241. Shanghai Triad ( Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun, Baoying Jiang
242. Normal Life
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Scott Cummins
Plot: A contemporary "Bonnie & Clyde" about a woman living on the edge who marries a young cop and convinces him to join her on a bank robbery spree throughout Chicago.
243. The Boys of St. Vincent
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John N. Smith
Actors: Henry Czerny, Johnny Morina, Brian Dooley, Philip Dinn, Brian Dodd, Ashley Billard
Plot: A film about pedophilia in a Catholic boarding school.
244. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jim Mallon
Actors: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, John Brady
Plot: Mike Nelson and his two robot companions are stuck on a spaceship and forced to watch the worst B-movies by the evil Dr. Clayton Forrester. In order to combat his nefarious plan, they make fun of the movie (This Island Earth - 1954) the whole time.
245. Ronin Gai ( Rônin-gai )
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Actors: Yoshio Harada, Kanako Higuchi, Shintarô Katsu, Takui Aoki, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kunie Tanaka
246. Lost Highway
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Richard Pryor, Henry Rollins, Gary Busey
Plot: A man with Dissociative Fugue disorder is accused of murder. He wouldn't kill the one he loves, would he?
247. Natural Born Killers
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones
Plot: A serial killing pair who were victimized sexually as children fall in love, go on a rampage, and kill a lot of people as they run from police.
248. Supermarket Woman ( Sûpâ no onna )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Noborou Yano, Shirô Itô, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Naomasa Rokudaira
249. Pusher
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen, Peter Andersson
Plot: A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
250. Storm of the Century
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino, Casey Siemaszko, Jeffrey DeMunn, Spencer Breslin
