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1. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,628
2. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 51,985 | Gross: $0.75M
3. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,621
4. The Swindle (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 6,912
5. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Unrated | 205 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
Directors: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas
Votes: 5,051
6. The Gold of Naples (1954)
Not Rated | 138 min | Comedy, Drama
A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Totò, Lianella Carell, Pasquale Cennamo, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 2,045
7. Il vigile (1960)
104 min | Comedy
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini, Mara Berni
Votes: 1,570
8. The Widower (1959)
91 min | Comedy
A mediocre businessman who's married to a much more successful businesswoman relies heavily on her financial support for his bad business ideas, and to pay off his mounting debt, but both of them have had enough of each other.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franca Valeri, Livio Lorenzon, Nando Bruno
Votes: 1,479
9. Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
A kind-hearted taxi driver runs into a glamorous girl and falls in love with her, but she turns out to be a cheap thief.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Mauro Sacripanti
Votes: 1,143
10. The Last Judgment (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Elli Davis, Fernandel, Georges Rivière
Votes: 769
11. The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad.
Directors: Bruno Vailati, Arthur Lubin | Stars: Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel
Votes: 682
12. Un turco napoletano (1953)
90 min | Comedy
A petty criminal poses as a Turkish eunuch hired by a wealthy merchant to guard the women of his house.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Ignazio Balsamo, Isa Barzizza, Primarosa Battistella
Votes: 654
13. The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955)
95 min | Comedy
Luca runs a mill and is married to Carmela, a beautiful wife. But his wife's beauty catches the eye of Don Teofilo the Governor.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 582
14. Siamo uomini o caporali (1955)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, War
These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a cruel, despotic Nazi.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Paolo Stoppa, Fiorella Mari, Mara Werlen
Votes: 542
15. Gli anni ruggenti (1962)
106 min | Comedy
The incognito visit of a fascist hierarch in a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Gino Cervi, Michèle Mercier, Gastone Moschin
Votes: 478
16. Swordsman of Siena (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Romance
A Spanish overlord controls 16th-century Tuscany. He plans to marry into a prominent Italian family and hires an Englishman to serve as bodyguard for his less-than-eager fiancee. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Baccio Bandini, Etienne Périer | Stars: Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina, Christine Kaufmann, Riccardo Garrone
Votes: 348
17. Carthage in Flames (1960)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Anne Heywood, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 308
18. The Husband (1958)
82 min | Comedy
Alberto's marriage is a complete failure: his wife Elena is a hard woman influenced by her mother and sister who live with the married couple. Alberto is also experiencing financial ... See full summary »
Directors: Nanni Loy, Fernando Palacios, Gianni Puccini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Aurora Bautista, Luigi Tosi, Alberto De Amicis
Votes: 245
19. Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964)
145 min | Adventure
Duelist and poet Cyrano de Bergerac and musketeer d'Artagnan meet and team up to stop the conspiracy against King Louis XIII of France.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: José Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina, Daliah Lavi
Votes: 242
20. The Bigamist (1956)
110 min | Comedy
A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Franca Valeri, Giovanna Ralli, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 236
21. It Happened in the Park (1953)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed.
Directors: Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Vittorio De Sica, Anna Maria Ferrero, François Périer
Votes: 211
22. Ferdinando I° re di Napoli (1959)
105 min | Comedy
In 1806 Naples, King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, who continually delivers hard sermons, earning a reputation among the Neapolitans.
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Titina De Filippo, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 200
23. Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father. The pirates' ship, however, sinks in a... See full summary »
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Lex Barker, Jocelyn Lane, Rossana Rory, Mario Scaccia
Votes: 197
24. The Anatomy of Love (1954)
134 min | Comedy
A five-part compilation film. In "The Baby," a poverty-ridden couple with children decides that their newborn is too much and decide to leave him in a church, but the mother can't go ... See full summary »
Directors: Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Dany Robin, François Périer, Alba Arnova
Votes: 190
25. Accadde al commissariato (1954)
G | 98 min | Comedy
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his ... See full summary »
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi, Walter Chiari, Lucia Bosè
Votes: 186
26. Ci troviamo in galleria (1953)
91 min | Musical, Comedy
Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Carlo Dapporto, Nilla Pizzi, Mario Carotenuto, Gianni Cavalieri
Votes: 182
27. Slave Queen of Babylon (1963)
101 min | Drama, History
Story of an ancient Assyrian queen that supposedly took place around 810 B.C.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Yvonne Furneaux, John Ericson, Renzo Ricci, Gianni Rizzo
Votes: 160
28. No Sun in Venice (1957)
96 min | Crime, Drama
In Venice, a French agent tries to recover printing plates, used to print fake currency, from an ex-Nazi who stole them during WW2.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, O.E. Hasse
Votes: 155
29. The City Stands Trial (1952)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa, Dante Maggio
Votes: 155
30. Il seduttore (1954)
97 min | Comedy
Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time.
Director: Franco Rossi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Lea Padovani, Lia Amanda, Jacqueline Pierreux
Votes: 152
31. Totò all'inferno (1955)
90 min | Comedy
After several attempts at suicide, depressed thief Antonio Marchi accidentally drowns in a river and ends up in hell.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Maria Frau, Fulvia Franco, Dante Maggio
Votes: 148
32. Mi permette babbo! (1956)
90 min | Comedy
While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Aldo Fabrizi, Marisa de Leza, Franco Silva
Votes: 145
33. Three Fables of Love (1962)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments.
Directors: Alessandro Blasetti, Hervé Bromberger, René Clair, Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Leslie Caron, Charles Aznavour, Raymond Bussières, Michel Serrault
Votes: 141
34. Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955)
71 min | Comedy, Romance
Alberto is a mediocre lawyer, with good dialectics, but unable to win causes, even very easy. He is married to Clara, but during her absences, often involved in charity and religious ... See full summary »
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, Mara Berni, Andrea Checchi
Votes: 139
35. Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama) (1958)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
An industrialist tries to corrupt the deputy mayor by exploiting his oratory vanity, to prevent the panoramic view of his villa from being disfigured by a hospice.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Gino Cervi, Carla Gravina, Geronimo Meynier
Votes: 135
36. Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962)
100 min | Comedy
Orazio Menicotti is a night policeman in Rome. One night he is present at a quarrel between husband and wife and he volunteers to take the wife to the Police Station. While he goes around ... See full summary »
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Mario Carotenuto, Andrea Checchi, Hélène Chanel, Gina Rovere
Votes: 113
37. Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957)
83 min | Biography, Drama
Edmund Kean is a popular British actor and theatrical nineteenth addicted to vices, however, and in debt. He contends with the Prince of Wales, his companion of excesses, the Danish ... See full summary »
Director: Vittorio Gassman | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gérard Landry, Cesco Baseggio
Votes: 108
38. La schiava del peccato (1954)
100 min | Drama
Following a rail disaster, a prostitute takes in an orphan but will have to fight to obtain the right to adopt her.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Silvana Pampanini, Franco Fabrizi, Camillo Pilotto, Liliana Gerace
Votes: 105
39. The Devil Is a Woman (1953)
93 min | Drama
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Kerima, Ettore Manni, May Britt, Mario Passante
Votes: 78
40. Amore e guai (1958)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.
Director: Angelo Dorigo | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, Maurizio Arena
Votes: 78
41. I'll See You in Hell (1960)
79 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a diamond heist goes wrong, the three would-be robbers go on the run from the law. They soon find themselves involved with a beautiful woman who may wind up being even more trouble for them than the botched robbery.
Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Eva Bartok, John Drew Barrymore, Massimo Serato, Antonio Pierfederici
Votes: 65
42. Il re di Poggioreale (1961)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector.
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Max Cartier, Guido Celano, Ermelinda De Felice
Votes: 55
43. La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963)
103 min | Comedy
Five episodes which show Italian peoples pathological unfaithfulness in marriage.
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Walter Chiari, Franco Fabrizi, Maria Grazia Spina, Nietta Zocchi
Votes: 42
44. Caccia al marito (1960)
110 min | Comedy
Four Italian salesgirls try to find a good husband during the summer holiday in a famous hotel. Only one of them will succeed.
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Sandra Mondaini, Ennio Girolami, Lorella De Luca, Pierre Cressoy
Votes: 38
45. La strada dei giganti (1960)
91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
1860, the great Duchess of Parma, Maria Luisa, wants to provide her little state with train tracks, in spite of the opposition she gets from certain noble people.
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Don Megowan, Chelo Alonso, Hildegard Knef, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 35
46. Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963)
90 min | Comedy
Lina, a young woman now tired of the constant betrayals from her husband, decides to cheat on him with a mutual friend, Piero.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Marilù Tolo, Luigi Giuliani, Umberto D'Orsi, Maria Grazia Buccella
Votes: 35
47. La contessa azzurra (1960)
105 min | Drama
Loreley looks back to the happy times when she became a silent movie star.
Director: Claudio Gora | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Paolo Stoppa, Elli Davis
Votes: 34
48. Parola di ladro (1957)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Directors: Nanni Loy, Gianni Puccini | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Abbe Lane, Memmo Carotenuto, Andrea Checchi
Votes: 34
49. Prima di sera (1954)
95 min | Drama
Director: Piero Tellini | Stars: Paolo Stoppa, Gaby André, Lyla Rocco, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 29
50. La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955)
95 min | Comedy
Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him ... See full summary »
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Nino Taranto, Nadia Gray, Lea Padovani, Hélène Rémy
Votes: 27