301. 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.
302. 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.
303. 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.
304. 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.
305. 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.
306. 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.
307. 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.
308. Inside Job
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Charles Ferguson
Actors: Matt Damon, Daniel Alpert, Jonathan Alpert, John Campbell, Christine Lagarde, Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Plot: Documentary that examines the factors and fault that led to the recent financial meltdown.
309. The Wild Robot
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Sanders
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Nighy
310. Groundhog Day
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty
Plot: A bored weatherman is sent to cover the ground hog and his shadow on Groundhog Day, only to discover that the same day repeats itself, no matter what he does.
