The best Sonny Bono’s movies

Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono

16/02/1935- 05/01/1998
We present our ranking of the best Sonny Bono’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Sonny Bono.
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Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/12/1982
  • Character: Joe Seluchi
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past, Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.

Hairspray

Hairspray
7/10
'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.

Escape to Athena

Escape to Athena
5.6/10
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.

Troll

Troll
4.6/10
  • Genre: FantasyHorror
  • Release: 17/01/1986
  • Character: Peter Dickinson
When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy (Jenny Beck), thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

First Kid

First Kid
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 30/08/1996
  • Character: Himself
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment carefully monitored makes normalcy an impossibility. No one knows this better than young Luke Davenport, the son of U.S. President Davenport. He vents his loneliness, frustration and feelings of isolation from family and friends by being a brat to his private Secret Service agent. When the agent snaps from the strain in front of the First Lady, a new agent is assigned to Luke. He turns out to be the enormous Sam Simms, a bit of a rogue who managed to rise through the ranks by sheer determination rather than strict adherence to Secret-Service protocol. At first, Luke tries all his old tricks upon Sam. But instead of getting angry, Sam seems to actually understand.

Good Times

Good Times
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 05/05/1967
  • Character: Sonny
Sonny and Cher spoof many Hollywood classic movie scenes.

Top of the Hill

Top of the Hill
8/10
Michael Stone is a rising company executive decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team to partake in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.

Weedjies: Halloweed Night

Weedjies: Halloweed Night
4.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 21/10/2019
  • Character: Vintage TV Host
When a midnight scavenger hunt for a rare bud of weed known as the "Golden Nug" brings a group of party-hungry stoners to a haunted hotel, it seems like it’ll be the greatest night ever. But when the enigmatic owner, Madam Haze, introduces them to the Weed-G-Board, they open a portal beyond our world, and unleash The Weedjies! This group of ghastly hysterical creatures has only one mission: Party ‘till you die. Before Halloween night is over, the unwitting guests will have to fight for their right to party, and put The Weedjies back in the board - or end up sucked into the netherworld forever!

Under the Boardwalk

Under the Boardwalk
5.4/10
It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the 'Vals' and the 'Lowks' are confident that they will take home the trophy, but things become complicated when Reef Yorpin - leader of the Lawks - discovers his sister Allie has fallen in love with 'Val' surfer Nick after meeting at a beach party.

Murder on Flight 502

Murder on Flight 502
5.3/10
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/06/2003
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation under direction of Richard Wayman. In the name of promoting safe driving in teenagers, these films became notorious for their gory depiction of accidents to shock their audiences to make their point. The film also covers the role of safety films of this era, their effect on North American teenage culture, the struggle between idealism and lurid exploitation and how they reflected the larger society concerns of the time that adults projected onto their youth.

Balboa

Balboa
4.9/10
  • Release: 02/01/1986
  • Character: Tony Carlo
Millionaire gets involved in a real-estate scam.

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

Waco: The Rules of Engagement
7.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 19/09/1997
  • Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In one of the most tragic face-offs in the history of law enforcement, the deadly debacle at Waco pitted the Branch Davidian sect against the FBI in an all-out war. This documentary makes the most of footage and recordings to examine how the events that led to the tragedy of April 19, 1993, unfolded, and how the FBI's unrelenting approach made what was already a bad situation much worse.

Murder in Music City

Murder in Music City
4.9/10
A songwriter buys a detective agency as a tax shelter, but stumbles into a real case when a dead body turns up in the suite he and his new bride are staying in.

LSD a Go Go

LSD a Go Go
6.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 14/10/2004
  • Character: Self (archive footage)

Cher: In Her Own Words

Cher: In Her Own Words
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 30/01/2021
  • Character: Himself
Cher, the star who refused to be boxed in, stood up to conformity, and championed female independence. Proving the doubters wrong with every change of direction. Her influence on women in the industry, and direction of modern music is incalculable.

Wild on the Beach

Wild on the Beach
3.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/08/1965
  • Character: Himself
3 boys, 3 girls, one beachhouse. The cast of this 1965 comedy includes Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, The Astronauts and Sonny & Cher.

Plagues & Pleasures On the Salton Sea

Plagues & Pleasures On the Salton Sea
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 29/10/2004
  • Character: Himself
Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California. This award-winning film from directors Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer details the rise and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the "California Riviera" where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in paradise to its present state of decaying, forgotten ecological disaster. From wonderland to wasteland, PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA captures a place far more interesting than the shopping malls and parking lots of suburban America, a wacky world where a beer-swilling Hungarian Revolutionary, a geriatric nudist, and a religious zealot building a monument to God all find solace and community.

Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry
4.1/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 01/10/1987
  • Character: Maurice
A young man and his girlfriend unwittingly come into possession of a bag containing one million dollars belonging to a drug-smuggling ring. The mobsters try to catch the couple and retrieve their money.

Marijuana

Marijuana
4.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 31/12/1968
  • Character: Narrator
Sonny Bono appears onscreen to tell kids that marijuana is a "bummer" that turns you into a "weedhead" and will make you "trip out" (the fact that, based upon his performance, Sonny appears to have ingested unknown substances before the cameras started rolling tends to limit the film's crediblity somewhat).

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