List of the best Rita Moreno movies: This Rebel Breed(1960), Remember Me(2016), The Ritz(1976), Blue Moon(2000), The Deerslayer(1957), Age Isn't Everything(1991), Popi(1969), Portrait of a Showgirl(1982), Fort Vengeance(1953), The King and I(1956), Summer and Smoke(1961), The Four Seasons(1981) ... ...
Drama
USA
1960
90 Minutes
Lola Montalvo
Damon's in black-face as blacks take on whites who take on Hispanics in this very entertaining teenage gang war extravaganza. Teenage punks slice and dice each other, turn innocent young ... See full summary »
Comedy
2016
85 Minutes
Nanna
Rita Moreno Joel Kelley Dauten Steve Goldbloom Corey Jackson Miranda Kahn Liz Kennedy Zach Land-Miller Jonathan Levine
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1976
91 Minutes
Googie Gomez
On his deathbed, Carmine Vespucci's mobster father tells him to "get Proclo" - Carmine's brother-in-law Gaetano. With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
89 Minutes
Ben Gazzara Rita Moreno Alanna Ubach Brian Vincent David Thornton Burt Young Vincent Pastore Heather Matarazzo Mario Macaluso Victor Argo Lillo Brancato Jr.
A young couple from the city takes a trip to the country.
Adventure
USA
1957
78 Minutes
Hetty Hutter
In colonial America, wanderer Deerslayer gets involved with Tom Hutter, a bigoted trapper, and his two contrasting daughters.
Comedy
USA
1991
91 Minutes
Jonathan Silverman Rita Moreno Paul Sorvino Robert Prosky Rita Karin Robert Cicchini Brian A. Williams Dee Hoty
Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business--and finds himself turned into a little old man.
Comedy, Drama
1969
115 Minutes
Alan Arkin Rita Moreno Reuben Figueroa Miguel Alejandro Arny Freeman Joan Tompkins Anthony Holland Louis Zorich
widower girlfriend son boy bleak amusing emotional intense spanish harlem central park florida boat hospital american dream immigration father/son relationship poverty romance quest sacrifice
A Puerto Rican widower (Alan Arkin) launches a reckless scheme to get his two sons out of Spanish Harlem.
Musical
1982
97 Minutes
Lesley Ann Warren Rita Moreno Dianne Kay Tony Curtis Barry Primus Kip Gilman Howard Morris Hamilton Camp Floyd Levine Doug Dirkson
Broadway dance veterans (Lesley Ann Warren, Rita Moreno) and a newcomer (Dianne Kay) meet as Las Vegas chorus girls.
Western
1953
75 Minutes
Bridget Fitzgibbon
James Craig Rita Moreno Keith Larsen Reginald Denny Charles Irwin Morris Ankrum Guy Kingsford Michael Granger
brothel owner police officer mountie chief native american amusing cheeky fiery gritty gutsy canada mountain brother relationship good deeds bad behavior bad choices mountain life native americans native people war
Two North Dakota brothers (James Craig, Keith Larsen) flee to Canada and join the Mounties during an Indian dispute.
Musical
USA
1956
133 Minutes
Tuptim
Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner Rita Moreno Martin Benson Terry Saunders Rex Thompson Carlos Rivas Patrick Adiarte
governess king child slave wife son moving uplifting charming spectacular thailand royal court palace siam king mongkut anna leonowens slavery royal life culture clash sacrifice
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Drama
USA
1961
118 Minutes
Rosa Zacharias
Geraldine Page Laurence Harvey Rita Moreno Una Merkel John McIntire Thomas Gomez Pamela Tiffin Malcolm Atterbury Lee Patrick Casey Adams Earl Holliman
doctor spinster beautiful woman neighbor melodramatic emotional passionate mississippi small town romance hedonism small-town life unrequited love love triangle rise transformation 1910s
Plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1981
107 Minutes
Claudia Zimmer
Alan Alda Carol Burnett Rita Moreno Len Cariou Sandy Dennis Jack Weston Bess Armstrong Elizabeth Alda Beatrice Alda Robert Hitt Kristi McCarthy
lawyer magazine editor insurance salesman dentist painter photographer uneasy mushy amusing emotional united states virgin islands new england love vacation midlife crisis marriage marital problems discovery transformation
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Sandra Roberts
writer wife beautiful woman agent commanding officer playful madcap apartment military base hawaii gender roles trading places domestic life military service aging adventure love rivalry 1950s
In this hilarious romp starring Tom Ewell, Sheree North and Rita Moreno, a middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist (Ewell) is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Terru
Esther Williams Howard Keel Rita Moreno Minna Gombell Charles Mauu Philip Costa Dione Leliani Marcelle Corday
A man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
Drama
1979
100 Minutes
Nina
A 40-year-old divorcee (Susan Flannery) has an affair with her son's best friend (Jameson Parker), her best friend's (Rita Moreno) son.
Mystery & Thriller
1969
93 Minutes
Moreno
Marlon Brando Richard Boone Rita Moreno Pamela Franklin Jess Hahn Gérard Buhr Jacques Marin Hughes Wanner Al Lettieri
Two men (Marlon Brando, Richard Boone), a drug addict (Rita Moreno) and her brother kidnap a young woman for ransom in France.
Musical
USA|Spain
2021
Minutes
Executive Producer
Ansel Elgort Corey Stoll Rita Moreno Maddie Ziegler Kyle Allen Rachel Zegler Mike Faist Ariana Debose Ben Cook
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Dolores Gonzáles
James Garner Gayle Hunnicutt Carroll O'Connor Rita Moreno Sharon Farrell William Daniels H. M. Wynant Jackie Coogan Kenneth Tobey Nat Esformes Bruce Lee
philip marlowe woman brother gangster exotic dancer television star brooding suspenseful gritty los angeles apartment hotel murder secret blackmail investigation revenge mystery discovery 1960s
A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
Musical, Romance
USA
1950
97 Minutes
Tina
Kathryn Grayson Mario Lanza David Niven Rita Moreno J. Carrol Naish James Mitchell Richard Hageman Clinton Sundberg Sig Arno Romo Vincent Marietta Canty
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera, but comes to... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1980
112 Minutes
Lucille Pompi
Madeline Kahn Alan Rosenberg Robert Viharo Rita Moreno Sarah Holcomb David Marshall Grant Timothy Jenkins David McIlwraith Richert Easley Micheal Donoghue
Based on the off-Broadway smash of the 1970's; a poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes , on his 21st birthday, that he's in love with her brother.
Western
USA
1952
71 Minutes
Queli
Dennis Morgan Philip Carey Amanda Blake Rita Moreno Paul Picerni Ray Teal Jay Novello George O'Hanlon Robert Wilke Sheb Wooley Charles Meredith
governor cattle rancher cattleman daughter love interest wealthy man brooding engaging gutsy unrestrained spirited striking texas cattle ranchers illegal activity father/daughter relationship new love power saving the town rescue
Post-civil-war Texas sells lands to wealthy Northerners but some of them are crooks bent on cheating the locals, prompting an investigation headed by the governor's envoy.
Musical
USA
1961
151 Minutes
Anita
Natalie Wood Richard Beymer Russ Tamblyn George Chakiris Rita Moreno Simon Oakland Ned Glass William Bramley Tucker Smith
gang member rival love interest police officer melodramatic emotional sad new york city street romance gangs showdown jealousy racism dance forbidden love rivalry 1950s
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Comedy, Drama
New Zealand|USA|Germany
2004
93 Minutes
Inez
Peter Riegert Isabella Rossellini Ashley Johnson Eli Wallach Rita Moreno Jake Hoffman Harris Yulin Frank Wood Beverly D'Angelo Eric Bogosian
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
96 Minutes
Louise
Jack Nicholson Art Garfunkel Ann-Margret Candice Bergen Rita Moreno Cynthia O'Neal Carol Kane
good guy ladies' man girlfriend wife cool witty offbeat new york city amherst, mass. college apartment sex marriage love love triangle friendship growing up love 1960s
Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and befriend one another in college.
Comedy, Drama
Hungary|USA
2014
107 Minutes
Ida Barksdale
Gena Rowlands Cheyenne Jackson Julian Sands Jacki Weaver Rita Moreno Kathleen Rose Perkins Anthony Zerbe Simon Miller
A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.
Drama, History
USA
1955
103 Minutes
Ula
Richard Egan Anthony Quinn Michael Rennie Jeffrey Hunter Rita Moreno Eduardo Noriega Leslie Bradley John Doucette
priest captain lieutenant soldier native american chief tense thrilling melodramatic mexico california wilderness camp expedition gold fable missionary work betrayal rescue adventure
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
Drama
2015
85 Minutes
Beverly
Rachel Boston Jesse Moss Andrew Airlie Sarah-Jane Redmond Rita Moreno Ecstasia Sanders Gwynyth Walsh Jill Teed Veena Sood Celia Reid Christopher DeLisle
professor english teacher emotional united states wish fulfillment mystery 2010s
Darcy finds a list of belongings her estranged mother had intended to give to close friends and family, and sets out to fulfill those wishes. While making deliveries, she encounters small and miraculous events that help guide her in life.
Crime, Drama
1995
88 Minutes
Mom
Lou Diamond Phillips Rachel Ticotin Judge Reinhold Scott Cohen Rita Moreno William Dunlop Alan Vint Paul Willson Peter Radon Loren Farmer Wilfred Bray
A waterfront hood (Lou Diamond Phillips), who went to jail for his brother years earlier, seeks revenge when the latter is slain by a crooked fellow policeman (Judge Reinhold).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Zelda Zanders
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Adventure
USA
1954
100 Minutes
Cantina Singer
Gary Cooper Susan Hayward Richard Widmark Hugh Marlowe Cameron Mitchell Rita Moreno Víctor Manuel Manuel Mendoza Fernando Wagner
gunslinger pretty woman husband engaging mexico showdown dangerous assignment adventure rescue quest 19th century
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Dolores Guererro
Paul Henreid Catherine McLeod Grace Coppin Cecil Clovelly Anne Francis Rita Moreno Anne Jackson Enid Pulver
warden psychiatrist assistant matron teen girl juvenile delinquent emotional disturbing reform school classroom solitary confinement institutionalization abuse prison life rehabilitation delinquency escape transformation discovery 1950s
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the "unfortunate" young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Adventure
1955
111 Minutes
Julia
Tyrone Power Susan Hayward Richard Egan John Justin Agnes Moorehead Rita Moreno Hope Emerson Brad Dexter Henry O'Neill Paul Thompson
settler farmer horse trader irishwoman native warrior melodramatic spirited moving intense ireland south africa ranch jungle romance journey emigration famine struggle adventure
A Boer leader (Tyrone Power) loves an Irishwoman (Susan Hayward) on a trek through Zulu country in 19th-century South Africa.
Drama
USA|Mexico
2003
95 Minutes
Señora Muñoz
Maggie Gyllenhaal Marcia Gay Harden Daryl Hannah Susan Lynch Mary Steenburgen Lili Taylor Rita Moreno Vanessa Martinez
wealthy woman masseuse new yorker american woman touching calm south america hotel adoption female bonding friendship culture clash motherhood quest adventure discovery 2000s
A brief look into the South American family life, while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America; as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
Western
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Honey Bear
Rory Calhoun Peggie Castle Noah Beery Jr. Warner Anderson Peter Graves Lee Van Cleef Rita Moreno Walter Reed Dan Riss Adam Williams Ned Glass
major cavalryman fiancée tribal leader cheyenne warrior native american brutal tense disheartening melodramatic wyoming territory fort plains battlefield american west frontier massacre american indian wars cross-cultural relations friendship
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
Comedy, Kids & Family
2013
90 Minutes
Tutti
Noah Munck Steve Schirripa Michael Imperioli Vincent Curatola Tony Sirico James Gandolfini Rita Moreno Elisabetta Fantone
uncle friend parent teen boy mobster grandmother amusing heartwarming street brooklyn big city apartment friendship coming-of-age family dysfunction betting light book transformation growing up
A sheltered teen (Noah Munck) becomes a fish out of water when he spends the summer in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Comedy, Drama
1995
89 Minutes
Madame Rulenska
Charlie Talbert George C. Scott Kathy Bates Ariana Richards Chris Owen James Van Der Beek Lawrence Pressman Rita Moreno
teen boy best friend cheerleader jock mother grandfather heartwarming charming high school family home suburbia united states teen angst love triangle reinvention bullying unconventional family growing up love transformation
An overweight freshman (Charlie Talbert) who pines for a pretty cheerleader is the target of a high-school quarterback's cruel prank.
Drama
USA
1994
105 Minutes
Rosaria Linares
Luna Lauren Velez Jon Seda Tomas Melly Desiree Casado Isaiah Garcia Jesse Borrego Lisa Vidal Griffin Dunne Rita Moreno
husband wife son executive musician emotional endearing bronx, n.y. troubled youth marriage crime poverty career labor discovery transformation rise 1990s
Lisette and husband Chino face marital difficulties. She is fed up with the kids, while he has job troubles. His mother Rosaria hates Lisette and the neighborhood tramp has designs on Chino... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1953
104 Minutes
Lana Turner Ricardo Montalban John Lund Louis Calhern Jean Hagen Eduard Franz Beulah Bondi Joaquin Garay Archer MacDonald Dorothy Neumann Robert Burton
wealthy man heiress plantation owner psychiatrist secretary grandfather lighthearted engaging new york city office brazil hotel love triangle vacation misunderstanding fortune hunters career money love adventure
A rich girl (Lana Turner) follows her rich boyfriend (John Lund) to Brazil, where she flirts with a rich rancher (Ricardo Montalban).