Best Rita Moreno movies
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TOP 17: A Gift of Miracles
Rita Moreno as: Beverly Davis
Genre: Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Release: 2015
A pragmatic PhD candidate must let go of her logic when she finds a list of items to give away written by the late mother she never knew. With the encouragement of her enthusiastic new mentor, she attempts to return everything on the list and begins to encounter unexplainable coincidences that lead her to understand the world’s smallest marvels have the greatest meaning.
TOP 16: Marlowe
Rita Moreno as: Dolores Gonzáles
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Release: 1969
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
TOP 15: The Ritz
Rita Moreno as: Googie Gomez
Genre: Comedy, Music
Release: 1976
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse.
TOP 14: Garden of Evil
Rita Moreno as: Cantina Singer
Genre: Western
Release: 1954
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.
TOP 13: Slums of Beverly Hills
Rita Moreno as: Belle Abromowitz
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1998
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
TOP 12: The Four Seasons
Rita Moreno as: Claudia Zimmer
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1981
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
TOP 11: The Night of the Following Day
Rita Moreno as: Blonde
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1969
A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.
TOP 10: Rio 2
Rita Moreno as: Aunt Mimi (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Release: 2014
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
TOP 9: Angus
Rita Moreno as: Madame Rulenska
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Release: 1995
Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool-kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him
TOP 8: Carnal Knowledge
Rita Moreno as: Louise
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1971
The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.
TOP 7: West Side Story
Rita Moreno as: Valentina
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Release: 2021
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
TOP 6: And the Oscar Goes To...
Rita Moreno as: Self (archive footage)
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Release: 2014
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
TOP 5: The King and I
Rita Moreno as: Tuptim
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adventure, Music
Release: 1956
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
TOP 4: West Side Story
Rita Moreno as: Anita
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Release: 1961
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
TOP 3: Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Rita Moreno as: Doña Dolores / Woman #3 (voice)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Release: 2003
A friend of Fred's, Alejo Otero, invites the Scooby gang to Veracruz, Mexico. There they find a monster, El Chupacabra, terrorizing the town.
TOP 2: My Father's Dragon
Rita Moreno as: Mrs. McClaren (voice)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Comedy
Release: 2022
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
TOP 1: Singin' in the Rain
Rita Moreno as: Zelda Zanders
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance, Drama
Release: 1952
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.