Angela 1978  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Sophia Loren, Steve Railsback, John Huston, John Vernon, Andree Cousineau, Luce Guilbeault, Jean Lapointe, Michelle Rossignol, Yvon Dufour
Many years following his kidnapping, a man has a relationship with an older woman–who turns out to be his birth mother.
|  | |
Arabesque 1966  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, George Coulouris, Duncan Lamont, Ernest Clark, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Harold Kasket, Gordon Griffin, Malya Nappi, Robert Rowland, Larry Taylor, Windsor Davies
An American, David Pollock (Gregory Peck), is a professor of languages at Oxford University who translates a message in hieroglyphics. When Middle Eastern leaders, spies, and oil sheiks try to obtain the contents of the secret message, Pollack partners with Yasmin Azir (Sophia Loren), but her motives are questionable as Pollack is propelled into the world of international espionage.
| | |
Attila 1954 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pietro Francisci
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Irene Papas, Scott Marlowe, Henri Vidal, Richard Bakalyan, Claude Laydu, Ettore Manni, Colette Regis, Georges Brehat, Christian Marquand, Marco Guglielmi, Dickie Jones, Eduardo Ciannelli
The King of the Huns is Attila (Anthony Quinn) who has spent his life raping, killing, and pillaging with his tribesmen in an attempt to take over the Roman Empire–"Today Rome, tomorrow the world!" Pope Leo wants to put an end to the massacres and seeks help from the empress-mother Honoria (Sophia Loren). But, will the Pope's prayers to God be enough to end the rampaging?
| | |
Between Strangers 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edoardo Ponti
Cast: Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Pete Postlethwaite, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Gerard Depardieu, Malcolm McDonald, Wendy Crewson, Andrew Tarbet, John Neville, Gerry Mendicino, Kathryn Winslow
The stories of three women, each trying to overcome past or current demons, are loosely intertwined through a shallow plot. Good cast, but not a great directorial debut for Sophia Loren's son Edoardo Ponti.
| | |
The Black Orchid 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, Jimmy Baird, Naomi Stevens, Whit Bissell, Ina Balin
The Black Orchid is Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren), a gangster's widow who strives for a chance for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn).
| | |
Boccaccio '70 1962 N/R, 205 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marisa Solinas, Germano Gilioli, Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Philippo, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Romolo Valli, Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani, Alfio Vita
Based on the style of Boccaccio's tales, four popular Italian directors present four tales celebrating womanhood–nudity and all. Some U.S. prints contain only three of the stories.
| | |
Boy on a Dolphin 1957 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Alex Minotis, Laurence Naismith, Jorge Mistral, Piero Giagnoni, Gertrude Flynn, George A. Cooper
In Sophia Loren's U.S. screen debut, she plays sponge diver Phaedra who, along with Dr. James Calder and Victor Parmalee (Alan Ladd and Clifton Webb), searches for a treasure at the bottom of the Aegean Sea.
| | |
A Breath of Scandal 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Sophia Loren, John Gavin, Maurice Chevalier, Isabel Jeans, Angela Lansbury, Carlo Hinterman, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso, Friedrich von Ledebur
An Austrian princess, Olympia (Sophia Loren), refuses to marry the Russian prince (Carlo Hinterman) her parents have chosen for her and, instead, wants to marry an American commoner (John Gavin).
| | |
The Cassandra Crossing 1977 R, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Martin Sheen, Ingrid Thulin, Lee Strasberg, John Phillip Law, O.J. Simpson, Lionel Stander
Set amidst the beautiful scenery of Italy and France, this disaster film is about a deadly virus that has created an epidemic among the train passengers. Conflicts occur between Dr. Chamberlain (Richard Harris) who tries to save his patients, and MacKenzie (Burt Lancaster) who wants to wreck the train to stop the virus' spread.
| | |
A Countess from Hong Kong 1967 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Charles Chaplin, Patrick Cargill, Margaret Rutherford
This is the last film that Charles Chaplin wrote, directed, and acted in. On an ocean liner, a diplomat (Marlon Brando) runs into a Russian stowaway (Sophia Loren) who pretends to be a member of royalty.
| | |
 Desire Under the Elms 1958 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton, Pernell Roberts, Anne Seymour, Rebecca Welles, Jean Willes
This story, based on Eugene O'Neill's 19th-century play, is about New England farm life. It stars Sophia Loren as Anna, the ill-fated third wife of Ephraim Cabot (Burl Ives), who drives a further wedge into the already dysfunctional Cabot family.
| | |
 El Cid 1961 N/R, 185 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, John Fraser, Genevieve Page, Gary Raymond, Herbert Lom, Massimo Serato, Douglas Wilmer, Frank Thring, Hurd Hatfield, Michael Hordern, Andrew Cruickshank, Ralph Truman, Tullio Carminati
This is the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero, El Cid (Charlton Heston), and his fight to force the Moors out of his homeland. El Cid is estranged from his wife Chimene (Sophia Loren) after he kills her father Count Gormaz (Andrew Cruickshank) in a duel, and she enters a convent. King Ferdinand (Ralph Truman) dies, and Spain is divided between the Moors and the Christians. King Alphonso (John Fraser) exiles El Cid, and, now, Chimene reconciles with him. El Cid becomes an honored warrior fighting to drive the Moors from Spain–which, ultimately, will be a fight to the death.
| | |
The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland
Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) rules the Roman Empire and tells his daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren) that he has chosen his adopted son Livius (Stephen Boyd) to inherit the throne instead of the legal heir Commodus (Christopher Plummer). After Marcus Aurelius is murdered, Commodus claims the throne. Lucilla wants Livius to claim the throne, but her pleas to him fall on deaf ears. Meanwhile, Commodus is wreaking havoc and murdering anyone who poses a threat to his rule. Now he sees Lucilla as a threat and orders her death. This time, Livius does come to her rescue, slays Commodus, and brings an end to his evil rule.
| | |
Firepower 1979 R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, Anthony Franciosa, George Grizzard, Vincent Gardenia, Fred Stuthman, Billy Barty, Dominic Chianese
As Adele Tasca (Sophia Loren) seeks revenge for her husband's murder, her search leads to the Caribbean where the villain, a tycoon, hides out. While the plot lacks insight, the scenery is gorgeous.
| | |
The Fortunate Pilgrim 1988 TV, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Cooper
Cast: Sophia Loren, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Anna Strasberg, Yorgo Voyagis, Mirjana Karanovic, Annabella Sciorra, Ron Marquette, Harold Pruett, Hal Holbrook, Phil Brown, Predrag Bjelac, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Roxann Dawson, Shane Rimmer
A strong-willed Italian, Lucia (Sophia Loren), emigrates to New York's lower East side in 1915 and faces more than her share of adversities while raising her family during the Depression.
| | |
 Grumpier Old Men 1995 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann - Margret, Sophia Loren, Burgess Meredith, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Kevin Pollak, Daryl Hannah, Max Wright, Katie Sagona, James Andelin, Marcus Klemp, Cheryl Hawker, Wayne A. Evenson, Allison Levine
In this sequel to "Grumpy Old Men," besides the original cast, Sophia Loren joins in the fray as Max Goldman's (Walter Matthau) new love interest Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti. When John and Max scheme to shut down the restaurant that has replaced their bait shop in Wabasha County, Minnesota, Max falls in love with Maria who runs the restaurant with her mother, Francesca (Ann Morgan Guilbert). Meanwhile, problems develop between Max's son Jacob (Kevin Pollak) and John's daughter Melanie (Daryl Hannah) when their fathers keep interfering with their wedding plans. Yes, the outtakes during the closing credits are also in this film.
| | |
Heller in Pink Tights 1960  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O'Brien, Steve Forrest, Eileen Heckart, Edmund Lowe, Ramon Novarro, George Mathews, Frank Silvera, Ed Binns
This film, based on a Louis L'Amour story, is about a traveling troupe who entertained in Wyoming more than a century ago.
| | |
Houseboat 1958 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Eduardo Ciannelli, Murray Hamilton, Mimi Gibson, John Litel, Mary Forbes, Madge Kennedy, Charles Herbert, Werner Klemperer, Paul Petersen, Brooks Benedict, Susan Cabot
After Tom Winston's (Cary Grant) estranged wife is killed in an accident, Tom reunites with his children–Elizabeth (Mimi Gibson), David (Paul Petersen), and Robert (Charles Herbert). But, the children are not happy to be living with Tom in his small Washington, D.C. apartment. Tom prepares to move to a large house, but plans fall through, and they move onto a rundown houseboat on the Potomac River. Cinzia (Sophia Loren) signs on as the children's governess, and she helps Tom understand the meaning of love when romance blooms between Tom and Cinzia, and the children will now enjoy a happy family life.
| | |
It Started in Naples 1960 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Marietto, Paolo Carlini, Claudio Ermelli, Giovanni Filidoro
Michael Hamilton (Clark Gable) travels to Naples to bring home his orphaned nephew. Once there, he meets the boy's sexy aunt, Lucia (Sophia Loren), and falls in love.
| | |
The Key 1958 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Oskar Homolka, Kieron Moore, Bernard Lee, Noel Purcell, Bryan Forbes, James Hayter, John Crawford
In this, Sophia Loren's first British film, she plays "Stella," a kept woman, whose key is passed from one naval officer to the next one who arrives in port during World War II.
| | |
Lady L 1965 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Paul Newman, Sophia Loren, David Niven, Claude Dauphin, Cecil Parker, Marcel Dalio, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli, Peter Ustinov, Daniel Emilfork
This film doesn't take advantage of the talent, but it does have some good moments. Lady L (Sophia Loren) tells her story to her biographer.
| | |
Legend of the Lost 1957 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar, Sonia Moser, Angela Portaluri, Ibrahim El Hadish, Marsha Hunt
Soldier of fortune Joe January (John Wayne) leads Bonnard (Rossano Brazzi) and prostitute Dita (Sophia Loren) on a journey across the Sahara Desert in search of a treasure in jewels that was left hidden in the sand by Bonnard's religious father. They reach their destination and find the skeletal remains of Bonnard's father. After learning that his father wasn't the good man Bonnard believed him to be, Bonnard takes off with the jewels and abandons Joe and Dita. But, they survive and even fall in love, which is a much better ending to the journey than what Bonnard will be experiencing.
| | |
 Man of La Mancha 1972   PG, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Brian Blessed, Ian Richardson, Gino Conforti, Marne Maitland, Rosalie Crutchley
This musical version of Don Quixote is one Broadway success that fails miserably in its transition to the screen. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | Anonymous 01/09/2007 | | Simple and lovely point of view about one of the most complex novels of all times. |
|
| | |
Marriage Italian Style 1964 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Marilu Tolo, Gianni Ridolfi, Generoso Cortini, Pia Lindstrom, Alfio Vita, Vito Moricone
Neopolitan businessman Domenico Soriano's (Marcello Mastroianni) long-time mistress, Filumena (Sophia Loren), tricks him into marriage by pretending to be on her deathbed. Great chemistry between Mastroianni and Loren. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress and Foreign Language Film.
| | |
The Millionairess 1960 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond, Alfie Bass, Miriam Karlin, Noel Purcell, Graham Stark
This film, based on George Bernard Shaw's play, is about the dilemma of wealthy Epifania (Sophia Loren) who meets Doctor Kabir (Peter Sellers), a man whose love she cannot buy.
| | |
Operation Crossbow 1965 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Code Name: Operation Crossbow
The Great Spy Mission
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp, Anthony Quayle, Lilli Palmer, Paul Henreid, Helmut Dantine, Richard Todd
British commandos set out on a mission to destroy Nazi missiles during World War II.
| | |
Pret-a-Porter 1994  R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Ready to Wear
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Kim Basinger, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Sally Kellerman, Linda Hunt, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Rea, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Danny Aiello
The week-long unveiling of Paris designs is an "event" captured by this film. If you like fashion excess and shallow (but good-looking) people hopping into bed, this is the film for you. Actually, when subplots are deleted, this film is, in itself, one big satire on the fashion industry.
| | |
 The Pride and the Passion 1957 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, Jay Novello, John Wengraf, Jose Nieto, Philip Van Zandt, Carlos Larranaga, Paco El Laberinto
During Napoleon's takeover in Europe in the early 1800s, British Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant) joins up with a band of Spanish guerillas to fight against French forces. A particular target is an enormous cannon.
| | |
A Special Day 1977 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ettore Scola
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Francoise Berd, Nicole Magny, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Paolantonio, Antonio Garibaldi, Vittorio Guerrieri, Alessandra Mussolini
This film was nominated for Best Foreign Film, and Marcello Mastroianni was nominated as Best Actor for his role of Gabriele, a depressed homosexual. Gabriele meets an oppressed housewife (Sophia Loren) and, for a few hours, finds human companionship and love.
| | |
Sunflower 1970 G, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Galina Andreyeva, Anna Carena, Germano Longo, Nadya Serednichenko, Glauco Onorato, Silvano Tranquilli, Marisa Traversi, Gunars Cilinskis, Carlo Ponti Jr., Pippo Starnazza
Just days before the beginning of World War II, Giovanna (Sophia Loren) and Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) marry in Italy. When Italy enters the war, Antonio is sent to the Russian front where, after the pressures of war, he meets and marries a Russian, Mascia (Lyudmila Savelyev). Years pass, the war ends, and Giovanna tries to find Antonio by going to Russia and searching through records to find what became of him. She does find him with Mascia and then leaves to begin a new life back in Italy where she marries Ettore (Germano Longo), and they have a son. More time passes, and then Antonio appears in Italy to discuss reconciliation with Giovanna. But they both realize that they must live separate lives, and Antonio leaves for Russia with no plans to return.
| | |
That Kind of Woman 1959 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sophia Loren, Tab Hunter, George Sanders, Jack Warden, Barbara Nichols, Keenan Wynn, Beatrice Arthur, Peter R.J. Deyell, Stephen Bolster
Kay (Sophia Loren) is the mistress of a millionaire (George Sanders). On a train trip, she meets a soldier (Tab Hunter) and they hit it off. However, it ultimately becomes a decision between love and wealth for Kay. Remake of "Shopworn Angel."
| | |
Two Nights with Cleopatra 1953 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi, Paul Muller, Ettore Manni, Nando Bruno, Alberto Talegalli, Gianni Cavalieri, Ugo D'Alessio, Rolf Tasna, Carlo Dale, Riccardo Garrone, Ughetto Bertucci
One of Queen Cleopatra's (Sophia Loren) games is to make love to a guard and then have the guard executed. But now she has a problem: she wants to be with her true lover, Marc Antony (Ettore Manni), before he heads to war, but there is also a new guard to "take care of." Her solution is to have a slave girl (also played by Loren) pretend to be the Queen. A silly, sex farce.
| | |
Two Women 1960  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Raf Vallone, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Renato Salvatori, Pupella Maggio, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi, Emma Baron, Bruna Cealti, Antonella Della Porta, Franco Balducci, Luciano Pigozzi
While traveling by train and on foot, widow Cisira (Sophia Loren) tries to protect her 12-year-old daughter Rosetta as they make a daring escape from Rome during World War II. But after they are raped in a church by Allied Moroccan soldiers, Rosetta is traumatized, Cisira suffers a breakdown, and their lives are changed forever. Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film.
| | |
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Guiffre, Agostino Salvietti, Tina Pica, Gianni Ridolfi, Armando Trovajoli, Lino Mattera, Tecla Scarano, Silvia Monelli, Carlo Croccolo, Pasquale Cennamo, Tonino Cianci, Gennaro Di Gregorio
Sophia Loren plays the lead in three separate stories in this movie that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. In "Adelina," Loren plays a pregnant woman who is caught selling contraband cigarettes. Her husband (Marcello Mastroianni) finds a legal loophole that will spare her until six months after her baby is born–and they plot to produce one baby after another. The story "Anna" involves lonely Anna (Loren) who finds excitement in her extra-marital affair with her lover (Mastroianni)–until he wrecks her car. Finally, in "Mara," Loren plays prostitute Mara who attracts Umberto (Gianni Ridolfi), a young man studying to be a priest. When she tries to get Umberto back on track to study for the priesthood, she takes a vow of chastity that drives her best client (Mastroianni) crazy with desire for her.
| | |
| 1. Angela (1978)
2. Arabesque (1966)
3. Attila (1954)
4. Aurora (1984)
5. Between Strangers (2002)
6. The Black Orchid (1958)
7. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
8. Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
9. A Breath of Scandal (1960)
10. The Cassandra Crossing (1977)
11. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
12. Desire Under the Elms (1958)
13. El Cid (1961)
14. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
15. Firepower (1979)
16. The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)
17. Grumpier Old Men (1995)
18. Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
19. Houseboat (1958)
20. It Started in Naples (1960)
21. The Key (1958)
22. Lady L (1965)
23. Legend of the Lost (1957)
24. Man of La Mancha (1972)
25. Marriage Italian Style (1964)
26. The Millionairess (1960)
27. Operation Crossbow (1965)
aka: Code Name: Operation Crossbow
aka: The Great Spy Mission
28. Pret-a-Porter (1994)
aka: Ready to Wear
29. The Pride and the Passion (1957)
30. A Special Day (1977)
31. Sunflower (1970)
32. That Kind of Woman (1959)
33. Two Nights with Cleopatra (1953)
34. Two Women (1960)
35. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964)
In The News
|
