With only December standing in the way of 2015, movie fundi Spling rounds-up the best releases of 2014.

Boyhood

Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is a true original masterpiece and something never before witnessed at the cinema. Filmed over 13 years, the film functions as a docudrama time capsule, tracking the life journey of a character and actor.

Linklater’s intuition and the cast’s performances are enhanced by the progressive aging of the actors and the natural environment they find themselves in. We bear witness to a “home video” adaptation that resonates so strongly that we hardly noticed the 3-hour run time. Boyhood cements Linklater as a visionary director and Ellar Coltrane as a (former) child star.

It’s so good you’ll… feel like you know these people when the credits roll.