171. The Hateful Eight
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth
Plot: A blizzards strands together a group of bounty hunters and ne'er-do-wells in a Wyoming cabin. But the small group is about to face a trail of betrayal and deception - and survival is certainly not guaranteed.
172. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Barry Keoghan, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Colin Farrell, Raffey Cassidy, Bill Camp
Plot: A brilliant surgeon and his tranquil domestic life with his wife and two children is thrown in to upheaval with the arrival of a 16-year-old boy - leading the good doctor to make a sacrifice to save himself and his family.
173. Red Turtle, The ( tortue rouge, La )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
Plot: The life of a castaway is told in major life stages in this dialogue-free animated film.
174. Midnight in Paris
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Michael Sheen, Kathy Bates
Plot: A family travels to Paris for business where the relationship of a young couple comes into focus when they are forced to look into a life beyond their own.
175. First Reformed
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer, Van Hansis, Victoria Hill
Plot: Reverend Ernst Toller presides over a dwindling congregation in the historic First Reformed Church in upstate New York. As the church prepares for a 250th anniversary celebration, Toller, who struggles with depression and loneliness, finds his life slipping out of control when he tries to help a pregnant parishioner.
176. Mr. Turner
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Tom Wlaschiha, Timothy Spall, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Lesley Manville, Richard Bremmer, James Fleet
Plot: Explores the last half-century in the life of British artist J.M.W. Turner
- a brilliant, if somewhat eccentric, painter.
177. A Ghost Story
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lowery
Actors: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Kesha, Jonny Mars, Will Oldham, Kenneisha Thompson
Plot: Life, loss, love and legacy - a recently deceased man reappears as a white-sheeted ghost, hoping to comfort his bereft wife in their suburban home.
178. John Wick
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chad Stahelski
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, Ian McShane
Plot: John Wick wants nothing more than to put the past behind him. The sudden
death of his wife nearly shatters his new life but a final, parting gift
keeps him going. A chance encounter with an arrogant heir of a Russian mob
boss robs him of this gift - and his car. Realizing there is not escape
from the past, Wick puts his ex-assassin skills to full use - and revenge
is a dish best served stone cold and violent.
179. Wind River
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Actors: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Gil Birmingham, Kelsey Asbille, Jon Bernthal
Plot: When a murder occurs on a Native American Reservations, an FBI agent teams up with a local veteran game tracker in order to solve the crime.
180. Tickled
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve
Actors: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, David Starr, Hal Karp
