171. The Night of the Hunter
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Laughton
Actors: Robert Mitchum, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, Peter Graves
Plot: Two young children who are basically left alone meet a killer posing as a preacher who is after their stack of their father's cash.
172. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien, J. Farrell McDonald, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, Ralph Sipperly
Plot: A farmer falls in love with a city girl who tries to convince him to murder his wife and make it look like a suicide.
173. The Goonies
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey
Plot: A tight-knit neighborhood is threatened to be torn apart when their homes may be sold from underneath them. The neighborhood kids have one last adventure by trying to find a pirates treasure.
174. Shrek
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Jim Cummings
Plot: An ugly Ogre must bring the princess to scornful lord in order to save his swamp where he roams.
175. Catch Me if You Can
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams
Plot: An FBI agent meticulously tracks a young con artist who always seems to be one step ahead of him whether posing as an airline pilot, doctor, history professor or assistant attorney general.
176. The Third Man
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli, Ernst Deutsch
Plot: Supposedly, Harry Lime has died in a car accident. Previously he had invited one of his closest friends to join him. His friend now must find out if the story is true and the mystery behind it.
177. The Wolf of Wall Street
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Jon Bernthal, Kyle Chandler
Plot: A Wall Street stockbroker lives the high life with his likewise wealthy buddies - but the net is closing in around him. But even as the feds close in on one of the largest securities fraud cases in the corporate banking world, he refuses to cooperate in any way.
178. Ben-Hur
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Finlay Currie
Plot: A Prince is accused of a crime he didn't commit and is betrayed by the
ones he knows as he is sent into slavery. He rises through the ranks all
while plotting his revenge.
179. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell
Plot: A young man is appointed to the US Senate where he battles for what he knows is right, although it brings him down mentally.
180. Ratatouille
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole
Plot: Remy is a rat who wants to be a chef but no none believes a rat can be accepted in a kitchen.
