241. Near Dark
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Tim Thomerson, Jenette Goldstein
Plot: A small group of vampires turn a new man into one of them. But before they accept him into the group he must make his first kill. Can he go through with it?
242. Camille Claudel
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Katrine Boorman
Plot: The story of Camille Claudel,a young artist whose career and love affair
with Rodin brings her close to madness.
243. Chariots of Fire
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Ian Charleson, Daniel Gerroll, John Gielgud
Plot: During the 1924 Olympics a Jewish boy and a Christian boy compete heavily.
244. Fatal Attraction
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley
Plot: Despite having a beautiful wife and child, Douglas, a New York city lawyer puts his perfect life in jeopardy by having a one-night stand with a woman (Close) he just met.
245. Coming to America
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Landis
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Eriq La Salle
Plot: A prince from the African kingdom of Zamunda comes to Queens, New York to find a suitable bride that he can respect.
246. Lion of the Desert
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone
Plot: General Rodolfo Graziani is assigned directly by Benito Mussolini to
subdue the Arabs in Libya. But early victory is out of his hands as Omar
Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins win battle after battle. But the cruel
Graziani sets upon a plan to target the civilian population: the aged, the
women and the children in order to get Mukhtar to surrender.
247. Street of Crocodiles
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Actors: Feliks Stawinski
Plot: An array of disturbing dolls interacting, destroying, and creating serve as a metaphor for corruption and loss of inspiration in modern times
248. Friday the 13th
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Actors: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Jeannine Taylor
Plot: When a young boy drowns in a lake due to his camp counselors not supervising him, revenge is taken. The question is, who is taking the revenge?
249. The World According to Garp
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Roy Hill
Actors: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy
250. Pit, The ( Teddy )
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lew Lehman
Actors: Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits, Laura Hollingsworth, John Auten, Laura Press
Plot: A sexually precocious 12 year old boy takes revenge on the people who make his life miserable by feeding them to his imaginary friends, meat eating creatures he calls "Tra-la-logs". Along the way he partakes in some extremely questionable behavior involving the ladies in his life. The blatant perversity makes this a particularly tasty and delicious gem of a movie.
