This document lists and describes 25 of the most anticipated movies scheduled for release in 2014. It provides details on the movie titles, expected release dates, and brief commentary for each film. Some of the major movies highlighted include Robocop, 300: Rise of an Empire, Noah, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Interstellar, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

1. The Best Movies to See in 2014

2. 1. ROBOCOP
• Release Date: February
12, 2014
• The first big studio
release (at least for the
geek community) in
2014 is an early
Valentine’s Day
present.

3. 2. 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
• Release Date: March 7,
2014
• A ridiculously long time
coming, 300: Rise of an
Empire burst back onto
the scene with a killer
trailer in front of this
summer’s Man of Steel.

4. 3. UNDER THE SKIN
• Release Date: March
14, 2014 (UK)
• One to look forward to,
just based off all the
film festival buzz this
year, is the upcoming
"Scarlett Johansson is a
Pod Person" movie.

5. 4. MUPPETS MOST WANTED
• Release Date: March
21, 2014
• If someone told you
three years ago that
The Muppets would
once more be one of
the best family
franchises in
Hollywood, you’d laugh
them all the way back
to the swamp.

6. 5. NOAH
• Release Date: March
28, 2014
• The Biblical Epic is
experiencing a Second
Coming in Hollywood.

7. 6. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER
SOLDIER
• Release Date: April 4,
2014
• For those who cannot
wait for Avengers: Age
of Ultron, Marvel
Studios is happy to kind
of, maybe, quietly give
you just a taste of it
next April.

8. 7. TRANSCENDENCE
• Release Date: April 18,
2014
• When Wally Pfister
announced his
imminent retirement
from cinematography
(at least for now),
cinephiles wept.

9. 8. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
• Release Date: May 2,
2014
• Sony’s Spider-Man
franchise has always
had the best (financial)
luck during the first
weekend of May, a
prime real estate spot
that Spider-Man carved
out in 2002.

10. 9. GODZILLA
• Release ate: May 16,
2014
• Okay, the last time
Hollywood sent Godzilla
stomping over easily
smash-able cityscapes,
the box office and
critical response was
lukewarm AT BEST.

11. 10. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
• Release Date: May 23,
2014
• It is a rare thing when
the SEVENTH film in a
franchise feels like the
freshest idea ever.

12. 11. MALEFICENT
• Release Date: May 30,
2014
• To date, the need to
revisit and “revitalize”
classic fairy tales,
particularly still adored
from the Disney
catalogue of the 20th
century, has been a
mixed bag.

13. 12. A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE
WEST
• Release Date: May 30,
2014
• Admit it, no matter
what he did to Brian,
you like Seth
MacFarlane. Or you at
least tend to like his
projects when they are
fresh and new.

14. 13. EDGE OF TOMORROW
• Release Date: June 6,
2014
• Everyone loves the
movie Groundhog Day
where Bill Murray must
repeat the same horrific
date until he embraces
it.

15. 14. 22 JUMP STREET
• Release Date: June 13,
2014
• Comedy sequels are
difficult, right Hangover?
But if it there is one that
is primed for a new
adventure, it must surely
be Jonah Hill’s comedic
reimagining of 1980s teen
show 21 Jump Street.

16. 15. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF
EXTINCTION
• Release Date: June 27,
2014
• What can be said about
Michael
Bay’s Transformers
movies? You love them
or you hate them—but
either way, you’re
probably going to see
them.

17. 16. DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE
APES
• Release Date: July 11,
2014
• It is still hard to believe
that after all this time,
Fox was able to so
successfully resuscitate
the Planet of the Apes
franchise.

18. 17. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
• Release Date: August 1,
2014
• August 2014 will kickoff
with Marvel Studios’
riskiest and most
intriguing gamble to
date, Guardians of the
Galaxy.

19. 18. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
• Release Date: August 8,
2014
• Nothing says “relaunch”
like Michael Bay. The
producer who turned
quaint 1980s nostalgia
like the Transformers
cartoon and action
figures into billion-dollar
blockbuster destruction
porn is now producing
the live-action TMNT
reboot.

20. 19. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
• Release Date: August
22, 2014
• Nine years after the first
one, some would
suggest that a
second Sin City film is at
least half a decade too
late.

21. 20. THE EQUALIZER
• Release Date:
September 26, 2014
• Normally, gritty
adaptations of cheesy
1980s cops (or vigilante)
shows would seem a
bizarre thing to get
excited for.

22. 21. DRACULA UNTOLD
• Release Date: October
3, 2014
• A classic never dies. It
just rises from the
grave, again and again.
Yet for their fourth
official attempt to
unearth the Undead
count.

23. 22. INTERSTELLAR
• Release Date: November
7, 2014
• Intentionally, we have
avoided numbering this
list. But it is an easy guess
what would be in the top
spot if we did: Interstellar
marks Christopher
Nolan’s first original film
after concluding The Dark
Knight Trilogy.

24. 23. THE HUNGER GAMES:
MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
• Release Date:
November 21, 2014
• It all will be coming to
an end…kind of. In
actuality, it is very hard
to end a franchise in
our post Deathly
Hallows world where
even a single book can
be dissected into two or
three films.

25. 24. EXODUS
• Release Date:
December 12, 2014
• And the Biblical Epics
keep on running. If you
ever wanted to hear
Christian Bale gruff, “Let
my people go!” here is
your chance.

26. 25. THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK
AGAIN
• Release Date:
December 17, 2014
• Now, the time has come
to close out this list
with what is (hopefully)
the closing film on the
Middle-Earth universe.

27. •Which one is your
Favorite?