191. Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The ( Toki o kakeru shôjo )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Riisa Naka, Emily Hirst, Takuya Ishida, Andrew Francis, Mitsutaka Itakura, Alex Zahara
Plot: A young girl finds she has the ability to go back in time and at first uses this ability to her advantage. But as she soon finds out, altering fate has its own consequences and as she realizes this ability is only temporary she races to fix everything she has altered.
192. Raise the Red Lantern ( Da hong deng long gao gao gua )
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong
Plot: 1920s China - the young Songlian if forced into marriage with the powerful lord Chen Zuoqian following her father's death. He already has three wives, and the women are constantly scheming to be the chosen one he spends the night with - signified by a red lantern - as the incentives - status, power, privilege - cannot be ignored. But his power struggle will soon get out of hand.
193. Training Day
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry
Plot: A seasoned veteran takes a rookie cop on patrol in L.A. and shows him the dark side of authority.
194. Rebel Without a Cause
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, Rochelle Hudson
Plot: A teenager who leaves his old home town to start a new continues to rebel against the rules and conformities while falling in love with someone unlike him.
195. Stalag 17
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: William Holden, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Don Taylor
Plot: At a POW camp during WWII a possible German spy may have been uncovered, but who is it?
196. Amores Perros ( Love's a Bitch )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emilio Echevarr, Gael García Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Rodrigo Murray, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Plot: A severe car crash involves three different stories as they cope with life through changes, a different kind of love, and many regrets.
197. 1917
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Colin Firth, George MacKay
Plot: Two young, British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given and important, and seemingly impossible task - deliver a message deep in the heart of enemy territory in order to stop their own men, including Blake's brother, from walking into a deadly trap.
198. The Banshees of Inisherin
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin McDonagh
Actors: Barry Keoghan, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Pat Shortt, Gary Lydon
Plot: Two life-long friends come to an end when one abruptly breaks off their relationship - a change that brings dire consequences for both of them.
199. The Truman Show
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Natascha McElhone, Brian Delate, Noah Emmerich
Plot: An insurance salesman discovers that his entire life has been a television show.
200. The Holdovers
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Tate Donovan, Carrie Preston, Michael Provost
