10 Must Watch TIFF Films 2014!
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This document provides summaries for 10 films showing at the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2014. It includes the film title, genre, and a 1-2 sentence description of the plot. Additionally, it lists the director, country of origin, language, premiere status, runtime, and rating for each film. The films cover a variety of genres including biography, drama, thriller, comedy, action, and history.
10 Must Watch TIFF Films 2014!
- 1. 10 MUST WATCH TIFF FILMS 2014
- 2. THE IMITATION GAME BIOGRAPHY WAR DRAMA THRILLER 1 Benedict Cumberbatch stars as brilliant Cambridge mathematician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, who spearheaded the Enigma code-breaking operation during World War II and was later persecuted by the British government for his homosexuality.
- 3. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING MORTEN TYLDUM USA / UK ENGLISH CANADIAN PREMIERE 113 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 4. ADVENTURE DRAMA COMEDY 2 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS A dissatisfied London psychiatrist (Simon Pegg) embarks on a continent-crossing trip to discover the secret of happiness, in this globe-trotting comedy that also features Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno and Christopher Plummer.
- 5. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING PETER CHELSOM GERMANY / CANADA ENGLISH NA PREMIERE 114 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 6. ELEPHANT SONG DRAMA 3 Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood and Catherine Keener star in this big-screen adaptation of the play by Nicolas Billon, about a psychiatrist who is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient (Dolan) about the disappearance of a colleague.
- 7. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING CHARLES BINAMÉ CANADA ENGLISH WORLD PREMIERE 110 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 8. PRIDE HISTORY DRAMA COMEDY 4 In 1984 Britain, a ragtag band of activists from London’s queer community form an unlikely, anti-Thatcherite alliance with striking Welsh miners, in this hilarious and inspirational comedy-drama.
- 9. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING MATTHEW WARCHUS UK ENGLISH NA PREMIERE 120 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 10. ‘71 WAR DRAMA ACTION 5 In the divided city of Belfast at the height of The Troubles, a rookie British soldier (Jack O'Connell, Starred Up) finds himself separated from his unit and lost in IRA-controlled territory, in this gripping fusion of charged political drama and action-thriller.
- 11. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING Yann Demange United Kingdom English Canadian Premiere 99 minutes 18A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 12. ST. VINCENT DRAMA COMEDY 6 A cantankerous, cash-strapped, loose-living retiree (Bill Murray) becomes a spectacularly unlikely role model for his twelve-year-old neighbour, in this delightful comedy co-starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard and Naomi Watts.
- 13. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING THEODORE MELFI USA ENGLISH WORLD PREMIERE 103 MINUTES PG MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 14. NIGHTCRAWLER COMEDY DRAMA THRILLER 7 A drifter and petty thief (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins the nocturnal legions of scuzzy freelance photographers who scour the city for gruesome crime-scene footage, in this gripping portrait of the dark side of L.A. from veteran screenwriter and first-time director Dan Gilroy.
- 15. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING DAN GILROY USA ENGLISH WORLD PREMIERE 117 MINUTES 18A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 16. THE JUDGE DRAMA 8 A big-city lawyer (Robert Downey Jr) returns home when his estranged father, a small-town judge (Robert Duvall), is accused of murder.
- 17. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING DAVID DOBKIN USA ENGLISH WORLD PREMIERE 141 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 18. ROSEWATER DRAMA 9 The Daily Show host and Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) discuss the story behind Stewart's debut feature Rosewater, which tells the true story of Bahari's five-month imprisonment in Iran after his appearance on Stewart's show.
- 19. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING JON STEWART USA ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE 103 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
- 20. THE HUMBLING 10 DRAMA An aged and addled actor (Al Pacino) has his world turned upside down after he embarks upon an affair with a much younger woman (Greta Gerwig), in this acidulous adaptation of the Philip Roth novel from director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Bugsy, Wag the Dog).
- 21. FILM INFORMATION DIRECTOR COUNTRY LANGUAGE PREMIERE STATUS RUNTIME RATING BARRY LEVINSON USA ENGLISH NA PREMIERE 110 MINUTES 14A MORE DETAILS WATCH TRAILER
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