Empire magazine recently named the 50 Best Picture of the Year. Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" topped the list, and Christopher Nolan's new film "Interstellar" was only 15th. The current Chong Ao popular "Imitation Game" is only ranked 23rd, and "Birdman", "Fox Hunter", "Theory of Everything" and so on are even more in the top 50.
Empire's Annual 50 Best Films List
50 Human Capital
Director: Paul Welch
The night before Christmas Eve, a bicycle was hit by another jeep, and the fates of the two families have been intertwined ever since...
49. "The Horse and the Man"
Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson
The story is about the life of horses and people, looking at the world from the perspective of horses, and showing the interdependence of humans and animals.
48. "American Hoax"
Directed by David O. Russell
Savvy fraud master Evan (Christian Bell) and mistress Sidney (Amy Adams) are a pair of unscrupulous professional fraud partners who accidentally fall behind in a police fishing operation, Sidney is arrested and imprisoned, in exchange for which they must cooperate with FBI operator Richie (Bradley Cooper) who knows how to play the game to catch out more corrupt government officials through fraud. Ritchie's first target is The Market McCaine (Jeremy Rayner) in Camden, New Jersey. They blended into McCaine's small cabinet in an attempt to get rid of the corrupt officials who took bribes. But Evan's unruly decent wife, Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence), is like a ticking time bomb, which is likely to ruin the entire fishing operation, but it may also be the last straw to save Evan!
47. "Hibernation"
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Hibernation tells the story of retired actor Aiden, who runs a small hotel in central Anatolia and lives with his young wife, Nihar, but their relationship is no longer the same. His sister was immersed in the pain of a recent divorce. With the arrival of winter, the snow covers the land, the inn becomes their shelter, but also becomes a stage, on which all kinds of tragedies and joys are performed...
46. "Star Chart"
Directed by David Cronenberg
Star Chart revolves around the Weiss family. The father, Sanford (John Cusack), is a psychotherapist and life coach who relies on self-help books; Mrs. Weiss (Olivia Williams) is an unbearable mother who spends all her time on the Wes family's 13-year-old son, Benjie (Ivan Bird). Benjie is a child star who became popular in the TV series, but was in and out of the detention center because of drug problems. Benjay's sister Agatha (played by Mia Huashikovoska) was sent to a mental hospital for arson.
Recently, Sanford has been in crisis in both his career and family life: his guest Havana (Julianne Moore) is an actress whose dream is to remake a movie that will make her mother Claryes (Sarah Garton) famous, and since her mother's death, Havana has often been haunted by her mother's apparitions in her sleep, so Havana turned to Sanford for help. On the other side, his son Benjie ended his three-year wellness program, and his daughter Agatha also came out of the mental hospital. Sanford was in trouble for a while, and what was even more unexpected was that as soon as his daughter was discharged from the hospital, she fell in love with the limousine driver (played by Robert Pattinson) ...
45. "January Mystery"
Directed by Hossein Amini
Based on the novel of the same name by the famous American novelist Patricia Haysmith. In 1962, a charismatic artist couple, Chester MacFarlane (Wigol Mortson), and his beautiful wife, Collette (Kirsten Dunst), traveled across the strait to Greece in a small boat. While visiting the ancient Greek Acropolis, they encounter a strange man, Ludar (Oscar Isaac). Speaking Greek-accented English, Lüdar works for local tour groups, occasionally tricking tourists into making some pocket money. He was attracted by the elegant Chester and the pretty Colette, had dinner with them, and came to visit their palatial hotel. When Chester instructs Ludal to help carry a corpse from their hotel room, Ludar becomes suspicious, but is immediately subdued by the sweet words of the sympathetic Collette. So Ludal agreed to travel with the couple to Turkey, and on the way, the two men were jealous of The Collette. No one expected that an unexpected ending was waiting for three people in Turkey...
44. "Two Days and One Night"
Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Marion Cotillard plays Sandra, a young mother who returns to work in a factory after an accident only to find her job insecure. The manager intends to fire Sandra and give 1,000 euros as a bonus to encourage other employees to work hard, and Sandra must persuade the employee representative to abandon the offer to save her job. Sandra had a weekend (two days and one night) to convince her colleagues. The film shows the human side of the harsh spending cut policy, and as an Oscar-winning actress, Marion Cotillard's performance is also very outstanding.
43. "Twenty Feet Away from the Superstar"
Directed by: Morgan Neville
Many people have heard their voices, but few people know their names, and this sentence is almost the best footnote to the career of "Harmony Girl". The documentary Twenty Feet from the Stars, directed by Morgan Neville, focuses on behind-the-scenes vocalists such as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Claudia Lennear, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega and Judith Hill, who have made green leaves for the most famous pop singers of the 20th century, and who have witnessed the history of pop music.
42.《NEXT GOAL WINS》
Directed by: Mike Brett and Steve Jamison
On 11 April 2001, the Australian national football team and the American Samoa football team held a match at the BCU International Stadium in Port Kaufs at the Oceania Qualifiers for the World Cup. As a result, Australia beat their opponents by a score of 31:0, setting a world record for the largest point difference in international competitions and determining the lowest ranking of the American Samoa football team in FIFA. The American Samoa team pinned its hopes on new coach Thomas Rongen, but Thomas Rongen was not used to the way Samoans played, and he trained his players to change their shortcomings by offside. In the end, the new coach led the team to turn things around and win their first victory in 17 years at an international football tournament. From goalkeeper Nicky Salapu to transgender Jaiyah Saelua, every player on the American Samoa team has done their best to go upstream, and they are truly sports stars. Next Goal Wins chronicles the rise of the American Samoa team and witnesses their first international win.
41. "The Fallen Chef"
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Kyle Caspar (Jon Feiru) is the head chef of a star restaurant in Los Angeles. Unable to tolerate his overly controlling boss (Dustin Hoffman), Carl quits his job in a huff. He decided to give himself a big vacation and find a way to find a future direction. Kyle came to Miami. Together with his ex-wife (Sophia Vergara), his son, and his best friend (John ReggieZamo), he runs a humble mobile food truck. The food truck hit the road, and Carl tried to repair his relationship with his wife and children on this journey, while regaining his love of cooking and life. The film is written and directed by "Iron Man" director and actor Jon Feiru, and the two big stars he has worked with, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson Jr., made cameo appearances.
40. "Fleetville Station"
Directed by Ryan Coogler
The film is based on true events, 22-year-old Oscar Grant lives in the Bay Area on the West Coast of the United States, and on New Year's Eve 2009, he was shot by police unarmed. On the last day of his life, he met friends, enemies, family members and strangers...
39. "Cold Wave in July"
Directed by: Jim Mickle
In self-defense, Richard shoots strangers who have invaded his home. But he had to face the brutal revenge of the deceased's father. Soon, however, the opposing sides discovered that the facts were not as simple as they appeared, and they had to unite to face the dark truth.
38. "Babado"
Directed by Jennifer Kent
Emilia's husband tragically died six years ago, and Emilia has been unable to get out of the shadows, but even so, she still has to take care of her rebellious son Samuel. Samuel often dreamed of a monster that he was convinced would one day appear and kill their mother and son. One day, a story book called Babado appeared in Emilia's house, and Samuel was convinced that Babado was the monster he had always dreamed of. Amelia, who didn't believe it at first, also began to see strange shadows, and she gradually understood that her son's warnings might be true...
37. "To Cover the Face"
Directed by: Gillian Robespierre
Jenny Slater, one of the stars of Saturday Night Live, plays Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern in the film. She is 27 years old, talented and loved by the audience. However, she was ruthlessly abandoned by her boyfriend who stepped on two boats. Donna, who was in a very low mood, not only messed up her work, but also went to bed with a young man named Max. A few weeks later, Donna found out she was pregnant. But she didn't have the courage to tell Max the news. As the signs of pregnancy become more and more stark, Donna must find ways to overcome her fears.
36. How to Train Your Dragon 2
Directed by: Dean DeBlois
DreamWorks Animation brings "Shrek", "Kung Fu Panda", "Crazy Primitive" team to create a highly anticipated, Oscar-nominated ®, adapted from The Recidal Coville children's novel series - "How to Train Your Dragon". The second chapter of the epic trilogy tells the story of the young and heroic Viking warrior Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) taming and becoming friends with the injured dragon. After five years, the life of the inhabitants of Bok Island has completely infiltrated the breath of the dragon. Boquet Island is now a haven where vikings and dragons coexist peacefully.
However, growth means responsibility. In search of answers, Hiccup and the loyal Toothless begin their adventure, but the results are beyond expectations. On the one hand, Hiccup discovers that the mysterious Dragon Trainer is volka, her long-lost mother Volka (voiced by Oscar ® actress Kate Blanchett); on the other hand, the power-hungry Draeger (voiced by Oscar Best Actor Nominee Jeman Hansu) allyed with Dragon Hunter Errett (voiced by Game of Thrones actor Kit Harrington), threatening the peace between the people of Boke Island and the dragons.
To protect the beloved dragon, Astrid (voiced by Amerika Ferreira), Gobo (voiced by Craig Ferguson), Viking partners: Slug (voiced by Jonah Hill), Fishfoot (voiced by Christopher Metz-Pleser), twins Lovenart (voiced by Christine Wegger), Tefnert (voiced by Todd Joseph Miller) all helped, along with Hiccup, the clan leader's father, Stogo (voiced by Gerald Butler), and his mother. During this time, the answer that Hiccup had been looking for appeared in an unexpected way.
35. "Tim's Vermeer"
Directed By: Teller
Famous magicians and the secret group Paine & Taylor team up to explore the famous Dutch painter Vermeer, trying to find out why his paintings captured the perfect light. They also invited inventor Tim Jenison to use optical instruments to reproduce Vermeer's oil paintings, perfectly recreating the style of the masterpiece.
34. "Frank"
Director: Rannard Abrahamson
The film is based on the memoirs of Jon Johnson ("Killing with Eyes"), who worked on the film's script along with Peter Strawham, the screenwriter of The Pot maker, the Tailor, the Soldier, the Spy. In the film, Domnal Gleason (Anna Karenina) plays Jon, a young man who wants to become a musician, who joins a quirky pop band led by Frank and finds himself overloaded, and it is Michael Fassbinder who plays the enigmatic band leader Frank. Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Frank's assistant.
33. Leviathan
Director: Andrey Sargentseff
The film takes place in a small village near the Barents Sea, but it can also happen in any country where personal interests clash with the interests of the regime and it is possible to determine in advance who will win the battle. The insatiable mayor set his sights on the house where Nicholas lived and tried to take over the land for nothing— in effect, by force. The mayor behaves rudely, everything is under his control, from the police station to the court, he knows how to tame the disobedient ...
32. Raid 2
Directed by: Gareth Evans
The story takes place two hours after the first part, when Rama, a cop played by Iko Uas, is trying to return to the police station from the scene of the crime, and his superior Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) temporarily assigns him a dangerous mission, putting Rama in danger... In addition to dealing with drug dealers, he also has to protect his family and expose corruption within the force.
31. Paddington Bear
Director: Paul King
Created in 1958 by British writer Michael Bond, paddington bear is a teddy bear from Peru that got lost at Paddington Station in London and was later taken in by a British family. He always wears an old hat and an old suitcase containing his personal belongings, plus he loves citrus sauce sandwiches.
30. "Father and Son in Prison"
Directed by David Mackenzie
The young boy Eric is imprisoned for crimes, and his violent behavior further leads him to be transferred to an adult prison, where he meets his old rival Neve, and surprisingly, Neve is his long-lost father, can the two rebuild their parent-child relationship in a dangerous prison?
29. "Only Love Lives Forever"
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
The film tells the story of a couple of lovers named Adam and Eve, who always come out at night. Ostensibly they are underground musicians, but in fact they are vampires who need a reliable and stable blood source to sustain their lives. Over the course of hundreds of years of life, they have learned a lot about human survival, but they still maintain their animal instincts. It wasn't until one day eve's sister appeared that everything began to change.
28. Dragon Tiger Junior Team 2
Directed by: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
The unforgettable high school undercover career not only allowed Schmidt and Yanke to go through the test of schoolwork, but also helped them solve some "teenage problems". Time flew by, the local police continued to send them undercover at the university, and their good relationship with young people gave the police a lot of information. Everything is on track, Schmidt joins the school football team, and plays with a group of stinking footballers, while Yanke enters the art major and is hooked by the young girls and perfect sculptures in the class. Solving cases has become a burden for them. The partnership between them also took a sharp turn for the worse. Do they want to maintain a partnership or allow themselves to enjoy the "second spring of college"?
27. Dallas Buyers Club
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
The film is based on the true experiences of Ron Woodroof of Ron Woodroof. It's a story about a terminally ill patient struggling to survive, and it's also a story about a struggle. In Dallas in 1986, Ron (Matthew McConaughey) was confirmed to be terminally ill, and he was told that he had only 30 days left to live, and that the drug he was taking was the only DRUG treatment legally approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) at the time, but unfortunately the drug made his condition worse even faster. In order to survive, he began to study various anti-AIDS drugs and alternative therapies that were not approved by the authorities, and even illegally smuggled various anti-AIDS drugs from all over the world, and many patients found Ron's hospital, hoping that Ron could find other drugs to replace AZT and more effective treatments, in Ron's doctor Eve Saks (Jennifer Garner) and a transgender transvestite friend Rayon (Jerry Leto). With the help of Jared Leto), Ron inadvertently set up an organization called the "Dallas Buyers Club" to provide club members with more drugs and therapies that replace AZT, which was quickly promoted by patients across the country, and the number of members and drug demand increased significantly, which attracted the attention of the FDA and drug manufacturers to Ron, and obstructed him in many ways. Ron eventually died on September 12, 1992, and from the day he was diagnosed with only 30 days to his death, he survived for more than 7 years, and during these 2557 days, he has been relentlessly fighting against the disease, the FDA and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
26. Godzilla
Directed by Gareth Edwards
The film revolves around the life of a human soldier, telling the story of a sleeping ancient giant monster that is accidentally awakened by people, and the monster that wakes up shows a powerful destructive ability, and its existence also shocks the world. The film also highlights the direct impact of the atomic bomb on living things.
25. Lost 1971
Director: Yann Demange
In 1971, the conflict in Northern Ireland escalated and a civil war seemed imminent. Gary, a young British recruit, was transferred to Belfast for a mission. The situation there was confusing, with even the most experienced non-commissioned officers scrambling. Belfas was split into two parts, "loyal" Protestants on one side and "hostile" Catholics on the other. People on both sides had their own paramilitary units. Not only that, but radical bandits and plainclothes agents on the streets are doing whatever it takes to benefit their side. During a patrol, the soldiers got into a fight, and one of them lost his weapon. Gary and his companions spotted the thief and chased him out. Moments later, Gary found himself alone, in dangerous enemy territory. In order to return to the army's garrison, Gary embarked on a journey of uncertainty, fear and despair.
24. "Pride"
Directed by Matthew Warchus
Gay equal rights films based on the true history of the United Kingdom, the protagonists are both male and lesbian. The story is set in the summer of 1984, when Margaret Thatcher was in power, British coal workers launched a general strike movement against layoffs and marketization. At the Gay Pride Parade in London that same year, a group of gays and lesbians decided to raise money in support of the striking workers, but embarrassment ensued: the union was ashamed to accept their funding! The gays decided to bypass unions and go straight into the homes of coal workers. They rented a minibus and drove to the coal mining villages in Wales. In the process of distributing the fundraising to the workers, two groups that are very different have an unexpected and warm contact... Winner of the 67th Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.
23. "Imitation Game"
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
The Imitation Game is based on Alan Turing: The Enigma, a biography written by Andrew Hodges. Alan Turing was a British mathematician and logician who helped the military crack Germany's famous cryptographic system Enigma in World War II, which helped the Allies win World War II. Turing has made many contributions to the development of artificial intelligence, and the famous Turing machine model laid the foundation for the logical way modern computers work. Turing was one of the most famous homosexuals and was persecuted for his homosexual tendencies, ruining his career. In 1952, his same-sex partner, along with an accomplice, broke into Turing's house to commit theft. Turing called the police for this. But the police investigation led him to be charged with "apparent indecent and sexually inverted behavior." He did not plead himself and was convicted. After the famous public trial, he was given two options: jail time or hormone therapy. He opted for hormone injections, which lasted a year. During this time, the drug has side effects that include the constant development of the breasts. In 1954, Turing died from eating apples soaked in a solution of cyanide. Many people believe he committed suicide. But his mother argued bitterly that his death was accidental because he had accidentally piled up a lot of chemicals in the lab.
22. "Blue Ruins"
Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Dwight was a homeless man whose parents had been killed years ago by a man named Wade Criland. When Dwight learns of Wade's release from prison, his revenge begins. However, things didn't go as smoothly as planned, and he had to think about how to protect his sister from Wade.
21. "Locke"
Director: Steven Knight
This film truly recreates a man's journey to the black wind of the moon. Locke is a construction site manager whose former subordinates conceive his child and are about to fall to the ground after an unexpected overnight affair. Locke felt the need to take responsibility for showing up at the birth of his child, of course, to hide it from his wife; at the same time, his career was facing a lot of tests.
20. "Twelve Years of Slavery"
Director: Steve McQueen
The film is based on real people and real events. Solomon Northup (Chevat Egfort) was originally a free man who played the violin for a living, had a wife and two children, and lived happily ever after. Unexpectedly, he was deceived by two white people who thought that the circus performance was accompanied by an accompaniment, went to Washington, and woke up to find himself a black slave. He was initially sold to Mr. Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch) and worked as a slave on the estate. Soon sold to Mr. Epps (Michael Fassbinder), known as the "Black Slave Terminator", he picks cotton day after day on the plantation and witnesses many black slave tragedies. After 12 years, he never gave up hope of returning to freedom, until he met a progressive-minded person, Mr. Bass (Brad Pitt), the carpenter. Will Solomon end his fate as a slave?
19. "Under the Skin"
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Scarlett plays an alien disguised as Earth, seducing humans with her beauty and body, hunting them after satisfying her sexual desires. However, it is such a terrible "monster" that has gradually changed its original nature because of the long-term life on earth. She found herself gradually estranged from her peers and began to have new ideas...
18. "The Visitor"
Director: Adam Wengard
A soldier who returned from retirement befriended a family member who had just lost his eldest son on the battlefield, and the experience of sharing made their feelings grow stronger and stronger, and the soldier became a distinguished guest of the family. However, the family soon discovered that the soldier's true identity was not as he claimed...
17. The Lego Movie
Directors: Chris Miller and Phil Rhode
The film tells the story of an ordinary LEGO villain, Emmett (voiced by Chris Pratt), who is mistaken for a "Master Builder" and joins a resistance group, working with a prophet-like character (voiced by Morgan Freeman) to try to stop the sinister plans of the evil tyrant of the LEGO world (voiced by Will Farrell).
16. "The Priest Is In Trouble"
Director: John Michael McDonald
Father James was a good pastor with a sincere and upright heart. One day a confessor who came to james told James that he would kill him because he had never done anything wrong. He only had a week to unite with the Spirit of God, and James cared for all sorts of fallen and helpless people who would visit them—perhaps finding suspects in them. His preparations for death were too complicated, especially for his daughter, who had attempted suicide.
15. Interstellar
Director: Christopher Nolan
The film takes place in the near future, when the Earth's climate is no longer suitable for food growth, water resources are depleted, famine is rampant, and humanity is facing the threat of extinction. At this time, scientists discovered a mysterious "space-time rift" through which they could go to outer space to find opportunities to continue the hope of life. An expedition team travels beyond the solar system, and their goal is to find a planet suitable for human colonization. On this ship called "Endurance", the expedition team faces unprecedented challenges and unprecedented challenges for the human mind. However, as they passed through the wormhole, they discovered that one hour on board the ship was equivalent to seven years on Earth, and even if the expedition team's mission could be completed, the redemption they could provide was already too late for those alive on Earth. Pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) must choose between reuniting with his children and saving the future of humanity.
14. "The Vanishing Lover"
Director: David Finch
Adapted from Gillian Flynn's best-selling novel of the same name, it tells a warm but suspenseful story: Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosa Mand Pike) are the perfect loving couple in the eyes of others, but life is unstoppablely becoming more and more plain as water... On their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy mysteriously disappeared! Nick confesses affectionately through the media, frantically looking for the disappeared lover. However, one of Amy's diaries seems to point directly to Nick as the real murderer...
13. X-Men: Reverse Future
Director: Brian Singer
Set in a not-too-distant future, the X-Men suffer the biggest existential crisis in history, and they must travel back in time to save their destiny. The X-Men may be the most advanced creatures of our time, but in the near future, they will be hunted and killed by the new special combat robot "Sentinel", built and commanded by Bolívar Trask, the founder of "Trask Industries", and are in danger of extinction.
Sentinel robots can detect any form of mutant type, and their genes allow them to transform and transform themselves in an instant to defeat the X-Men. This makes the X-Men's only hope of going back in time and changing history before Trask's research eventually leads to their extinction.
Harnessing the abilities of Katie the Phantom Cat, Wolverine Logan travels through time and space to begin this arduous journey. This time, he must unite the young mutant leader, Professor X, and his lifelong rival Magneto, to find the Witch and stop Trask. Time is running out, in the past and in the future, the X-Men vs. Sentinel Robot Showdown is about to begin...
12. Captain America 2
Directors: Anthony Russell and Joe Russell
After the Avengers' Battle of New York, Captain America Steve Rogers now lives an idyllic life in Washington, D.C., trying to integrate into modern society. However, when an S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague is attacked, Steve is forced to become involved in a conspiracy that threatens global security. He joins hands with Black Widow to defend himself against killers who want to kill him, while trying to reveal the true face of this huge conspiracy. When the enemy's evil plans are exposed, Captain America and Black Widow are assisted by a new alliance, the Falcon. However, they also found themselves facing an unprecedented and unexpected dark rival, the Winter Warrior.
11. "Mr. Turner"
Director: Mike Lee
The film is a biopic by the great British Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), which focuses on his life in the last twenty-five years of his life. Devastated by his father's death, Turner developed a close relationship with a female shopkeeper at a seaside inn. He and the woman eventually lived in anonymity at Chelsea until Turner's death. Turner was well known during his lifetime, a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, and often associated with the princes and nobles, although he himself was an anarchist. Both royals and commoners loved Turner. He loves to travel and is often in and out of brothels. An adventurous man, he once tied himself to a boat so that he could paint the colors of the storms on the angry sea with a paintbrush.
10. "Her"
Director: Spike Jones
"She" is a sci-fi love movie about people falling in love with artificial intelligence in the near future. The protagonist, Theodore (Jacqueline Phoenix), is a letter writer with a delicate and deep mind that can write the most touching letters. He has just finished his marriage to his wife, Catherine (Rooney Marla), and has not yet come out of the shadow of heartbreak. A chance encounter brought him into contact with the latest artificial intelligence system OS1, whose avatar Samantha (Scarlett Johansson voice) has a charming voice line, gentle and thoughtful, but also humorous and funny. Theodore and Samantha soon discover that they are so close, and there are two-way needs and desires, and the human-machine friendship eventually develops into a strange love that is not understood by the world...
9. Rise of the Apes: Dawn Battle
Director: Matt Reeves
Human greed has led to an inevitable natural counterattack, with the consequence that humans will lose their homes and everything and face persecution of alien races; genetic scientist Will Rodman conducts live genetic experiments on apes to develop a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, but after the experiment fails, he rescues one of the newborn apes from the laboratory and names it Caesar. When Caesar was still in the womb, his mother was subjected to a large number of drug experiments, which made him mutate and have intelligence and emotion, but was later imprisoned in a shelter after accidentally injuring humans, which also caused Caesar to drift away from humans, and finally turned against each other and gathered apes to start a revolution.
With the passage of time, the legions of apes led by Caesar continue to evolve and occupy the earth, and the humans who survived the virus outbreak ten years ago are quietly plotting a counterattack, when the two sides continue to grow stronger, the confrontation between humans and apes, the two creatures on the earth that can dominate the world, the confrontation between humans and apes, is gradually tense, and war is about to break out at any time, who can finally hold the right to rule the earth?
8. "Vampire Life"
Directors: Jame Clement and Taki Cohen
The film tells the ironic life of a vampire in the form of a pseudo-documentary. A New Zealand documentary crew selected vampires living in a house on the outskirts of Wellington as the next subject, with three vampire roommates being the polite and sensitive Viago (Tyka Waititi), the mercurial Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and the lecherous Vladislav (Jemenai Clemente). While ensuring the safety of the personnel, they began filming. The documentary crew wore crosses to track the lives of the vampires, documenting their masquerades and attending Wellington nocturnal creatures party.
The vampire trio struggles to try to integrate into modern society, and like normal people, they have to pay rent, argue over who should do the housework, and go to nightclubs at night – the only difference between them is that they can live forever and need to suck human blood for a living. When Petyr, an 8,000-year-old vampire who lives in the basement, turns a hipster youth Nick into a vampire, the relationship between the vampire trio faces enormous challenges. "Vampire Life" tells the story of modern vampires in a black humorous way, with novel settings, superb performances, and funny plots.
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Wes Anderson
Set in Europe from the 1930s to the 1960s, The Grand Budapest Hotel revolves around a legendary hotel concierge and his young protégé. In the famous And Guest House Budapest Hotel, the concierge Mr. Gustav experienced a lot of sounds and horses, including the theft of priceless paintings, the property disputes of famous royal families and other absurd anecdotes; not only that, he also witnessed with this luxury hotel the war and smoke of Europe for half a century.
6. Edge of Tomorrow
Director: Doug Riemann
The film is based on the light novel "Killing Reincarnation All you need is kill" by Japanese writer Hiroshi Sakurasaka. Set on a near-future Earth, Cage (Tom Cruise) is sent to the beach of the landing battle during a full-scale invasion of alien species, repeating the fierce battle of death every day. He had never received any military training, but was sent to the front to fight the enemy, which was undoubtedly a suicide operation. At the moment when he died frequently, he unexpectedly gained the ability to travel through the corridor of time and space, which allowed him to repeat the cycle of life and death and return to the battlefield again and again. With each awakening, Bill's experience with warfare deepens, he learns more and more about the weaknesses of his enemies and survives longer and longer on the battlefield. Trained by the devil of "Battlefield Valkyrie" Rita (Emily Blunt), he develops his fighting ability by leaps and bounds, and the two fight side by side, finally revealing a glimmer of victory in this hopeless war. But Cage also faces a painful choice...
5. Guardians of the Galaxy
Director: James Gunn
The self-righteous adventurer "Star-Lord" Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) becomes the number one target of bounty hunters after stealing a mysterious sphere, which the evil villain Ronan has long coveted. In order to escape the endless pursuit, Quill is forced to form an alliance with four misfits – Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Tree Groot (voiced by Van Diesel), the murderous and mysterious Kamora (Zoe Saldana), and the vengeful Destroyer Drax (Dave Batista). However, when Quill discovers the true energy contained in this sphere and the great threat it can bring to the universe, he must unite this group of unruly teammates to fight to the death to save the entire galaxy.
4. "Drunken Folk Song"
Directors: Ethan Cohen and Joel Cohen
Oscar Isaac plays New York folk musician Rune, groping for his own path to survival in a tragic turbulent awakening, seemingly Mune's face switching between affection and frustration. Rune has lofty principles, but he is shy, with his guitar and pain, and he struggles to survive on cheap performances, living on the couch of other people's homes. His new album— the title of the film— received no response, and he was eagerly busy with it.
Set mainly in downtown New York, the protagonist only makes an occasional trip to the Upper West Side and a long trip to Chicago, and the film tracks Roon, who strives to build his acting career while also trying to be sincere with himself and his art. Time and fate were not friendly to him, but he did not succumb to both. He takes more than he gives, borrows money everywhere, breaks into other people's homes and spends the night with friends' partners, and sleeps with his best friend (Timberlake) wife (Kelly Mulligan). Having made such frivolous moves, Rune often broke into their apartments and sang with them when necessary or on a whim. His travels were humiliating, tragic, absurd, and thought-provoking, involving several cool cats and a piece of John Goodman's music about jazz musicians.
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
Director: Martin Scorsese
The film is based on the autobiography of legendary American stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Originally a stock investment bank, Belfort spent more than a year in prison in the 1990s for being involved in a notorious securities fraud case on Wall Street. The film will also show the luxurious life of Belfort's drunken gold fans, after becoming a rich man, he not only embraces the left and right, but also sinks into the sea of poison, so the film will involve a lot of large-scale performances.
2. Nocturnal
Director: Dan Gilroy
Lou Bloom (Jack Gyllenhaal) is a passionate young man desperate to get a job. He found that he might be able to make a difference in reporting on underground crime in Los Angeles. He collaborated with a group of adventurous photographers to break into the dangerous and exciting world of "nocturnal walking". The so-called "Nightcrawler" refers to the behavior of freelance journalists and photographers who go around shooting violent crime images and selling them to the relevant program groups of television stations. An experienced female journalist from the TV station, Nina (Renee Russell), also became Lou's assistant. Soon, however, he blurred the line between good and evil, turning him from a bystander into a "star" of crimes committed in his story.
1. "Boyhood"
Director: Richard Linklater
The film tells the story of a boy growing up from the age of 6 to 18, and director Richard Linklater spent 12 years to complete the work. It carefully depicts the child's growth process and the changes in various aspects of its parents, allowing the audience to experience the traces of the passage of time in detail.
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