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1. Gangs of New York (2002)
R | 167 min | Crime, Drama
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 473,450 | Gross: $77.81M
2. Ladyhawke (1985)
PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern
Votes: 51,057 | Gross: $18.43M
3. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. This is the tale of Father Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu and the rediscovery of his faith.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney
Votes: 39,820 | Gross: $41.82M
4. Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
G | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Sex, torture, and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes that his people can co-exist with the Sodomites--a disastrous decision.
Directors: Robert Aldrich, Sergio Leone | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà
Votes: 2,195 | Gross: $5.45M
5. Beyond the Door III (1989)
R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An introverted American student of Balkan descent travels to Yugoslavia as part of a school trip to witness an ancient pagan ritual, but the pagans hide a deadly secret.
Director: Jeff Kwitny | Stars: Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny, Savina Gersak
Votes: 1,540
6. Hope Lost (2015)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
A young girl meets a producer who wants to cast her in a show in Italy. But when she arrives, she is sold into prostitution and then bought by a sadist who makes snuff movies.
Director: David Petrucci | Stars: Francesca Agostini, Alessia Navarro, Mischa Barton, Andrey Chernyshov
Votes: 1,369
7. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
In first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget
Votes: 4,272 | Gross: $26.00M
8. The True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980)
93 min | Drama
Sister Virginia becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Debauched priest Don Arrigone and lecherous womanizer Giampaolo Osio plot to seduce sister Virginia by any means necessary.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Zora Kerova, Mario Cutini, Paola Corazzi, Tom Felleghy
Votes: 365
9. The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
R | 99 min | Horror
Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano, Nadia Rinaldi
Votes: 5,825
10. La corrispondenza (2016)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Romance
Focused on the relationship between an astronomer and his lover, who spend their years apart.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Olga Kurylenko, Simon Johns, James Warren
Votes: 4,863
11. Double Trouble (1984)
TV-PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy
A jazz musician and a stunt man are the spitting image of two millionaire brothers. They take the job to replace them in Rio de Janeiro when someone plans to assassinate them.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, April Clough, Harold Bergman
Votes: 11,444
12. Year of the Gun (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, John Pankow
Votes: 2,965 | Gross: $1.18M
13. Hercules Unchained (1959)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale.
Directors: Pietro Francisci, Mario Bava | Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Antonini, Patrizia Della Rovere
Votes: 2,328 | Gross: $5.45M
14. Un passo dal cielo (2011– )
50 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Pietro, a veteran climber who witnessed his wife's fatal fall while attempting to scale an imposing wall, must face his grief and guilt in order to conquer his fear of the mountain that took her life.
Stars: Enrico Ianniello, Gianmarco Pozzoli, Francesco Salvi, Daniele Liotti
Votes: 415
15. Caliber 9 (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Gastone Moschin, Barbara Bouchet, Mario Adorf, Frank Wolff
Votes: 4,723
16. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspired 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Pif | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Pif, Alex Bisconti, Ginevra Antona
Votes: 8,889 | Gross: $0.04M
17. Return of the Saint (1978–1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime
This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 583
18. Capri (2006– )
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman receives a letter from a notary public requesting her arrival on Capri. There she discovers she inherited a section of a villa. Alongside, she meets people who make her realize she must decide between life in Brambate or Capri.
Stars: Gabriella Pession, Roberto Giordano, Elia Habton Mehari, Domenico Sgariglia
Votes: 317
19. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem
Votes: 2,636
20. Syndicate Sadists (1975)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his friend is killed as a result of a war between two crime families, a biker vows to destroy the families and rescue a boy they have kidnapped.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Joseph Cotten, Maria Fiore, Mario Piave
Votes: 970
21. California (1977)
98 min | Drama, Western
After the Civil War, Michael "California" Random, is released from prison and goes to Missouri with his partner William. He is killed by bandits. California decides to return the belongings to his family and help them against outlaws.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Miguel Bosé, Chris Avram
Votes: 700
22. Star Pilot (1966)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A spaceship from Hydra crashes on Sardinia. Aliens take a scientist, his daughter, technicians and spies hostage to fix their ship. After repairs, aliens abduct the humans but they rebel, sending the ship into deep space.
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Leonora Ruffo, Mario Novelli, Roland Lesaffre, Kirk Morris
Votes: 616
23. The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Joan has nightmares of Etruscan sacrifices. She knows very well the Etruscan language and her husband Arthur is an archeologist studying Etruscan tombs. In a nightmare she foresees her ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Elvire Audray, Paolo Malco, Claudio Cassinelli, Marilù Tolo
Votes: 678
24. L'ultimo capodanno (1998)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Italians celebrate New Year's Eve different ways - getting high, cheat on a wife, revenge, spy on a cute naked neighbor, suicide attempt, hire a gigolo or call girl, have a party, crash one etc.
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Francesca d'Aloja, Marco Giallini, Antonella Steni
Votes: 1,222
25. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla
Votes: 2,578
26. Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969)
79 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Brigitte Skay, Mimmo Palmara, Fred Williams, Elina De Witt
Votes: 174
27. I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 2072 Rome, Italy, the ruthless CEO of a TV network plots to stage a modern series of gladiator games for ratings while one 'contenstant' learns of a conspiracy behind the true nature of the results.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jared Martin, Fred Williamson, Howard Ross, Eleonora Brigliadori
Votes: 1,744
28. Play Motel (1979)
X | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A reporter and his girlfriend investigate deaths surrounding a hotel where several prominent people go to have sex.
Director: Mario Gariazzo | Stars: Ray Lovelock, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Mario Cutini, Antonella Antinori
Votes: 699
29. The Throne of Fire (1983)
89 min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure
A mighty hero battles the son of Satan and his evil witch ally to save a kingdom from being taken over by the duo.
Director: Francesco Prosperi | Stars: Sabrina Siani, Pietro Torrisi, Harrison Muller, Beni Cardoso
Votes: 463
30. Fraulein Doktor (1969)
M | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the First World War, female German spy Fraulein Doktor and her team of saboteurs plan to kill Lord Kitchener, obtain the Allied defense plans, and steal the new French mustard-gas formula.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Kenneth More, Nigel Green, Alexander Knox
Votes: 521
31. Texas, Adios (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Drama, Western
A Texan sheriff and his younger brother travel across the border into Mexico to confront the man who killed their father.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Elisa Montés, José Guardiola
Votes: 1,861
32. The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A swordsman's wife is murdered by followers of the evil Goddess Rani. He vows vengeance upon the cult and journeys to the Ark of the Templars to get a magic crossbow that will help him accomplish his mission.
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Pietro Torrisi, Yvonne Fraschetti, Mario Novelli, Xiomára Gonzales
Votes: 403
33. Le notti segrete di Lucrezia Borgia (1982)
85 min | Drama
A thief captures Duke of Riviera, decides to impersonate him and head to Rome.
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Sirpa Lane, George Hilton, María Salerno, Tito García
Votes: 64
34. Violent Rome (1975)
89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of... See full summary »
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Richard Conte, Silvano Tranquilli, Ray Lovelock
Votes: 692
35. Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power (1982)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, History, Horror
Twisted Prince Nero will do whatever it takes to become emperor and rule Ancient Rome with an iron fist.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Piotr Stanislas, Françoise Blanchard, Gino Turini, Mario Novelli
Votes: 149
36. The Scent of the Night (1998)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former policeman turns full-time criminal and goes on a downward spiral of crime in the 1980s Rome.
Director: Claudio Caligari | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Alessia Fugardi
Votes: 1,248
37. The Stranger Returns (1967)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Western
A cynical gunfighter, aided by an elderly prophet, becomes involved in a feud with a bandit gang trying to obtain a stagecoach made of solid gold.
Director: Luigi Vanzi | Stars: Tony Anthony, Daniele Vargas, Ettore Manni, Jill Banner
Votes: 547
38. Acquasanta Joe (1971)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.
Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli
Votes: 268
39. Like Rabid Dogs (1976)
98 min | Crime, Thriller
Tony is the young member of an upper class Roman family; he lives a hectic double life, and under the guise of good student, he likes to persecute and kill prostitutes in the company of a couple of friends.
Director: Mario Imperoli | Stars: Piero Santi, Annarita Grapputo, Paola Senatore, Cesare Barro
Votes: 446
40. Indagine su un delitto perfetto (1978)
90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The death of a multinational company's chairman induces the three candidates for the chairmanship to plot the ones against the others. One of the three simulates a deadly car accident to carry out his perfect criminal plan.
Director: Giuseppe Rosati | Stars: Gloria Guida, Leonard Mann, Joseph Cotten, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 189
41. Eyes Behind the Stars (1978)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A photographer and his model are on a photo shoot in a forest when they get the feeling they are being watched. The feeling becomes so strong that they decide to cut their session short and leave.
Director: Mario Gariazzo | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Nathalie Delon, Martin Balsam, Sherry Buchanan
Votes: 487
42. Mafia Junction (1973)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Superbitch uses her body to deceive and manipulate men to get what she wants.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham, Patricia Hayes, Ettore Manni
Votes: 374
43. Rulers of the City (1976)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Two small-time hoodlums plot to get even with a treacherous boss who is intent on monopolizing all criminal activity within Rome.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Jack Palance, Al Cliver, Harry Baer, Gisela Hahn
Votes: 1,130
44. Neapolitan Sting (1983)
129 min | Comedy, Crime
The last wish of Vito Fonseca dying is to be buried in his native Naples. And so it is. When the young and beautiful wife Fanny arrives in Naples, she discovers that her husband had a son, ... See full summary »
Director: Vittorio Caprioli | Stars: Treat Williams, Margaret Lee, Regina Bianchi, Geoffrey Copleston
Votes: 28
45. The Incredible Challenge (1970)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the civil war in Cyprus, an island nation split between the Greeks and the Turks, a British peacekeeping officer is trying to prevent a Greek guerrilla fighter from escalating the violent situation even further.
Director: Adriano Bolzoni | Stars: Michael Craig, Eva Renzi, Adolfo Celi, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 110
46. Hot Stuff (1976)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop pursues the Mob for revenge as well as personal honor.
Director: Giuseppe Rosati | Stars: Maurizio Merli, James Mason, Raymond Pellegrin, Silvia Dionisio
Votes: 330
47. Dead Men Ride (1971)
103 min | Drama, Western
Roy escapes from a work camp and receives help from a miner. The miners are held hostage by the local boss Mr. Redfield. Roy starts to help the miners and also to settle some scores for a friend from the work camp.
Director: Aldo Florio | Stars: Fabio Testi, Charo López, José Calvo, Ben Carra
Votes: 390
48. Nicholas' Gift (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Fact based drama about an American couple on vacation in Italy in 1994 with their two children who are attacked and shot by highway bandits. Shortly, they discover that their son is brain ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Alan Bates, Hallie Eisenberg, Gene Wexler
Votes: 474
49. Alessia... un vulcano sotto la pelle (1978)
87 min | Thriller
Director: Alfredo Rizzo | Stars: Karina Verlier, Mario Novelli, Ria De Simone, Dario Ghirardi
Votes: 59
50. Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Unrated | 86 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules fights to free the people of Babylon from an evil sorceress.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Peter Lupus, Helga Liné, Mario Petri, Livio Lorenzon
Votes: 577