Most Popular Italian-Language Feature Films
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Django
(1966) A coffin-dragging gunslinger enters a town caught between two feuding factions, the KKK and a gang of Mexican Bandits. That man is Django, and he is caught up in a struggle against both parties. Dir: Sergio Corbucci With: Franco Nero, José Canalejas, José Bódalo Western 92 mins. |
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(1966) A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef Adventure | Western 161 mins. |
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Life Is Beautiful
(1997) A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. Dir: Roberto Benigni, Rod Dean With: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini Comedy | Drama | Romance | War 116 mins. |
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For a Few Dollars More
(1965) Two bounty hunters with the same intentions, team up to track down a Western outlaw. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté Western 132 mins. |
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A Fistful of Dollars
(1964) A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. Dir: Sergio Leone With: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch Western 99 mins. |
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Cinema Paradiso
(1988) A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist. Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore With: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili Drama 155 mins. |
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Caligula
(1979) Details the graphic and shocking, yet undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula. Dir: Tinto Brass With: Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren Adult | Drama | History 156 mins. |
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Malèna
(2000) A woman provokes sensual awakenings in a group of adolescent boys. Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore With: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico Comedy | Drama | Romance | War 109 mins. |
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(1975) Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture. Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini With: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle Drama | Thriller | War 116 mins. |
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8½
(1963) A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. Dir: Federico Fellini With: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale Drama | Fantasy 138 mins. |










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