171. Barfly
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, Frank Stallone, J.C. Quinn
Plot: This movie is one of my all time favourites. You know the guy you see in the grubbiest bars, pubs, and dives? The one that reeks like booze, sweat and smoke? The one who always has a black eye or split lip from the scrap the night before? The guy, that for all these reasons are why you can't stop watching, laughing at, amazed by and can't get enough of? That is who this movie is about. You must see this movie and i guarantee that when it's done, you'll be disapointed that there isn't more.
172. Boy Meets Girl
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leos Carax
Actors: Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Carroll Brooks, Elie Poicard, Maïté Nahyr, Christian Cloarec
Plot: Two broken individuals find comfort in each other: an aspiring filmmaker who has just lost her lover and a suicidal woman who has just ended a failed romance herself. Directorial feature debut of Leon Carax.
173. Pretty in Pink
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Howard Deutch
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy
Plot: A working class high school girl gets romantically involved with a rich
boy. Meanwhile, another boy is crushing on her.
174. The Big Chill
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: A group of friends converge on a house after a friend's funeral. They're all missing something in their lives after splitting up...
175. Anne of Avonlea ( Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Sullivan
Actors: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse, Jonathan Crombie, Marilyn Lightstone
176. Tender Mercies
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard
Plot: A down-and-out alcoholic country-and-western singer finds solace and recovery in small-town Texas. The script is by playwright Horton Foote.
177. Hellraiser
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clive Barker
Actors: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley, Oliver Smith
Plot: A man gets more than he bargains for when he opens the door to hell. His ex-lover, now his brother's wife, has found a way to bring him back but his tormentors, the Cenobites, aren't going to let him go easily.
178. History of the World: Part I
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Gregory Hines, Cloris Leachman, Dom DeLuise
Plot: Take a farcical journey through history as the Stone Age, Roman Empire and French Revolution are all skewered by Mel Brooks.
179. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Plot: Monty Python explores the life cycle in a variety of places and times.
180. Pink Floyd: The Wall
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, David Bingham
Plot: The trippy adaptation based on the double-album The Wall by Pink Floyed - follows the story of Pink - a burnt out rocker who has built up his own personal wall of physical and social isolation - driving himself to drugs and madness. Only by breaking this wall down can he truly be free.
