221. Gangs of New York
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson
Plot: Takes place in Nineteenth century Manhattan where immigrants fight for control over the five-points neighborhood.
222. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
Plot: As Voldemort consolidates his power, Harry, Hermione and Ron leave Hogwarts behind to begin their own quest to finish Dumbledore's mission to find and destroy the horcruxes.
223. Phantom Thread
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Vicky Krieps, Richard Graham, Pip Phillips
Plot: In the 1950s London fashion scene, a dress-maker finds himself designing for both high society and the royal family. Based on the true story of Reynolds Woodcock.
224. Incendies
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Allen Altman
Plot: Based on the play by Wajdi Mouawad, a mother's dying wish sends twins
Jeanne and Simon to the Middle East to uncover their roots - where the
find answers that span the depths of hatred, war and overcoming it all for
love.
225. Spartacus
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Nina Foch, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin
Plot: A slave by the name of Spartacus is trained like a gladiator only to escape to lead a revolt against the Romans.
226. The Best Years of Our Lives
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright
Plot: Three WWII veteran return home to the towns they came from in which they realized that everything has changed while they were fighting for their country.
227. Cinderella Man
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill
Plot: The Biography of James Braddock as he boxed his way through the depression
to face off against boxing champion Max Baer.
228. High and Low ( Tengoku to jigoku )
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Isao Kimura, Kenjiro Ishiyama
Plot: An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
229. Pride
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Warchus
Actors: Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine
Plot: In the summer of 1984, the UK National Union of Mineworkers began a lengthy strike. During this trying period, they are given an unexpected boost from gay and lesbian activists as well.
230. True Romance
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Tom Sizemore, Christopher Walken
Plot: A petty but intelligent thief marries a hooker in which they steal coke, try to sell it, and run from the owners - that could end up in a show down of thieves and mobsters.
