481. The Reader
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, David Kross, Volker Bruch
Plot: A teenager in post WWII Germany is nursed back to health by Hanna, a woman twice his age. He discovers she like to be read to, and as their bond and passion deepen, they begin an affair until she suddenly disappears. Years later as a law student at the Nazi criminal trials, Hanna comes back into his life, as a defendant at the proceedings.
482. Scenes from a Marriage ( Scener ur ett äktenskap )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson, Jan Malmsjö, Gunnel Lindblom, Anita Wall
Plot: We explore multiple decades in the lives of couple Johan and Marianne - one in which they share intimate moments, but also a certain detachment. As years go by, they grow apart and learn that a relationship can take many different forms.
483. Beauty of the Day ( Belle de jour )
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian
Plot: A young housewife who cannot connect intimately with her doctor husband indulges in fantasies and eventually starts working her afternoons as a prostitute.
484. Sing Street
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Carney
Actors: Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Kelly Thornton, Lydia McGuinness
485. Three Colors: White ( Trzy kolory: Bialy )
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol
Plot: A Polish man is coldly abandoned by his French wife. After making a fortune, he sets about getting revenge. Second in Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, preceded by "Blue" and followed by "Red."
486. Friday
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford
Plot: Follows the hilarious events of a typical Friday of two friends.
487. Fist in His Pockets aka Fists in the Pocket ( pugni in tasca, I )
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Actors: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil
Plot: A young man suffering from epileptic seizures and paranoia decides to help out Augusto, the only "normal" brother in his family, by systematically killing all the other members of his family.
488. Little Children
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Field
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Phyllis Somerville
Plot: A wife and a husband who have marriages with other people, begin an affair hoping to one day end up with each other when they begin to think deeply about their consequences.
489. Before Midnight
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Ariane Labed, Xenia Kalogeropoulou
Plot: Two decades after their fateful meeting on a train bound for Vienna, we meet back up with Jesse and Celine now in Greece.
490. North, The ( Norte, El )
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory Nava
Actors: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Diane Cary, Lupe Ontiveros, Alicia del Lago
