211. Marathon Man
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver
Plot: A series of events leads a regular man to become embroiled in the
machinations of a Nazi war criminal and his plan to walk away with a
fortune in stolen diamonds.
212. Who Can Kill a Child? ( Quién puede matar a un niño? )
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Actors: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome, Miguel Narros, Luis Ciges, María Luisa Arias, Antonio Canal
213. Coming Home
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty
Plot: A woman left alone after her husband goes to Vietnam decides to volunteer at a local veteran's hospital. There she meets Luke, an old high school friend, who has been paralyzed from the waist down with an injury. But as she helps him heal, it opens the door for romance, forcing her to make a life-altering decision.
214. O Lucky Man!
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Graham Crowden
215. Logan's Run
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Ustinov, Roscoe Lee Browne
Plot: In 2274 residents live in an idyllic domed city. The only drawback is that
everyone lives to be only 30. At that time they either join the "Carousel"
to die and be reborn or take their chances and escape the city. Logan 5 is
one such citizen who decides to run.
216. Klute
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan, Rita Gam
217. Fantastic Planet ( planète sauvage, La )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Laloux
Actors: Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont
Plot: On the faraway world of Ygam, the minute human-like Om are pets and slaves to the blue giants known as Draag. But when the Om, Ter, finds a device that enhances intellect, he uses it to help his fellow Om and plan an uprising against their harsh masters.
218. Black Sunday
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Bekim Fehmiu, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats
Plot: A terrorist organization and a psychologically-scarred Vietnam vet plan a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl and an Israeli anti-terrorist agent works to thwart this plot.
219. The Ruling Class
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Medak
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Michael Bryant
Plot: Peter O'Toole gives a bravura performance in this off-kilter British film about the heir to a member of the House of Lords who, much to his relatives' dismay, believes he his Jesus Christ--that is, until he believes he is Jack the Ripper.
220. Gimme Shelter
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Actors: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, Meredith Hunter
Plot: Follows the Rolling Stones on their 1969 tour, mainly focusing on their
free concert at Altamont Speedway in California where the decision to use
Hell's Angels as security leads to tragic consequences.
