111. In Cold Blood
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Jeff Corey, Paul Stewart
Plot: Two poverty stricken men set a plan to murder a rich Kansas family to take their money and escape to Mexico as the law catches up with them. Based on a true story.
112. Seconds
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Richard Anderson, Murray Hamilton, Karl Swenson
Plot: A man receives a call from his friend, Charlie - who is supposedly dead - but who offers him a way out of his dreary life. A company will set him up with a new identity, a new life and even a new face - and when he accepts the offer, transforming into a free-spirited artist playboy - he finds his new life oddly unfulfilling.
113. Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, The ( Ningen no joken II )
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Minoru Chiaki, Keiji Sada, Izumi Hara, Ryohei Uchida
Plot: Continuing the story of Kaji - the soldier finds himself in a unit where the veterans berate him and mistreatment leads one man to suicide and another to defect. With cruelty the order of the day, it ends at the front where his unit is pitted against a Russian tank division - with no hope of winning.
114. The Lion in Winter
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Anthony Harvey
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Peter O'Toole, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, John Castle
Plot: After Henry II brings Eleanor of Aquitaine out of prison, Christmastide 1183, power grabs and treacherous plots are hatched amongst the couple and their three sons, but with little real intent to alter the status quo.
115. Bad Sleep Well, The ( Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takashi Shimura, Kô Nishimura
116. Hour of the Wolf ( Vargtimmen )
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg, Erland Josephson, Naima Wifstrand
Plot: Ingmar Bergman's sole foray into the horror genre, an artist, vacationing on a remote island with his pregnant wife, finds the nightmares of his repressed past coming back to him.
117. Jason and the Argonauts
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Michael Gwynn, Jack Gwillim
Plot: In order to claim the throne of Thessaly, Jason must bring back the legendary Golden Fleece. Knowing he will face many trials, he assembles a equally legendary crew, including Hercules, to help him. With the goddess Hera's protection, Jason sets sail on a grand adventure.
118. The Miracle Worker
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys
Plot: A bout with scarlet fever has rendered Helen Keller blind, deaf and mute.
When her parents can no longer cope with the feral girl's tantrums, they
call in inexperienced but innovative teacher Annie Sullivan. Though Helen
perceives sign language as a finger game, Annie's unflagging tutelage
ultimately awakens in her charge the concept of words.
119. Ballad of a Soldier ( Ballada o soldate )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Grigori Chukhrai
Actors: Vladimir Ivashov, Yevgeni Urbansky, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Elza Lezhdey
Plot: When a Russian private is granted a medal for bravery during WWII, he request that instead of the medal, he be given four-days leave to visit his mother. During these four days we witness the world through the man's eyes, from helping fellow soldiers to falling in love.
120. Samurai Rebellion ( Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Takeshi Katô, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata
