these films didn’t make my 12 BEST FILMS of 2014 list but included stand-out performances:

Colin Firth in The Railway Man
director: Jonathan Teplitzky

Minnie Driver and Gugu Mbathal-Raw in Beyond the Lights
director: Gina Prince-Blythewood

Julianne Moore in Still Alice
director: Richard Glatzer

Mia Wasikowska in Tracks
director: John Curran

Marion Cotillard in Deux Jours, Une Nuit
director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Michelle Monaghan in Fort Bliss
director: Claudia Myers

Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo and Steve Carrell in Foxcatcher
director: Bennett Miller

Ben Schnetzer in Pride
director: Matthew Warchus

Dakota Fanning in Night Moves
director: Kelly Reichardt

Emma Roberts in Palo Alto
directed by: Gia Coppola

Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
directed by: Richard Linklater

Eva Green in White Bird in a Blizzard
directed by: Greg Araki

Juliette Lewis in Kelly & Cal
directed by: Jen McGowan

Kristen Wiig in Hateship Loveship
directed by: Liza Johnson