271. Toy Story 2
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lasseter
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, John Ratzenberger
Plot: The toys are back this time Woody is stolen by a toy collector in which eventually he must decide to either stay or leave the museum.
272. Almost Famous
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel
Plot: A 15-Year old is given the chance of the lifetime when Rolling Stone hires him to accompany an up-and-coming band, Stillwater, on their tour. What follows is a lesson on life, love and rock n roll.
273. Frankenstein
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye
Plot: A scientist assembles a living being from corpse parts in which his experiment goes bad when the being escapes.
274. X-Men: First Class
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, January Jones
Plot: Explores the early relationship of Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr when they were friends, long before they took the names Professor X and Magneto, and the rift that forms between turning them to arch-enemies.
275. Fistful of Dollars, A ( Per un pugno di dollari )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Leone
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Antonio Prieto, Benito Stefanelli, Gian Maria Volontè, Wolfgang Lukschy
Plot: A man with no name finds himself in a town with two rival gangs. He plots to put them up against themselves for reasons other than games. When he himself is put in the middle he must chose which one he is for and which one he is against...or does?
276. Taken
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pierre Morel
Actors: Xander Berkeley, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser
Plot: An ex-CIA agent calls upon his skills when his estranged daughter is abducted by slave traders.
277. A Christmas Story
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Scott Schwartz, Zack Ward, Jean Shepherd
Plot: A young boy is insistent on getting Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas while he puts up with his family during the holidays in the 1940's.
278. Sin City
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis, Nick Stahl
Plot: Four stories that interweave between each other told through the voices of characters involved. It is a tale of crime, corruption and what its like to live in the darkest city, where good things seldom happen.
279. High Noon
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr.
Plot: A sheriff finds that he is stuck in a town where his own people do not want to help him because of the dangerous enemy.
280. The Martian
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis
Plot: On a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is separated from his party following a fierce storm and left behind after being presumed dead. But he has survived and with few supplies, he will have to rely on his own ingenuity to survive and figure out a way to Earth that he is still alive.
