541. The Thin Blue Line
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall Touchton, Dale Holt
Plot: Using interviews and re-enactments, the film examines the 1976 murder of a Dallas policeman, and the wrongful conviction of one of the two men implicated in the killing.
542. Nights of Cabiria ( notti di Cabiria, Le )
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Giulietta Masina, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray, François Périer, Aldo Silvani, Ennio Girolami
Plot: A prostitute sets herself up in Rome looking for true love only to be disappointed.
543. Cinderella Man
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill
Plot: The Biography of James Braddock as he boxed his way through the depression
to face off against boxing champion Max Baer.
544. Captain Phillips
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Paul Greengrass
Actors: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Michael Chernus, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Chris Mulkey
Plot: Based on the true story of US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, led by Captain Richard Phillips which, in 2009, became the first American cargo ship in 200 years to be hijacked by pirates - in this case, Somali pirates.
545. They Shall Not Grow Old
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Jackson
Plot: A ground-breaking documentary that takes original footage from WWI, that has been colorized along with adding sound, allowing us to hear voices from the previously voiceless and giving audiences an unprecedented look of the trials, triumph and brutality of this war, and the people who experienced it first hand.
546. Wolfwalkers
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Actors: Sean Bean, Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tommy Tiernan
547. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Timothy Spall, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower
Plot: When a man comes home after fifteen years in prison to find his wife dead and his daughter in the hands of an evil judge, he vows to take vengeance on those that have wronged him.
548. Life Itself
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve James
Actors: Roger Ebert, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Ava DuVernay, Ramin Bahrani
Plot: A look at the life and cultural impact of Roger Ebert, one of the world's renowned film critics and social commentators - from his Pulitzer Prize film reviews, to his long career with Gene Siskel to his late-life battle with cancer - it a both a poignant and insightful look into Ebert's world.
549. X-Men
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Famke Janssen
Plot: The war between mutants and humans heats up. The fate of all humans rests in the hands of a one group who stands up for the rights of all.
550. Joker
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Phillips
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Bryan Callen, Shea Whigham, Frances Conroy
Plot: After his stand-up career goes nowhere, Arthur Fleck turns to crime in order to support his mother, a turn that leads him down a path of insanity, ultimately transforming into the supervillain known as The Joker.
