241. Walk the Line
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller
Plot: The Biography of music star Johnny Cash follows him as he spends time in the Korean War, to the time he spends in rehab in his later life.
242. X-Men: First Class
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, January Jones
Plot: Explores the early relationship of Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr when they were friends, long before they took the names Professor X and Magneto, and the rift that forms between turning them to arch-enemies.
243. Argo
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ben Affleck
Actors: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Alan Arkin
Plot: Six Americans are hiding out at the Canadian Embassy as the Iranian revolution reaches critical mass. It's up to a CIA agent who specialized in "exfiltration" to get the Americans to safety with a risky escape plan.
244. Toy Story 2
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lasseter
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, John Ratzenberger
Plot: The toys are back this time Woody is stolen by a toy collector in which eventually he must decide to either stay or leave the museum.
245. Moonrise Kingdom
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton
Plot: In the 1960s, on a small island off the coast of New England, two young lovers decide to flee together. When their disappearance is noted, various factions of the town ban together to find them and turn the place upside down... which may be just what is needed.
246. Frankenstein
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye
Plot: A scientist assembles a living being from corpse parts in which his experiment goes bad when the being escapes.
247. The Hustler
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Rossen
Actors: Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, Michael Constantine, Myron McCormick
Plot: A young pool player challenges a long-time champion in a high stakes game of pool.
248. Taken
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pierre Morel
Actors: Xander Berkeley, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser
Plot: An ex-CIA agent calls upon his skills when his estranged daughter is abducted by slave traders.
249. Magnolia
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Baker Hall, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly
Plot: A story of several characters that are related in some way as they search for forgiveness and happiness.
250. Sin City
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis, Nick Stahl
Plot: Four stories that interweave between each other told through the voices of characters involved. It is a tale of crime, corruption and what its like to live in the darkest city, where good things seldom happen.
