List of the best America Ferrera movies: Real Women Have Curves(2002), Our Family Wedding(2010), X/Y(2014), It's a Disaster(2012), The Dry Land(2010), Towards Darkness(2007), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(2005), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2(2008), Plainsong(2004), Gotta Kick It Up(2002), Special Correspondents(2016), Under the Same Moon(2007) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
93 Minutes
Ana
America Ferrera Lupe Ontiveros Ingrid Oliu George Lopez Brian Sites Jorge Cervera Jr. Felipe de Alba Soledad St. Hilaire Lourdes Perez Jose Gerardo Zamora Jr. Manuel Edgar Lujan
student seamstress teacher grandmother mother latina inspiring moving los angeles workshop house high school education self-esteem virginity tradition family dysfunction race relations discovery growing up
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Romance
USA
2010
101 Minutes
Lucia Ramirez
America Ferrera Forest Whitaker Carlos Mencia Regina King Lance Gross Charlie Murphy Taye Diggs Anjelah Johnson Diana Maria Riva Lupe Ontiveros Joseph Mencia
bride groom father father-in-law mother mother-in-law airy charming madcap family home church wedding family interracial romance class distinctions love rivalry 2010s
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding are comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay their long standing feud to rest.
Drama
USA
2014
82 Minutes
America Ferrera Ryan Piers Williams Jon Paul Phillips Melonie Diaz Common Dree Hemingway Maria Dizzia Alina Puscau
A look at the lives and interactions of a group of friends living in New York.
Comedy
USA
2012
88 Minutes
Julia Stiles America Ferrera David Cross Erinn Hayes Rachel Boston Jesse Draper Todd Berger Blaise Miller Jeff Grace Rob McGillivray Kevin M. Brennan
trader newcomer couple science teacher best friend bleak quirky hilarious house friendship affair panic human connection argument dysfunction forbidden love 2010s
Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.
Drama
USA
2010
92 Minutes
Executive Producer
Ryan O'Nan America Ferrera Wilmer Valderrama Jason Ritter Melissa Leo June Diane Raphael Diego Klattenhoff Evan Jones Benito Martinez
A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
94 Minutes
Executive Producer
Roberto Urbino America Ferrera Tony Plana David Sutcliffe William Atherton Cameron Daddo Alejandra Borrero Carlos Valencia Roberto Cano
father fbi agent son kidnapper girlfriend photographer thrilling suspenseful unrestrained colombia new york city bank nightclub car kidnapping race against time family torture memory ransom
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Carmen Lowell
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Carmen
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Rachel Nichols Tom Wisdom Rachel Ticotin Leonardo Nam Michael Rady Shohreh Aghdashloo Blythe Danner
college student best friend girl love interest engaging heartwarming turkey alabama new york city vermont greece college coming of age friendship relationships growing up love discovery 2000s
Four college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.
Drama
2004
96 Minutes
Victoria Roubideaux
Aidan Quinn Rachel Griffiths America Ferrera Geoffrey Lewis Steven Anderson Megan Follows Zachery Ty Bryan Cody Arens Mick Hazen Marian Seldes
In rural Colorado, eight people (Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths, America Ferrera), including two teachers, experience vast changes in their lives over the course of a year.
Kids & Family, Drama
2002
90 Minutes
Yolanda
Susan Egan Camille Guaty America Ferrera Miguel Sandoval Jhoanna Flores Suilma Rodriguez Sabrina Wiener
teen girl classmate dancer coach teacher mother heartwarming spirited middle school california suburbia teamwork dancing competition friendship dance growing up 2000s
A teacher inspires a group of Latina schoolgirls to reach for their full potential and become a championship dance team.
Comedy
Canada|UK|USA
2016
101 Minutes
Brigida
Vera Farmiga Kelly Macdonald Eric Bana America Ferrera Ricky Gervais Benjamin Bratt Kevin Pollak Meghan Heffern
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Marta
Adrian Alonso Kate del Castillo Eugenio Derbez Maya Zapata America Ferrera Jesse Garcia Carmen Salinas Gabriel Porras
cleaning lady child grandmother inspiring emotional los angeles border journey illegal immigration working class loneliness family discovery sacrifice 2000s
After his grandmother dies, a Mexican boy (Adrian Alonso) sets out to join his mother (Kate del Castillo) in the United States.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Orozco
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.