491. Shane
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance
Plot: A known gunfighter tries to calm himself down by locating to a small family plot when he is tempted to go back to his old ways by the way he is treated a the local town.
492. The Verdict
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason
Plot: Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) in an Oscar-nominated role, is an alcoholic, ambulance-chasing, washed-up attorney. Picking up a medical malpractice suit that is gifted to him by a fellow attorney (Jack Warden), he goes against a high-powered law firm and takes it to court rather than settle, redeeming himself along the way.
493. King Kong
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Actors: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Plot: An adventurous film crew leads a ship to an X on a rare map to find mysterious animals including Kong himself!
494. Rosemary's Baby
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Plot: A couple moves into a new apartment when the wife gets pregnant mysteriously. She has odd dreams, vision and believes that her neighbors have other motives for her new baby.
495. 3:10 to Yuma
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster
Plot: A rancher agrees to take in a prisoner before his court date while the prisoner tries to trick the rancher into letting him go.
496. Marriage Story
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noah Baumbach
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Ray Liotta
497. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean
Plot: Uptight businessman Neal Page wants to get home for Thanksgiving, but when his flight is canceled due to bad weather, he is forced to procure other means of transportation and is joined by Del Griffith, a salesman with a big heart and even bigger mouth.
498. Kung Fu Panda
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Osborne
Actors: Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu
Plot: A young-ish panda is one of the laziest animals in the area (called the valley of peace). After a long selection process he becomes the one panda that must protect their home land from all the enemies. The sad thing is that Po doesn't really know much protection action and must learn it on the fly.
499. Paper Moon
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman
Plot: A Depression-era con man, who hustles widows by selling them Bibles, picks up an orphaned girl who may or may not be his daughter. Their colorful trip to deliver her to her aunt is chronicled in this wistful comedy-drama.
500. End of Watch
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Ayer
Actors: Michael Peña, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez
Plot: Rookie cops Taylor and Zavala patrol some of the roughest streets in L.A. - using a variety of hand-held footage - from gang member's and police dash cams - the audience is given an intimate connection to the gritty drama.
