This is the list of Best Penélope Cruz Movies. Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón to critical acclaim. Enjoy watching Penélope cruz movies list.
Best Penélope Cruz Movies
1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2008 | |
Description Two female friends, Vicky and Cristina, on a summer holiday have an illicit affair with a handsome painter, Juan Antonio, and are unaware that his ex-wife Maria Elena is about to re-enter his life. |
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2. Volver, 2006 | |
Description Sole, a young woman (penelope cruiz), visits her ancestral village to attend the funeral of Paula, her aunt. However, much to the horror, she encounters the ghost of her mother who died years ago. |
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3. Blow, 2001 | |
Description Having grown up amidst extreme poverty, George Jung becomes a cocaine peddler to earn money. While this makes him rich, he meets obstacles that lead to his fall from power. |
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4. Vanilla Sky, 2001 | |
Description David Aames, a publishing magnate, becomes the victim of a car crash, which disfigures his face. The incident changes him and compels him to question the existing reality of his life. |
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5. Jamon Jamon, 1992 | |
Description Jose Luis (Jordi Mollà) has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom, Conchita (Stefania Sandrelli), owns. Jose Luis makes the acquaintance of Silvia (penelope cruz), a beautiful laborer on the underwear assembly line, and he is instantly lovestruck. When he announces his intention to marry this blue-collar woman, Conchita is quite displeased, so she enlists the hunky Raul (Javier Bardem) to take Silvia’s mind off her son. The plan works, until Conchita also falls for Raul. |
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6. Broken Embraces, 2009 | |
Description The death of Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez) sets off a chain of events that forces one man to come to terms with his past. Before he went blind, Harry Caine was Mateo Blanco (Lluís Homar), a film director who often worked with Ernesto. Ten years ago, Ernesto and Mateo’s friendship became a battle for Lena (penelope cruze), Ernesto’s mistress and Mateo’s secret object of affection. When the former recruits his son (Rubén Ochandiano) to spy on the latter, things quickly spiral out of control. |
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7. All About My Mother, 1999 | |
Description A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried until her eyes ran completely dry. Far from seeing clearly, the present and the future become mixed up in darkness. She begins looking for his father who has become a transvestite. |
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8. Open Your Eyes, 1997 | |
Description Handsome 25-year-old Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) had it all — a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor’s pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women. He is then thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison. |
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9. To Rome with Love, 2012 | |
Description Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John (Alec Baldwin) encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry (Woody Allen) discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple (Alessandro Tiberi, Alessandra Mastronardi) have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man (Roberto Benigni). |
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10. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, 2001 | |
Description An epic tale about the enduring hope of love and the devastating brutality of war, set amid the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II. An officer falls in love with the daughter of the village doctor and he begins to question his reasons for fighting. As the war grows closer the two are forced to choose between their allegiance to their countries and the love they feel for one another. |
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11. Live Flesh, 1997 | |
Description Victor (Liberto Rabal) goes to meet Elena (Francesca Neri) for a date. Elena, uninterested, tells Victor to leave the apartment before her dealer gets there. Their ensuing argument and struggle draw the attention of policemen Sancho (José Sancho) and David (Javier Bardem). As Elena flees, her gun goes off, paralyzing David. Six years later, Victor gets out of jail and begins having an affair with Sancho’s wife, as David and Elena’s marriage falls apart. |
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12. Ma Ma, 2015 | |
Description Diagnosed with breast cancer, a woman (penelopecruz) forms a strong bond with a man (Luis Tosar) who lost his wife and daughter in a car accident. |
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13. Zoolander 2, 2016 | |
Description After being in isolation for years, Derek and Hansel find themselves recruited by Interpol to uncover the mystery behind assassinations of prominent celebrities. |
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14. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2011 | |
Description Captain Jack Sparrow sets sail in search of the legendary fountain of youth. His mission puts him up against a mysterious woman from his past, old enemy Barbossa and the feared pirate, Blackbeard. |
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15. Woman on Top, 2000 | |
Description Isabella Oliveira moves out of Brazil and takes on the challenges life throws at her when her husband cheats on her. |
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16. Sahara, 2005 | |
Description An explorer goes in search of a lost Civil War battleship known as the “Ship of Death” in the deserts of West Africa while helping a UN doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator. |
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17. Elegy, 2008 | |
Description When an aging professor begins dating a stunning grad student, he finds himself changing from a confident Lothario into a jealous boyfriend. |
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18. Don’t Move, 2004 | |
Description A dramatic tale of a surgeon who, while waiting for his daughter’s brain surgery, remembers his affair with a woman who lives in the slums on the outskirts of his city. |
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19. The Counselor, 2013 | |
Description Just a few days before his marriage, a lawyer, Counselor, gets entangled in a drug plot involving a middle-man, Westray. |
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20. Belle Epoque, 1992 | |
Description As Spain sits on the precipice of civil war in 1930, Fernando (Jorge Sanz) opts to go AWOL from the army. He soon happens upon the country home of the rich Manolo (Fernando Fernán Gómez), who invites Fernando to stay with him. Fernando is then introduced to Manolo’s daughters — Clara (Miriam Díaz-Aroca), Violeta (Ariadna Gil), Rocio (Maribel Verdú) and Luz (penelope crus) — and has close encounters with each of them, but a problem arises when he cannot decide which beauty to marry. |
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21. Nine, 2009 | |
Description Struggling to find peace in his personal and professional life, famous director Guido Contini engages himself in many dramatic relationships which include his wife, his mistress and his agent. |
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22. Bandidas, 2006 | |
Description Two women team up and rage a war against an enforcer who tries to capture their lands. |
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23. The Queen of Spain, 2016 | |
Description Eighteen years after fleeing Nazi Germany, Spanish film actress Macarena Granada becomes a major Hollywood star. She returns to Spain to play Isabella I of Castille, surrounded by showbiz hype. |
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24. Gothika, 2003 | |
Description A criminal psychologist awakens as a patient in a mental institution, with no memory of the murder she’s accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory, a vengeful spirit manipulates her. |
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25. The Hi-Lo Country, 1998 | |
Description After Big Boy and Pete Calder go back to their village, they discover that majority of their town is employed by Jim Ed Love, a cattle baron. Later, the boys decide to raise cattle the cowboy style. |