During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.

Man of La Mancha

1972

English

6.5

♡ 11

53%

71%

Action

based on novel or book

based on play or musical

Arthur Hiller Director

Sophia Loren as Dulcinea / Aldonza

Teddy Green as Muleteer

John Castle as Sanson Carrasco / The Duke

Rosalie Crutchley as The Housekeeper

In the 16th century, poet, playwright and part-time actor Miguel de Cervantes has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They're accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which they have been cast, the other inmates gang up on Cervantes and his manservant, staging a mock trial, with the intention of stealing or burning his possessions. Cervantes wishes to desperately save a manuscript he carries with him and stages, with costumes, makeup, and the participation of the other prisoners, an unusual defense—the story of Don Quixote.

A Day in Court

1954

Italian

6.5

♡ 5

Action

Comedy

Drama

Steno Director

Sophia Loren as Anna

Gualtiero Jacopetti as Avv. Terenzio Anastasi

Walter Chiari as Don Michele

Venantino Venantini as Ufficiale al varietà

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

The Love Goddesses

1965

English

6.9

♡ 6

Saul J. Turell Director

Jayne Mansfield as Self

Ingrid Bergman as Self

Sophia Loren as Self

Myrna Loy as Self

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.

The Cassandra Crossing

1976

English

6.3

♡ 12

42%

George P. Cosmatos Director

Richard Harris as Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain

Sophia Loren as Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain

Ava Gardner as Nicole / Nicole Dressler

Martin Sheen as Robby Navarro

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

Five Miles to Midnight

1962

English

6.2

♡ 11

husband wife relationship

love triangle

newspaper

staged death

Anatole Litvak Director

Gig Young as David Barnes

Sophia Loren as Lisa Macklin

Anthony Perkins as Robert Macklin

Jacques Marin as (uncredited)

American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.

The Key

1958

English

6.7

♡ 7

58%

Carol Reed Director

Trevor Howard as Captain Chris Ford

Michael Caine as Seaman

Sophia Loren as Stella

Aileen Lewis as Woman With Baby in Air Raid Shelter

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

Arena Produced by George Martin

2011

English

7.6

♡ 3

Action

Documentary

Francis Hanly Director

John Lennon as Self

Burt Bacharach as Self

Sophia Loren as Self

Bernard Cribbins as Self

A profile of Sir George Martin, Britain's most celebrated record producer, from his early days at EMI/Parlophone to his work with The Beatles.

The Black Orchid

1958

English

6.4

♡ 8

17%

Martin Ritt Director

John Indrisano as Hood

Frank Richards as Hood

Peter Mark Richman as Noble

Sophia Loren as Rose Bianco

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.

The Millionairess

1960

English

5.4

♡ 7

20%

39%

based on play or musical

Anthony Asquith Director

Dennis Price as Doctor Adrian Bland

Sophia Loren as Epifania

Roy Kinnear as Man Carrying Crate

Alastair Sim as Sagamore

When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.

El Cid

1961

English

7.2

♡ 21

93%

Anthony Mann Director

Raf Vallone as Count Ordóñez

Massimo Serato as Fanez

Sophia Loren as Jimena

Luis Fernández de Eribe as (uncredited)

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Boy on a Dolphin

1957

English

6.2

♡ 3

45%

based on novel or book

Jean Negulesco Director

Alan Ladd as Dr. James Calder

Gertrude Flynn as Miss Dill

Sophia Loren as Phaedra

Clifton Webb as Victor Parmalee

Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.

Firepower

1979

English

5.1

♡ 8

22%

Michael Winner Director

Sophia Loren as Adele Tasca

Billy Barty as Dominic Carbone

Richard Roberts as Dr. Ivo Tasca

James Coburn as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

English

6.7

♡ 31

93%

Anthony Mann Director

John Ireland as Ballomar

Luis Fernández de Eribe as Leoncio

Sophia Loren as Lucilla

James Mason as Timonides

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.

Bert Stern: Original Madman

2011

English

6.7

♡ 2

Action

Documentary

woman director

Shannah Laumeister Director

Scarlett Johansson as Self

Louis Armstrong as Self

Drew Barrymore as Self

Sophia Loren as Self

The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine, Stern became an original Madison Avenue 'mad man', his images helping to create modern advertising. Ground-breaking photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe and Twiggy, coupled with his astonishing success in advertising, minted Stern as a celebrity in his own right.

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

English

7.6

♡ 9

Craig McCall Director

Sylvester Stallone as Rambo

Errol Flynn as Self

Sophia Loren as Self

Martin Scorsese as Self - Interviewee

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

Behind the White Glasses

2015

Italian

7.1

♡ 2

57%

Valerio Ruiz Director

Harvey Keitel as Self

Giancarlo Giannini as Self

Sophia Loren as Self

Nastassja Kinski as Self

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.

Africa sotto i mari

1953

Italian

5.4

♡ 2

Adventure

Giovanni Roccardi Director

Sophia Loren as Barbara Lama

Antonio Bardi as Franco

Masino Manunza as Masino

Alessandro Fersen as Prof. Krauss

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.