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Penélope Cruz (1974-) is an Oscar® winning Spanish actress and model. Cruz has been appearing in movies since 1992. She has appeared in many genres of movies. She won her Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress in 2008’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Cruz’s IMDb page shows over 80 acting credits since 1989. This page will rank Penélope Cruz movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Penélope Cruz Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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The Best of IMDb Trivia on Penélope Cruz
1. Penélope Cruz Sanchez was born in the town of Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain in 1974.
2. Penélope Cruz was the second Spanish thespian to win an acting Oscar®. The first was Javier Bardem one year earlier.
3. Two of Penélope Cruz’s ex-boyfriends have been named “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine: Tom Cruise (in 1990) and Matthew McConaughey (in 2005). She is married to Oscar® winning actor Javier Bardem.
4. Penélope Cruz was the visual inspiration for the illustrations of super-villain Power Ring/Jessica Cruz, eventually turned in the first Green Lantern’s woman from planet Earth
5. Penélope Cruz’s role model is Meryl Streep.
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Hey Dan….thanks for the clarification on the Cruz/Bardem movies…not all of them made this table. Thanks again.
Wasn’t Penelope Cruise married to Tom Cruz at some point? Who was taller?
I’ve seen 10 of the 42 films on the chart, less than I thought. Favorites are – Pirates of the Caribbean – On Blackbeards Beard, and.. that’s about it. I only dimly remember Blow, Vanilla Sky was pretty bad, Mustache on the Orient Express was hardly worth remaking, Captain Corelli’s Mandarin had nice locations and no Abba songs, and Sahara should have been more fun.
I do remember enjoying Vicky Christina Aguilera for some reason, might be worth another spin. I’ve never even heard of her top rated films.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
Penelope and Tom were lovers from 2001 until 2004 but never married. They separated because of her objections to Tom’s beloved scientology. They are virtually the same height: Tom is 5ft 7ins and Penny 5ft 6ins.
TOM’s 3 WIVES
Mimi Rogers 1987-1990
Nicole Kidman 1990-2001
Katie Holmes 2006-2012
NOTE: It was Mimi who introduced Tom to the scientology cult founded and led by guru L Ron Hirschhorn
Hi Bob, thanks for the info. I thought they were married.
So it was all Mimi’s fault than. Luckily the other women in his life wanted nothing to with that strange cult and it probably contributed to their parting of ways (or ‘uncoupling’ as Gwyneth Paltrow might say).
HI STEVE You provide us with so much entertainment that I am glad to help you in any way I can.
Often one partner in a marriage does not share the same religious convictions as the other. I wonder for example what W o C thinks of her own spouse worshiping the cult of Joel; but in relation to Nicole your are certainly correct in your own surmise. Here’s part of what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:
“Kidman is Catholic and even considered becoming a nun at one point. Kidman told Entertainment Weekly that the Catholic Church is part of her “essence”, During her divorce from Tom Cruise, she stated that she did not want their children raised as Scientologists. She has been reluctant to discuss Scientology since her divorce.”
Hey Steve…..sorry I missed your Cruz comment. The Cruise/Cruz team never became a married team. As for height….the winner is Cruise by an inch…he is 5 foot 7 and she is 5 foot 6. Of your favorites….ok…..you favorite….I did not like POTC 4 or 5….not to mention POTC 3. POTC 2 was ok….but POTC is a very good movie. Thanks for the many reviews of some of the 10 you have seen. I liked Orient Express…but her role is so small…it barely registers. As for Vicky Christina Aguilera…I agree it is a good movie. Good stuff as always.
I used to confuse Penelope Cruz with Rachel Weisz. I have seen Penelope in 4 films: Pirates 2011, Vanilla Sky, Orient Express and To Rome with Love. She has a current reported net worth of $55 million according to Celeb Net Worth and IMDB credits her with 57 acting awards and 116 noms.
The stats table above suggests that Penelope is not a front-line box office star, but she is in fact better than many of those in my book: she devotes a lot of her money and time to charitable and humanitarian causes.
For example among many projects she (1) donated the entire salary from her first Hollywood movie [1998’s The Hi-Lo Country] to Mother Teresa’s mission- NO Steve, not to Theresa May’s election campaign! (2) actually worked alongside Mother Teresa in Uganda and India where her duties included assisting in a leprosy clinic (3) is involved in the battle against AIDS by for example joining in measures to eradicate the VIRUS from pregnant mothers to their forthcoming babies.
Accordingly this new page is warmly welcomed with a “Vote Up!” In short excellent choice WH of a successful actress who has a heart off-screen.
Hey Bob….I get Cruz and Salma Hayak mixed up. George from work gets Cruz, Hayak and Catherine Zeta-Jones mixed up. And you get her mixed up with Rachel Weisz….that is interesting stuff. Tally count…you 4….and me….counting….20. So I am a little under 50%…..but the 20 is more than I would have guessed. Good shout out for her charitable and humanitarian activities. Always good to read when people are giving back…makes up for some of the not so good stories…that sadly out number Cruz’s good story. Thanks for the vote, the visit, the tally and the comment. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE. Thanks for the feedback.
So impressed was I with Penelope’s humanitarian work [and as you suggest not enough of it goes on] that I was tempted to quip “More Cruz: Less Crows” but for once I was being unfair to Russell who whilst he doesn’t get down on his hands and knees in a leper colony in the way that Penelope has done, nevertheless he too does charity work [see my separate post today on Russell’s page.]
The moral of the story: even bad people do good things!
Penelope is currently # 506 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 of the Hollywood Universe list; these are the other actors on the list she has appeared with.
8 JOHN HURT Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
9 WILLEM DAFOE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
13 BEN KINGSLEY Elegy (2008/I)
19 DENNIS HOPPER Elegy (2008/I)
51 FRANCO NERO Talk of Angels (1998)
59 ANTONIO BANDERAS PAIN & GLORY (2019)
63 ED HARRIS Masked and Anonymous (2003)
69 ALAN ARKIN Noel (2004)
70 SUSAN SARANDON Noel (2004)
70 SUSAN SARANDON ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
72 KIEFER SUTHERLAND ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
79 BRUCE DERN All the Pretty Horses (2000)
79 BRUCE DERN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
80 JOHN MALKOVICH ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
98 JOHN GOODMAN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
116 VAL KILMER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI G-Force (2009)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON The Good Night (2007)
122 IAN MCSHANE Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
122 IAN MCSHANE THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY (2016)
133 IAN HOLM Chromophobia (2005)
135 WOODY HARRELSON The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Blow (2001)
136 JOHNNY DEPP MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
151 BRAD PITT The Counselor (2013)
157 MATT DAMON All the Pretty Horses (2000)
161 NICOLAS CAGE Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
161 NICOLAS CAGE G-Force (2009)
178 RICHARD GRIFFITHS Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
184 NICOLE KIDMAN Nine (2009)
188 MICHELLE PFEIFFER MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
196 JUDI DENCH MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
196 JUDI DENCH Nine (2009)
196 JUDI DENCH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
203 KURT RUSSELL Vanilla Sky (2001)
211 BILL NIGHY G-Force (2009)
213 DANNY DEVITO The Good Night (2007)
217 MICKEY ROURKE Masked and Anonymous (2003)
219 OWEN WILSON ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
222 MICHAEL LONSDALE Don Juan (1998)
223 JEFF BRIDGES Masked and Anonymous (2003)
249 TOM CRUISE Vanilla Sky (2001)
258 DEREK JACOBI MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
259 DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Nine (2009)
267 ROBIN WILLIAMS Noel (2004)
292 CHEECH MARIN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
300 BILLY ZANE ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
306 JOHN LEGUIZAMO The Counselor (2013)
315 MARK STRONG THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY (2016)
315 MARK STRONG TWICE UPON A YESTERDAY (1998)
333 CHRISTIAN SLATER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
335 KEVIN DUNN Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
337 BILLY BOB THORNTON Waking Up in Reno (2002)
339 SOPHIA LOREN Nine (2009)
350 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Chromophobia (2005)
354 WILLIAM H. MACY Sahara (2005)
357 ADRIEN BRODY Manolete (2007)
364 RAY LIOTTA Blow (2001)
370 THOMAS KRETSCHMANN Head in the Clouds (2004)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Gothika (2003)
398 MICHAEL SHANNON Vanilla Sky (2001)
400 KIM CATTRALL Sex and the City 2 (2010)
453 ART MALIK SEX AND THE CITY 2 (2010)
454 JAMES GAMMON The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
458 SAM ELLIOTT The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
464 BEN STILLER ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
466 CHRISTIAN BALE Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
477 TRACEY WALTER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
478 STEVEN BERKOFF Head in the Clouds (2004)
483 ROBERT PATRICK All the Pretty Horses (2000)
525 FRED WARD Masked and Anonymous (2003)
528 TIMOTHY SPALL VANILLA SKY (2001)
530 CHARLIZE THERON Head in the Clouds (2004)
530 CHARLIZE THERON Waking Up in Reno (2002)
539 RALPH FIENNES Chromophobia (2005)
549 CHARLES S. DUTTON GOTHIKA (2003)
562 KEVIN MCNALLY PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (2011)
571 LUKE WILSON Masked and Anonymous (2003)
586 GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
587 CHRIS PENN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
597 FRANCES MCDORMAND Talk of Angels (1998)
624 LAMBERT WILSON SAHARA (2005)
626 GWYNETH PALTROW The Good Night (2007)
638 SALMA HAYEK Bandidas (2006)
647 TILDA SWINTON Vanilla Sky (2001)
659 SAM SHEPARD All the Pretty Horses (2000)
659 SAM SHEPARD Bandidas (2006)
660 JUDY DAVIS TO ROME WITH LOVE (2012)
669 PATRICK SWAYZE Waking Up in Reno (2002)
671 BERNARD HILL GOTHIKA (2003)
675 RHYS IFANS CHROMOPHOBIA (2005)
683 SIMON PEGG THE GOOD NIGHT (2007)
686 SAM ROCKWELL G-Force (2009)
720 DELROY LINDO SAHARA (2005)
726 BRUNO GANZ THE COUNSELOR (2013)
732 CLIFF CURTIS BLOW (2001)
735 SCARLETT JOHANSSON Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
753 DAVID KOECHNER WAKING UP IN RENO (2002)
768 KATE HUDSON NINE (2009)
774 CAMERON DIAZ The Counselor (2013)
774 CAMERON DIAZ Vanilla Sky (2001)
787 IRENE PAPAS Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
796 WILL FERRELL ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
820 MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Sahara (2005)
822 GIOVANNI RIBISI MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003)
841 MILLA JOVOVICH ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
868 JOHN DIEHL The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
870 DEE BRADLEY BAKER G-FORCE (2009)
875 PATRICIA CLARKSON ELEGY (2008/I)
875 PATRICIA CLARKSON VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (2008)
880 SARAH JESSICA PARKER Sex and the City 2 (2010)
881 ELIZABETH MCGOVERN TWICE UPON A YESTERDAY (1998)
906 DENIS LEARY BLOW (2001)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL A CORNER OF PARADISE (1997)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL BLOW (2001)
922 DEAN NORRIS THE COUNSELOR (2013)
925 BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
No one between 926 and 1000, strange. Penelope has appeared with 26 Oscar winners;
ADRIEN BRODY Manolete (2007)
ALAN ARKIN Noel (2004)
BEN KINGSLEY Elegy (2008/I)
CHARLIZE THERON Head in the Clouds (2004)
CHARLIZE THERON Waking Up in Reno (2002)
CHRISTIAN BALE Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Nine (2009)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Talk of Angels (1998)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
GWYNETH PALTROW The Good Night (2007)
HALLE BERRY Gothika (2003)
JAVIER BARDEM EVERYBODY KNOWS (2018)
JAVIER BARDEM JAMON, JAMON (1992)
JAVIER BARDEM LIVE FLESH (1997)
JAVIER BARDEM LOVING PABLO (2017)
JEFF BRIDGES Masked and Anonymous (2003)
JESSICA LANGE Masked and Anonymous (2003)
JUDI DENCH MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
JUDI DENCH Nine (2009)
JUDI DENCH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
KATY JURADO The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
MARION COTILLARD Nine (2009)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Sahara (2005)
NICOLAS CAGE Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001)
NICOLAS CAGE G-Force (2009)
NICOLE KIDMAN Nine (2009)
OLIVIA COLMAN MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE THE HI-LO COUNTRY (1998)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Noel (2004)
SAM ROCKWELL G-Force (2009)
SOPHIA LOREN Nine (2009)
SUSAN SARANDON Noel (2004)
SUSAN SARANDON ZOOLANDER 2 (2016)
TILDA SWINTON Vanilla Sky (2001)
Hey Dan….thanks as always for the information on Penelope Cruz. So she almost has a spot in the Top 500…..not thinking I would have guessed that…but 42 movies listed here is a pretty good total. So…Johnny Depp and Judi Dench are her most frequent Oracle co-stars…too bad Javier Bardem did not make the list. He has to be close himself. I agree…nobody in the final 76……that is indeed strange. 26 Oscar winners is a pretty good tally as well. I actually think she and Bardem have a few more movies together (Vicky Cristina Barcelona). Good stuff as always.
According to dejascene.com they have been in 8 together.
Jamon Jamon 1992
El Amor perjudica seriamente la salud 1996
Mas que amor, frenesi 1996
Carne tremula 1997
Sin noticias de Dios 2001
Vicky Christina Barcelona 2008
The Counselor 2013
Escobar 2016