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Irene Cara

Actor · 17 credits · 7 in highly-rated films

Best known for Fame (1980)

Frequent collaborators: Lee Curreri, Gene Anthony Ray

Movies (17 total, ranked by score)

  1. Fame

    1980 · ★ 6.4 (527 votes)

    Drama, Music

    1

  2. Style Wars

    1984 · ★ 7.5 (58 votes)

    Music, Documentary, TV Movie

    2

  3. Sparkle

    1976 · ★ 7.3 (23 votes)

    Drama, Music

    3

  4. Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

    2006 · ★ 8.2 (2 votes)

    Music

    4

  5. Bring Back... Fame

    2008

    5

  6. Disco Explosion - Flash Back

    2007 · ★ 7.5 (1 votes)

    Music

    6

  7. Happily Ever After

    1989 · ★ 5.7 (55 votes)

    Family, Animation, Fantasy

    7

  8. Busted Up

    1986 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Action, Drama

    8

  9. City Heat

    1984 · ★ 5.5 (218 votes)

    Action, Crime, Comedy

    9

  10. On Location with: FAME

    1980 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Sister, Sister

    1982

    Drama, TV Movie

    11

  12. For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

    1983

    TV Movie, Drama

    12

  13. Caged in Paradiso

    1989 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Action, Drama

    13

  14. Killing 'em Softly

    1982

    Drama, Thriller

    14

  15. Certain Fury

    1985 · ★ 5.2 (26 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    15

  16. Apple Pie

    1976 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    16

  17. D.C. Cab

    1983 · ★ 5.2 (101 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Crime

    17

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.