181. Pink Floyd: The Wall
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, David Bingham
Plot: The trippy adaptation based on the double-album The Wall by Pink Floyed - follows the story of Pink - a burnt out rocker who has built up his own personal wall of physical and social isolation - driving himself to drugs and madness. Only by breaking this wall down can he truly be free.
182. Tender Mercies
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard
Plot: A down-and-out alcoholic country-and-western singer finds solace and recovery in small-town Texas. The script is by playwright Horton Foote.
183. Dead Ringers
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack
Plot: Twin gynecologists, Elliot and Beverly Mantl, can't help spiraling into madness and addiction when they meet a pill-popping actress who hopes to have children.
184. Zelig
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan, Marvin Chatinover, Stanley Swerdlow
185. Short Film About Love, A ( Krótki film o milosci )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barcis, Stanislaw Gawlik
Plot: A 19-year-old observes his 30-year-old neighbor through binoculars - watching a stream of men that go through the artist's life. He thinks she has everything but when the two finally meet - it turns out the share more in common he would have thought.
186. The Long Good Friday
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Mackenzie
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Bill Moody, Ruby Head, Pierce Brosnan, Roy Alon
Plot: Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places.
187. Steel Magnolias
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts
Plot: Southern woman share laughs, love, and the trials and tribulation of life.
188. They Live
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower, Peter Jason, Sy Richardson
Plot: An unemployed construction worker heads to L.A. for work. When he puts on a pair of innocuous sunglasses, he finds out the world is not what it seems.
189. Dirty Dancing
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Emile Ardolino
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Kelly Bishop
Plot: A family is on vacation at Kellerman's when baby meets Johnny the Dancing teacher who fall in love with each other.
190. Eight Men Out
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn
Plot: The story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and how they came to throw the World Series earning them the name the Black Sox.
