121. Brother's Keeper
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Actors: Connie Chung, John Teeple, Delbert Ward, Lyman Ward, Roscoe Ward
Plot: This documentary enters and explores a world so removed from the mainstream that it seems to be from another time, long ago. A reclusive pair of brothers' lives are changed when one is accused of murdering a third brother and attention is brought on them.
122. Close-Up ( Nema-ye Nazdik )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Actors: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah, Monoochehr Ahankhah, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
Plot: An Iranian man is confused for famous filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf and he decides to go through with the ruse, involving a well-to-do Tehran family. But when his deception is discovered, the family take the man to court.
123. The Sweet Hereafter
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Atom Egoyan
Actors: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson
Plot: Set in a small northern village, a story which focuses on how one community plunges into tragedy when its school bus crashes into a lake, claiming the lives of more than a dozen of the town's children.
124. Leaving Las Vegas
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Figgis
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Emily Procter
Plot: A man trying to drink his problems away winds up in Las Vegas where he meets a prostitute in a bar. The two broken souls move in together and try to find solace within each other.
125. Awakenings
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Penny Marshall
Actors: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller
Plot: There's a new doctor in the psychiatric hospital. And, he tries a new drug for his catatonic patients with miraculous effects.
126. Open Your Eyes ( Abre los ojos )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Actors: Penélope Cruz, Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Chete Lera, Jorge de Juan, Fele Martínez
Plot: A handsome man how has everything is injured in a car accident in which he turns crazy - little does he know he may eventually lead a life he didn't really lead.
127. Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
Plot: During a window washing job, Wallace finds himself falling for wool store owner Wendolene. But Gromit finds himself framed for sheep rustling and thrown in jail. Wallace, Wendolen (and the sheep) work together to get Gromit freed.
128. Thelma & Louise
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Christopher McDonald
Plot: Two women, having dead end careers, road trip to get away from it all when they encounter a rapist and do the worst deed possible.
129. Dead Man Walking
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Robbins
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston
Plot: A man is sentenced to death for murder. And, while on death row, he is counseled by a nun.
130. Speed
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon de Bont
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck
Plot: An L.A.P.D. swat team specialist must prevent a bus from going under 50 miles an hour or a bomb planted on board by a man bent on revenge will explode.
