181. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch
Plot: Bilbo Baggins, with Thorin and company, have successfully navigated the Misty Mountains. Now they face the new danger of the Mirkwood Forest - and Gandalf has left them to themselves. If they can make it to the human settlement of Lake-town, Biblo will have to live up to his "burglar" contract and use the secret door of Lonely Mountain and confront the dragon Smaug.
182. Paddington 2
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul King
Actors: Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Julie Walters
Plot: Paddington has found a happy home with the Brown family, as well as becoming a popular figure in the local community. With his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday coming up, he finds himself picking up odd jobs in order to save away for the perfect present. Disaster strikes, however, when he finds the gift only to have it stolen away shortly after.
183. Beasts of the Southern Wild
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Benh Zeitlin
Actors: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes, Nicholas Clark
Plot: Six-year-old Hushpuppy grows up in "the Bathtub" a southern Delta community where her father, Wink, seems harsh but is only preparing her for life on her own. A storm and a sudden illness brings on this life much sooner than expected and as beasts menace her, growing ever closer and larger, she will have face down her fears.
184. Ford v. Ferrari
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe
Plot: American car designer Carroll Shelby teams up with driver Ken Miles - taking on corporate bureaucracy, personal demons and the very laws of physics in order to design a car for Ford that will be able to take on Ferrari in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966.
185. Jodorowsky's Dune
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Frank Pavich
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger, Chris Foss, Brontis Jodorowsky, Devin Faraci
Plot: Alejandro Jodorowsky is a cult filmmaker best known for his surrealistic tales El Topo, The Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre. Yet in the mid 1970s, he attempted to create his masterpiece - adapting Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune, to the big screen. Spending $2 million to convince the likes of artist H.R. Giger, Salvador Dali, actor Orson Welles and musician Mick Jagger and to help in creating his epic, he failed to convince investors (and a purported hours long running time didn't help) and in the end was a failed vision. But the director still has his Dune bible - and we get a glimpse of what could have been.
186. God's Own Country
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Francis Lee
Actors: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart, Liam Thomas, Melanie Kilburn
187. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry, Rachel McAdams
Plot: Sherlock Holmes and Watson have seemingly met their match when the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead and they deduce it is a murder and not a suicide. The clues point to Professor Moriaty - a brilliant yet decidedly evil man. A gypsy who knows about the crime becomes a part of the team as Holmes goes on a cross-country chase to stop Moriaty.
188. Klaus
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sergio Pablos
Actors: Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, Joan Cusack, Jason Schwartzman, Kendall Joy Hall, Sydney Brower
189. John Wick
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chad Stahelski
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, Ian McShane
Plot: A former hitman finds himself the target of a one-time friend when a contract is put out on him.
190. Call Me by Your Name
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Actors: Amira Casar, Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
Plot: In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio Perlman lives a life of sophistication and comfort in Northern Italy. While an old soul in a young man's body, Elio is still innocent, especially when it comes to matters of love. A visiting college graduate student working with his father forms an immediate bond and it will awaken something in him.
