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Antonio Banderas

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Labyrinth of PassionLabyrinth of Passion (1982)
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Luis Ciges
A nympho pop singer and her bisexual buddy cruise the decadent nightlife of Madrid, encountering Almodovar's usual slate of deviants –…
Law of DesireLaw of Desire (1986) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura
Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
MatadorMatador (1986)
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martinez
Almodovar breaks a few more screen taboos with this erotic black comedy about a bull–fighter and a smart female lawyer who share a morbid…
Tie Me Up, Tie Me DownTie Me Up, Tie Me Down (Atame!) (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril
A mental patient kidnaps his sexy B–movie idol in the hope that she will fall in love with him. Teasingly politically unsound, Almodovar…
Mambo Kings, TheMambo Kings, The (1991)
Dir. Arne Glimcher
Feat. Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas
Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas play sibling Mambo freaks who spin out of the fast lane en route to the American Dream. The dance sequences are…
House of the SpiritsHouse of the Spirits (1993)
Dir. Bille August
Feat. Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close
Alternately ponderous and fascinating screen version of Isabel Allende's acclaimed saga charting the turbulent history of a South American family…
AssassinsAssassins (1995)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore
A dark, protracted tale of two hitmen, old hand Sylvester Stallone who wants out of the racket, and new kid on the block Antonio Banderas out for…
DesperadoDesperado (1995)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi
Rodriguez' big–budget blow up of his cult hit EL MARIACHI, with Latino golden–boy Antonio Banderas as the vengeance–bent…
Miami RhapsodyMiami Rhapsody (1995)
Dir. David Frankel
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas, Mia Farrow
Sarah Jessica Parker brings her cutesy appeal to the predicament of a young woman disillusioned yet preoccupied with modern marriage. Woody Allen's…
Four RoomsFour Rooms (1995)
Dir. Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Bruce Willis
Tim Roth's bellboy connects four wild comedies from four hot shot directors from the American indie scene, led by QT himself. A…
EvitaEvita (1996) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Madonna, Antonio Banderas
The Broadway Extravaganza, complete with Madonna, wall–to–wall songs and political melodrama, is bravely swallowed whole by Hollywood. …
Mask of Zorro, TheMask of Zorro, The (1998)
Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Scabarding much of the swordplay of the Tyrone Power original for mega–budget stuntwork and destruction, this ultimately swaps one brand of…
Thirteenth Warrior, TheThirteenth Warrior, The (1999)
Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Antonio Banderas
A smouldering Antonio Banderas is an Arab recruited to make up the numbers by a group of Vikings on a kind of 'Magnificent 13' mission: defending a…
Crazy in AlabamaCrazy in Alabama (1999)
Dir. Antonio Banderas
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffiths, Rod Steiger
Antonio Banderas' directorial debut is an amiable film of two halves, split between a dramatic re–telling of the civil rights struggle in 1960s…
Original SinOriginal Sin (2000)
Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie
Candlelit plantation melodrama set in late 19th century Cuba, that ignites a ‘sight–unseen’ marriage between owner Antonio Banderas and…
Spy KidsSpy Kids (2001)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Cheech Marin
Smashing kidult adventure, in which action dir. Rodriguez lends his action talents to a James Bond–type tale with a twist: Antonio Banderas and…
Femme FataleFemme Fatale (2002)
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
Best viewed as a campy homage to the film noir genre, this snaky thriller revels in the multiple plot twists of its tale of diamond thieves and…
Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost DreamsSpy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Steve Buscemi
The diminutive spies of the hit family thriller return for another colourful, goofy round of saving the day for the grownups. In team with a rival…
Ballistic: Ecks Vs SeverBallistic: Ecks Vs Sever (2003)
Dir. Wych Kaosayananda
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu
Panned on release, this over–geared action slambam has its own sense of chaotic fun that may be enjoyable for some out there. Antonio…
Spy Kids 3-DSpy Kids 3-D (Game Over) (2003)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalban
Another installment in the successful SPY KIDS franchise, adding the gimmick of '3–D' to the family action format. This time round, the…
Once Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
The final 'installment' in dir. Rodriguez' violent Mexican trilogy (see EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO), with Banderas again the loner in a dusty town,…
Imagining ArgentinaImagining Argentina (2003)
Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Ruben Blades
A controversial adaptation of Lawrence Thornton's award–winning novel, set in the Argentine dictatorship of the mid–1970s. Thompson is…
And Starring Pancho Villa as HimselfAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent
Zooming–in on an intriguing corner of 20th century history, this tells the unlikely (but true) story of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's…
Legend Of Zorro, TheLegend Of Zorro, The (2005)
Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell
Rather belated sequel to THE MASK OF ZORRO finds most of the cast (minus Anthony Hopkins) regrouping for another swashbuckling romp in 1850s…
Take the LeadTake the Lead (2006)
Dir. Liz Friedlander
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown
A thinnish retelling of the true story of Pierre Dulaine (played here by Antonio Banderas) who is credited with provoking the current enthusiasm for…
Shrek The ThirdShrek The Third (2007)
Dir. Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
The franchise rolls on in this third installment of the animated comedy when the big green ogre’s new father–in–law falls ill.…
My SpyMy Spy (My Mom's New Boyfriend) (2008)
Dir. George Gallo
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks
Featherweight comedy–caper concerns an undercover FBI agent (Hanks) whose surveillance of an international art thief (Banderas) is undermined…
Other Man, TheOther Man, The (2008)
Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas, Liam Neeson
Melodrama starring Liam Neeson as a man whose struggle to find his missing and unfaithful wife (Linney) brings him into contact with her new lover…
Code, TheCode, The (2009)
Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hardy
Routine heist film with Freeman playing a veteran thief who recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to…
Shrek Forever AfterShrek Forever After (Shrek 4) (2010)
Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Surprisingly enjoyable fourth entry in the franchise has the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin tricking the beloved green ogre into a dark alternate time…
You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin
Not so much a serious Woody Allen film as a funny one without any jokes. An ensemble of fine actors stumble through a series of scenes with only a…
Puss in BootsPuss in Boots (2011)
Dir. Chris Miller
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis
Slinky fairytale spin–off of SHREK finds the titular swashbuckling Spaniard on a whole new steal–stealing adventure. Despite slick…
HaywireHaywire (2011)
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum
Steven Soderbergh directs this classy action vehicle for mixed martial arts star Gina Carano, here playing a black ops spy who is double crossed on…
Skin I Live In, TheSkin I Live In, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes
Over twenty years after their last collaboration, a gracefully middle–aged Antonio Banderas returns for Spanish maestro Pedro Almodovar to play…
Ruby SparksRuby Sparks (2012) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Feat. Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina
Real–life couple Dayton and Faris (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) direct real–life acting couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in this zesty satire…
Machete KillsMachete Kills (2013)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Demian Bichir
More stupid splatter from exploitation exponent Robert Rodriguez, here reviving Danny Trejo's Mexican badass for another round of saving the world,…
Justin and the Knights of ValourJustin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
Dir. Manuel Sicilia
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Freddie Highmore
Essentially Pixar's BRAVE turned inside out, this amusing medieval fantasy centres on a young aspiring knight whose parents wish for him to instead…
Expendables 3, TheExpendables 3, The (2014)
Dir. Patrick Hughes
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford and Antonio Banderas lend their arthritic bodies to this chest–thumping third installment, no longer a throwback to the heydays…
AutomataAutomata (2014)
Dir. Gabe Ibanez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott
Antonio Banderas plays an insurance agent at a robotics corporation. He must investigate a series of violent incidents involving robots violating…
Knight of CupsKnight of Cups (2015)
Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman
Terrence Malick's enigmatic ode to existential despair features Christian Bale as a screenwriter living in LA trying to make sense of the strange…
Finding AltamiraFinding Altamira (2016)
Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Golshifteh Farahani, Clément Sibony
Antonio Banderas plays Spanish archaeologist Marcelino de Sautuola whose 1879 discovery of the 10,000–year–old cave paintings in the Cave…
Music of Silence, TheMusic of Silence, The (2017)
Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Jordi Molla
Drama inspired by the life of renowned opera singer Andrea Bocelli, based on his autobiography and starring Tony Sebastian (GAME OF THRONES) as the…
Pain and GloryPain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz
A more restrained, but no less pretty and witty outing for septuagenarian director Pedro Almodóvar, which narrates evocative vignettes from the life…
DolittleDolittle (The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle) (2020)
Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen
Nutty remake of the 1967 musical with Robert Downey Jr. as the Welsh veterinarian who can talk to animals. Based loosely on the book The Voyages of…
Official CompetitionOfficial Competition (Competencia Oficial) (2021) Recommended
Dir. Mariano Cohn
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Oscar Martinez
This Spanish comedy is another enjoyable satire about movie making, this one largely set around the rehearsal of a big–budget, prestige drama…
UnchartedUncharted (2022)
Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas
Tom Holland plays a street–smart thief who is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune lost by Ferdinand…

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