171. 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.
172. Anne of Avonlea ( Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin Sullivan
Actors: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Frank Converse, Jonathan Crombie, Marilyn Lightstone
173. Pretty in Pink
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Howard Deutch
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy
Plot: A working class high school girl gets romantically involved with a rich
boy. Meanwhile, another boy is crushing on her.
174. Hellraiser
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clive Barker
Actors: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley, Oliver Smith
Plot: A man gets more than he bargains for when he opens the door to hell. His ex-lover, now his brother's wife, has found a way to bring him back but his tormentors, the Cenobites, aren't going to let him go easily.
175. Burden of Dreams
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Les Blank
Actors: Werner Herzog, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski, Jason Robards, Claudia Cardinale, Thomas Mauch
Plot: Documentary on the making of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo and the
many troubles (casting, weather, war and much more) that would have caused
a lesser man to give up the film.
176. History of the World: Part I
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Gregory Hines, Cloris Leachman, Dom DeLuise
Plot: Take a farcical journey through history as the Stone Age, Roman Empire and French Revolution are all skewered by Mel Brooks.
177. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Plot: Monty Python explores the life cycle in a variety of places and times.
178. The Big Chill
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: A group of friends converge on a house after a friend's funeral. They're all missing something in their lives after splitting up...
179. The Outsiders
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez
Plot: Young men in Tulsa, Oklahoma struggle with family and social conflicts while trying do discover their places in society.
180. 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.
