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- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsCatherine SpaakNino ManfrediVittorio CaprioliTo get her husband more interested in her, the wife invents a lover. The husband will collect every hint trying to figure out who is the lover.
- DirectorMario MonicelliElio PetriFranco RossiStarsNino ManfrediFulvia FrancoJohn Phillip LawFour episodes satirising modern marriages and the lack of affection which leads to infidelity.
- DirectorGiorgio CapitaniStarsVittorio GassmanPamela TiffinIrina DemickFurio Bertuccia, a corruptible lawyer who defends lost causes, is hired by the glamorous model Gloria Bianchi to defend her from the alleged murder of her lover.
- DirectorFranco GiraldiStarsUgo TognazziIsabella ReiLilla BrignoneA bachelor attorney with a roving eye for beautiful women sets his sights on a young student for his next amorous conquest.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsAlberto SordiGianna Maria CanaleElena NicolaiDuring the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsNino ManfrediMario AdorfValeria MoriconiAn inept thief wants to escape prison and return to his family, but two of his prison mates also want out.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
- DirectorMauro BologniniMario MonicelliAntonio PietrangeliStarsMonica VittiEnrico Maria SalernoClaudia CardinaleFour unrelated short comedies by four different directors. "Queen Sabina" chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. "Queen Armenia" centers on a self-serving opportunistic gypsy babysitter who uses her employer's kids for her own gain. "Queen Elena" centers on a husband who learns a lesson about the perils of infidelity after he succumbs to the wiles of the seductive wife next door. "Queen Marta" centers on a wealthy woman who, when drunk, uses her butler as an outlet for her lust.
- DirectorLuigi Filippo D'AmicoDino RisiFranco RossiStarsNino ManfrediIlaria OcchiniRiccardo GarroneIn the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer Gabriella, lover of Alvaro, with the complexity of shyness. In the second part, Prof. Beozi, in order to avoid a scandal, ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals. In the third part, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him since nobody has the courage of uncovering the true reason for him being unwanted.
- DirectorGiorgio BianchiStarsBelinda LeeWalter ChiariUgo TognazziA group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsGina LollobrigidaSilvana ManganoWalter ChiariSandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta. But little by little Sandro identifies himself with the people he meets and the accusation against mankind changes into a confession to himself. And, after the death of his true friend Peppino Marazzi and a conversation with Silvia, Sandro begins to consider again his own life.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsStefania SandrelliMario AdorfJean-Claude BrialyAdriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.
- DirectorAlberto SordiStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaBettina BrennaGiuseppe, an Italian gas station attendant, is invited to the United States to reconcile with his father, who he believed had been dead for years.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsClaudia CardinaleUgo TognazziBernard BlierAndrea Artusi begins to have doubts about the loyalty of his beautiful wife . When doubt becomes an obsession , his behavior becomes completely crazy , stalking her relentlessly.
- DirectorLuigi Filippo D'AmicoDino RisiLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiNicoletta MachiavelliAlessandro CutoloThree episodes about Italian husbands and those relationships in marriage.
- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsCatherine SpaakHywel BennettHugh GriffithIgnazio is married to a much younger girl, as she starts being attracted by a handsome young man. The new couple set up several plans to kill the old-timer.
- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsCatherine SpaakJean-Louis TrintignantGigi ProiettiAfter discovering her late husband's swinger's pad, a widow uses the apartment to explore her own sexuality, while searching for a man who can reciprocate her passions.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanDorian GrayAnna Maria FerreroGerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiBice ValoriSara FranchettiThe eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsEnrico Maria SalernoSandra MiloDaniela BianchiManager Marletti goes to the sea to meet his wife Giuliana to spend the weekend with her and many friends. After three days Marletti comes back driving his car to Rome. So he can sleep, alone and happy, with silence around him.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsUgo TognazziEmmanuelle RivaBarbara SteeleGianni and Marietta get along wonderfully as lovers, but not as a couple. Despite being married, they agree to become lovers again.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsNino ManfrediCatherine SpaakDidi PeregoDora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino and makes up her mind to join him. But he has found a new lover.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAnn-MargretVittorio GassmanOreste LionelloPietro Breccia is a man who has long decided to abandon civilization becoming a hermit, leaving behind the strain of modern life and the futility of consumer society and living for years in seclusion on Soratte, near Rome. One day he is discovered by a TV crew that, sniffing the scoop, film a report about him.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsUgo TognazziNicoletta MachiavelliBernard BlierEfisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's salon, and rounds up the slim balance by betting with colleagues in strength with the game "head against head".
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsMonica VittiStanley BakerCorin RedgraveA Sicilian woman "dishonored" by her lover goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.
- DirectorFranco IndovinaStarsVittorio GassmanMartha HyerGila GolanBob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him.
- DirectorAlberto SordiStarsAlberto SordiAnita EkbergBibi AnderssonSuccessful 50-year-old entrepreneur Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious reasons, is in fact separated from his wife and leads a frenetic life divided among numerous lovers.
- DirectorUgo TognazziStarsUgo TognazziMaria Grazia BuccellaGastone MoschinA businessman is nicknamed "L'avvocato" and his driver, Oscar, is a yes-man. When L'avvocato has a crash while driving his car, Oscar is put in jail in his place. When Oscar gets out, he finds himself married to the beautiful Maria, but he can't even touch her: she is l'avvocato's lover. Afterwards Oscar is appointed manager, but he can't manage a dime. At the end he shall find himself again in jail, hoping that his "sissignore" (yessir) will let him have, sometime, a driver to send to prison in his place.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsVittorio GassmanAdolfo CeliDaniela BianchiLucio (Vittorio Gassman) sees his holiday on the Italian Alps interrupted when he is suddenly and unwillingly involved in an International plot involving fake dollar bills.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakJean-Louis TrintignantAn impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanAnn-MargretEleanor ParkerA middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
- DirectorRenato CastellaniLuigi ComenciniFranco RossiStarsCatherine SpaakJohn Phillip LawAldo PuglisiOmnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine Spaak as "out of place" women longing for love, in a Sicillian village, a monastery, and a modern Italian urban setting, respectively.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaMarisa MerliniAn unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsSandra MiloFrançois PérierMario AdorfTwenty-four hours in the life of Pina and Adolfo. The story of a 36-year-old woman and the flashbacks that show the pair's lives and fills in some details of their other relationships.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsUgo TognazziGiovanna RalliRossana MartiniLuciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAlberto SordiLea MassariFranco FabriziSilvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsUgo TognazziCatherine SpaakBéatrice AltaribaA middle-aged and slightly conservative businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one named Francesca. He is pursuaded to join their party and even pay for most of it, as he finds himself strangely attracted to Francesca, who seems his complete opposite.