161. Bill Cosby: Himself
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bill Cosby
Actors: Bill Cosby
Plot: Concert film of Bill Cosby talking about his everyday life - from weekends, dentist trips and raising his children - giving his own take on these normal routines.
162. Runaway Train
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Actors: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan, Kenneth McMillan
Plot: Two escaped convicts inadvertently jump aboard a freight train that they discover is barreling out of control, without an engineer.
163. Down by Law
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin, Billie Neal
Plot: Three men in a Louisiana prison: DJ Zack, the pimp Jack and eccentric Italian Roberto, hatch an escape plan.
164. The Dark Crystal
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jim Henson
Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Brian Muehl
Plot: The balance of good and evil is in the hands of a small creature, a Galfling named Jen. He must listen to the wise Mystics and travel to a dangerous land of the Skekses to heal the crystal before the great conjunction begins.
165. The Year My Voice Broke
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Duigan
Actors: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran, Malcolm Robertson
166. Dangerous Liaisons
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman
Plot: Set in 1760s France, a group of wealthy, bored aristocrats play a deadly game of seduction and betrayal.
167. The Fly
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Carlson, John Getz, Joy Boushel, George Chuvalo
Plot: A scientist who hates riding in cars develops a way to transport from one area to another with out traveling but his experiment goes wrong as he some how turns into a giant fly.
168. Barfly
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, Frank Stallone, J.C. Quinn
Plot: This movie is one of my all time favourites. You know the guy you see in the grubbiest bars, pubs, and dives? The one that reeks like booze, sweat and smoke? The one who always has a black eye or split lip from the scrap the night before? The guy, that for all these reasons are why you can't stop watching, laughing at, amazed by and can't get enough of? That is who this movie is about. You must see this movie and i guarantee that when it's done, you'll be disapointed that there isn't more.
169. Boy Meets Girl
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leos Carax
Actors: Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Carroll Brooks, Elie Poicard, Maïté Nahyr, Christian Cloarec
Plot: Two broken individuals find comfort in each other: an aspiring filmmaker who has just lost her lover and a suicidal woman who has just ended a failed romance herself. Directorial feature debut of Leon Carax.
170. Willow
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Warwick Davis, Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty
Plot: A dwarf goes on an adventure full of magic to save a baby princess from an evil witch.
