Netflix Movie Stream Awards 2014

Starting off the year 2014 with a rewatch of one of my personal favorite comedies, Clue is a classic cult comedy that through the years keeps getting better and funnier with each rewatch. This is a nearly perfect comedy as jokes are constantly being thrown onscreen and they rarely if ever miss the mark of being hilarious. There are many reasons why Clue works. The cast is excellent featuring great and hilarious performances from nearly everybody on screen, including Tim Curry's probably best performance I ever seen him in as the butler Wadsworth. It is a cool bottle-style film that all takes place in this cool-looking mansion that looks big and elaborate.

This is just an absolutely beautiful film and is just full of charm that many mainstream animated films can't emulate. The story feels like an old legend that was passed down from generations being brought to life in the most visually-satisfying way. The characters are interesting and believable but special mention goes to Aisling whom really steals the movie.

I heard a lot of praise given to these films and I personally felt the film was overrated, over-praised, or underwhelming.

These films are not as praised for being good or great films but I believe these films deserve to be.

Best Animated Film

The Secret of Kells

Films that were animated that took advantage of the creative medium to produce some good-quality and enjoyably memorable work.

Best Comedy

Clue

These are the films that were purely made for the purpose of producing gut-busting hilarity and provide smiles that can only come from a bit of slapstick or clever wordplay.

These are the films full of intense, emotional moments along with the occasional thrilling suspense. The serious productions that helped provide some of my most emotional cinematic experiences.

These are the movies that I acknowledge are good-quality films. Yet whether I enjoyed it or not, I fine watching it at least once and don't plan on rewatching these films.

These awards are mostly dedicated to the films that I've watched for the first time on Netflix but there were a couple of films that I decided to rewatch on Netflix. This category is specifically made to honor those films that gave me a fresher perspective on the great films I already saw.

These were the great movies I've streamed this year that were made prior to 1970.

This category goes to a memorable song that was featured in a Netflix film. Whether they were catchy, grand, or heartwarming, these songs certainly left an impact on my ears. As soon as I finished streaming these films, I had these songs stuck in my head where I hum them, whistle them, or sung them when I was reminded of these grand tunes. The winner of this category would go to the most memorable song that gave me goosebumps upon listening to it (or something close to that).

Best Performance from a Netflix Film

Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible in "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"

This category is to celebrate all the great and significant performances made in a movie I've streamed that really gripped me and awed me in the magnificence of how these actors were able to portray and become their memorable characters. This award goes to the most memorable performance and to the actor that was able to portray this memorable performance.

Worst Performance from a Netflix Film

Ryan Gosling as Julian in "Only God Forgives"

This category is to showcase the performances that really irked and annoyed me immensely. Whether the performance came from a good movie or not, this category is specifically judging the quality of these annoying performances. Whether the performance was legitimately bad or just ear-piercingly annoying, the "winner" of this award went to the performance that nearly ruined or added salt to the wound of the featured movie.

Best Ensemble Performance from a Netflix Film

Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, and Ving Rhames, “Pulp Fiction”

This category is not just awarding the great performance of one actor/character but multiple that occurred in one film. When a film is filled with capable actors that provide plenty of spectacular performances, oftentimes difficult to judge which actor stood out from the rest. The winner of this award goes to the film with the greatest ensemble of spectacular actors and performances that they become one of the key reasons why the film works the way it does.

Favorite Director Featured in Multiple Netflix Films

Billy Wilder, “The Seven Year Itch”, “Some Like It Hot”, and “The Apartment”

This category is dedicated specifically to the directors who interested me in how they produced their films that I decided to watch another one of their films. Providing an unique and interesting cinematic vision, these directors made memorable films that made me want to continue checking out their works. Also, if I wanted another film from a director in 2014 that I've seen in 2013, it will count for next year's awards.

I was not actively trying to check awful films on Netflix, so for the films in these categories. I don't particularly hate these films, even the "winner" of this category isn't a movie I think that is particular horrible. These are just the films that are either bad quality-wise or I feel is an uninteresting product.

There were some incredible movies that I've streamed on Netflix this year. Some were classics that were created by beloved filmmakers, some were more overlooked gems that really surprised me, and some I am considering to be personal favorites. These are the ultimate films that made me grateful that I have a Netflix account since I might not have been able to check out these films without it.