531. Ponyo on the Cliff ( Gake no ue no Ponyo )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Frankie Jonas, Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon
Plot: Hayao Miyazaki brings to life the story of Sosuke, a 5-year-old boy and
Ponyo, a goldfish princess who wishes to become human.
532. Rio Bravo
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Dean Martin, John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ricky Nelson, Ward Bond
Plot: A group of unimpressive men take on a series of gunfighters to protect a small town.
533. The Florida Project
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Baker
Actors: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Mela Murder, Christopher Rivera, Valeria Cotto
Plot: A precocious six-year-old and her ragtag group of friends spend their Florida days full of childhood wonder, adventure and endless possibility - meanwhile, the adults in their lives struggle to merely get by.
534. Brazil
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond, Robert De Niro
Plot: A 1984-ish government encases Sam Lowry who dreams of falling in love with
a normal woman. He encounters many obstacles while trying to meet her and
do what is right and lawful.
535. Wolf Children ( Okami kodomo no ame to yuki )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Kumiko Asô, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Megumi Hayashibara, Takuma Hiraoka, Amon Kabe, Tomie Kataoka
Plot: The story of student who fell in love with a young man who had a secret -
he was actually a wolf - and when fate suddenly takes him away, she is
forced to raise their children alone. Because of their unique nature, she
faces many trials, but the love is always there, even when the children
older and wandering farther away.
536. The Best Years of Our Lives
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright
Plot: Three WWII veteran return home to the towns they came from in which they realized that everything has changed while they were fighting for their country.
537. Phantom Thread
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Vicky Krieps, Richard Graham, Pip Phillips
Plot: In the 1950s London fashion scene, a dress-maker finds himself designing for both high society and the royal family. Based on the true story of Reynolds Woodcock.
538. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley
Plot: Freddy Krueger begins to appear in the nightmares of a group of teens -
bladed glove and melted flesh - and if you die in your sleep, you die in
real life. Nancy Thompson learns their parents are hiding a terrible
secret and must uncover the truth before Freddy comes for them all.
539. Badlands
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Martin Sheen, Alan Vint, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Gary Littlejohn
Plot: Loosely based on the Starkweather serial killer, a young girl and her much
older boy friend kill several people including her family and run from the
law in South Dakota during the 1950's.
540. (500) Days of Summer
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Webb
Actors: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sid Wilner, Chris Connell, Jennifer Hetrick, Patricia Belcher
Plot: Hopeless romantic Tom is thrown for a loop when his girlfriend Summer announces that love doesn't exist and dumps him. Going over the 500 days they shared together, Tom tries to figure out what went wrong and in doing so, rediscovers true passion.
