411. Boyz n the Hood
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Singleton
Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett
Plot: In South Central Los Angeles three friends grow up in an inner-city
neighborhood characterized by drugs, violence and crime. Escape, adapt,
survive - there are no easy choices and every action has its consequence.
412. True Romance
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Tom Sizemore, Christopher Walken
Plot: A petty but intelligent thief marries a hooker in which they steal coke,
try to sell it, and run from the owners - that could end up in a show down
of thieves and mobsters.
413. Battle of Algiers,The ( Battaglia di Algeri, La )
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: War/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Actors: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Samia Kerbash, Fusia El Kader, Yacef Saadi, Ugo Paletti
Plot: An accurate account of the bloodiest revolutions known to man.
414. The Manchurian Candidate
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory
Plot: Former POW's recall the same events of a heroic moment, but have nightmares that the event occurred different than remembered.
415. Anatomy of a Murder
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, George C. Scott, Orson Bean, Eve Arden
Plot: During a murder trial, a man claims that he was insane while he watched his wife being raped and killed. Will the jury buy his story....
416. Salesman, The ( Forushande )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Actors: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, Mehdi Koushki
Plot: An Iranian couple are forced out of their crumbling apartment and must find new accommodations. Both are also rehearsing for an upcoming production of Death of a Salesman. Their new apartment, unknown to them, was the former home of a lady of the night - one with many clients. When the wife is alone and a client comes calling - it has a chilling affect on their lives and relationship.
417. Dawn of the Dead
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford, David Early
Plot: A group of four people barricade themselves in a mall to hoping to survive against the recently risen dead. A militant motorcylce gang threatens to ruin their plans.
418. Project Hail Mary
Year of Release: 2026
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Liz Kingsman, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung
Plot: When a new lifeform dubbed the astrophage is found consuming the sun's
energy - and most of the rest of similar stars in our galaxy - disgraced
scientist-turned teacher Ryland Grace is brought in to help figure out
how the organisms function. Project Hail Mary, led by Eva Stratt, has
one goal to save humanity - send a team to Tau Ceti, the only star not
effected by the astrophage, and hopefully find a solution before Earth
loses it sun. Waking up as the sole surviving crew member - and with
amnesia to boot, Grace finds a connection with a rock-like alien as they
learn to work together to save both their worlds.
419. Raise the Red Lantern ( Da hong deng long gao gao gua )
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong
Plot: 1920s China - the young Songlian if forced into marriage with the powerful
lord Chen Zuoqian following her father's death. He already has three
wives, and the women are constantly scheming to be the chosen one he
spends the night with - signified by a red lantern - as the incentives -
status, power, privilege - cannot be ignored. But his power struggle will
soon get out of hand.
420. My Fair Lady
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Gladys Cooper, Theodore Bikel, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Plot: A poor flower girl is taken in by a English language master to be taught how to sing and speak properly on based on a bet between himself and his friend putting the poor flower girl in the middle.
