If going to the movies had an instant-replay feature, Matthew McConaughey sobbing in "Interstellar," Rosamund Pike delivering the iconic Cool Girl speech in "Gone Girl" and the electrifying musical finale of "Whiplash" are just a few moments we'd demand to see again. As 2014 winds down, we're still pondering their impact. The same goes for the 14 other scenes HuffPost Entertainment has selected as the year's best. Read on for our look at the strongest cinematic standouts of the past 365 days. (We're dealing with specifics here, so be warned that spoilers abound.)
Michael Keaton's Times Square underwear walk in "Birdman"
The Cool Girl speech in "Gone Girl"
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Matthew McConaughey watching 20 years of messages in "Interstellar"
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Patricia Arquette's final speech in "Boyhood"
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Scarlett Johansson's first trapping in "Under the Skin"
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The musical finale of "Whiplash"
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Bloody Sunday in "Selma"
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Martin Short snorting coke in "Inherent Vice"
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Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne's attempt to have sex in "Neighbors"
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The car chase in "Nightcrawler"
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Uma Thurman storms through "Nymphomaniac: Volume 1"
Also check out our lists of the year's best movies, TV shows, albums, songs and performances.