241. Near Dark
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Tim Thomerson, Jenette Goldstein
Plot: A small group of vampires turn a new man into one of them. But before they accept him into the group he must make his first kill. Can he go through with it?
242. Romancing the Stone
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda
Plot: A romance writer receives a treasure map in the mail and is soon headed to Columbia to save her sister from kidnappers, dodge a corrupt cop and maybe fall in love with a rogue soldier-of-fortune.
243. Coming to America
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Landis
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Eriq La Salle
Plot: A prince from the African kingdom of Zamunda comes to Queens, New York to find a suitable bride that he can respect.
244. Camille Claudel
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Katrine Boorman
Plot: The story of Camille Claudel,a young artist whose career and love affair
with Rodin brings her close to madness.
245. Lion of the Desert
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone
Plot: General Rodolfo Graziani is assigned directly by Benito Mussolini to
subdue the Arabs in Libya. But early victory is out of his hands as Omar
Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins win battle after battle. But the cruel
Graziani sets upon a plan to target the civilian population: the aged, the
women and the children in order to get Mukhtar to surrender.
246. Fatal Attraction
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley
Plot: Despite having a beautiful wife and child, Douglas, a New York city lawyer puts his perfect life in jeopardy by having a one-night stand with a woman (Close) he just met.
247. The World According to Garp
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy
248. Nine to Five
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Colin Higgins
Actors: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, Sterling Hayden
Plot: Three women work for a pig of a boss and decide to stage a coup. They trap the boss and run the department on their own, greatly improving things, but the charade becomes harder and harder to keep up as things progress.
249. Out of Africa
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Malick Bowens, Michael Kitchen, Michael Gough
Plot: A big game hunter lures a Danish Plantation Owner in Kenya into his
passions for game and hunt while pulling her away from her husband.
250. Ladyhawke
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alfred Molina, Leo McKern, John Wood
Plot: Captain Navarre and Lady Isabeau have been on the run for more than two years. The evil Bishop of Aquila, consumed by jealousy and outraged by Lady Isabeau's refusal of his advances, orders the death of Navarre and curses the lovers. Navarre becomes a wolf by night, Lady Isabeau becomes a hawk by day. With the help of an unlikely ally, thief Philippe Gaston, they must confront the Bishop if there is any hope of breaking the curse. But will they reach the Bishop in time or will the curse become eternal?
