It’s the beginning of another year and as always every movie lover out there is bound to have a number of movies he/she would like to watch upon their release this year.

For 2014, here are some of the highly anticipated movie titles (listed alphabetically) along with their release dates and trailers (where available) starting from[b] Ride Along[/b] opening on the 3rd of January and ending at Night at the Museum 3 opening on Christmas day.

Ride Along
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, David Banner, Bryan Callen, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, Gary Owen
Release Date: January 3


Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Nonso Anozie
Release Date:January 17


I, Frankenstein
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Aden Young, Kevin Grevioux, Socratis Otto, Mahesh Jadu, Caitlin Stasey
Release Date: January 24


The Monuments Men
Director: George Clooney
Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett
Release Date: February 7


The LEGO Movie
Director: Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Elizabeth Banks, Jonah Hill, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Will Ferrell
Release Date: February 7


RoboCop
Director: José Padilha
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Kenneth Williams, Aimee Garcia, John Paul Ruttan, Miguel Ferrer, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Release Date: February 12


300: Rise of an Empire
Director: Noam Murro
Starring: Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton, David Wenham, Lena Headey, Jack O’Connell, Andrew Tiernan, Callan Mulvey, Yigal Naor, Hans Matheson
Release Date: March 7


The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson
Release Date: March 7


Need for Speed
Director: Scott Waugh
Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton
Release Date: March 14


Divergent
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Jai Courtney, Theo James, Ray Stevenson, Mekhi Phifer, Ashley Judd
Release Date: March 21


Muppets Most Wanted
Director: James Bobin
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Matt Vogel, David Rudman, Louise Gold
Release Date: March 21


Noah
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Durand, Marton Csokas, Mark Margolis
Release Date: March 28


The Raid 2: Berandal
Director: Gareth Evans
Starring: Donny Alamsyah, Iko Uwais, Raiden Integra, Yayan Ruhian
Release Date: March 28


Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Directors: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Chris Evans, Cobie Smulders, Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
Release Date: April 4


Rio 2
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am, Tracy Morgan, Rodrigo Santoro, Bebel Gilberto, Jake T. Austin, Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars
Release Date: April 11


Transcendence
Director: Wally Pfister
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Johnny Depp, Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall
Release Date: April 18


The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Dane DeHaan, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field
Release Date: May 2

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In addition:

* 'Serena'.
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones.

*Hunger games: Mockingjay Part 1.
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore.

*Interstellar
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway.