421. Stroszek
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest, Clayton Szalpinski
Plot: In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.
422. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland
Plot: Based on the second book in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy: Following their dual victory in the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta find themselves on the mandatory post-games victory tour through each of the districts. Katniss also finds herself torn between her relationship with Peeta and Gale. Yet their subversive victory has stirred up some districts and rumors of rebellion run rampant. The Capitol must figure out a way to quell this growing unrest and comes up with a novel solution for the 75th Annual Hunger Games: bringing back past winners to fight once again and this time there will be no compromise.
423. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Plot: An aging couple who often fight use their guests as tool to piss the other off in a life long battle with their marriage. Based on a play.
424. Manon of the Spring ( Manon des sources )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claude Berri
Actors: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy
Plot: Sequel to Jean de Florette - Manon, now a beautiful, grown woman seeks
revenge against those responsible for the death of her father years
before.
425. Woman in the Dunes ( Suna no onna )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actors: Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Okada, Koji Mitsui, Sen Yano, Kinzo Sekiguchi
Plot: A naturalist professor, looking in the desert for insects, becomes imprisoned by a woman living in the valley of sand dunes.
426. Judas and the Black Messiah
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shaka King
Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Martin Sheen, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rel Howery
Plot: As the Black Panther movement spread across the United States, J. Edgar
Hoover seeing a threat bigger than Communism seeks a scapegoat and finds
it in Fred Hampton, leader of the Chicago chapter. Bill O'Neal, seeking
to avoid jail for impersonating an FBI agent, is recruited to go
undercover - quickly rising to head of security and reporting on his
findings. But soon it becomes apparent jail is not good enough to stop
Hampton and O'Neal will have to decide how far he is willing to go to
appease the FBI.
427. The Crowd
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Estelle Clark, Daniel G. Tomlinson, Dell Henderson
Plot: Follows the story of a couple as they navigate life, love, hopes and downfalls in a crowded metropolis.
428. Nomadland
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chloé Zhao
Actors: Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes
Plot: Fern has lived all her life in a company town in rural Nevada. When the recession causes the small-town economy to collapse she packs up her van and takes off, deciding to explore life as a modern-day nomad.
429. Cross of Iron
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna
Plot: During WWII, battle-hardened Rolf Steiner leads many successful missions but when a new Prussian commander is assigned, the man wants only one thing - an Iron Cross to maintain his families honor. The two men cannot coexist as honor and arrogance collide.
430. Chak De! India
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Family/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Shimit Amin
Actors: Sagarika Ghatge, Vidya Malvade, Chitrashi Rawat, Anaitha Nair, Tanya Abrol, Masochon V. Zimik
Plot: Ex-captain of the Men's Hockey team, Kabir Khan, comes to coach the Women's National Hockey Team. The girls in the team have their own agenda - they have forgotten what it's like to play the game for the love of it... and for the country. However, Khan, is determined to change it all - and his aim is nothing less than the World Championship. It is a coach's story of making his team overcome their differences and make them realize what it's like to be a part of Team India - victorious Team India.
