691. 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.
692. Midnight in Paris
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Michael Sheen, Kathy Bates
Plot: A family travels to Paris for business where the relationship of a young couple comes into focus when they are forced to look into a life beyond their own.
693. First Reformed
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer, Van Hansis, Victoria Hill
Plot: Reverend Ernst Toller presides over a dwindling congregation in the historic First Reformed Church in upstate New York. As the church prepares for a 250th anniversary celebration, Toller, who struggles with depression and loneliness, finds his life slipping out of control when he tries to help a pregnant parishioner.
694. Blood Simple
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Coen
Actors: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams, Deborah Neumann
Plot: A wealthy bar owner in Texas suspect his wife of cheating on him. He hire an unscrupulous private investigator to confirm and kill his wife and lover. The hired man has his own plans and soon a simple murder-for-hire takes a complex turn.
695. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mark Herman
Actors: Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Asa Butterfield, David Hayman, Cara Horgan, David Thewlis
Plot: The young son of a Nazi death camp officer becomes friends with another young boy... who's a Jewish death camp prisoner.
696. 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.
697. Mr. Turner
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Tom Wlaschiha, Timothy Spall, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Lesley Manville, Richard Bremmer, James Fleet
Plot: Explores the last half-century in the life of British artist J.M.W. Turner
- a brilliant, if somewhat eccentric, painter.
698. Days of Heaven
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 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.
699. Kagemusha
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki, Daisuke Ryu
Plot: When a powerful warlord dies, it is up to a low-born thief, who looks exactly like the late lord, to take his place. With this power comes a great burden and the facade cannot hold up forever.
700. Hachi: A Dog's Tale ( Hachiko: A Dog's Story )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Sarah Roemer, Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Jason Alexander, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Erick Avari
Plot: A man finds a puppy at the train station. They get very attached to each other and the dog follows his owner everyday to the train station and waits for him when he gets back from work. Even after the owners death he meets up everyday for years.This is the real story of the most loyal and loving companion to ever exist.
