521. Rio Bravo
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Dean Martin, John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ricky Nelson, Ward Bond
Plot: A group of unimpressive men take on a series of gunfighters to protect a small town.
522. Brazil
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond, Robert De Niro
Plot: A 1984-ish government encases Sam Lowry who dreams of falling in love with
a normal woman. He encounters many obstacles while trying to meet her and
do what is right and lawful.
523. Ugetsu Monogatari
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura, Mitsuko Mito
Plot: Long hailed as one of the great achievements in Japanese cinema, Kenji
Mizoguchi's film, set against the backdrop of the civil wars of 16th
Century Japan, follow two men looking for glory: one as a potter, the
other as a would-be samurai. Their ambition causes them to abandon their
respective wives, leading to tragedy.
524. The Florida Project
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Baker
Actors: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Mela Murder, Christopher Rivera, Valeria Cotto
Plot: A precocious six-year-old and her ragtag group of friends spend their Florida days full of childhood wonder, adventure and endless possibility - meanwhile, the adults in their lives struggle to merely get by.
525. Road, The ( strada, La )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Livia Venturini
Plot: A free spirited girl is sold by her poor mother to a cruel traveling entertainer.
526. The Dirty Dozen
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassevetes, Telly Savalas
Plot: A U.S. Major with a history of insubordination is given charge of a dozen convicted murderers to train for a dangerous mission to go behind German lines to assassinate a slew of officers on the eve of D-Day.
527. Phantom Thread
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Vicky Krieps, Richard Graham, Pip Phillips
Plot: In the 1950s London fashion scene, a dress-maker finds himself designing for both high society and the royal family. Based on the true story of Reynolds Woodcock.
528. Wolf Children ( Okami kodomo no ame to yuki )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Kumiko Asô, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Megumi Hayashibara, Takuma Hiraoka, Amon Kabe, Tomie Kataoka
Plot: The story of student who fell in love with a young man who had a secret -
he was actually a wolf - and when fate suddenly takes him away, she is
forced to raise their children alone. Because of their unique nature, she
faces many trials, but the love is always there, even when the children
older and wandering farther away.
529. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley
Plot: Freddy Krueger begins to appear in the nightmares of a group of teens -
bladed glove and melted flesh - and if you die in your sleep, you die in
real life. Nancy Thompson learns their parents are hiding a terrible
secret and must uncover the truth before Freddy comes for them all.
530. (500) Days of Summer
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Webb
Actors: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sid Wilner, Chris Connell, Jennifer Hetrick, Patricia Belcher
Plot: Hopeless romantic Tom is thrown for a loop when his girlfriend Summer announces that love doesn't exist and dumps him. Going over the 500 days they shared together, Tom tries to figure out what went wrong and in doing so, rediscovers true passion.
