51. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, Jerry Stiller
Plot: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the
passengers.
52. Days of Heaven
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke, Sam Shepard, Jackie Shultis
Plot: After accidentally killing his foreman, a young man must flee Chicago with his young sister and his girlfriend. Going to Texas, the young lovers pretend to be siblings and secure employment as farmhands. But when the farmer takes an interest in the girlfriend, a triangle is formed that will lead to tragedy.
53. Nashville
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Shelley Duvall, Scott Glenn, Barbara Baxley, Keith Carradine
Plot: During a political convention a group of unrelated people learn secrets
and lies about what is really going on.
54. Harlan County U.S.A.
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Barbara Kopple
Actors: Billy G. Williams, Basil Collins, Lawrence Jones, W.A. 'Tony' Boyle, Ken Yablonski, Arnold Miller
Plot: About a coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973.
55. The Long Goodbye
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin
Plot: Detective Phillip Marlowe investigates the murder of a friend's wife.
56. High Plains Drifter
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch
Plot: Eastwood stars as the Fury of Vegence is this savage tale of blood and hypocracy. In a role similiar to his legendary Man With No Name in A Fistful of Dollars, Clint rides into a town terrorized by a band of ruthless gunmen who promise to wreck havac the moment they are released from prison. But this town harbors a flithy secret . . . and only blood will wash it clean. Eastwood's darkest role.
57. Mean Streets
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, David Proval, Harvey Keitel, David Carradine, Richard Romanus, Amy Robinson
Plot: A young crook uses his anger to survive in NYC stealing and busting jaws.
58. Five Easy Pieces
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Rafelson
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Toni Basil
Plot: A man who works for an oil-drilling company is constantly, irresponsibly on the move.
59. Cries and Whispers ( Viskningar och rop )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Anders Ek, Inga Gill
Plot: In turn-of-the-century Sweden, a dying woman's sisters visit her at her country home. However, the sisters are consumed by selfishness and fear, while the woman's maid does her best to comfort her in her final days.
60. Solyaris ( Solaris )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Jüri Järvet, Sos Sargsyan, Tamara Ogorodnikova, Yulian Semyonov, Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk
Plot: A planet appears to have been landed upon by the Solyaris space crew when Kelvin is sent to investigate the strange happenings.
