301. Les Misérables
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom Hooper
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen
Plot: Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel-turned-musical - paroled prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) seeks redemption and a new life, and so breaks his parole. Set Amidst the French Revolution, he is pursued by Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) and has the chance to change the fortunes in the life of Fantine (Anne Hathaway) and her daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried).
302. Dazed and Confused
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiely Wiggins, Adam Goldberg, Mathew McConaughey, Ben Affleck
Plot: The last day of school in 1976 - when the incoming freshman are hazed and the seniors plan the party of the year. Whether you're a stoner, jock, brain or that one guy who graduated years ago but still hangs around - it's sure to be an unforgettable night.
303. Promising Young Woman
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emerald Fennell
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Plot: A tragic event in her past causes a young woman to seek vengeance against the men who enter her life.
304. Virgin Spring, The ( Jungfrukällan )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Pettersson, Axel Düberg, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
Plot: During the early 1500s in Sweden, a young virgin is murdered. The murders ironically seek shelter in the parents home in which a plot of revenge is taken against the sinners.
305. Frost/Nixon
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall
Plot: After three years of silence following Watergate, Richard Nixon agrees to an all-inclusive interview with an unlikely choice of interviewer: British showman David Frost. Each man wants to have the upper hand but all the planning and preparation will come down to one historical interview.
306. Nashville
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Barbara Baxley, Keith Carradine
Plot: During a political convention a group of unrelated people learn secrets
and lies about what is really going on.
307. Ed Wood
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeffrey Jones, Patricia Arquette, Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot: The life and times of Master of Schlock Ed Wood and his relationship with an aging and drug-addicted Bela Lugosi (which won Martin Landau a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1994).
308. The Brutalist
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brady Corbet
Actors: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin
Plot: László Toth and his wife Erzsébet leave post-war Europe for a new start in
an emerging modern America. Toth, a visionary architect, finds a life-
altering opportunity when he is hired by a mysterious but very wealthy
benefactor.
309. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Barry Keoghan, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Colin Farrell, Raffey Cassidy, Bill Camp
Plot: A brilliant surgeon and his tranquil domestic life with his wife and two children is thrown in to upheaval with the arrival of a 16-year-old boy - leading the good doctor to make a sacrifice to save himself and his family.
310. Best of Youth, The ( Meglio gioventù, La )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Actors: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Maya Sansa, Fabrizio Gifuni
Plot: An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s.
