Worth to watch modern Italian stuff
Italian cinema industries is in a deep crisis. With few exceptions. Fairly decent and good recent stuff from Italy, in no particular order.
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- CreatorLeonardo FasoliStefano BisesRoberto SavianoStarsSalvatore EspositoMarco D'AmoreIvana LotitoCiro disregards tradition in his attempt to become the next boss of his crime syndicate. The internal power struggle puts him and his entire family's life at risk.
- StarsVinicio MarchioniAlessandro RojaMarco BocciThis crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsGianfelice ImparatoSalvatore AbbruzzeseToni ServilloScampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloAnna BonaiutoGiulio BosettiThe story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloOlivia MagnaniAdriano GianniniAn introverted man's life changes completely when he finds himself attracted to a young barmaid.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsAitana Sánchez-GijónDino AbbresciaGiorgio CarecciaA young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsSergio RubiniAnouk GrinbergTom NovembreAntonio is a man who was born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth make him an outcast from his peers as a child, and he attempts more than once to break off the offending choppers.
- DirectorStefano SollimaStarsPierfrancesco FavinoFilippo NigroMarco GialliniA look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
- DirectorStefano SollimaStarsPierfrancesco FavinoElio GermanoClaudio AmendolaA gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
- CreatorLuca ManziCarlo MazzottaStarsLuca AmorosinoAntonino BruschettaPaolo CalabresiA look at the daily misadventures of the troupe filming the low-quality TV series "Gli Occhi del Cuore 2".
- DirectorGiacomo CiarrapicoMattia TorreLuca VendruscoloStarsLuca AmorosinoValerio ApreaAntonino BruschettaA director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.
- DirectorSydney SibiliaStarsEdoardo LeoValeria SolarinoValerio ApreaA university researcher is fired because of budget cuts. To earn a living, he decides to produce drugs and recruits his former colleagues, who are living at the margins of society despite their skills.
- DirectorEdoardo LeoStarsLuca ArgenteroEdoardo LeoAnna FogliettaSergio, Fausto Diego and Claudio have to struggle against Camorra in order to open an agritourism.
- DirectorPifStarsCristiana CapotondiPifAlex BiscontiInspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. It's focused on Arturo, a young boy who grows up in Palermo and tries to conquer his beloved Flora.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsValerio MastandreaMicaela RamazzottiStefania SandrelliA misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsEdoardo GabbrielliniMalcolm LunghiRegina OrioliThe story of Piero from childhood to fatherhood, over the background of Livorno's neighborhood Ovosodo.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsAlessandro GassmannMicaela RamazzottiValeria GolinoPaolo and his wife are waiting a baby and deciding his name, but it seems that Paolo's family and friends don't really like the chosen name.
- CreatorAlessandro FabbriLudovica RampoldiStefano SardoStarsStefano AccorsiGuido CaprinoMiriam LeoneFollows six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape of early 90's Italy.
- DirectorGiuseppe CapotondiStarsKseniya RappoportFilippo TimiAntonia TruppoA chambermaid and an ex-cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a dark turn.
- DirectorDavide FerrarioStarsGiorgio PasottiFrancesca InaudiFabio TroianoThe magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening the museum's timid night watchman, comes to the aid of an enchanting young fast-food cook on the run from the police. The museum's dreamy kingdom of silent movie characters becomes a sanctuary for her as she awaits rescue by her devilish boyfriend.
- DirectorMarco PontiStarsStefano AccorsiAnita CaprioliLibero De RienzoAn unemployed young man finds his life turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful actress.
- DirectorLuciano LigabueStarsStefano AccorsiLuciano FedericoAlessio ModicaLooking back at stories and myths of an Italian small town in the mid-70s.
- DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsClaudio SantamariaLuca MarinelliIlenia PastorelliLonely, misanthropic small-time crook Enzo uses the superpowers he gained after falling into the Tiber River to chase down a crazy gangster called "The Gypsy."
- DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsSimone SantiniFrancesco FotiLidia VitaleMatteo, a nine years old kid, builds a mask identical to the one of his hero: a wrestler of a roman suburb called "The Tiger". Once the mask is on, Matteo never wants to take it off. What simply appears as a tantrum is in reality a call for help that nobody seems to hear.
- DirectorClaudio CaligariStarsLuca MarinelliAlessandro BorghiSilvia D'AmicoVittorio and Cesare are brothers for life, but their friendship is put to the test in their search for wealth.
- DirectorSydney SibiliaStarsEdoardo LeoValerio ApreaStefano FresiThe return of the team of researchers who, to delete their problems with law, decide to help police to find new smart drugs.
- DirectorFabio MolloStarsLuca MarinelliIsabella RagoneseAnna FerruzzoPaolo and Mia, an introverted clerk and a unconventional pregnant woman, go on a journey looking for the father of Mia's unborn daughter.
- DirectorEnrico BisiStarsJari Ivan VellaAlbertinoAlessandro AleottiIn the eighties comes from overseas powerful, unstoppable, the wave of hip hop. Few years later the rap music begins to take roots in Italy with the firts album in 1990. Thus began a golden age that from the undergrowth of the counterculture reaches a diverse audience, passing through the masterpiece of Sangue Misto, the evergreen Kaos and Colle Der Fomento, until the commercial success of Neffa, Frankie Hi-Nrg, Sottotono, Articolo 31 and the debut of a young Fabri Fibra. Then, suddenly, the dark at the dawn of the new millenium. Why? An epic, unique season of musical creativity narrated by its big players and accompanied by the voice of a talented and renowed freestyler grown up with those great musicians: Ensi.
- StarsAlessandro BorghiGiacomo FerraraFilippo NigroIn 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
- DirectorSydney SibiliaStarsEdoardo LeoValerio ApreaPaolo CalabresiDespite being in prison, Italy's most wanted gang of academics must stop Walter Mercurio from unleashing a deadly nerve gas on the elite.
- StarsMarco RossettiRoberto CitranMiriam DalmazioItaly and the mafia were at war in the early 1990s. Saverio Barone, a determined young prosecutor, steps in to fight for the innocents caught up in the carnage.
- DirectorRoberto De PaolisStarsSelene CaramazzaSimone LiberatiBarbora BobulovaAgnese and Stefano are profoundly different. She is only seventeen, lives with her mother (a harsh but devoted woman and a regular church-goer) and is about to take a vow of chastity to last until marriage. He is a 25 year old man, with a violent temper and a difficult past behind, who works as a warden in a car park that borders with a gypsy camp. Their unexpected meeting engenders a sentiment of purity, made of little stolen moments and mutual help. But when they make love for the first time, Agnese s illusion of purity is shattered. She experiences a deep sense of betrayal towards her ideals, which leads her to take an extreme decision in the hope of erasing her sin.
- DirectorAlessandro AronadioStarsEdoardo LeoMargherita BuyGiuseppe BattistonTo save his B&B from failure, Massimo decides to turn it into a place of worship, creating a new religion.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsMarcello FonteEdoardo PesceNunzia SchianoA timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsChloë Grace MoretzTilda SwintonDoris HickA darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
- DirectorRoberto De FeoStarsFrancesca CavallinJustin KorovkinGinevra FrancesconiSamuel is a paraplegic boy who lives with his mother Elena in an isolated mansion. When he meets Denise, he finds the strength to open up to the world. Elena won't let him go so easily, and she is ready to do whatever it takes to stop him.
- DirectorRoberto De FeoPaolo StrippoliStarsMatilda Anna Ingrid LutzFrancesco RussoPeppino MazzottaIn this gruesome suspense film, strangers traveling in southern Italy become stranded in the woods, where they must fight desperately to get out alive.
- DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsClaudio SantamariaAurora GiovinazzoPietro CastellittoRome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.
- DirectorSydney SibiliaStarsLuigi D'OrianoGiuseppe ArenaEmanuele PalumboThe rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples and their "Mixed by Erry"-trademarked cassettes that brought pop music to 1980s Italian youth.
- CreatorZerocalcareStarsZerocalcareValerio MastandreaJames AcasterWhen an old friend returns to the neighborhood, Zerocalcare wants to help him find his place back in the world. But what's the right thing to do?
- CreatorZerocalcareStarsZerocalcareValerio MastandreaWayne ForesterA cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.
- StarsFrancesca Romana BergamoGiovanni AnzaldoGianluca ColucciA small digital agency struggles against the odds while dreaming of something bigger. It finds itself in a tricky situation, between extravagant clients and the challenges of a modest provincial reality.