611. Les Misérables
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom Hooper
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen
Plot: Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel-turned-musical - paroled prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) seeks redemption and a new life, and so breaks his parole. Set Amidst the French Revolution, he is pursued by Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) and has the chance to change the fortunes in the life of Fantine (Anne Hathaway) and her daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried).
612. All About My Mother ( Todo sobre mi madre )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Rosa Maria Sardà
Plot: A boy's mother who is a former prostitute seeks redemption again, after a terrible accident.
613. Red Beard ( Akahige )
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Kyôko Kagawa
Plot: In 19th-century Japan, a young doctor reluctantly goes to work at a rural hospital. There, he first rebels against, then comes to respect and learn from, "Red Beard," the head doctor.
614. Midnight Express
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Paolo Bonacelli
Plot: Billy Hayes is a young American who is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. Although he is just a young man who made a dumb mistake, the Turkish government decides to make an example of him. He's given 30+ years in prison. The conditions are unbelievable. His lawyer and the American government are unable to help him.
615. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Paula Patton, Léa Seydoux
Plot: After a bomb decimates the Kremlin in Russia, Ethan Hunt and his team are shut down and declared enemies of the state. In order to clear their names, the unit must go rogue and discover the true motive behind the bombing.
616. The Ox-Bow Incident
Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, Harry Morgan
Plot: A pair of drifters passing through a Western town join a posse intent on tracking down the men responsible for the murder of a local farmer and subsequent cattle rustling. When they track down the men, they are ready to dispense justice on the spot.
617. Hate ( haine, La )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Actors: Vincent Cassel, Saïd Taghmaoui, Hubert Koundé, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, Solo, Héloïse Rauth
Plot: Follows the lives of three men in 24-hour span in the French suburban "ghetto": Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer - a night of riots leaves Vinz's friend, Abdel in the hospital following a beating by police officers. Vinz finds a gun and vows to kill a cop if Abdel dies from his injuries.
618. The Boondock Saints
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Troy Duffy
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Brian Mahoney, Billy Connolly
Plot: Two brothers fight the Russian mob in their neighborhood. They begin killing evil men in the name of truth (veritas) and justice (aequitas).
They are pursued by an FBI agent who sees what he has always secretly hoped would happen with criminals and deals with the fact that there is no public outcry for the killings to stop.
619. The Color Purple
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Desreta Jackson, Rae Dawn Chong, Willard E. Pugh
Plot: The story of a young black women's entire life - including hardships and the things that made her happy.
620. From Russia with Love
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lois Maxwell, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee
Plot: James Bond is after a Russian decoding machine known as Lektor and as he romances a Russian girl, he realizes that SPECTRE is setting him up in retaliation for eliminating Dr. No.
