151. Playtime
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Yves Barsacq, Georges Montant, Billy Kearns, John Abbey, Rita Maiden
152. The Poseidon Adventure
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Fred Sadoff, Roddy McDowall, Ernest Borgnine
Plot: A sinking ship full of vacationers try to survive with no way out as they
crawl through an upside down ship.
153. Marriage of Maria Braun, The ( Ehe der Maria Braun, Die )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Klaus Löwitsch, Gisela Uhlen
154. Murder on the Orient Express
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Plot: Famed detective Hercule Poirot finds himself on the Orient Express when a
passenger requests his protection. Declining the offer, Poirot then finds
himself investigating a murder when the passenger is found dead the next
day. While the train is stopped due to snow, Poirot has a few hours to
figure out the passengers true identity, interview many passengers and
figure out why it all seems to lead back to a 5-year-old kidnapping case.
155. Rocky II
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton
Plot: Rocky takes another shot at Apollo Creed, who will win this time?
156. Death Wish
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin
Plot: While New York City architect Paul Kersey is away from home, drug addicts break into his house and brutally murder his wife and rape his daughter until she's comatose. Once wary of guns, Kersey takes matters into his own hands, seeking vigilante justice against not only the culprits, but other wrongdoers as well.
157. Bay of Blood ( Reazione a catena )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati, Chris Avram, Leopoldo Trieste
Plot: After en elderly heiress is killed off by her husband, who wants the fortune for himself, is sets off a chain reaction as other member's of the family work to whittle down the inheritance pool - by killing off one another. A hapless group of teens camping out in one of the abandoned buildings on the property are caught in the middle.
158. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter III, Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Jodie Foster
Plot: After the death of her husband, Alice and her 11-year-old son leave their Socorro, New Mexico home and plan to make it to Monterrey, California. Alice is a singer and, in order to fund the trip, plans to take odd jobs along the way - but she eventually finds herself as a waitress.
159. Fist of Fury aka Chinese Connection, The ( Jing wu men )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wei Lo
Actors: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien, Maria Yi, Robert Baker, Fu Ching Chen
Plot: Bruce Lee stars as a man sworn to do no harm. As he help his cousins in an ice factory, he discovers something that draws him to violence and his only choice is it act out against evil.
160. Ryan's Daughter
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Sarah Miles
Plot: WWI seems worlds away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula. A young, conflicted British officer finds himself in the pub - the only customer - while Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy tends bar. The two have a magnetic attraction - but one night a group of Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrives at the pub and everything will come crashing down.
