171. Band of Outsiders ( Bande à part )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Anna Karina, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn, Chantal Darget, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur
Plot: A trio of young miscreants (two male, one female) plan to rob the girl's
caretaker while the boys vie for her affection. Will their plan be
successful?
172. Divorce - Italian Style ( Divorzio all'italiana )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Pietro Germi
Actors: Daniela Rocca, Marcello Mastroianni, Angela Cardile, Ugo Torrente, Leopoldo Trieste, Stefania Sandrelli
Plot: A middle-aged nobleman, in love with his beautiful young cousin, plots
various ways to kill his nagging, unattractive wife as a means out of the
marriage in 1960s Sicily, where divorce is illegal.
173. Cat Ballou
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Actors: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat 'King' Cole, Stubby Kaye
Plot: Having just returned home from college Cat Ballou finds her father at odds with the towns people. She hires an alcoholic gunfighter to help. But when events take a turn for the worst she turns to a life of crime.
Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye appear as a kind of narrators for the film.
174. Big Red
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Tokar
Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand, Georges Bouvier, Doris Lussier
175. Shoot the Piano Player ( Tirez sur le pianiste )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard
Plot: A nightclub pianist is drawn into the sights of gangsters when he helps
out a friend and small time hood, leading to tragic consequences.
176. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors ( Tini zabutykh predkiv )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Actors: Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva, Spartak Bagashvili, Nikolai Grinko, Leonid Yengibarov
Plot: Taking place in a Carpathian village, the film follows Ivan as he finds
love and tragedy - while the lively village changes with the seasons,
holidays and events around them.
177. Hell in the Pacific
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Lee Marvin, Toshirô Mifune
Plot: A Japanese fighter pilot and an American fighter pilot wash up on a small pacific island and are forced to work together to survive.
178. The Sundowners
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Chips Rafferty
Plot: A study of the Carmody family, Paddy, Ida and their son Sean, as the roam the Australian Outback as sheep drovers. While Ida and Sean would rather settle on a farm - Paddy is happy being constantly on the move. The final decisions will revolve around many different situations including a sheep-shearing contest, a birth, gambling and a horse race.
179. Thunderball
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Guy Doleman, Adolfo Celi
Plot: An evil organization named SPECTRE plans on bribing NATO in exchange for
bombs to use for destroying parts of the US and UK. James Bond tries to
stop Emilio Largo (SPECTRE No. 2) in destroying Miami Beach. A mysterious
mistress assists Largo... or maybe even James Bond.
180. Faces
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Cassavetes
Actors: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery
Plot: This film details the disintegration of a California couples 14-year
marriage. Gena Rowland and John Marley make it worth watching.
