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Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer. He began his acting career at age 19 with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared in high-profile Hollywood films...
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Assassins
Assassins is a 1995 action film written by the Wachowski brothers and Brian Helgeland, directed by Richard Donner, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore.
Robert Rath (Stallone) is a paid assassin who wants nothing more...
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is a 2002 action film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu. Liu and Banderas play opposing secret agents who are supposedly enemies, but team up during the movie. The film was universally panned by critics, who generally...
Desperado
Desperado is a 1995 action thriller film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas as the former mariachi who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover.
Desperado is the sequel to Rodriguez's...
Evita
Evita is the 1996 film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical based on the life of Eva Perón. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce. It was released on December 25, 1996 by...
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2002 French crime-thriller film directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Rebecca Romijn as the femme fatale and Antonio Banderas. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
In the film, Laure Ash ...
Frida
Frida is a 2002 biographical film which depicts the passionately professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband,...
Imagining Argentina
Imagining Argentina is a 2003 film directed and written by Christopher Hampton. The movie was nominated for the "Golden Lion" award at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. The film is adapted from an award-winning novel of the same title by Lawrence...
La ley del deseo
Law of Desire or La ley del deseo (in original Spanish) is a 1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar. Considered to be Almodóvar's first explicitly gay film, it focuses on a complex love triangle between three men. It follows the more serious tone set by his...
Matador
Matador is a 1986 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel Jimenez (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he didn't commit. Themes include sex, death, and religion.
Diego asks Ángel if he is homosexual, noting...
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 action film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mariachi Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado. Antonio Banderas reprises his role as El Mariachi. The...
Original Sin
Original Sin is a 2001 movie starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, and is a remake of the 1969 Truffaut film Mississippi Mermaid. Jolie was nominated for a Golden Raspberry...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is a 1993 film. It was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme. The film stars Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Joanne...
Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer
Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer will be an animated spin-off of the Shrek films. It is said to be a movie in between Shrek the Third and Shrek 4
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Shrek the Third
Shrek the Third (sometimes known as Shrek 3 or Shrek the 3rd) is a 2007 animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series, following Shrek and Shrek 2. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by...
Take the Lead
Take the Lead is a movie starring Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Marcus T. Paulk, Jenna Dewan, Lauren Collins and also features former America's Next Top Model contestant, Yaya DaCosta. The film was released in mainstream...
The 13th Warrior
The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American action film based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. It is directed by John McTiernan and an uncredited Crichton, and stars Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan and Vladimir Kulich as Buliwyf....
The Body
The Body is a 2001 film based on a novel by Richard Sapir, and starring Antonio Banderas and Olivia Williams.
The movie follows Father Matt Gutierrez (Banderas), a Jesuit priest sent by the Vatican to investigate an archaeologic finding by Dr....
The Legend of Zorro
The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro, both directed by Martin Campbell. Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles as the titular hero and his spouse, and Rufus Sewell stars as the villain. The film,...
The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro is a swashbuckler film directed by Martin Campbell, and stars Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stuart Wilson. In over 80 years since the creation of the Spanish masked swordsman, Banderas was the first...
¡Átame!
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spanish: ¡Átame!) is a 1990 film by Pedro Almodóvar, a Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The film was somewhat controversial upon release, and it earned an NC-17 rating in the United States from the...
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) is a 1988 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. The film that brought Almodóvar to...
Spy Kids
The Spy Kids trilogy is a trilogy of family/action/adventure films written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot follows the adventures of the children of a married spy couple who become involved in their parents' espionage. The...
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Miami Rhapsody
Miami Rhapsody is a 1995 American romantic comedy film starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Gil Bellows, Antonio Banderas, Mia Farrow, Paul Mazursky, Kevin Pollak, Barbara Garrick, and Carla Gugino. It was written, produced, and directed by David Frankel,...
The Mambo Kings
The Mambo Kings is a 1992 drama film starring Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas. Directed by Arne Glimcher in his directorial debut, the film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos. The...
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles is a 1994 film, based on the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. The film was directed by Neil Jordan, and stars Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Kirsten Dunst.
In modern...
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is a 2003 American action-adventure family film directed by Robert Rodriguez and the third film in the Spy Kids Series. It was released in the United States on July 25, 2003. The film featured the return of many cast members...
Four Rooms
Four Rooms is a 1995 anthology film telling four stories set in a Los Angeles hotel on New Year's Eve. Tim Roth stars as the principal character of the frame tale; he also takes part to a greater or lesser degree in the four stories, which feature...
Bordertown
Bordertown is a 2006 American drama motion picture, written and directed by Oscar nominated Gregory Nava and executive produced by David Bergstein, Cary Epstein, Barbara Martinez-Jitner, and Tracee Stanley-Newell. The movie features Jennifer Lopez ,...
Shrek the Halls
Shrek the Halls is a television special that premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. The thirty minute Christmas special included the following: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas...
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is a 2002 American family film featuring spies and science fantasy elements. It was written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the second film in the Spy Kids series, which began with 2001's Spy Kids....
Never Talk to Strangers
Never Talk to Strangers is a 1995 thriller starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca De Mornay.
This movie starts off with criminal psychologist (De Mornay) interviewing a client who is a rapist. It is later indicated that she was the subject of daily...
Benito
Benito (Il Giovane Mussolini in Italian) is an Italian TV film regarding the story of Benito Mussolini's early rise to power in the Socialist International and his relationship with Angelica Balabanoff. It was made in 1993 by RTVE of Spain, Rai Due...
Spy Kids
Spy Kids is the first film of the Spy Kids trilogy. It is directed and written by Robert Rodriguez. It stars Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara and was released in 2001. Rodriguez also produced with Elizabeth Avellan and Guillermo Navarro and was the...
Mexico Trilogy
The Mexico Trilogy or Mariachi Trilogy (also Desperado Trilogy on some DVD releases) is a series of films: El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, all written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez, beginning in 1992 and ending in...
Play It to the Bone
Play It to the Bone is a 1999 film, starring Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson, written and directed by Ron Shelton.
It follows the adventures of two boxers and best friends who travel to Las Vegas in order to fight each other for the sake of a...
¡Dispara!
Dispara! (English: Outrage!) is a 1993 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura, starring Francesca Neri and Antonio Banderas. The story is a revenge tragedy.
Marcos, a young reporter, doing a Sunday supplement piece goes to the circus to write about...
Two Much
Two Much is a 1995 romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah and Danny Aiello. It was produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures released it in the USA. The...
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself is a 2003 television film starring Antonio Banderas as Pancho Villa. The movie's tagline is Lights. Camera. Revolution.
At the time of production, this was the most expensive 2-hour television/cable movie ever...
Bajarse al moro
Bajarse al moro is a 1989 Spanish comedy film. It was directed by Fernando Colomo. It stars Antonio Banderas and Verónica Forqué as a young couple who live with group of people in a small apartment. It was filmed in the Andalusian province of Cádiz....
Sin City 2
Sin City 2 is the 2010 sequel to Sin City starring Jessica Alba, and Rachel Weisz.
In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him. Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan's death....
Shrek Goes Fourth
Shrek Goes Fourth is the 3rd sequel to the Shrek Series starring Mike Myers, and Cameron Diaz.
The further adventures of the giant green ogre, Shrek, living in the land of Far, Far Away.
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If They Tell You I Fell
If They Tell You I Fell (Spanish: Si te dicen que caí) is a 1989 Spanish film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Jorge Sanz and Victoria Abril. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Catalan author Juan Marsé. Set...
Thick as Thieves
Thick as Thieves (also known as The Code) is a crime/heist film produced for sale in overseas markets directed by Mimi Leder, starring Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas and Radha Mitchell. Released Direct to DVD in February 2009 in the UK, it was...
The Other Man
The Other Man tells the story of a man who discovers his late wife had a lover for many years. When he comes to terms with this news he travels to Italy in search of the other man.
The Other Man is due to be filmed late fall 2007 on location in...
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Shrek 2
Shrek 2 is a 2004 computer-animated American comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second film in the Shrek series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek. The film features...
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Laberinto de pasiones
Labyrinth of Passion (Spanish: Laberinto de pasiones) is a 1982 Spanish screwball comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias and Antonio Banderas. The plot follows a nymphomaniac pop star who falls in love...
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits is a 1993 dramatic movie starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, and Antonio Banderas. The supporting cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, Maria Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Jan Niklas. It was...
Shrek Ever After
Shrek Forever After is a 2010 action animated film written by Tim Sullivan and Josh Klausner and directed by Mike Mitchell.
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My Mom's New Boyfriend
My Mom's New Boyfriend is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Colin Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Selma Blair, and Meg Ryan. The film received a limited theatrical international release, it was released straight-to-DVD on June 17, 2008 in the United...
