Best of 2014

Not the best 2014 releases, but what I witnessed and thought as the best - or most memorable whatever. The picks. In random order.

MOVIES:

Happy People (Werner Herzog)
The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg)
Parkland (Peter Landesman)
TT3D: Closer To The Edge (Richard De Aragues)
Dredd (Pete Travis)
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (Sophie Huber)
Her (Spike Jonze)
Labor Day (Jason Reitman)
Cabin In The Woods (Drew Goddard)
Lone Survivor (Peter Berg)
War Photographer (Christian Frei)
The Wolf Of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
The Book Thief (Brian Percival)
The Railway Man (Jonathan Teplitzky)
American Hustle (David O. Russell)
Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallée)
Raid 2 (Gareth Evans)
Jane Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thornton)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller)
All Is Lost (J.C. Chandor)
Shock Waves (Ken Wiederhorn)
August Osage County (John Wells)
Still Mine (Michael McGowan)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)

HONORABLE MENTION

The Stranded (Roger Christian) - so shitty, it's good

TV SERIES

Derren Brown (various shows on DVD)
Breaking Bad
Justified
The Fall
The Americans
Louis Theroux - The Collection
The Lakes
Fargo
Generation War
Game Of Thrones
Walking Dead
Top Of The Lake

BOOKS

George Pelecanos - The Double
Jonas Jonasson - The Hundred Year Old Man
Sami Lopakka - Marras
Ricky Gervais - Extras

GAMES

Destiny
Sniper Elite III

R.I.P.

Rik Mayall
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Eli Wallach
Lauren Bacall
James Garner
Mike Nichols
Richard Kiel
Johnny Winter
Rick Rosas
H.R. Giger
Robin Williams
Dave Brockie
Harold Ramis
Matthew Cowles
James Rebhorn
Richard Attenborough
Joe Cocker
Bob Hoskins