411. Onibaba
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Plot: As a feudal war ravages Japan, a soldier leaves behind his wife and mother. Together they scrounge by waylaying tired and wounded soldiers and selling their arms to a greedy merchant. An old friend returns and spells out the fate of the missing husband and son - soon the young widow gives into lust and the mother is left lonely, jealous and plotting her revenge.
412. World of Apu , The ( Apur Sansar )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Bengali
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee, Alok Chakravarty, Sharmila Tagore, Dhiresh Majumdar
Plot: Apu is an aimless young man is invited to a wedding by an old college friend. This is a life-altering event, for after arriving and finding the bridegroom to be quite mad, Apu is offered as a substitute. Although not so keen on the idea, he accepts and takes his beautiful bride with him to Calcutta. But the bliss is not to last, as she dies in childbirth and, in a fit of grief, Apu leaves his child, and much of the world, behind. It takes years before he is able to face worldly responsibilities again.
413. Milk
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Alison Pill
Plot: Explores the life and career of Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man elected to public office in 1977 as a member San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.
414. The Fabelmans
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Julia Butters, Oakes Fegley
Plot: A semi-autobiographical film based on the childhood of Steven Spielberg from ages 7 - 18 set in post-war Arizona and a look into the people and events that will shape his life.
415. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Actors: Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal, Matt Bennett, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon
Plot: During his senior year, a classmate is goaded by his mother to befriend a
girl who has been diagnosed with Leukemia setting the stage for a life-
changing relationship.
416. Day for Night ( nuit américaine, La )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion
Plot: Truffaut's seriocomic, strangely documentarian, and always affectionate look at the trials and travails of filmmaking.
417. Knife in the Water ( Nóz w wodzie )
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
Plot: A man and his wife almost hit a young student on the road and invite him to their yacht. The two men suddenly find themselves in a rivalry - and as the tension slowly increases, there will be consequences.
418. This is England
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shane Meadows
Actors: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Perry Benson
Plot: In England, circa 1983, a young boy whose father has been killed at war falls in with a group of teenage skinheads. An unflinching, often humorous and grippingly uncomfortable look at the politics of hate, disenfranchisement and what it means to love (or hate) your country. Based on the personal experiences of director Shane Meadows.
419. Carlito's Way
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Luis Guzman, Ingrid Rogers
Plot: A gangster is released from prison as he pledges to stay out of trouble in
New York City.
420. Searching
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Actors: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn, Gage Biltoft
Plot: Told entirely from the point-of-view of a computer screen, a father searches his missing 15-year-old daughter's laptop and social media accounts in hopes of finding out what has happened to her.
