List of the best Penélope Cruz movies: Volver(2006), Broken Embraces(2009), Everybody Knows(2018), Elegy(2008), Wasp Network(2019), The Good Night(2007), Brujas(1996), Woman on Top(2000), The Queen of Spain(2016), Blow(2001), Don't Move(2004), Vanilla Sky(2001) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
Spain
2006
111 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Carmen Maura Chus Lampreave Lola Dueñas Blanca Portillo Yohana Cobo Carmen Machi Pilar Castro Antonio de la Torre
ghost mother daughter grandchild father bad father amusing quirky melodramatic shocking outlandish beauty salon apartment restaurant madrid funeral la mancha, spain death deception sexual abuse
After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain
2009
128 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Lluís Homar Blanca Portillo José Luis Gómez Tamar Novas Rubén Ochandiano Marta Aledo Agustín Almodóvar Enrique Aparicio Yuyi Beringola Javier Coll
stockbroker director producer actress son filmmaker melodramatic suspenseful intricate movie set house office funeral love triangle revenge death father/son relationship the past jealousy discovery
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Spain|France|Italy|Argentina|Germany
2018
133 Minutes
Laura
Penélope Cruz Javier Bardem Ricardo Darín Eduard Fernández Inma Cuesta Bárbara Lennie Elvira Mínguez Ramón Barea Carla Campra Sergio Castellanos Sara Sálamo
mother daughter sister kidnapper kidnapped child thrilling gripping argentina spain hometown kidnapping wedding dark secrets darkness financial scheme investigation rescue 2010s
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Romance, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Consuela Castilo
Penélope Cruz Ben Kingsley Dennis Hopper Peter Sarsgaard Patricia Clarkson Deborah Harry Antonio Cupo
professor student poet son best friend passionate somber new york city college may-december romance commitment student-teacher relationship father/son relationship love temptation 2000s
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life, which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood", thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Brazil|Spain|Belgium
2019
123 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Ana de Armas Gael García Bernal Wagner Moura Julian Flynn Gisela Chipe Steve Howard Michael Vitovich Stephen W. Tenner
The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK|Germany|USA
2007
93 Minutes
Anna, Melodia
Penélope Cruz Martin Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow Simon Pegg Danny DeVito Keith Allen Steffan Boje Sonia Doubell
A former pop star who now writes commercial jingles for a living, experiences a mid-life crisis.
Drama
Spain
1996
95 Minutes
Patricia
Penélope Cruz Ana Álvarez Beatriz Carvajal Álex Angulo Neus Asensi Roberto Cairo Pepo Oliva Armando del Río
Three women from three different generations and walks of life find themselves in a very hot, semi-deserted Spanish town. Patricia is a 17 year old roaming Spain in search for a certain man... See full summary »
Romance
USA
2000
85 Minutes
Isabella Oliveira
Penélope Cruz Murilo Benício Harold Perrineau Mark Feuerstein John deLancie Anne Ramsay Ana Gasteyer Analu De Castro Thais De Sa Curvelo Eliana Guttman Eduardo Mattedi
sexy woman chef restaurant owner transsexual television producer charming positive brazil san francisco cooking restaurant television god sacrifice rise sacrifice quest transformation 2000s
Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira moves to San Francisco when her husband, frustrated by her motion sickness, cheats on her.
Comedy
Spain
2016
128 Minutes
Macarena Granada
Penélope Cruz Cary Elwes Mandy Patinkin Javier Cámara Santiago Segura Antonio Resines Carlos Areces Jorge Sanz Chino Darín
actress francisco franco dictator amusing gripping spain movie set acting movie making dictatorship rise 1950s
Nearly twenty years after the events of "The Girl of Your Dreams", in the 1950s, Macarena Granada, who has become a Hollywood star, returns to Spain to film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile.
Crime, Biography, Drama
USA|Mexico
2001
124 Minutes
Johnny Depp Penélope Cruz Franka Potente Rachel Griffiths Paul Reubens Jordi Mollá Cliff Curtis Miguel Sandovar Ethan Suplee Ray Liotta Kevin Gage
drug lord wife friend pablo escobar father cool bleak hedonistic california jail colombia drug trafficking drug addiction marriage crime family dysfunction wretched excess fall 1970s
The story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.
Drama
Italy|Spain|UK
2004
119 Minutes
Italia
Sergio Castellitto Penélope Cruz Claudia Gerini Angela Finocchiaro Marco Giallini Pietro De Silva Elena Perino Lina Bernardi
illegal immigrant lover wife teen girl surgeon victim brooding sad passionate road operating room motel italy medical building apartment new love loss catharsis brain surgery tragic love
A destitute woman (Cruz) becomes involved with an upper-crust physician (Castellitto).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Spain
2001
134 Minutes
Tom Cruise Penélope Cruz Cameron Diaz Kurt Russell Jason Lee Noah Taylor Timothy Spall Tilda Swinton Alicia Witt Johnny Galecki Michael Shannon
tycoon publisher woman friend psychiatrist plastic surgeon intense melodramatic dreamy intricate new york city times square bridge nightclub apartment office vanity wealth fantasy vs. reality doomed romance
A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK
2011
136 Minutes
Johnny Depp Penélope Cruz Ian McShane Geoffrey Rush Astrid Bergès-Frisbey Sam Claflin Kevin R. McNally Stephen Graham Gemma Ward Greg Ellis Damian O'Hare
captain jack sparrow old flame rival pirate blackbeard zombie brash suspenseful thrilling amusing pirate ship caribbean island colony beach jungle immortality seafaring love-hate relationship supernatural
Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Spain|France|Italy|Mexico
2001
115 Minutes
Carmen Ramos
Victoria Abril Penélope Cruz Fanny Ardant Gael García Bernal Juan Echanove Bruno Bichir Emilio Gutiérrez Caba Luis Tosar Cristina Marcos
angel demon boxer waitress administrator police chief amusing positive sultry winsome heaven hell spain unlikely hero spiritual crisis moral dilemma redemption good versus evil debt quest
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
Crime, Biography, Drama
Spain|Bulgaria
2017
128 Minutes
Javier Bardem Penélope Cruz Peter Sarsgaard Julieth Restrepo Lillian Blankenship David Valencia David Ojalvo Óscar Jaenada Ricardo Niño Pedro Calvo
pablo escobar drug lord journalist woman cia agent american police captain police officer brutal charming confident crafty engaging fiery incredible intense intricate powerful raw uneasy
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Drama
UK|France|USA
2005
136 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Penélope Cruz Kristin Scott Thomas Rhys Ifans Ian Holm Ben Chaplin Damian Lewis Harriet Walters
A bourgeois family slowly comes apart at the seams.
Romance, War, Drama
UK|France|USA
2001
127 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Penélope Cruz John Hurt Christian Bale David Morrissey Irini Pappas Piero Maggio Patrick Malahide Gerasimos Skiadaresis
doctor daughter captain fisherman italian greek beauty passionate melodramatic tense greece household island festival love triangle world war ii invasion unlikely romance culture clash nationalism forbidden love
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
Adventure
France
2003
97 Minutes
Adeline La Franchise
Vincent Perez Penélope Cruz Didier Bourdon Hélène de Fougerolles Michel Muller Philippe Dormoy Jacques Frantz Gérald Laroche Guillaume Gallienne Gilles Arbona Yves Pignot
outlaw soldier princess king love interest daughter intense madcap provincial town paris capital city new recruits obsession film deception shotgun wedding seven years' war adventure 18th century
In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughters.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2013
117 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Penélope Cruz Cameron Diaz Javier Bardem Brad Pitt Bruno Ganz Rosie Perez Sam Spruell Toby Kebbell Edgar Ramírez Ruben Blades
lawyer lover drug dealer fiancé nightclub owner gritty uneasy hedonistic mexico amsterdam hotel texas border drug smuggling cocaine trade bad behavior drug trade wretched excess revenge rivalry
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Drama, Romance, Biography
2008
92 Minutes
Adrien Brody Penélope Cruz Ann Mitchell Josep Linuesa Juan Echanove Santiago Segura Pedro Casablanc Nacho Aldeguer
Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's (Adrien Brody) affair with a left-wing actress (Penélope Cruz).
Drama
Spain|France
2019
113 Minutes
Jacinta
Antonio Banderas Asier Etxeandia Penélope Cruz Leonardo Sbaraglia Julieta Serrano Nora Navas Raúl Arévalo Cecilia Roth Pedro Casablanc Susi Sánchez
director first love addict family mother laborer brooding cool creative engaging emotional heartwarming moving passionate profound somber spirited tender touching madrid
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Spain|USA
2008
96 Minutes
María Elena
Javier Bardem Patricia Clarkson Penélope Cruz Kevin Dunn Rebecca Hall Scarlett Johansson Chris Messina Carrie Preston Pablo Schreiber Zak Orth Abel Folk
ladies' man american painter tourist ex-wife amusing playful emotional barcelona, spain apartment love triangle party art forbidden love temptation 2000s
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|France|UK|Germany|USA
1998
95 Minutes
Louise
Lena Headey Douglas Henshall Penélope Cruz Gustavo Salmerón Mark Strong Eusebio Lazaro Charlotte Coleman Neil Stuke Elizabeth McGovern Antonio Gil Martí nez Heather Weeks
actor ex-girlfriend bartender garbage collector boyfriend waitress amusing creative emotional london bar restaurant apartment romance time travel second chance love romantic dilemma quest love
A shambling, out-of-work actor, desperate to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly stumbles upon a way to turn back the clock.
Musical, Romance
UK|USA
2009
118 Minutes
Carla Albanese
Daniel Day-Lewis Marion Cotillard Penélope Cruz Judi Dench Fergie Kate Hudson Nicole Kidman Sophia Loren Ricky Tognazzi Giuseppe Cederna Valerio Mastandrea
director wife mistress prostitute actress journalist creative passionate spirited venice, italy beach bar stage movie set hotel filmmaking infidelity women failure personal revelation
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
China|USA
2022
Minutes
Graciela
Jessica Chastain Lupita Nyong'o Penélope Cruz Diane Kruger Bingbing Fan Sebastian Stan Edgar Ramírez Leo Staar
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
Romance, Comedy
1992
108 Minutes
Luz
Fernando Fernán Gómez Jorge Sanz Penélope Cruz Miriam Díaz-Aroca Gabino Diego Ariadna Gil Maribel Verdú Chus Lampreave
deserter wealthy man daughter widow lesbian social climber amusing charming tender passionate spain countryside household romantic dilemma sister relationship family love triangle sexual awakening spanish civil war love
An artist's (Fernando Fernán Gómez) four daughters seduce a willing army deserter (Jorge Sanz) in 1930s Spain.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|France
1999
99 Minutes
Sister Rosa
Cecilia Roth Eloy Azorín Marisa Paredes Penélope Cruz Candela Peña Antonia San Juan Rosa María Sardá Toni Canto
single mother transvestite actress nun lesbian witty emotional melodramatic madrid street apartment cemetery theater death depression redemption drug addiction friendship show business discovery
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Malta|USA
2017
114 Minutes
Pilar Estravados
Kenneth Branagh Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr. Daisy Ridley Marwan Kenzari
investigator detective passenger murder suspect governess widow brooding suspenseful uneasy tense train train tracks mountain dining room cabin murder investigation murder plot murder accusation suspicion mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Comedy, Action
UK|USA
2016
83 Minutes
Kate
Sacha Baron Cohen Mark Strong Isla Fisher Penélope Cruz Rebel Wilson Gabourey Sidibe Ian McShane Annabelle Wallis Sam Hazeldine Johnny Vegas Nick Boraine
idiot girlfriend child brother assassin government official cheeky hilarious campy england foster home house soccer field warehouse car reunion hijinx family assassination survival
A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.
Adventure, Romance
Spain|France|Germany
1998
104 Minutes
Mathurine
Jacques Weber Michel Boujenah Emmanuelle Béart Penélope Cruz Ariadna Gil Denis Lavant Michael Lonsdale Jacques Frantz Pierre Gerard Arnaud Bedouet Philippe Khorsand
Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Don Juan the nobleman and his valet, Sganarelle, roam the countryside on horseback, on the run and lost... See full summary »
Comedy, Adventure
USA|Italy
2016
102 Minutes
Valentina
Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Will Ferrell Penélope Cruz Kristen Wiig Fred Armisen Kyle Mooney Milla Jovovich Christine Taylor Justin Theroux Nathan Lee Graham
model friend special agent killer pop star villain hilarious creative cool fashion show rome street prison car apartment fashion murder stupidity search celebrities
Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.
Drama
1999
115 Minutes
Pepita Tudó
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Jorge Perugorría Jordi Mollá Penélope Cruz Stefania Sandrelli Olivier Achard Jean-Marie Juan Carlos La Rosa
An artist (Jorge Perugorría), a prime minister (Jordi Mollà) and a peasant girl become suspects in the murder of a duchess (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón).
Drama
Spain|France
1997
103 Minutes
Isabel
Javier Bardem Francesca Neri Liberto Rabal Ángela Molina José Sancho Penélope Cruz Pilar Bardem Álex Angulo
ex-convict paraplegic wife police officer prostitute dark disturbing spain prison orphanage adultery addiction sex wheelchair basketball revenge love transformation 1990s
After leaving jail, Víctor is still in love with Elena, but she's married to the former cop -now basketball player- who became paralysed by a shot from Víctor's gun...
Romance
USA
1998
96 Minutes
Pilar
Polly Walker Vincent Perez Franco Nero Marisa Paredes Leyre Berrocal Penélope Cruz Frances McDormand Ruth McCabe Francisco Rabal Ariadna Gil Rossy de Palma
governess doctor son wife lesbian priest engaging melodramatic madrid house train stable bullfight spain spanish civil war father/son relationship marital problems roman catholic church relocation fascism
A young Irishwoman becomes governess to 3 daughters of a rich family in Spain in 1936, just before the civil war. The mom likes Franco - the dad doesn't. She becomes family. She befriends 5 Irishwomen.
Romance
USA
2002
91 Minutes
Brenda (Spanish Woman)
Billy Bob Thornton Charlize Theron Natasha Richardson Patrick Swayze Holmes Osborne Chelcie Ross Penélope Cruz
husband wife car dealer lover redneck prostitute brash amusing hysterical little rock, ark. reno, nev. hotel van road bar infidelity pregnancy road trip friendship marital problems
A romantic comedy about two trashy couples travelling to Reno to see a monster truck show.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Spain
2013
89 Minutes
Antonio de la Torre Hugo Silva Javier Cámara Raúl Arévalo Carlos Areces Paz Vega Blanca Suárez Lola Dueñas José María Yazpik Cecilia Roth Antonio Banderas
steward flight attendant passenger hilarious spain equipment malfunction sex death emergency landing transformation sacrifice discovery 2010s
When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.
Romance
USA
2010
147 Minutes
Sarah Jessica Parker Kim Cattrall Kristin Davis Cynthia Nixon Chris Noth John Corbett David Eigenberg Evan Handler Jason Lewis Mario Cantone Willie Garson
author pr person lawyer mother nanny husband airy lighthearted cheeky hedonistic new york city abu dhabi family home apartment friendship love romance travel fashion sex
While wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), where Samantha's ex is filming a new movie.
Romance
USA|Italy|Spain
2012
111 Minutes
Woody Allen Alec Baldwin Roberto Benigni Judy Davis Jesse Eisenberg Greta Gerwig Elliot Page Antonio Albanese Fabio Armiliato Alessandra Mastronardi Ornella Muti
tourist architect retiree traveler newlywed love interest lighthearted witty rome street outdoors household americans abroad travel romance adventure love 2010s
The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.