The movies I saw in 2014

Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.

A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.

Diyarbakir, in the late nineties: Two young Kurdish children are forced to live on the street after their parents have been murdered by a member of a secret state security force.

Life is tough for Geyikli clarinetist Huseyin Badem after marrying his true love, Mujgan. He must grab every opportunity that comes his way to take care of his expanding family, even if it means playing clarinet by night for dingy clubs in the area.

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

A near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.

Elena and Antonio are opposites who develop an irresistible mutual attraction. They attempt to avoid it but eventually give in. Egle, played by Paola Miraccione, is a tragic yet comedic character in this relationship dramedy.

Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Bosnian War.

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

A recent recruit is one of seven soldiers posted to an abandoned farm with little information. Soon a bus full of frightened men arrive and the soldiers are told they are the enemy.

In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.

When a man murders his wife, children and parents, the ensuing investigation reveals that he's been living a lie for almost 20 years.

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatization of China's eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.

A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.

A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination.

Multiple stories unfold in Barcelona during Midsummer's Eve.

In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.

A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination.

A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.

The husband of a missing woman becomes the chief suspect in her disappearance.

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.