171. Oslo, August 31st ( Oslo, 31. august )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joachim Trier
Actors: Hans Olav Brenner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Renate Reinsve, Andreas Braaten, Emil Lund, Ingrid Olava
Plot: In which we follow a young man named Anders for one day: a recovering addict who decides to take leave of his treatment center in order to make it to a job interview and catch up with some old friends in Oslo.
172. Rush
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Olivia Wilde, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Natalie Dormer, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joséphine de La Baume
Plot: The story of Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda who, throughout the 1970s, shared
a rivalry with English playboy James Hunt. On and off the track, the two
shared a much different approach to racing and life but nothing topped the
1976 in which Lauda was involved in crash that nearly claimed his life,
but weeks later, challenged Hunt once again.
173. 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.
174. 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.
175. They Shall Not Grow Old
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Jackson
Plot: A ground-breaking documentary that takes original footage from WWI, that has been colorized along with adding sound, allowing us to hear voices from the previously voiceless and giving audiences an unprecedented look of the trials, triumph and brutality of this war, and the people who experienced it first hand.
176. 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.
177. 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.
178. Mudbound
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dee Rees
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, Jason Clarke, Kerry Cahill
179. Boyhood
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Tamara Jolaine, Nick Krause, Jordan Howard
Plot: Richard Linklater's films, 12 years in the making, follows the life of
Mason as he ages from 5 to 18.
180. 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.
