Mia Sara

Acting

Mia Sara

Born 1967-06-19 · Brooklyn Heights, New York, USA

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.

Acting credits

Legend poster
6.3

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 Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

Legend

1985

Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster
7.6

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 principal and fed-up sister.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

The Life of Chuck poster
7.3

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

The Life of Chuck

2025

Timecop poster
6.0

In 2004, 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.

Timecop

1994

Cinta Belum Tamat Tempoh poster
NR

After the death of her parents, Qaisara works hard to continue life with her younger brother, Qhalish until she successfully opens a café. Now her brother, Qhalish has been engaged to Arisa for two years and is planning to get married but is forced to postpone his desire because he wants to take care of his unmarried sister's feelings, fearing she will be left behind. Qhalish invites his best friend, Radin to become his brother-in-law. After receiving Qhalish's invitation and also pressure from his mother to get married, Radin decides to get to know Qaisara through his own efforts. CAST The cast of the drama Cinta Belum Tamat Tempoh

Cinta Belum Tamat Tempoh

2019

A Stranger Among Us poster
5.5

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.

A Stranger Among Us

1992

Apprentice to Murder poster
5.1

Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell of this "doctor" Reese, he will soon discover Reese has murderous plans for his future. Based on a true story.

Apprentice to Murder

1988

By the Sword poster
6.1

An elderly man named Max comes to the famous fencing coach Villar and asks to take him on as a coach. But the coach does not like his weapon technique, and he only takes Max as a cleaner.

By the Sword

1991

Dorothy and the Witches of Oz poster
5.1

Children's author Dorothy Gale makes a decent living continuing her grandfather's series of Oz books. When a new agent enters the scene, Dorothy moves to New York city. In the midst of a major business deal for her books, Dorothy discovers that her books are not based on her imagination, but on repressed memories. While Dorothy struggles with the revelation, she is forced to confront The Wicked Witch of the West, who has descended upon the Big Apple, determined to settle an old score.

Dorothy and the Witches of Oz

2012

Bullet to Beijing poster
5.2

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.

Bullet to Beijing

1995

Any Man's Death poster
4.4

When a photo-journalist vanishes while covering an African civil war, a roll of film holds the only clues to his disappearance. Following the trail found in the photos, a veteran reporter finds himself in the middle of events as they escalate into war, leaving him with two deadly and disastrous options...

Any Man's Death

1990

Tinseltown poster
NR

This short made as a pilot by The Jim Henson Company for the Logo Network in 2007 revolves around the lives of a gay couple, Bobby and Samson (anthropomorphic pig and bull puppets respectively) balancing their romance, family and careers in Hollywood alongside a cast of supporting human characters. Was considered lost media for years until it resurfaced on Youtube on June 24th, 2026.

Tinseltown

2007

The Maddening poster
4.7

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, thinks David had something to do with their disappearance, and calls the police. Actually Samantha and Cassie are with Roy and Georgina Scudder, and their daughter Jill. Roy picked them up after their car broke down. The only problem is, the Scudders, who seem a little odd at first, won't let them leave or call anyone.

The Maddening

1995

Blindsided poster
4.2

An ex-cop is temporarily blinded when he steals cash from a money laundering operations. While recuperating in Mexico, the thief falls in love with a beautiful woman who has underworld connections. When the girl disappears, he returns to the United States to find her, risking death from the gangster

Blindsided

1993

Call Of The Wild poster
7.0

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.

Call Of The Wild

1993

The Set Up poster
4.3

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 security.

The Set Up

1995

Black Day Blue Night poster
5.1

After a woman discovers her husband cheating on her, she decides to go on a road trip with her husband's mistress. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker, who may be on the run from the cops. With the police on their tail, the women inadvertently fall in with the criminal.

Black Day Blue Night

1995

Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' poster
7.0

This 51 minute documentary of the movie "Legend" can be found as an extra on the 2002 2-disc boxed-set 'Ultimate Edition' DVD release of "Legend". The first part of the documentary deals with the fruition of the idea and the making of the movie. It includes interviews with almost all the main participants of the feature, with the exception of actor Tom Cruise, who was a no show. The second half is much more fascinating and deals with what went wrong with the movie and its marketing.

Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'

2002

Don't You Forget About Me poster
5.3

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 Canadian filmmakers set out to complete a documentary about the man with what they hoped would culminate with an interview, which would be his first since 1999.

Don't You Forget About Me

2010

Daughter of Darkness poster
5.2

An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her, she becomes drawn into a small Romanian underworld of brooding menace, darkness, torture chambers, and vampires.

Daughter of Darkness

1990

Hard Time poster
5.9

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 Miami, for the man who wants him down...

Hard Time

1998

Undertow poster
5.7

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 reach a climax when Jack falls for the beautiful woman and tries persuading her to escape with him. Soon, the situation escalates into deadly violence...

Undertow

1996

Dazzle poster
5.8

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

Dazzle

1999

Turn of Faith poster
3.7

The story of three friends who grew up in the same tough neighborhood and chose three very different paths. Joey became a cop, Frank became a priest, and Bobby went into the family business. No matter what happened, their loyalty was always to each other... until their friendship was given the ultimate test. Philly Russo, a father figure to the three friends, turns out not to be the man they once thought he was.

Turn of Faith

2002