201. Mickey's Christmas Carol
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Burny Mattinson
Actors: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, Eddie Carroll, Patricia Parris
Plot: The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
202. Diner
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin
Plot: 1959 Baltimore is a time for girls and french fries. But as adulthood sets in the 5 boys start to understand what it means to grow up.
203. Escape from New York
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Isaac Hayes, Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot: Takes place in 1998 as New York is in rubbles. The President crashes into
the jailed city when a crook is sent in to rescue him because he is the
only one skilled enough to do complete the job.
204. Stop Making Sense
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, David Byrne, Steven Scales, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
205. Hachi-ko ( Hachikô monogatari )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seijirô Kôyama
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshinori Omi, Toshirô Yanagiba, Mako Ishino, Masumi Harukawa
Plot: A film starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino and Masumi Harukawa. It tells the real story of a loyal Akita Dog named Hachikō and his master Professor Ueno.
206. Police Story ( Ging chaat goo si )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor
Plot: Kevin Chan, a young, clean cop scores his first big takedown when he captures a drug lord. But the tables are turned when he is framed for the death of a fellow (dirty) cop and in order to continue his career he must clear his name.
207. Fitzcarraldo
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Peter Berling, Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez
Plot: Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald has a dream of building an opera house in the jungle. He must first raise the money via the rubber business and then move a massive river boat over a small mountain with help from the local tribes.
208. Lean on Me
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North, Lynne Thigpen, Michael Beach
209. Silverado
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Todd Allen
Plot: Four cowboys join forces to fight a corrupt sheriff and racer in the town
of Silverado
210. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Jaglom
Actors: Karen Black, Michael Emil, Michael Margotta, Frances Fisher, Martin Harvey Friedberg, Robert Hallak
