Mia Sara

Mia Sarapochiello (born June 19, 1967) better known as Mia Sara, is an American actress best known for her roles as Ferris Bueller's girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), as Jean Claude Van Damme's wife Melissa Walker in Timecop (1996), and as Lily, playing opposite Tom Cruise in Legend (1985), her first feature film role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mia Sara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Legend (1985)

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Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ridley Scott
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Mia Sara  •  Tim Curry  •  David Bennent

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ridley Scott
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Mia Sara  •  Tim Curry  •  David Bennent

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

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After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Matthew Broderick  •  Alan Ruck  •  Mia Sara  •  Jeffrey Jones

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Matthew Broderick  •  Alan Ruck  •  Mia Sara  •  Jeffrey Jones

The Pompatus of Love (1996)

Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Schenkman
CAST:  Adrian Pasdar  •  Jon Cryer  •  Tim Guinee  •  Adam Oliensis

Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Schenkman
CAST:  Adrian Pasdar  •  Jon Cryer  •  Tim Guinee  •  Adam Oliensis

Timecop (1994)

An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hyams
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Mia Sara  •  Ron Silver  •  Bruce McGill

An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hyams
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Mia Sara  •  Ron Silver  •  Bruce McGill

A Stranger Among Us (1992)

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  John Pankow  •  Tracy Pollan  •  Lee Richardson

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  John Pankow  •  Tracy Pollan  •  Lee Richardson

The Maddening (1996)

David and Cassie Osborne have an argument one night. So the next morning after David goes to work, Cassie runs off to her sister's house for a few days with their daughter Samantha. Only they never get there. David starts looking for them, and her sister, Joanne, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Huston
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Mia Sara  •  Candace Hutson

David and Cassie Osborne have an argument one night. So the next morning after David goes to work, Cassie runs off to her sister's house for a few days with their daughter Samantha. Only they never get there. David starts looking for them, and her sister, Joanne, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Huston
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Mia Sara  •  Candace Hutson

A Climate for Killing (1991)

Shortly before a rodeo festival week in Yuma County a body is found in the desert. It seems that it's Ria Paris, who was assumed to be killed by her husband before he took his own life already 16 years ago - however the cadaver's no that old! Together with his new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.S. Cardone
CAST:  John Beck  •  Katharine Ross  •  Steven Bauer  •  Mia Sara

Shortly before a rodeo festival week in Yuma County a body is found in the desert. It seems that it's Ria Paris, who was assumed to be killed by her husband before he took his own life already 16 years ago - however the cadaver's no that old! Together with his new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.S. Cardone
CAST:  John Beck  •  Katharine Ross  •  Steven Bauer  •  Mia Sara

Undertow (1996)

After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man who lives there with his young wife. As the storm rages on, tension mounts in the small cabin. Matters ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Red
CAST:  Lou Diamond Phillips  •  Mia Sara  •  Charles Dance

After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man who lives there with his young wife. As the storm rages on, tension mounts in the small cabin. Matters ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Red
CAST:  Lou Diamond Phillips  •  Mia Sara  •  Charles Dance

Call Of The Wild (1993)

A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Smithee  •  Michael Toshiyuki Uno
CAST:  Ricky Schroder  •  Gordon Tootoosis  •  Duncan Fraser  •  Frank C. Turner

A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Smithee  •  Michael Toshiyuki Uno
CAST:  Ricky Schroder  •  Gordon Tootoosis  •  Duncan Fraser  •  Frank C. Turner

Big Time (1989)

Triangle drama in a media setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Egleson
CAST:  Mia Sara  •  Dennis Boutsikaris  •  Adrian Pasdar

Triangle drama in a media setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Egleson
CAST:  Mia Sara  •  Dennis Boutsikaris  •  Adrian Pasdar

Hard Time (1998)

Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murder. Now he has to escape from a maximum security prison, and seek, on the deadly streets of a hot and dangerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Reynolds
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Charles Durning  •  Robert Loggia  •  Mia Sara

Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murder. Now he has to escape from a maximum security prison, and seek, on the deadly streets of a hot and dangerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Reynolds
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Charles Durning  •  Robert Loggia  •  Mia Sara

Don't You Forget About Me (2010)

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Then in 1991 he hung up his director’s hat and disappeared into obscurity ala J.D Salinger. In 2008, a group of young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Sadowski-Austin
CAST:  David Anderle  •  Mike Bender  •  Jackie Burch  •  Scott Coffey

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Then in 1991 he hung up his director’s hat and disappeared into obscurity ala J.D Salinger. In 2008, a group of young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Sadowski-Austin
CAST:  David Anderle  •  Mike Bender  •  Jackie Burch  •  Scott Coffey

Hoodlum & Son (2003)

In 1933, a mischievous ten year old, Archie, is left in the care of his unattentive father, Charlie, a reluctant gangster indebted to mob boss Benny “The Bomb” Palladino. Benny gives Charlie a last chance to clear his ‘debt’ by collecting money from a rival, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashley Way
CAST:  Louise Barnes  •  Mia Sara  •  Ted King  •  Ron Perlman

In 1933, a mischievous ten year old, Archie, is left in the care of his unattentive father, Charlie, a reluctant gangster indebted to mob boss Benny “The Bomb” Palladino. Benny gives Charlie a last chance to clear his ‘debt’ by collecting money from a rival, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashley Way
CAST:  Louise Barnes  •  Mia Sara  •  Ted King  •  Ron Perlman

Caroline at Midnight (1994)

A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott McGinnis
CAST:  Clayton Rohner  •  Mia Sara  •  Tim Daly  •  Virginia Madsen

A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott McGinnis
CAST:  Clayton Rohner  •  Mia Sara  •  Tim Daly  •  Virginia Madsen

The Set Up (1995)

Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank. But shortly after it's finished he is blackmailed into cracking the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Strathford Hamilton
CAST:  Billy Zane  •  Mia Sara  •  James Russo  •  James Coburn

Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank. But shortly after it's finished he is blackmailed into cracking the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Strathford Hamilton
CAST:  Billy Zane  •  Mia Sara  •  James Russo  •  James Coburn

Black Day Blue Night (1995)

A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman who is tracking the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.S. Cardone
CAST:  Gil Bellows  •  Michelle Forbes  •  Mia Sara  •  J.T. Walsh

A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman who is tracking the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.S. Cardone
CAST:  Gil Bellows  •  Michelle Forbes  •  Mia Sara  •  J.T. Walsh

Shadows in the Storm (1988)

A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terrell Tannen
CAST:  Ned Beatty  •  Mia Sara  •  Michael Madsen

A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terrell Tannen
CAST:  Ned Beatty  •  Mia Sara  •  Michael Madsen

Turn of Faith (2002)

Mob drama starring Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, Mia Sara and Costas Mandylor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Ray Mancini  •  Mia Sara  •  Costas Mandylor  •  Alan Gelfant

Mob drama starring Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, Mia Sara and Costas Mandylor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Ray Mancini  •  Mia Sara  •  Costas Mandylor  •  Alan Gelfant

The Impossible Elephant (2001)

Tormented by a giant bully and dealing with the loss of his mom, young Daniel wishes for a special pet to have by his side. After discovering Lumpy-a real, live elephant-in his backyard, it's as if his wish has come true...until his dad ships Lumpy off to the local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Wood
CAST:  Mia Sara  •  Nicholas Lea  •  Mark Rendall  •  Alex Doduk

Tormented by a giant bully and dealing with the loss of his mom, young Daniel wishes for a special pet to have by his side. After discovering Lumpy-a real, live elephant-in his backyard, it's as if his wish has come true...until his dad ships Lumpy off to the local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Wood
CAST:  Mia Sara  •  Nicholas Lea  •  Mark Rendall  •  Alex Doduk

Dazzle (1999)

A fairy takes on human form and enters the life of a widowed children's book author and his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lister
CAST:  Maxwell Caulfield  •  Tristan Gardiner  •  Charlotte Savage  •  Mia Sara

A fairy takes on human form and enters the life of a widowed children's book author and his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lister
CAST:  Maxwell Caulfield  •  Tristan Gardiner  •  Charlotte Savage  •  Mia Sara
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