161. The Land Before Time
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Judith Barsi, Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Helen Shaver, Burke Byrnes, Will Ryan
Plot: Four young dinosaurs lose their parents and are forced to roam earth together as they struggle for survival.
162. The Great Mouse Detective
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson
Actors: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney
Plot: Basil of Baker Street is the rodent equal to Sherlock Holmes. When a toymaker is abducted, a young mouse turns to the great detective to find her missing father. As his investigation goes deeper, a simple kidnapping leads to plot against the Crown itself.
163. 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
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. 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.
166. 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.
167. Willow
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 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.
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. Big Trouble in Little China
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Chao Li Chi, Donald Li
Plot: When his best freind's finacee is kidnapped by an ancient sorcerer and a trio of demons in Chinatown, it's up to tough-talking truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) to save the day.
170. 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.
