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1. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,869
2. Satanik (1968)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A withered old hag turns into a beautiful young woman after drinking a youth formula.
Director: Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Magda Konopka, Julio Peña, Umberto Raho, Luigi Montini
Votes: 427
3. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani
Votes: 5,975
4. Macabre (1980)
Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse
Votes: 3,093
5. Madame Is Served (1976)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bankrupt Italian count has just committed suicide. One of his creditors, Domenico takes over the family villa, but he allows Angela, the widowed mother, Angela's mother-in-law and the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Lanfranchi | Stars: Senta Berger, Maurizio Arena, Bruno Zanin, Erika Blanc
Votes: 118
6. Revenge of the Dead (1983)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
Stefano, a young journalist, buys a used typewriter and accidentally sees that some text is still readable on the ribbon. He manages to reconstruct the story of a scientist, Paolo Zeder, ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Gabriele Lavia, Anne Canovas, Paola Tanziani, Cesare Barbetti
Votes: 2,480
7. La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario (2023)
98 min | Drama
Samuele and Marzio, as teenagers, make a promise to be friends forever, but adulthood, women and everyday problems sneak into their lives.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Gabriele Lavia, Edwige Fenech, Lodo Guenzi, Camilla Ciraolo
Votes: 157
8. Dante (I) (2022)
94 min | Biography, History, Romance
Italy, 1330. Ten years after Dante Alighieri's death, Giovanni Boccaccio travels to Ravenna in search of his daughter Beatrice to whom he must deliver ten gold florins from the Orsanmichele's Company as compensation for unjust exile.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Alessandro Sperduti, Carlotta Gamba, Enrico Lo Verso
Votes: 421
9. The Knights of the Quest (2001)
147 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal family.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Edward Furlong, Raoul Bova, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi
Votes: 578
10. Dracula in the Provinces (1975)
100 min | Comedy, Horror
A boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a hard time having let success and wealth go to his head. But after the superticous Nicosia has... See full summary »
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Rossano Brazzi, Sylva Koscina, Moira Orfei
Votes: 301
11. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 118
12. Arcane Sorcerer (1996)
96 min | Horror
A seminary student, Giacomo Vigetti, is convicted by the Papal State of seducing a young girl. He is forced to flee and takes refuge with an excommunicated priest. Unfortunately, the priest... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Stefano Dionisi, Arnaldo Ninchi, Andrea Scorzoni
Votes: 918
13. Bordella (1976)
100 min | Comedy, Musical
The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips has chosen Eddie Mordace to open the ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Al Lettieri, Gigi Proietti, Christian De Sica, Gianni Cavina
Votes: 163
14. Il signor Diavolo (2019)
86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Italy, 1952. The young official Furio Momenté is sent to Veneto region, near Polesine, to investigate a shocking and mysterious case: a minor has in fact killed one of his peers claiming to have killed the devil himself.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Gabriel Lo Giudice, Filippo Franchini, Cesare Cremonini, Massimo Bonetti
Votes: 1,509
15. Bix (1991)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic of troubled jazz musician/composer Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931), who played with the Paul Whiteman band, among others.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Bryant Weeks, Emile B. Levisetti, Julia Ewing, Mark Collver
Votes: 167
16. Regalo di Natale (1986)
101 min | Drama
On Christmas night, a group of former friends reunites after a very long time with the intent of ripping off a rich industrialist in a game of poker. Old hatreds and mistrusts conflict with nostalgia for the lost friendships.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, George Eastman
Votes: 1,564
17. Welcome Mr. President (2013)
98 min | Comedy
A Mr. Nobody is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Claudio Bisio, Kasia Smutniak, Giuseppe Fiorello, Remo Girone
Votes: 3,678
18. Con il sole negli occhi (2015 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
After a heavy divorce, a lawyer finds new meaning in life after she starts working at a center for refugees, as she meets a child that changes her life completely.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Laura Morante, Paolo Sassanelli, Lina Sastri, Michele La Ginestra
Votes: 147
19. La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (1975)
110 min | Drama, Comedy
A fig tree located on the property of a baron of the lower Padana has for many centuries been the subject of veneration. One day the baron, a crippled atheist, sees a girl lying on the fig ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Villaggio, Delia Boccardo, Gianni Cavina
Votes: 273
20. Tutti defunti... tranne i morti (1977)
105 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Dante must sell books on the legends related to the noble families of Emilia-Romagna to the descendants of the families themselves. When he arrives at the castle Zanotti, he learns that the... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Gianni Cavina, Francesca Marciano, Carlo Delle Piane, Greta Vayan
Votes: 428
21. Incantato (2003)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
Nello Balocchi, a 35-year-old teacher of Greek and Latin, is invited to Bologna by his father, the owner of the Papal tailor's shop in Rome. His father hopes Nello will find a soul mate in ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Neri Marcorè, Vanessa Incontrada, Giancarlo Giannini, Nino D'Angelo
Votes: 1,085 | Gross: $0.02M
22. A Second Childhood (2010)
98 min | Drama
Lino Settembre and his wife Chicca lead a tranquil married life without any serious problems. They are satisfied with their careers. He's the sports editor at the Messenger and she's a ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Francesca Neri, Serena Grandi, Gianni Cavina
Votes: 313
23. A Golden Boy (2014)
102 min | Drama
A young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets a publisher who wants to release his dad's autobiography.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Sharon Stone, Cristiana Capotondi, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 463
24. Che tempo che fa (2003– )
80 min | Talk-Show
Every week Fabio Fazio interviews famous people, Italians and international ones.
Stars: Fabio Fazio, Luciana Littizzetto, Filippa Lagerback, Nino Frassica
Votes: 96
25. Paolo Conte, via con me (2020)
100 min | Documentary
Documentary follows the life and work of Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte.
Director: Giorgio Verdelli | Stars: Renzo Arbore, Pupi Avati, Roberto Benigni, Jane Birkin
Votes: 115
26. The Kiss of Death (1974)
90 min | Drama, Horror
Director: Mario Lanfranchi | Stars: Maurizio Bonuglia, Eleonora Giorgi, Martine Beswick, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 84
27. Balsamus l'uomo di Satana (1970)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The story about a sinister magician-dwarf, physically unable to love a woman. His wife's betrayals and an obsessive isolation drive him to despair.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Bob Tonelli, Greta Vayan, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani
Votes: 86
28. The Big Heart of Girls (2011)
R | 85 min | Drama
A respectable girl decides to marry an irresponsible man.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Cesare Cremonini, Micaela Ramazzotti, Gianni Cavina, Erika Blanc
Votes: 415
29. The Best Man (1997)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
Incredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with him, she is determined to annul her ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Inés Sastre, Dario Cantarelli, Cinzia Mascoli
Votes: 448 | Gross: $0.09M
30. Lei mi parla ancora (2021)
100 min | Drama
Nino tells the romance of 65 years with his wife to an aspiring novelist.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Fabrizio Gifuni, Isabella Ragonese, Chiara Caselli
Votes: 422
31. Giovanna's Father (2008)
104 min | Drama, War
In pre-war Bologna, Michele Casali's teenage daughter Giovanna kills her best friend out of jealousy. Deemed mentally unfit, she is committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Francesca Neri, Ezio Greggio, Alba Rohrwacher
Votes: 1,052
32. The Story of Boys & Girls (1989)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Davide Bechini, Felice Andreasi, Massimo Bonetti
Votes: 226 | Gross: $0.74M
33. Le nozze di Laura (2015 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Love is blooming between an Italian woman and an African student, but her family and a secret threaten to break them apart.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Marta Iagatti, Valentino Agunu, Lina Sastri, Neri Marcorè
Votes: 94
34. The Last Minute (1987)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Walter Ferrari is an Italian soccer coach fired on the eve of the playoffs by club President Di Carlo.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Diego Abatantuono, Massimo Bonetti, Elena Sofia Ricci
Votes: 195
35. Thomas... ...gli indemoniati (1970)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A modest theatrical company, soon to debut, organizes a superstitious spiritual session. During the evening the spirit of little Thomas is evoked.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Anita Sanders, Bob Tonelli, Giulio Pizzirani
Votes: 67
36. Una gita scolastica (1983)
90 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
Italy, 1914. Two teachers (Delle Piane and Pini) take their pupils for a school outing from Bologna to Florence.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Tiziana Pini, Rossana Casale, Cesare Barbetti
Votes: 303
37. Il sindaco (1997)
103 min | Crime, Drama
De Filippo 's tragedy of a politician presiding over criminal activities in Naples has been transferred to East Chicago.
Director: Ugo Fabrizio Giordani | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Anna Bonaiuto, Lino Troisi, Gerolamo Alchieri
Votes: 119
38. Il nascondiglio (2007)
100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
"The Hideout" is a mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Laura Morante, Rita Tushingham, Burt Young, Treat Williams
Votes: 751
39. Voci notturne (1995– )
90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Massimo Bonetti, Lorenzo Flaherty, Jason Robards III, Carolina Rosi
Votes: 82
40. Se sei così ti dico sì (2011)
90 min | Comedy
Piero Cicala is a former singer, a one hit wonder from the Italian summer of 1981. 30 years later he gets a call to participate in a tv show that explores the history of pop culture in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Eugenio Cappuccio | Stars: Emilio Solfrizzi, Belén Rodríguez, Fabrizio Buompastore, Francesca Faiella
Votes: 252
41. Sposi (1988)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Five stories, five lives which run into one another: a declining TV star, a fragile young girl, a mistress, a macho kinda guy, a cinema usher, fiances... all of them tell each other stories, looking for happiness and true love.
Directors: Antonio Avati, Pupi Avati, Cesare Bastelli, Felice Farina, Luciano Manuzzi | Stars: Jerry Calà, Delia Boccardo, Carlo Delle Piane, Elena Sofia Ricci
Votes: 74
42. The Youngest Son (2010)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
An amoral man manhandles his wife and falls into the claws of a wheeler dealer.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Christian De Sica, Laura Morante, Luca Zingaretti, Nicola Nocella
Votes: 433
43. Gli amici del bar Margherita (2009)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Laura Chiatti, Fabio De Luigi, Luigi Lo Cascio
Votes: 731
44. Souvenir d'Italie (2022)
96 min | Documentary
Lelio Luttazzi was one of the most representative figures of the magical period in which music, theatre, cinema and television spoke a common language made up of great writing, "sense of ... See full synopsis »
Director: Giorgio Verdelli | Stars: Francesco Montanari, Lelio Luttazzi, Remo Anzovino, Pupi Avati
45. The Room Next Door (1994)
94 min | Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Martin Yakobowsky is a brilliant lawyer whose family originally comes from Poland. He is assigned by his legal practice to resolve a contentious case in the prevalently agricultural town in... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio Laurenti | Stars: Mark Benninghoffen, Thomas Patrick, Mary Sellers, Heather Prete
Votes: 79
46. Magnificat (1993)
95 min | Drama, History
During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Luigi Diberti, Arnaldo Ninchi, Massimo Bellinzoni, Dalia Zagni
Votes: 201
47. Fratelli e sorelle (1992)
92 min | Drama
After twenty years of marriage, Gloria discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. It' a terrible trauma and she decides to stay with her sister in USA in St. Louis. She takes with... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Franco Nero, Paola Quattrini, Anna Bonaiuto, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 90
48. Un matrimonio (2013– )
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Micaela Ramazzotti, Isabella Aldovini, Alessandro Sanguigni, Flavio Parenti
Votes: 37
49. Noi tre (1984)
88 min | Biography, History
Young W. A. Mozart is hosted in a villa near Bologna, where he has to graduate. There he gets in touch with "normal" boys, falls in love for the first time and tries to escape his destiny of young genius.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Cristopher Davidson, Lino Capolicchio, Gianni Cavina, Carlo Delle Piane
Votes: 99
50. Impiegati (1985)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Friendship and competition among the clerks of a bank.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Claudio Botosso, Giovanna Maldotti, Dario Parisini, Elena Sofia Ricci
Votes: 169