751. Ray
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Harry J. Lennix, Terrence Howard, Kerry Washington, Larenz Tate
Plot: The biopic of Ray Charles, from childhood to success as a musician.
752. Paris, Texas
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Harry Dean Stanton, Aurore Clément, Dean Stockwell, Socorro Valdez, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson
Plot: A wondering man is discovered by his brother in the desert. The man has
lost his memory but quickly remembers his horrible past and begins to
interact with them.
753. Call Me by Your Name
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Actors: Amira Casar, Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
Plot: In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio Perlman lives a life of sophistication and comfort in Northern Italy. While an old soul in a young man's body, Elio is still innocent, especially when it comes to matters of love. A visiting college graduate student working with his father forms an immediate bond and it will awaken something in him.
754. Blow
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Demme
Actors: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Paul Reubens, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray Liotta
Plot: A small time guy becomes a big time drug dealer in California. Based on the true story of George Jung who brought cocaine to the forefront of Hollywood.
755. Glengarry Glen Ross
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Foley
Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey
Plot: Deals behind the scenes at a rather ruthless Chicago real estate office. Only closers are wanted here and Blake has the ultimate test - a sales contest where the winner gets a car, the runner-up some steak knives and third place - gets fired. The incentives are high - high enough to break the law in pursuit of perfection.
756. Philadelphia
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas, Bradley Whitford, Joanne Woodward
Plot: A man with AIDS seeks a lawyer to help him sue his old employer (who happens to be a lawyer) when he knows they fired him just because he has aids.
757. Mud
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Nichols
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Shannon, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Shepard, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon
Plot: A fugitive looking to reunite with the love of his life happens across two teenage boys and the three form a pact to help him evade his pursuers and complete his quest.
758. Carlito's Way
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Al Pacino, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Sean Penn, Luis Guzman, Ingrid Rogers
Plot: A gangster is released from prison as he pledges to stay out of trouble in New York City.
759. Tree of Wooden Clogs, The ( Albero degli zoccoli, L' )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Actors: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli
Plot: Ermanno Olmi's epic film charts the destinies of four families in an Italian peasant community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The title refers to the landlord's tree a peasant cuts down so his son can have shoes to go to school.
760. The Straight Story
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Joseph A. Carpenter, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert
Plot: An old man takes a trek across the country on a lawn mower to visit his dying brother.
