291. The Father
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Florian Zeller
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Evie Wray, Imogen Poots
292. End of Watch
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Ayer
Actors: Michael Peña, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, America Ferrera, David Harbour
Plot: Rookie cops Taylor and Zavala patrol some of the roughest streets in L.A. - using a variety of hand-held footage - from gang member's and police dash cams - the audience is given an intimate connection to the gritty drama.
293. Glengarry Glen Ross
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Foley
Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey
Plot: Deals behind the scenes at a rather ruthless Chicago real estate office. Only closers are wanted here and Blake has the ultimate test - a sales contest where the winner gets a car, the runner-up some steak knives and third place - gets fired. The incentives are high - high enough to break the law in pursuit of perfection.
294. dolce vita, La
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Alain Cuny, Walter Santesso, Yvonne Furneaux
Plot: A serious journalist finds himself seduced by the decadent lifestyle of the hedonistic jet-setters of Rome, and attempts to make sense of it all.
295. Whisper of the Heart ( Mimi wo sumaseba )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Yoshifumi Kondo
Actors: Youko Honna, Kazuo Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi
Plot: A young girl who reads a lot of fairy tales has a typical life, but something is missing. One day, on a whim, she follows a cat riding a train - this leads her to a chance meeting with a young boy who dreams of being a violin-maker and his grandfather's antique store where a statue of a cat gives her inspiration to follow her own dream: to write.
296. Ordinary People
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Redford
Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, Scott Doebler
Plot: A death to a family's oldest boy strains the hard nosed mother and easy going father while the younger song tries to take the blame as they battle life with out one of their family members.
297. Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The ( Scaphandre et le papillon, Le )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Julian Schnabel
Actors: Max von Sydow, Marie-Josée Croze, Mathieu Amalric, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Isaach De Bankolé, Emma de Caunes
Plot: The Biography an editor who is paralyzed in virtually 100% of the body.
298. Blue Velvet
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Brad Dourif, Laura Dern, Dean Stockwell
Plot: After finding a severed ear in a field, a young man unsatisfied with the police's work delves into a dark and sordid world.
299. Elizabeth
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant
Plot: The young monarch Elizabeth I rises to power and must contend with endless attempts to set her up with a suitor, a combative Catholic church and her burgeoning romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
300. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright, Christopher Plummer, Embeth Davidtz
Plot: David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's popular novel: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist teams up with a brilliant hacker and loner Lisbeth Salander in order to solve a 40-year-old mystery that has plagued the scion of a powerful family.
