

Geek Smash

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Legends of the Night
3. Captain America: Winter Soldier
4. Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Gone Girl
6. Skeleton Twins
7. Horns
8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
9. Edge of Tomorrow
10. Nightcrawler