Where to Watch
Region
Apple TV Store
Rent from
HD
$3.99
Apple TV Store
Buy from
HD
$14.99
Amazon Prime Video
Stream included
HD
Included
Amazon Video
Rent from
HD
$3.99
Amazon Video
Buy from
HD
$14.99
See all 16 options →
Prices last updated September 4, 2026. Pricing and availability may vary by region.
powered by JustWatch
About
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Theatrical
Jan 15, 1988
Box Office
$122.1M
Budget
$15.0M
Return
8.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 6, 2001
Theaters
60
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Star Partners, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Productions
Keywords
sicily, italy
italian american
husband wife relationship
marriage proposal
opera
widow
full moon
man woman relationship
mama's boy
superstition
engagement
bakery
family relationships
italian restaurant
dog
makeover
brooklyn, new york city
dying mother
mothering
holiday season
extended family
engaged couple
baker
estranged brother
bookkeeper
the metropolitan opera
la bohème
bad blood
disapproving parent
passion and romance
affair
hilarious
romantic
melodramatic
Quotes
See all →Choices and Consequences in Love and Life
Ronny
And what do you know? OK. You tell me my life? I'll tell you yours. I'm a wolf? You run to the wolf in me, that don't make you no lamb! You're gonna marry my brother? Why you wanna sell your life short? Playing it safe is just about the most dangerous thing a woman like you could do. I mean, you waited for the right man the first time. Why didn't you wait for the right man again?
Loretta
He didn't come!
Ronny
I'm here!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Love and Reality Clash in Moonstruck
Ronny
I'm in love with you.
Loretta
Snap out of it!
[slaps him twice]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →C
Cher
Loretta Castorini
Nicolas Cage
Ronny Cammareri
V
Vincent Gardenia
Cosmo Castorini
O
Olympia Dukakis
Rose Castorini
D
Danny Aiello
Mr. Johnny Cammareri
J
Julie Bovasso
Rita Cappomaggi
J
John Mahoney
Perry
L
Louis Guss
Raymond Capomaggi
F
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Old Man
A
Anita Gillette
Mona
L
Leonardo Cimino
Felix
P
Paula Trueman
Lucy
N
Nada Despotovich
Chrissy
J
Joe Grifasi
Shy Waiter
G
Gina DeAngeles
Old Crone
R
Robin Bartlett
Barbara
H
Helen Hanft
Lotte
D
David S. Howard
Irv
R
Robert Weil
Bobo
A
Amy Aquino
Bonnie
