Sophia Loren
Actor
Films to Rent
- Pride and the Passion, The (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren…
- A solemn epic set around Napoleon's campaign in Spain in the early 19th century – the cast doing their sincere best with a fairly passionless…
- Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Alan Ladd, Sophia Loren, Clifton Webb…
- Greek picaresque with Sophia Loren as a diver who catches the scent of ancient sunken treasure. Mainly memorable for the actress's drenched figure…
- Houseboat (1958)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer…
- Fortunes change for widower and father–of–three Cary Grant when he takes up residence on a floating home, and employs Sophia Loren as his…
- Desire Under the Elms (1958)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives
- Anthony Perkins and Sophia Loren requite their love over a heated land dispute in this mild star vehicle for the then–wildly popular Loren.…
- Key, The (1958)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard
- Captivating WW2 drama set around a Londonite lady (played with restrained elegance by Sophia Loren) whose liaisons with war sea captains over the…
- Millionairess, The (1960)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica…
- Loren plays a spoiled heiress who tries to 'buy' a husband in the form of principled doctor Sellers. Fairly good adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's…
- Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn
- Dysfunctional stagecoach high jinx with Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren fleeing with a theatre company into the American's heartland. While lush as a…
- Breath of Scandal, A (1960)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, Angela Lansbury…
- Soufflé–light romance tuned to the love streams of Vienna, with a regal Sophia Loren courted by handsome American John Gavin. Sweet,…
- It Started in Naples (1960)
- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica
- Winning combination of Gable and Loren guided by director Shavelson (HOUSEBOAT) team up again for this romantic comedy drama set in Naples following…
- Two Women (1961)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren
- Sophia Loren won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as a WW2 widow who endures turmoil with her 13–year–old daughter before they are…
- Madame (1962)
- Dir. Christian-Jaque
Feat. Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein
- Rags–to–riches tale set in Napoleonic France mirrors the real life of its Italian bomb–shell star, Sophia Loren.
- Boccaccio '70 (1962)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini
Feat. Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas…
- Naughty for the time, this all–star portmanteau film is loosely based on updated versions of the bawdy stories of 14th century writer Giovanni…
- Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young…
- Unfocused but intriguing murder–mystery with Anthony Perkins as a domineering, jealous husband who convinces his wife (Loren) to collect…
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni
- A compendium of three stories starring Sophia Loren in her luscious prime in three very different roles. Together with Marcello Mastroianni, it…
- Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, James Mason…
- Monumental event is given a proportionate treatment with sets reputed to be the largest ever built and a literate script to boot.
- Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio All'italiana) (1964)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren
- This hilarious marriage farce features Sophia Loren as a long–suffering unwedded woman: on her deathbed, she convinces the commitment–shy…
- Arabesque (1966)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck
- Whimsical spy shenanigans in London, with Anglo–Arab relations straining over the custody of a hieroglyphic code. Sophia Loren's extraordinary…
- Countess from Hong Kong, The (1967)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Syd Chaplin…
- None too distinguished final film for dir. Chaplin is set aboard a cruise ship, on which US diplomat Brando finds a stowaway Russian countess…
- Man of La Mancha (1972)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco…
- Peter O’Toole ‘dreams the impossible dream’ as Cervantes’ Don Quixote in this much–maligned adaptation of the popular Broadway musical.…
- Voyage, The (Il Viaggio) (1974)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Ian Bannen
- Melodrama from Italian master De Sica sees an incurably ill Sophia Loren torn between the love of two brothers (Richard Burton and Ian Bannen, both…
- Brief Encounter (1974)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley…
- The BBC revisit David Lean's classic unrequited romance, with Richard Burton and Sophia Loren excellent as would–be lovers who meet on a train…
- Cassandra Crossing, The (1977)
- Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner…
- A few too many disasters – train crashes, plagues, terrorists etc. – make for an overcooked yet still entertaining actioner. An…
- A Special Day (1977)
- Dir. Ettore Scola
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon
- Quietly subversive drama set entirely in a working–class apartment building in Rome, on the fateful day in 1938 that Mussolini welcomed Hitler…
- Blood Feud (Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici) (1978)
- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini
- Convoluted romantic drama set against the rise of Mussolini has recently widowed Loren torn between an attorney and petty thief.
Overheated (and…
- Brass Target (1978)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn…
- A classic 70's all–star cast feature in this post–World War II suspense film that suggests that the German automobile crash involving…
- Pret-a-Porter (1994)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…
- Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
- Between Strangers (2002)
- Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino…
- The lives of three quite different women move into thematic proximity in this lightweight, but worthy drama.
As played by Loren, Sorvino and…
- Lives of the Saints (TV Mini-Series) (2004)
- Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Fabrizio Filippo, Kris Kristofferson…
- Vivid mini–series focused on an Italian immigrant family, headed by the insatiable Sophia Loren, which must confront their sordid past in order…
- Nine (2009)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz…
- A stonkingly glamorous screen musical based on FELLINI'S 8 1/2, with famous film auteur Guido Contini struggling to realize his cinematic masterpiece…