Wild Blood

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Luca Zingaretti, Alessio Boni, Maurizio Donadoni, Giovanni Visentin

Synopsis: A pair of movie stars rise to fame during World War II through alliances that taint their reputation in this historical drama based on a true story. As Fascism is on the march in Italy under the rule of Benito Mussolini, Golfiero Goffredo (Alessio Boni) is a well-respected movie director.

Shoot ‘Em Up

Actors: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Daniel Pilon, Sidney Mende-Gibson

Synopsis: Clive Owen stars in this gritty, over the top action thriller as Mr. Smith, a gun-toting badass with a hair trigger and an unknown past. He’s far from a doctor and farther from a parent, but when he unwittingly discovers an innocent woman delivering a baby right in the middle of a gunfight.

Second Wind

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Michel Blanc, Jacques Dutronc, Eric Cantona

Synopsis: Adapted from the same José Giovanni story that spawned Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic 1966 film of the same name, director/screenwriter Alain Corneau’s nail-biting thriller stars Daniel Auteuil as iconic French gangster Gustav “Gu” Minda and Monica Bellucci as the smoldering Manouche.

The Big Question

Actors: Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, James Caviezel

Synopsis: A pair of filmmakers explore the issues of faith in the 21st century during the shooting of a controversial retelling of the life of Jesus Christ in this documentary. Francesco Cabras andAlberto Molinari are documentarians who also work as actors, and the two men had small roles in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.

N (Napoleon and Me)

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Elio Germano, Monica Bellucci, Francesca Inaudi, Sabrina Impacciatore

Synopsis: A young firebrand learns the hard way about the practical problems behind political assassination in this lavish period comedy. In 1814, with his reputation in tatters and his rule of France come to an inglorious end, Napoleon Bonaparte (Daniel Auteuil) flees to the Island of Elba.

Sheitan

Actors: Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Roxane Mesquida, Nico Le Phat Tan, Ladj Ly

Synopsis: Four friends looking for a good time are lured into a strange and dangerous netherworld in this wildly offbeat horror film from France. It’s Christmas Eve, and twentysomethings Bart (Olivier Barthelemy), Ladj (Ladj Ly), Thai (Nico Le Phat Tan), and Yasmine (Leila Bekhti) are bored and looking for fun.

The Brothers Grimm

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce

Synopsis: Two men who have made a career out of spinning remarkable stories find themselves bringing them to life in this inventive fantasy inspired by the creators of some of the world’s best-loved fairy tales. .

Combien tu m’aimes? ( How much do you love me?)

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Edouard Baer.

Synopsis: In Paris, after winning the lottery, the clerk François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to the prostitute Daniela to live with him until the end of his money. François is a lonely man, with heart problems and Daniela stays with him for eight days. Then, she decides to come back to her man, the mobster Charly, but she misses François and returns to his place. But once a whore, always a whore.

Remember Me, My Love

Actors: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Nicoletta Romanoff, Silvio Muccino, Monica Bellucci

Synopsis: Gabriele Muccino’s Ricordati di Me (Remember Me) is a drama about two generations in an Italian family. Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) and Giulia (Laura Morante) are a married couple who have each given up their aspirations in order to live an average life. 

She Hate Me

Actors: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Monica Bellucci

Synopsis: Directed by Spike Lee, She Hate Me follows John Henry “Jack” Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), who is fired from a posh job in biotechnology after informing the proper authorities of some sketchy business dealings from within the company. 

The Passion of The Christ

Actors: James Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Claudia Gerini, Maia Morgenstern, Sergio Rubini, Rosalinda Celentano, Hristo Jivkov,Luca Lionello, Mattia Sbragia, Hristo Shopov

Synopsis: Mel Gibson’s well-publicized production The Passion of the Christ concerns the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The dialogue is spoken in the ancient Aramaic language, along with Latin and Hebrew.

Agents Secrets

Actors: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, André Dussollier, Charles Berling, Bruno Todeschini

Synopsis: From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should.

The Matrix Revolutions

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne,Hugo Weaving, Monica Bellucci

Synopsis: Shot back-to-back with The Matrix Reloaded, the third and final installment of Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski’s sci-fi action saga picks up where the second film left off. Neo (Keanu Reeves) remains unconscious in the real world, caught in a mysterious subway station that lies between the machine world and the Matrix, and Bane (Ian Bliss) is still a conduit for Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), who continues to grow out of control, threatening to destroy both worlds.

The Matrix Reloaded

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne,Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith

Synopsis: After creating an international sensation with the visually dazzling and intellectually challenging sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers returned with the first of two projected sequels that pick up where the first film left off. Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) have been summoned by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to join him on a voyage to Zion, the last outpost of free human beings on Earth.

Tears of the Sun

Actors: Nick Chinlund, Eamonn Walker, Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan, Johnny Messner

Synopsis: A career soldier is forced to choose between following orders and saving lives in this action thriller. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) is a veteran Navy SEAL whose commander (Tom Skerritt) has given his team a special assignment. 

Irreversible

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia

Synopsis: Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible utilizes the same storytelling technique used by Christopher Nolan in Memento and Harold Pinterin Betrayal. Consisting of about a dozen scenes, all shot in single takes, Irreversible charts a disturbing night in the life of Marcus (Vincent Cassel).

Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze,Monica Bellucci, Claude Rich

Synopsis: Based on the original ’60s French comic books by René Goscinny, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre is the big-budget sequel to the 1999 box-office hit Astérix and Obélix vs. Caesar. Empress Cleopatra (Monica Bellucci) makes a wager with Julius Caesar (played by writer/director Alain Chabat).

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Actors: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Émilie Dequenne,Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci

Synopsis: French legend has it that a creature known as the Beast of Gevaudan — a huge, wolf-like monster — was responsible for the violent deaths of over 100 persons in the mid-18th century, and this horror fantasy blends the lore of this fabled beast with a story of two men who set out to capture it. 

Malena

Actors: Adele Daniele, Giovanna Litrico, Gianluca Guarrera, Michel Bramanti, Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico,Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica, Gilberto Idonea

Synopsis: A young man’s infatuation for a beautiful older woman blooms amidst the outbreak of World War II in this bittersweet comedy-drama from Italy. Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro) is a 13-year-old boy growing up in a small Sicilian community. 

Under Suspicion

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci

Synopsis: When a powerful man is accused of murder, who tells the truth — the man, or his estranged wife? Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman), an American attorney living in Puerto Rico, is called in to speak with police detective Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman). 

Like a Fish Out of Water

Actors: Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci, Dominique Pinon, Michel Muller, Mehmet Ulusoy

Synopsis: A crime comedy that pays sly tribute to spy films of the 1960s, Comme Un Poisson Hors De L’Eau (aka Like a Fish Out of Water concerns Desire (Michel Muller), the nervous and bookish son of a prominent restaurateur. Desire has been corresponding with a lovely Italian woman, Myrtille (Monica Bellucci.

Kaputt Mundi

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Alessandro Haber, Francesca D’Aloja,Marco Giallini, Ricky Memphis

Synopsis: Italian director Marco Risi directs this ensemble farce about a series of separate mishaps around a luxurious apartment complex. On New Year’s Eve, at the edge of Rome, there is a traffic accident, followed by a soccer team crashing a high-brow ball.

Franck Spadone

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Stanislas Merhar, Carlo Brandt

Synopsis: Richard Bean directs this slick, ultra-cool noir thriller about a master pickpocket sucked into the realm of gangland violence. Franck Spadone (Stanislas Mehrar), along with his two sidekicks, swipe the wallet of gorgeous, depressed stripper Laura (Monica Bellucci) while working the Paris Metro. 

L’Ultimo Capodanno

Actors: Monica Bellucci, Alessandro Haber, Francesca D’Aloja,Marco Giallini, Ricky Memphis

Synopsis: This $5 million Italian comedy is based on a novella by Nicolo Ammaniti (from his 1996 collection Mud). With a structure reminiscent of Robert Altman, interweaving events transpire in 12 hours on New Year’s Eve as the film explores the lives of dwellers in a suburban Rome apartment complex.

A Los Que Aman

Actors: Julio Nunez, Patxi Freitez, Olalla Moreno, Monica Bellucci,Christopher Thompson

Synopsis: Set in an unknown time and place during the 18th century, Isabel Coixet’s follow-up to her 1996 drama Cosas Que Nunca Te Dije/Things I Never Told You centers on the reminiscences of The Teacher (Julio Nuñez), a 68-year-old man who shows up at the home of young Martin (Gary Piquer).

Mauvais Genre

Actors: Jacques Gamblin, Elina Löwensohn, Monica Bellucci,Christiane Cohendy, Michel Aumont

Synopsis: The film’s title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the “wrong genre” and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok (Jacques Gamblin) promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos (“Girl Observed From the Rear”) with a round of book-signings and talk-shows. 

Dobermann

Actors: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Tchéky Karyo, Antoine Basler, Dominique Bettenfeld

Synopsis: The seedy, pscyho characters from author Joel Houssin’s popular 1980s series of hip French crime novels come to vivid life in this rip roaring actioner. The directorial debut of French/Dutch video maker Jan Kounen, the film presents a super violent, drug ladened world ruled by ultramacho men. 

L’Appartement

Actors: Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey

Synopsis: With a plot more tangled than a spider’s broken web, this French drama follows the romantic obsession of Max (Vincent Cassel), a young corporate hotshot who leaves his successful new world behind to search for his elusive lost love Lisa (Monica Bellucci). 

Come Mi Vuoi

Synopsis: A childhood friendship becomes something much more in this Italian outing that begins as an off-beat comedy and ends up an exploration of a rocky romance. The story begins near the Baths of Carcalla in Rome where transvestite streetwalker Desideria hangs around begging for someone to love him/her.

Palla Di Neve

Synopsis: A young boy and an old man team up to free a giant white dolphin from the swimming pool of a ruthless, one-legged millionaire Marcov in this upbeat Italian children’s movie. Mischievous Snowball (the dolphin) gets into trouble when escapes into the beautiful Greek sea and playfully ends up swallowing the record of pension payments owed to Billy Bolla, an aged cruise ship entertainer.

Il Cielo e Sempre Piu Blu

Synopsis: The English title of this complex Italian film is apt. Featuring 65 main characters and 130 speaking parts (famous faces abound and many of the actors appeared gratis), and ranging in tone from tartly humorous to darkly tragic, it presents 30 interwoven slices from the lives of modern day Romans.

I Mitici

Actors: Claudio Amendola, Monica Bellucci, Ricky Memphis, Tony Sperandeo, Ugo Conti

Synopsis: This Italian heist-comedy movie is a revision of Mario Monicelli’s 1958 film Big Deal on Madonna Street. This version is set in modern Milan. TV technicians Fabio and Enzo have been unable to find decent jobs. They decide to crack a safe at a Tony Milan jewelry store instead. 

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Actors: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Sadie Frost

Synopsis: Based on Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance.