The Complex Staff Lists Their Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2014

Putting together end-of-year lists isn't easy—synthesizing the thoughts of a room full of pop culture nerds is a long, laborious process. And even after distilling Top Ten calls for The Honourable Woman and never-ending clamor for John Wick—which we've done over the past few weeks with our Top Movies and TV lists—there's still a feeling that things might've been lost in the haze. We can't have that. You gotta be able to see where we're coming from.

So in the interest of being transparent (prepare yourself to see that show pop up more than a few times below), we've compiled all of the staff's personal end-of-the-year lists. You'll see some consistency and you'll see some outliers, but at least you'll be able to see how it all came together. Check out The Complex Staff's Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2014, then when you're done, get at us in the comments. We'll be expecting you.

Twitter: @RossScarano

​Best Movies

1. Inherent Vice

2. Ida

3. Boyhood

4. River of Fundament

5. Starred Up

6. Listen Up, Philip

7. Stranger by the Lake

8. Under the Skin

9. Only Lovers Left Alive

10. The Babadook

Best TV Shows

1. Transparent

2. Broad City

3. The Knick

4. Hannibal

5. Mad Men

6. You're the Worst

7. BoJack Horseman

8. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

9. Louie

10. Girls

Twitter: @MBarone

​Best Movies

1. Under the Skin

2. The Guest

3. Enemy

4. The Babadook

5. Selma

6. Inherent Vice

7. Nightcrawler

8. Starry Eyes

9. The Raid 2

10. The Canal

(Honorable Mention: Beyond the Lights, the best big-screen romance I've seen in years, one I've thought about consistently for two months now and deserves more attention.)

​Best TV Shows

1. Fargo

2. Hannibal

3. True Detective

4. Veep

5. The Leftovers

6. Banshee

7. The Walking Dead

8. The Missing

9. Boardwalk Empire

10. Penny Dreadful

Twitter: @laurettaland

Best Movies

1. Boyhood

2. Inherent Vice

3. Citizenfour

4. Nymphomaniac

5. Under the Skin

6. Dear White People

7. Top Five

8. 20,000 Days on Earth

9. Ida

10. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Best TV Shows

1. Silicon Valley

2. Scandal

3. Sherlock

4. The New Girl

5. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

6. House of Cards

7. The Walking Dead

8. Inside Amy Schumer

9. The Honourable Woman

10. The Affair

Twitter: @NathanReese

​Best Movies

1. Inherent Vice

2. Boyhood

3. Under the Skin

4. Only Lovers Left Alive

5. Starred Up

6. The Grand Budapest Hotel

7. We Are the Best!

8. Ida

9. The Babadook

10. Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV Shows

1. The Knick

2. Transparent

3. The Honourable Woman

4. Game of Thrones

5. True Detective

6. Mad Men

7. Veep

8. The Americans

9. Hannibal

10. Fargo

Twitter: @andrewgrutt

​Best Movies

1. Boyhood

2. Inherent Vice

3. The Grand Budapest Hotel

4. Under the Skin

5. Gone Girl

6. The Babadook

7. Guardians of the Galaxy

8. Nightcrawler

9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

10. 22 Jump Street

Best TV Shows

1. True Detective

2. Broad City

3. The Knick

4. Game of Thrones

5. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

6. You're the Worst

7. Mad Men

8. The Walking Dead

9. Silicon Valley

10. Boardwalk Empire

Twitter: @HanumanWelch

​Best Movies

1. Citizenfour

2. Nightcrawler

3. The Grand Budapest Hotel

4. Birdman

5. The LEGO Movie

6. Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV Shows

1. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2. Black Mirror

3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

4. Bob's Burgers

5. The Kroll Show

6. Inside Amy Schumer

7. Begrudgingly still committed to The Newsroom​

Twitter: @jasonduaine

​Best Movies

1. Citizenfour

2. The Theory of Everything

3. Locke

4. Nightcrawler

5. Gone Girl

6. Guardians of the Galaxy

7. X-Men: Days of Future Past

8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

9. Interstellar

10. Dear White People

Best TV Shows

1. South Park

2. House of Cards

3. Mad Men

4. Silicon Valley

5. Bob's Burgers

6. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7. Community

8. BoJack Horseman

9. Parks and Recreation

10. Peaky Blinders

Twitter: @The_SummerMan

Best Movies

1. Nightcrawler

2. Gone Girl

3. Enemy

4. Godzilla

5. Edge of Tomorrow

6. Guardians of the Galaxy

7. Inherent Vice

8. 22 Jump Street

9. John Wick

10. Interstellar

Best TV Shows

1. Game of Thrones

2. Mad Men

3. Hannibal

4. 24: Live Another Day

5. Boardwalk Empire

6. Fargo

7. True Detective

8. The Vampire Diaries

9. Penny Dreadful

10. You're the Worst

And since Frazier is full-nerd, he ranked his favorite episodes of the year:

1. "Guest" - The Leftovers

2. "The Lion and the Rose" - Game of Thrones

3. "Suits of Woe" - Sons of Anarchy

4. "A Day's Work" - Mad Men

5. "Eldorado" - Boardwalk Empire

6. "Model" - Louie

7. "The Secret Fate of All Life" - True Detective

8. "Wrong Roads" - Justified

9. "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" - Community

10. "Gone Girl" - The Vampire Diaries