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James Cameron's extra-terrestrial drama starring Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington kicked off a new wave of high-profile 3D films, as well as a curiosity about the intersection of technology and cinema.
Steven Spielberg ventured into motion capture animation with the first big-screen adaptation of the Belgian journalist Tintin, his dog Snowy, and the drunken sailor Haddock. Spielberg's efforts were bolstered by an all-star cast and just the charm he brought to the screen.
Martin Scorsese stepped out of his comfort zone in this story about growing up in Paris in time of Méliès, featuring an ensemble of Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, and Jude Law.
A visual effects spectacle is the best descriptor for Ang Lee's survival drama about a young man aboard a life boat with only a Bengal tiger for company. What wasn't there had perhaps never looked as real.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney came together as astronauts adrift in space and desperate to return to Earth in Alfonso Cuarón's film, which ended up bagging the largest haul at the 2014 Oscars.
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Millar fashioned a sequel to their 2005 film Sin City with similar aesthetics that made one yearn for more deliberately stylised filmmaking.
A rare Marvel outing with remarkable visuals, the introduction to Steven Strange starred Benedict Cumberbatch and was helmed by Scott Derrickson.
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