Every year, I feel the same way.

• Most “Oscar” film are too depressing
• Films from a decade ago are better than the films now
• I don’t see enough foreign, arty, and documentary films

That being said, 2014 had some good films. Only 4 of the Oscar Best Pictures make it into my Top 10 this year (Last year 7), but 3 of the other 4 are in my Top 20. “American Sniper” is lone exception.

Oscar analysis will come later. Here are my Top 20…

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel – Beautiful, fun, transportive, original.
2. Selma – Okay some of the facts weren’t perfect (same for every biopic EVER), but it captured the feel, the emotion, the power.
3. The Lego Movie – This movie was AWESOME! And every Disney movie is just as much a commercial. Also best “movie Batman” yet.
4. Guardians of the Galaxy – Like Lego Movie, this was just fun. What going to the movies was in the 80s.
5. The Theory of Everything – Of the endless biopics, one that kept my interest throughout.
6. Gone Girl – I hadn’t read the book, so I enjoyed every single twist.
7. Boyhood – Somehow overcame my dislike of Ethan Hawke.
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – The best of the Marvel Superhero franchises.
9. 22 Jump Street – If just for the post-credits scene this deserves Top 10.
10. Nightcrawler – Jake Gyllenhaal owned this.
11. The Imitation Game – Liked the pro-gay message more than the historically weak biopic.
12. Snowpiercer – Tilda Swinton owned this.
13. Whiplash – Can you really bleed that much in drumming? Never saw the ending coming.
14. Locke – Best 1-person movie I’ve ever seen. Certainly a far cry from “Phone Booth”.
15. Foxcatcher – The nose! Kept confusing name with “Firefox”.
16. Into the Woods – Streep is overrated in film. Chris Pine owned this.
17. Edge of Tomorrow – If they had stuck to the “Groundhog Day” action film throughout, would have been better.
18. Life Itself – Roger Ebert is incredible.
19. Birdman – I think Edward Norton was the best thing in the film. (Sorry Michael and Emma)
20. Still Alice – So depressing. So scary. But THAT is acting.

You probably didn’t see Snowpiercer, Edge of Tomorrow, or Locke. Now you have some Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/VOD watching for the next few months that aren’t yet another depressing drama or Oscar biopic.