171. Pretty in Pink
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Howard Deutch
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy
Plot: A working class high school girl gets romantically involved with a rich boy. Meanwhile, another boy is crushing on her.
172. The Big Chill
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: A group of friends converge on a house after a friend's funeral. They're all missing something in their lives after splitting up...
173. The Great Mouse Detective
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson
Actors: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney
Plot: Basil of Baker Street is the rodent equal to Sherlock Holmes. When a toymaker is abducted, a young mouse turns to the great detective to find her missing father. As his investigation goes deeper, a simple kidnapping leads to plot against the Crown itself.
174. Anne of Avonlea ( Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Sullivan
Actors: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse, Jonathan Crombie, Marilyn Lightstone
175. Tender Mercies
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard
Plot: A down-and-out alcoholic country-and-western singer finds solace and recovery in small-town Texas. The script is by playwright Horton Foote.
176. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Plot: Monty Python explores the life cycle in a variety of places and times.
177. Big Trouble in Little China
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Chao Li Chi, Donald Li
Plot: When his best freind's finacee is kidnapped by an ancient sorcerer and a trio of demons in Chinatown, it's up to tough-talking truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) to save the day.
178. History of the World: Part I
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Gregory Hines, Cloris Leachman, Dom DeLuise
Plot: Take a farcical journey through history as the Stone Age, Roman Empire and French Revolution are all skewered by Mel Brooks.
179. Pink Floyd: The Wall
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, David Bingham
Plot: The trippy adaptation based on the double-album The Wall by Pink Floyed - follows the story of Pink - a burnt out rocker who has built up his own personal wall of physical and social isolation - driving himself to drugs and madness. Only by breaking this wall down can he truly be free.
180. Hellraiser
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clive Barker
Actors: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley, Oliver Smith
Plot: A man gets more than he bargains for when he opens the door to hell. His ex-lover, now his brother's wife, has found a way to bring him back but his tormentors, the Cenobites, aren't going to let him go easily.
