301. Life of Pi
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur
Plot: A son of a zookeeper survives a shipwreck by stowing away in a lifeboat with a zebra, orangutan, hyena and Bengal tiger.
302. Wild Strawberries ( Smultronstället )
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Victor Sjostrom, Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson, Jullan Kindahl, Bjorn Bjelfvenstam
Plot: Professor of medicine Isak Borg travels to Lund University in order to receive his anniversary title. Along the road he meets strangers and relatives, and in his dreams he is confronted with his own past as well as fear of insufficiency.
303. True Grit
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Rae
Plot: The Coen Brothers' take on the classic western: A grizzled U.S. Marshal and stubborn young woman join forces to track down the men who murdered her father.
304. Harakiri ( Seppuku )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba, Masao Mishima, Ichirô Nakatani
Plot: 17th-century Japan has entered a peaceful period - but it has also put thousands of Samurai out of work and into poverty. An elderly Samurai, looking to die an honorable death, approaches the home of a feudal lord to commit the ritual suicide hara-kiri. But when he hears the tale of his son-in-law - forced to commit the act in a barbaric fashion using a dull bamboo blade - instead of death, he seeks revenge.
305. Roots
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman
Actors: LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, Vic Morrow, Edward Asner, Lloyd Bridges, Olivia Cole
Plot: An African-American man tells the story of his ancestors, as told to him by his family, going all the way back to Africa.
306. Arrival
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O'Brien, Tzi Ma
Plot: A series of alien spacecraft land around the world. With humanity on edge, an elite team, led by linguists expert Louise Banks, are sent to investigate and decide whether these beings come in peace or the opposite. Time is not on their side, however, and Banks must take a chance that could threaten her own life - and possibly all mankind.
307. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Nick Moran, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Rowe
Plot: A group of working class men put their money together for high rolling card game, but when they loose it all, they only have one week to pay it back or else.
308. Aguirre, Wrath of God ( Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Cecilia Rivera, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Peter Berling
Plot: An adventure set in the 1500's, Spanish soldiers begin to loose touch with
themselves as greed takes over their search for riches.
309. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Actors: Emma Stone, Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Andrea Riseborough
Plot: He once played an iconic superhero - but that was then, and this is now.
With a huge ego and family trouble - a washed-up actor will attempt to put
his troubles behind him at he mounts a comeback on Broadway.
310. In the Mood for Love ( Fa yeung nin wa )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Romance/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Zhi-gong Chen, Ping Lam Siu, Man-Lei Chan
Plot: In Hong Kong, two neighbors find themselves with a mutual when when each
suspects their significant other of conducting an extramarital affair.
