501. Knives Out
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Katherine Langford, Toni Collette, Michael Shannon
Plot: When the head of a family turn up dead, detective Benoit Blanc finds himself on the case - and in the middle of a feuding eccentric, combative family.
502. Kiki's Delivery Service ( Majo no takkyûbin )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Debbie Reynolds, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Tress MacNeille, Matthew Lawrence
Plot: A young witch sets off on her own for a year of training in a far-away city and finds adventure and challenges await.
503. Grizzly Man
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Timothy Treadwell, Franc G. Fallico, Amie Huguenard
Plot: Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers in the Alaskan wilderness in what he saw as a quest to understand and protect grizzly bears but he would find out his good intentions could not tame the wild animals.
504. Baraka
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Fricke
Actors: Patrick Disanto
Plot: Ron Fricke presents this silent documentary, a collection of expertly photographed scenes from tribal villages to strip mining operations, that carries an environmental theme throughout.
505. Breathless ( À Bout de souffle )
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Claude Mansard
Plot: Traditional cinematic form is cast aside to brilliant effect in his inaugural entry of the French New Wave, an homage to the gangster and crime films of 1930s/40s Hollywood.
506. Threads
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove
Plot: A docu-drama about the effects of nuclear war and the subsequent fallout that takes place in the working-class town of Sheffield, England. Explores the build-up, immediate and long-term aftermath of the catastrophic event.
507. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Plot: Thirty years after the events in "Return of the Jedi", the New Republic has been formed and now-General Leia leads an offshoot called The Resistance against the remnants of the Empire who have risen from the ashes to for The First Order. With Luke Skywalker missing following a betrayal leading to the destruction of his nascent Jedi Academy, The First Order, led by the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke and his apprentice Kylo Ren, will stop at nothing to destroy the last Jedi. Leia sends her best pilot, Poe Dameron on a mission for a crucial piece of information that may lead The Resistance to Luke before The First Order can find him...
508. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Julian Dennison, Rachel House, Rima Te Wiata, Rhys Darby, Oscar Kightley, Cohen Holloway
Plot: A rebellion boy and his foster uncle go missing in the New Zealand wilds, resulting in a national manhunt for the pair.
509. Pride
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Warchus
Actors: Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Joseph Gilgun, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine
Plot: In the summer of 1984, the UK National Union of Mineworkers began a lengthy strike. During this trying period, they are given an unexpected boost from gay and lesbian activists as well.
510. Mommy
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Xavier Dolan
Actors: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Alexandre Goyette, Patrick Huard
Plot: A single mom's drama about raising her son, who's behavior deteriorates into violence, due to a mild mental illness.
