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1. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 51,989 | Gross: $0.75M
2. The Great War (1959)
Approved | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Bernard Blier, Folco Lulli
Votes: 4,611
3. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977)
122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A meek middle-aged man finally takes justice into his own hands.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti, Renzo Carboni
Votes: 3,053
4. The Cinema Machine (1978– )
45 min | Documentary
A critique of cineastes and cinephiles, including a once famous actress reduced to poverty and a man who fails miserably at running a film society with no money.
Stars: Marco Bellocchio, Silvano Agosti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Votes: 14
5. Bitter Rice (1949)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone
Votes: 4,884
6. Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
TV-PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The mad adventures of the mad Italians, searching for the mad treasures in the mad Russia.
Directors: Francesco Prosperi, Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Andrey Mironov, Ninetto Davoli, Antonia Santilli, Alighiero Noschese
Votes: 6,343
7. Amici miei - Atto II° (1982)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Adolfo Celi, Renzo Montagnani
Votes: 3,298
8. Cinématon (1972– )
Documentary
Stars: Gérard Courant, Diana Lui, Joseph Morder, Célestine Roussel
Votes: 14
9. Filumena Marturano (1951)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Filumena, an ex-prostitute and for decades Domenico Soriano's lover, discovers that he intends to get married and so pretends to be on the verge of death in order to get him to marry her instead.
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Titina De Filippo, Eduardo De Filippo, Tamara Lees, Tina Pica
Votes: 127
10. I Am Afraid (1977)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Journey into the fears of the escort agent Graziano, guilty of knowing too much.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Erland Josephson, Mario Adorf, Angelica Ippolito
Votes: 678
11. Side Street Story (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Leda Gloria, Delia Scala, Gianni Musy
Votes: 363
12. Outlaw Girl (1950)
94 min | Drama
Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried, found guilty, and imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escapes from prison and to survive he starts living like an outlaw brigand. He falls ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Mangano, Umberto Spadaro, Ignazio Balsamo
Votes: 73
13. La mazzetta (1978)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder mystery when Don Michele, a building contractor hires Iovine to find his daughter who has disappeared with incriminating documents.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito, Gennaro Di Napoli
Votes: 176
14. One of Those (1953)
89 min | Drama
Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.
Director: Aldo Fabrizi | Stars: Totò, Lea Padovani, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 108
15. Lure of the Sila (1949)
75 min | Drama
Returning home after a night of love spent in a woodman's hut with Orsola, Pietro is arrested by the police for a crime he did not commit. His mother and youngest sister, Rosaria, go to ... See full summary »
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Mangano, Jacques Sernas, Luisa Rossi
Votes: 134
16. I Love, You Love (1961)
90 min | Documentary
Episodes from around the world document the universality of Love, with newsreel footage, performances by a choir and ballet troupes, even nightclub acts.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Chaz Chase, Willy Fritsch, Giuliano Gemma, Georges Lafaye
Votes: 23
17. Manolesta (1981)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Tomas Milian, Giovanna Ralli, Armando Pugliese, Adriana Russo
Votes: 83
18. SuperTotò (1980)
108 min | Comedy
Directors: Brando Giordani, Emilio Ravel | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Galeazzo Benti, Lianella Carell
Votes: 18
19. Woman of Rome (1954)
92 min | Drama
During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair gone wrong. She meets Mino, a partisan who falls in love with her and wants to redeem her.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Daniel Gélin, Franco Fabrizi, Raymond Pellegrin
Votes: 392
20. La figlia del capitano (1947)
102 min | Adventure
Literary adaptation: A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Irasema Dilián, Amedeo Nazzari, Vittorio Gassman, Cesare Danova
Votes: 54
21. L'uomo la bestia e la virtù (1953)
87 min | Comedy
Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Orson Welles, Viviane Romance, Franca Faldini
Votes: 157
22. Hell Raiders of the Deep (1953)
93 min | Drama, War
A team of Italian divers plan to attach high explosives to the hulls of Royal Navy ships at anchor in Gibraltar harbour.
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pierre Cressoy, Girolamo Manisco, Giovanni Tadini
Votes: 42
23. Totò e le donne (1952)
103 min | Comedy
Scaparro, who works in a fabric store, must deal with irritating clients, and when he comes home he finds an unsatisfied, intrusive wife.
Directors: Steno, Mario Monicelli | Stars: Totò, Lea Padovani, Franca Faldini, Ave Ninchi
Votes: 377
24. Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984)
121 min | Comedy
The story of a farmer that succeeded to contest the king Alboino in front of all his Royal court, in the Verona (Italy) of the 12th century, using just his cunning. He will risk several ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Lello Arena, Maurizio Nichetti, Alberto Sordi
Votes: 501
25. Maccheroni (1985)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades, only to discover that old friends have involved him in a massive hoax.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Marcello Mastroianni, Daria Nicolodi, Isa Danieli
Votes: 858 | Gross: $0.43M
26. Più bello di così si muore (1982)
Comedy
In Rome, Italy, Spartaco Meniconi (Enrico Montesano) is an unemployed ex-convict. Together with his pregnant wife Amelia (Monica Guerritore), he lives with his brother-in-law Agenore (Toni ... See full summary »
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Ida Di Benedetto, Monica Guerritore, Toni Ucci
Votes: 67
27. Il petomane (1983)
103 min | Comedy
The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Vittorio Caprioli, Aldo Reggiani
Votes: 193
28. Dove comincia la notte (1991)
94 min | Horror
Rather than waste the funds and logistical skill it took to film the movie "Bix" in Davenport, Iowa, Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati wrote and produced this unassuming English-language ... See full synopsis »
Director: Maurizio Zaccaro | Stars: Tom Gallop, Cara Wilder, Don Pearson, Kim Mai Guest
Votes: 137
29. The Mysterious Rider (1948)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, María Mercader, Yvonne Sanson, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 196
30. Vacanze di Natale (1983)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has little money, falls in love with American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo, a ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Jerry Calà, Christian De Sica, Karina Huff, Claudio Amendola
Votes: 1,584
31. Donne con le gonne (1991)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
The story of love between Renzo, a naive dentist, and Margherita, a troubling feminist. They go thru difficulties and eventually get old together.
Director: Francesco Nuti | Stars: Francesco Nuti, Carole Bouquet, Gastone Moschin, Cinzia Leone
Votes: 292
32. Il corpo della ragassa (1979)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Ulderico Quario hires a very beautiful young woman as a servant: Teresa AKAS Tirisin. He decides to proceed like a new Pygmalion. He teaches her the art of seductions. But she together with... See full summary »
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Lilli Carati, Marisa Belli, Elsa Vazzoler
Votes: 102
33. This Angry Age (1958)
100 min | Drama
During the 1950s, in French Indochina, the Dufresne family struggles to survive amid harsh economic times and natural disasters.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Richard Conte, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 247
34. Codice privato (1988)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Anna's partner, a famous writer, has left her after several years together, and she is determined to find out why. After discovering the access code to his computer, Anna reads unsent letters that reveal the true reason for their breakup.
Director: Francesco Maselli | Star: Ornella Muti
Votes: 54
35. Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (1975)
110 min | Comedy
The Milanese nudist professor Paolo Barca moved to the province of Catania; there he will succeed in changing something both in the school and in his character.
Director: Flavio Mogherini | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Janet Agren, Stefano Satta Flores, Paola Borboni
Votes: 133
36. Qua la mano (1980)
137 min | Comedy
Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy about dancing wins the first prize in a contest.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Enrico Montesano, Renzo Montagnani, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 335
37. Camera d'albergo (1981)
105 min | Comedy
A pair of young filmmakers have secretly, over a year, filmed the goings-on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of regular people living their lives. They get in touch with old,... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Monica Vitti, Enrico Montesano, Roger Pierre
Votes: 177
38. Leviathan (1989)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature that's the product of a failed genetic experiment.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern
Votes: 23,825 | Gross: $15.70M
39. I pompieri di Viggiù (1949)
84 min | Comedy, Musical
In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Nino Taranto, Totò, Vanda Osiris, Carlo Dapporto
Votes: 116
40. Nessuno è perfetto (1981)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Guerrino, a prematurely widowed businessman, falls in love with Chantal, a former paratrooper in the German army who changed sex a few years earlier.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Ornella Muti, Renato Pozzetto, Felice Andreasi, Massimo Boldi
Votes: 297
41. Adam and Eve (1949)
87 min | Comedy
Eva Bianchi, who works as a manicure in a beauty salon in Milan, falls in love with the owner Adamo Rossi. But Adam, who at first always gives her roses, now no longer seems interested in her.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Erminio Macario, Isa Barzizza, Gianni Agus, Guglielmo Barnabò
Votes: 27
42. Culo e camicia (1981)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Renato Pozzetto, Daniela Poggi, Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Votes: 294
43. Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Leon de Paris used to be a modest dog-barber in Paris. In search of more satisfaction. Thanks to the economic helps of Fanny (his terrible mother in law), he succeeds to set up in Roma a ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Massaro | Stars: Michel Serrault, Tomas Milian, Ombretta Colli, Laura Adani
Votes: 150
44. Il paese dei campanelli (1954)
90 min | Comedy
A fake magician makes the inhabitants of a village believe that when one spouse betrays the other they will ring the bells.
Director: Jean Boyer | Stars: Giuseppe Addobbati, Maria Teresa Amore, Wilma Arys, Lucia Banti
Votes: 56
45. Montecarlo Gran Casinò (1987)
97 min | Comedy
The misadventures of different Italian rascals who came to the famous Montecarlo Gran Casinò to get lucky
Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Ezio Greggio, Paolo Rossi
Votes: 331
46. Sognando la California (1992)
115 min | Comedy
Four Italian friends have a 15 year graduation reunion and decide to realize their old dream: a trip to California. Finally free of wives and girlfriends, they arrived in the US and rent a large car to take the road in search of adventure.
Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Massimo Boldi, Nino Frassica, Maurizio Ferrini, Antonello Fassari
Votes: 267
47. Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
Several characters coincide during the Christmas holidays in the winter season of Saint Moritz.
Director: Enrico Oldoini | Stars: Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Diego Abatantuono, Ezio Greggio
Votes: 732
48. Yuppies 2 (1986)
96 min | Comedy
Giacomo, Sandro, Lorenzo, Willy are four young professionals who have two holes in their heads:money and beautiful women. They play very course practical jokes on each other as well. One of... See full summary »
Director: Enrico Oldoini | Stars: Jerry Calà, Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Ezio Greggio
Votes: 416
49. Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991)
121 min | Comedy
In Saint Moritz, in December 1991, some wealthy people spend their Christmas holidays in the luxurious Badrutt's Palace Hotel, indulging in all sorts of pleasures.
Director: Enrico Oldoini | Stars: Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi, Nino Frassica, Ezio Greggio
Votes: 640
50.
Cinématon (1972– )
Episode:
N°934 Luigi de Laurentiis
(1987)
Documentary
Star: Luigi De Laurentiis