321. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Jason Boyd, Richard Macklin, Brendan Gleeson
Plot: In his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is under pressure as the Ministry of Magic refuses to acknowledge the return of the evil Lord Voldemort branding him a liar. Meanwhile a delightfully evil new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is appointed by the Ministry and she turns Hogwarts into her own military state.
322. Top Gun: Maverick
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, Monica Barbaro
Plot: After 30 years in service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell finds himself still where he wants to be: a test pilot still pushing the limits, even as a new crop of hot-shots make their mark, while avoiding the advancements that would ultimately ground him.
323. District 9
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Actors: William Allen Young, Robert Hobbs, Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley, Kenneth Nkosi, Vanessa Haywood
Plot: A refugee camp in Africa is home to extraterrestrials living in slum-like conditions that only want be treated with respect and get back to their home.
324. All the President's Men
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Ned Beatty, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook
Plot: A leaked report to Washington Post reporters causes Bernstein and Woodward
to investigate further into the Watergate Scandal to force Nixon to
resign.
325. Witness for the Prosecution
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell
Plot: A man on trial for murder goes through a rigorous plot twisting court trial; based on an Agatha Christie story.
326. Spartacus
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Nina Foch, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin
Plot: A slave by the name of Spartacus is trained like a gladiator only to escape to lead a revolt against the Romans.
327. Anomalisa
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan
Plot: A depressed customer service rep faces the mundanity of his life and one day finds someone he can finally connect with.
328. Harold and Maude
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Ellen Geer, Tom Skerritt
Plot: A dying old woman obsessed with living and a living young boy obsessed with dying meet to form a bond that can't be broken.
329. Glory
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Andre Braugher, John Finn
Plot: The first all black volunteer army is confronted by hatred, racism and fear from both the Union and the Confederates. A white man is in charge of controlling the company.
330. The Heiress
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Montgomery Clift, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Betty Linley
Plot: In this adaptation of Henry James' Washington Square, mousy heiress
Catherine, beaten down by her domineering father, falls in love with a
handsome young stranger. But her father fears the young man may be a
fortune hunter, and attempts to thwart their romance. The experience that
follows produces a side of Catherine no one imagined.
