Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

September 20, 1934 · 91 years old

Sophia Loren, OMRI (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; 20 September 1934) is an Italian actress. In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Loren has won…

Known For

33 titles
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Nine

Nine

2009 · 1h 58m · Movie

Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.

5.8
2
Grumpier Old Men

Grumpier Old Men

1995 · 1h 41m · Movie

Just as John Gustafson and Max Goldman resolve to save their beloved bait shop from turning into an Italian restaurant, the establishment's new female owner catches Max's attention and arouses his libido.

6.7
3
A Special Day

A Special Day

1977 · 1h 43m · Movie

Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.

8.1
4
El Cid

El Cid

1961 · 3h 2m · Movie

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

7.2
5
Ready to Wear

Ready to Wear

1994 · 2h 13m · Movie

A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.

5.2
6
The Life Ahead

The Life Ahead

2020 · 1h 34m · Movie

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

6.7
7
Two Women

Two Women

1960 · 1h 41m · Movie

In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.

7.7
8
Marriage Italian Style

Marriage Italian Style

1964 · 1h 42m · Movie

Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.

7.4
9
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963 · 1h 59m · Movie

Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.

7.2
10
The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing

1976 · 2h 9m · Movie

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?

6.3
11
Houseboat

Houseboat

1958 · 1h 50m · Movie

A widower, his three young children, and an Italian nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.

6.6
12
Arabesque

Arabesque

1966 · 1h 45m · Movie

International intrigue in London, involving an American university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.

6.4
13
A Countess from Hong Kong

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967 · 2h 0m · Movie

In Hong Kong, an ambassador returning to America meets a Russian countess, a refugee without a passport, who decides to hide in his cabin.

6.1
14
Boccaccio '70

Boccaccio '70

1962 · 3h 25m · Movie

Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.

7.0
15
Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha

1972 · 2h 12m · Movie

The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.

6.5
16
Sunflower

Sunflower

1970 · 1h 47m · Movie

An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII.

7.3
17
Legend of the Lost

Legend of the Lost

1957 · 1h 49m · Movie

American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.

6.1
18
The Pride and the Passion

The Pride and the Passion

1957 · 2h 12m · Movie

During the Napoleonic Wars, a British captain is sent to Spain to help prevent the French from stealing a powerful cannon.

5.7
19
It Started in Naples

It Started in Naples

1960 · 1h 40m · Movie

Days before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.

6.3
20
Along the Coast

Along the Coast

1958 · 25m · Movie

A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera.

7.4
21
More Than a Miracle

More Than a Miracle

1967 · 1h 55m · Movie

In 17th-century Italy, a Spanish prince searching for a bride falls in love with a beautiful local peasant girl.

6.0
22
Five Miles to Midnight

Five Miles to Midnight

1962 · 1h 50m · Movie

Lisa's husband Robert fakes his death in a plane crash to collect insurance. She's trapped between helping him commit fraud and her growing feelings for David Barnes, until she makes one final, desperate choice.

6.2
23
Too Bad She's Bad

Too Bad She's Bad

1954 · 1h 35m · Movie

A kind-hearted taxi driver runs into a glamorous girl and falls in love with her, but she turns out to be a cheap thief.

6.8
24
Firepower

Firepower

1979 · 1h 44m · Movie

A merc is hired by the F.B.I. to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

5.1
25
What Would Sophia Loren Do?

What Would Sophia Loren Do?

2021 · 32m · Movie

An Italian-American grandmother and film buff finds strength and joy in the life of her screen idol, Sophia Loren.

6.7
26
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

1976 · 1h 14m · Movie

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railroad station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

5.4
27
Blood Feud

Blood Feud

1978 · 1h 52m · Movie

In pre-World War II Sicily, just as the fascists come to power, two men fall in love with the same woman. The changes in their country's politics ultimately take all three on a journey across the ocean to New York City.

6.4
28
Mademoiselle C

Mademoiselle C

2013 · 1h 33m · Movie

A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld as she moves to New York to launch her own magazine.

5.6
29
Madame

Madame

1961 · 1h 38m · Movie

Catherine, a laundress, joins lover Lefevre in war. Their heroics help Napoleon win. As a reward, they're granted nobility. Catherine's lack of courtly etiquette shocks high society, but she remains authentic despite her new rank.

6.0
30
Behind the White Glasses

Behind the White Glasses

2015 · 1h 52m · Movie

It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and groundbreaking talent of filmmaker and writer, Lina Wertmüller.

7.3
31
Angela

Angela

1977 · 1h 31m · Movie

A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison...

5.6
32
Hollywood, No Sex Please!

Hollywood, No Sex Please!

2018 · 56m · Movie

The history of sexual mores in America and as shown in Hollywood films is examined, from early cinema through the Hays Code. The 1960s and the sexual revolution were a turning point in society, as reflected on screen.

6.1
33
Africa sotto i mari

Africa sotto i mari

1953 · 1h 30m · Movie

The troublesome daughter of an American millionaire accompanies him aboard his yacht on a deep sea diving expedition in the Red Sea and falls in love with the captain.

5.2