141. Vanishing, The ( Spoorloos )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sluizer
Actors: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus, Bernadette Le Saché, Tania Latarjet
Plot: After his girlfriend disappears from a road-side gas station, a man will stop at nothing to learn what became of her.
142. The NeverEnding Story
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Barret Oliver, Nicholas Gilbert, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Sydney Bromley, Drum Garrett
Plot: A boy goes on a wild adventure in a strange new world full of magic. He holds the key to saving the world but must complete a quest for the princess first.
143. The Purple Rose of Cairo
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman, Stephanie Farrow, David Kieserman
Plot: A New Jersey waitress during the depression, Cecilia wants nothing more than to escape her dreary life. She decides to take in a show, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and is surprised when the star of the film, the dashing Tom Baxter, walks right out of the picture into her life. But Tom isn't real - and neither are the other versions who are suddenly walking off the screen all over the U.S. - what will all these Tom characters decide to do?
144. Decalogue, The ( Dekalog )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Artur Barcis, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Olaf Lubaszenko, Piotr Machalica, Katarzyna Piwowarczyk, Henryk Baranowski
Plot: Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski made this 10-part series for Polish television, with each approximately 1-hour episode based on each one of the 10 Commandments. Each story takes place in the same Warsaw apartment and explores the complex relationship between instinct and morality and the emotional turmoil it can cause.
145. An Officer and a Gentleman
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Louis Gossett Jr.
Plot: A young man played by Richard Gere must complete his training at the Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.
146. Koyaanisqatsi
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Actors: Ted Koppel
Plot: With a score by Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi (Hopi for "Life Out of Balance") is a journey through time and history. No dialogue, just images, sped up, slowed down showing nature and man's influence on it.
147. Spaceballs
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers
Plot: Follow the expliots of a Druish princess, her loyal droid, a scruffy pilot and his loyal sidekick as they attempt to stop the ruthless Spaceballs led by President Skroob and Dark Helmet from their nefarious plan to steal all the air from the planet Druidia.
148. Burden of Dreams
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Les Blank
Actors: Werner Herzog, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, Thomas Mauch
Plot: Documentary on the making of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo and the
many troubles (casting, weather, war and much more) that would have caused
a lesser man to give up the film.
149. Clue
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Actors: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull
Plot: Several people are invited to a mansion to settle a financial problem, but
when one of the guests is murdered, the rest try to solve whodunit.
150. The Natural
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Richard Farnsworth
Plot: A middle-aged ballplayer with a checkered past rises from the depths like a Phoenix to take a losing team to the championship. With help from his bat formed by a lightning strike, he relives the glory he should have had in youth - as a pitcher - before a woman shot him.
