501. Why Don't You Play in Hell? ( Jigoku de naze warui )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino, Tomochika
Plot: A renegade film crew, dubbed The F*%k Bombers, finally realizes their decades-long passion to make a film - as long as they don't mind being embroiled in Yakuza clan feud where several parties will surely wind up dead.
502. Kiki's Delivery Service ( Majo no takkyûbin )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Debbie Reynolds, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Tress MacNeille, Matthew Lawrence
Plot: A young witch sets off on her own for a year of training in a far-away city and finds adventure and challenges await.
503. Baraka
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Fricke
Actors: Patrick Disanto
Plot: Ron Fricke presents this silent documentary, a collection of expertly photographed scenes from tribal villages to strip mining operations, that carries an environmental theme throughout.
504. Breathless ( À Bout de souffle )
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Claude Mansard
Plot: Traditional cinematic form is cast aside to brilliant effect in his inaugural entry of the French New Wave, an homage to the gangster and crime films of 1930s/40s Hollywood.
505. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Rima Te Wiata, Rhys Darby, Oscar Kightley, Cohen Holloway
Plot: A rebellion boy and his foster uncle go missing in the New Zealand wilds, resulting in a national manhunt for the pair.
506. Baby Driver
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Lily James, Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx
Plot: A young getaway driver finds himself coerced into working with a crime boss. His first job may be his last, however, when the heist he gets involved with looks doomed to fail.
507. Pride
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Warchus
Actors: Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine
Plot: In the summer of 1984, the UK National Union of Mineworkers began a lengthy strike. During this trying period, they are given an unexpected boost from gay and lesbian activists as well.
508. The Little Mermaid
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett, Jason Marin
Plot: Ariel, the youngest daughter of King Triton, is a mermaid who dreams of
life outside the sea. The king forbids this, and she decides to strike a
bargain with the sea witch, Ursula, but the witch has an evil plan of her
own.
509. Threads
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove
Plot: A docu-drama about the effects of nuclear war and the subsequent fallout that takes place in the working-class town of Sheffield, England. Explores the build-up, immediate and long-term aftermath of the catastrophic event.
510. La La Land
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Damien Chazelle
Actors: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Sonoya Mizuno, Finn Wittrock, Rosemarie DeWitt
Plot: An aspiring actress who rubs elbows with big stars only by delivering their lattes and a jazz pianist barely making ends meet by playing dingy bars form a quick bond. Yet as each comes closer to realizing their dreams, it starts to tear apart their relationship.
