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1. El artista (2008)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A male nurse steals some of one of his patient's drawings and makes money with them.
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Sergio Pángaro, Alberto Laiseca, Andrés Duprat, Enrique Gagliesi
Votes: 456
2. Don't Be Bad (2015)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Vittorio and Cesare are brothers for life, but their friendship is put to the test in their search for wealth.
Director: Claudio Caligari | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Silvia D'Amico, Roberta Mattei
Votes: 5,060
3. Padre (II) (2016)
91 min | Drama
Mourning the death of her father, Giulia is contacted by him from the other dimension.
Director: Giada Colagrande | Stars: Giada Colagrande, Willem Dafoe, Franco Battiato, Marina Abramovic
Votes: 98
4. Caruso Paskoski, Son of a Pole (1988)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
Psychiatrist Caruso is arguably as nutty as his patients. He can remember at two years old being completely besotted by the charms of a naked girl. Even today, he can think of little else besides sex, sex, sex.
Director: Francesco Nuti | Stars: Francesco Nuti, Clarissa Burt, Ricky Tognazzi, Antonio Petrocelli
Votes: 676
5. Le voci di dentro (2014 TV Movie)
111 min | Drama
Alberto Saporito spent a very eventful night. His friend Aniello Amitrano was brutally killed and his body was hidden by his neighbors, the Cimmarutas. But he can't remember if it was just ... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Maria Angela Robustelli, Daghi Rondanini, Marcello Romolo, Francesco Paglino
Votes: 74
6. The Confessions (2016)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Ministers from the G8 countries meet in Germany to decide on a secret plan affecting many countries. IMF director Roché has invited a monk for his confession. Roché's later found dead. Is it murder or suicide? Did he reveal the plan?
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Pierfrancesco Favino, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 1,925
7. A Quiet Life (2010)
105 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him. One August morning, he disappeared. For fifteen years, ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Cupellini | Stars: Toni Servillo, Marco D'Amore, Francesco Di Leva, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 2,683
8. Diario senza date (1995)
92 min
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Lorenza Indovina, Gaspare Cucinella, Melino Imparato
9. Il manoscritto del principe (2000)
106 min | Biography
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jeanne Moreau, Paolo Briguglia, Giorgio Lupano
Votes: 116
10. Il minestrone (1981)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Rome,1960.Four different people meet each other on Olympic games.They follow games and become friends talking about their sad lifes.
Director: Sergio Citti | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 286
11. Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
146 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old ... See full summary »
Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jirí Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlöndorff, István Szabó | Stars: Amit Rayani, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Mark Long, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 1,866
12. Turné (1990)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Laura Morante, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Luigi Montini
Votes: 1,047
13. Ferie d'agosto (1996)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
The political and cultural controversies between two Italian families during their summer holidays in the Tirrenian sea.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Sabrina Ferilli, Ennio Fantastichini, Laura Morante
Votes: 1,148
14. Tutta la vita davanti (2008)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A brilliant recent graduate struggles to find work. After falling into a babysitting job, she is introduced by the child's mother to the world of the international call center, its employees, and the fast pace that drives them.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Isabella Ragonese, Massimo Ghini, Valerio Mastandrea, Micaela Ramazzotti
Votes: 3,330
15. Every Blessed Day (2012)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Guido and Antonia are a young couple with opposing characters and working schedules: he works a night job as a doorman in a hotel, and she works as an employee for a rental car service. ... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Thony, Micol Azzurro, Claudio Pallitto
Votes: 1,920
16. Human Capital (2013)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Guglielmo Pinelli
Votes: 13,435 | Gross: $0.16M
17. The Leisure Seeker (2017)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call "The Leisure Seeker".
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christian McKay, Janel Moloney
Votes: 9,716 | Gross: $3.23M
18. The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A cold-hearted landlord is turned into a dog by a magician, and will remain a dog until he can find someone who loves him.
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Pablito Calvo, Aroldo Tieri, Silvia Marco
Votes: 254
19. God Willing (2015)
87 min | Comedy
A young man's decision to become a priest affects his whole family, especially his father.
Director: Edoardo Maria Falcone | Stars: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Laura Morante, Ilaria Spada
Votes: 4,464
20. Arrangiatevi (1959)
110 min | Comedy
In post-war Italy during the 1950s, finding a house to rent is so difficult that a family ends up living in a former brothel.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Laura Adani, Cristina Gaioni, Cathia Caro
Votes: 382
21. Countersex (1964)
111 min | Comedy
A vivid assortment consisted of three acts taken from the lives of modern 1960s Italians, always in orbit around the restless theme of sexual inhibition and the pursuit of pleasure in sex.
Directors: Renato Castellani, Marco Ferreri, Franco Rossi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Anna Maria Ferrero, Ugo Tognazzi, Dolores Wettach
Votes: 226
22. The Camp Followers (1965)
119 min | Drama, War
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Mario Adorf, Anna Karina, Marie Laforêt, Lea Massari
Votes: 672
23. Misunderstood (1966)
104 min | Drama
A study of bitter relationships between a widower and his two sons.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi, John Sharp
Votes: 1,279
24. Totòtruffa '62 (1961)
107 min | Comedy
Antonio is a poor man who must support his daughter, especially providing the tuition for her stay at a prestigious boarding school where she can study dance.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Nino Taranto, Estella Blain, Geronimo Meynier
Votes: 878
25. Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
TV-PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The mad adventures of the mad Italians, searching for the mad treasures in the mad Russia.
Directors: Francesco Prosperi, Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Andrey Mironov, Ninetto Davoli, Antonia Santilli, Alighiero Noschese
Votes: 6,338
26. Ti ho sposato per allegria (1967)
X | 100 min | Comedy
Pietro is a bourgeois young lawyer who married Giuliana, a pretty but slightly unbalanced girl he met at a party full of artists. Despite the premises, everything between the two seems to work best.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Monica Vitti, Giorgio Albertazzi, Maria Grazia Buccella, Rossella Como
Votes: 83
27. Basta guardarla (1970)
100 min | Comedy, Musical
Enrichetta, a young peasant girl who lives in a little village, joins Silver Boy as a dancer.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Maria Grazia Buccella, Carlo Giuffrè, Mariangela Melato, Spyros Fokas
Votes: 157
28. I corti di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo (1996 Video)
130 min | Comedy
The first theatrical show featuring the trio of comedians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, with the participation of Marina Massironi.
Director: Francesco Vicario | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi
Votes: 852
29. Angels of Darkness (1954)
94 min | Drama
Tamara, a Roman prostitute, tries to kill herself throwing herself out of the window of the licensed brothel she works in. While she is being taken to hospital the other girls learn that, ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Amato | Stars: Linda Darnell, Valentina Cortese, Lea Padovani, Giulietta Masina
Votes: 195
30. Fantozzi 2 (1976)
110 min | Comedy
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who spends all of his time fulfilling his bosses' wishes and desires.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Gigi Reder, Ugo Bologna
Votes: 4,539
31. The Fascist (1961)
102 min | Comedy
The quest of a Fascist soldier, whose mission is to catch a political enemy during at the end of World War II.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Georges Wilson, Mireille Granelli, Stefania Sandrelli
Votes: 834
32. Three Men and a Leg (1997)
100 min | Comedy
Three friends cross Italy by car in order to deliver their boss his dog and a wooden leg.
Directors: Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi
Votes: 10,180
33. Red Roses (1940)
65 min | Comedy
A man poses as a mysterious admirer to find out whether his wife would cheat on him.
Directors: Giuseppe Amato, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, Umberto Melnati, Vivi Gioi
Votes: 125
34. The Roof (1956)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple learns that it is possible to build an illegal house in the outskirts of Rome, as long as it is erected in one single night and has a roof.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Gabriella Pallotta, Giorgio Listuzzi, Gastone Renzelli, Angelo Bigioni
Votes: 1,381
35. A New World (1966)
83 min | Drama
Carlo and Anne meet in Paris and fall in love. She becomes pregnant, but he is resistant to fatherhood.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Christine Delaroche, Nino Castelnuovo, Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 137
36. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
R | 94 min | Drama, History, War
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi
Votes: 7,679 | Gross: $0.60M
37. A Brief Vacation (1973)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Clara, diagnosed with tuberculosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, José María Prada
Votes: 981 | Gross: $0.66M
38. Shoeshine (1946)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortensi
Votes: 8,117
39. A Man and a Woman (1966)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A widow and a widower find their relationship developing into love, but their past tragedies prove hard to overcome, causing them to proceed with utmost delicacy.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh, Valérie Lagrange
Votes: 11,811
40. The Visit (1963)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
Twenty-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.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Sandra Milo, François Périer, Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin
Votes: 638
41. The Voice of the Moon (1990)
Not Rated | 126 min | Comedy, Drama
The amusing and entertaining adventures of a recently released mental patient and his band of misfits, who discover conspiracies to participate in while looking for love.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Paolo Villaggio, Nadia Ottaviani, Marisa Tomasi
Votes: 3,305
42. Intervista (1987)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Federico Fellini accepts the request of a television crew to be interviewed about his career, narrating memories, dreams, realities and fantasies.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori
Votes: 3,182 | Gross: $0.11M
43. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo, Severino Pisacane
Votes: 4,046
44. Tous les soleils (2011)
105 min | Comedy
Alessandro teaches musicology at the university of Strasbourg. He is also a volunteer reader in hospitals. He shares his apartment with his daughter, 15-year-old Irina, and his anarchist ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Neri Marcorè, Clotilde Courau, Lisa Cipriani
Votes: 1,941
45. Seasons of Our Love (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Vittorio Borghi, a middle-aged journalist torn between young mistress and wife he no longer loves, returns to his hometown Mantua. There he remembers childhood in the era of fascism, war and ghost of another woman he never forgot.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Anouk Aimée, Jacqueline Sassard, Gastone Moschin
Votes: 190
46. Liolà (1964)
95 min | Comedy
Liolà is a single father of three children, a free spirit wandering from city to city without wanting to commit to anyone.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée
Votes: 59
47. Lola (1961)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott
Votes: 7,534
48. Montparnasse 19 (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 1,678
49. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Totò
Votes: 11,523
50. The Facts of Murder (1959)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Pietro Germi, Claudia Cardinale, Franco Fabrizi, Cristina Gaioni
Votes: 1,495
51. Bell' Antonio (1960)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli
Votes: 1,865
52. Prove per una tragedia siciliana (2009)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Drama
In Rehearsal for a Sicilian Tragedy, actor John Turturro takes audiences on a haunting, intimate journey to his maternal homeland of Sicily.
Director: Roman Paska | Stars: John Turturro, Andrea Camilleri, Mimmo Cuticchio, Donatella Finocchiaro
Votes: 62
53. Ludwig (1973)
R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano
Votes: 6,003
54. The Old Gun (1975)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During World War II, a peaceful French surgeon decides to ruthlessly exterminate an SS squad because of the atrocities they'd just committed in his countryside home and childhood village.
Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen
Votes: 4,856
55. Il camorrista (1986)
171 min | Crime, Drama
Rise and fall of an Italian crime empire.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Marzio Honorato
Votes: 1,668
56. XXY (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
Director: Lucía Puenzo | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Carolina Pelleritti
Votes: 14,932 | Gross: $0.05M
57. My Name Is Thomas (2018)
96 min | Drama
When Thomas takes his Harley into the deserts of Spain for a little solitude and contemplation, he meets Lucia, a young woman in trouble. Though her antics are constantly disruptive, it is ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Hill | Stars: Terence Hill, Veronica Bitto, Guia Jelo, Andy Luotto
Votes: 685
58. Berlinguer: I Love You (1977)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young poet falls in love with a sophisticated woman who hates poetry. He wants to win her with a bit of help from his mum.
Director: Giuseppe Bertolucci | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Alida Valli, Carlo Monni, Mario Pachi
Votes: 994
59. A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975)
126 min | Comedy, Western
Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 5,867
60. The Gig (2006)
G | 45 min | Comedy
Rodolfo invites his friend to a gig. What follows is a bizarre performance in front of a nearly empty house but when his friend goes back to his dressing room and dares to express his honest opinion things don't go so well.
Director: Jason Leo Baguio | Stars: Ugo Bianchi, Matias Masucci
Votes: 13
61. Per amore, solo per amore (1993)
114 min | History
The Nativity of Jesus, from Joseph's point of view. When his fiancee Mary confesses she is pregnant he is enraged, believing she has been raped. Only gradually he comes to comprehend her story of the angel's visit.
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Penélope Cruz, Stefania Sandrelli, Alessandro Haber
Votes: 276
62. Uno scandalo perbene (1984)
116 min | Crime, Drama
The real story takes of Bruneri/Canella case (Italy 1926). A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic suffering from amnesia. Mrs Ballerini, after had seen his picture complains he is ... See full summary »
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Giuliana de Sio, Vittorio Caprioli, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 62
63. The Girl from Trieste (1982)
113 min | Drama, Thriller
An aging artist sees a beautiful young woman drowning near the beach and helps her. They become lovers. At first he is smitten by her youth, beauty and free spirit but soon he starts worrying that she might actually be insane.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 465
64. Qua la mano (1980)
137 min | Comedy
Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy about dancing wins the first prize in a contest.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Enrico Montesano, Renzo Montagnani, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 335
65. Gegè Bellavita (1979)
97 min | Comedy
Pregnant with their tenth child, Agata discovers that her lazy husband Gennaro cheerfully betrays her.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Flavio Bucci, Lina Polito, Ria De Simone, Maria Pia Conte
Votes: 52
66. Il soldato di ventura (1976)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the... See full summary »
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Bud Spencer, Franco Agostini, Enzo Cannavale, Frédéric de Pasquale
Votes: 2,107
67. The Sex Machine (1975)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In 2037, depletion of natural fuels has ended electrical power throughout the world. No light, no heat, no TV. Until a team of award-winning scientists succeeds in harnessing energy from the world's oldest source of reciprocating motion.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Gigi Proietti, Agostina Belli, Eleonora Giorgi, Christian De Sica
Votes: 229
68. Con quale amore, con quanto amore (1970)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Andrea is an established architect and Francesca is his nice wife, but shes is a little too young for the tastes of her sophisticated husband, so she feels neglected. By spite, Francesca becomes the lover.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Lou Castel, Claude Rich, Erika Blanc
Votes: 38
69. A Maiden for the Prince (1965)
92 min | Comedy
Young Prince Vincenzo Gonzaga, rejects his first wife Margherita Farnese, obtaining the annulment of the union and, at the same time, raising strong doubts about her virginity
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Virna Lisi, Philippe Leroy, Tino Buazzelli
Votes: 87
70. White Voices (1964)
93 min | Comedy
In 18th century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.
Directors: Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa | Stars: Paolo Ferrari, Sandra Milo, Graziella Granata, Anouk Aimée
Votes: 128
71. The Four Days of Naples (1962)
120 min | Drama, War
The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans during World War II. During the four days in Naples, the revolt turns over in just a few hours. ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi, Silvana Buzzanca
Votes: 1,019
72. Smog (1962)
104 min | Drama
An ambitious Italian attorney has his flight delayed in Los Angeles. The vapid lawyer goes to some parties with some Italians living there and has a brief affair with a beautiful Italian expatriate.
Director: Franco Rossi | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Susan Spafford
Votes: 104
73. La viaccia (1961)
102 min | Drama
The original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Pietro Germi, Romolo Valli
Votes: 782
74. La nonna Sabella (1957)
89 min | Comedy
Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Sylva Koscina, Renato Salvatori, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 243
75. Attila (1954)
TV-14 | 80 min | Biography, Drama, History
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Claude Laydu
Votes: 790
76. Ulysses (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà
Votes: 4,649
77. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Paola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Lucia Bosè, Gino Rossi, Marika Rowsky
Votes: 3,421
78. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Ivan Desny
Votes: 2,259
79. The Vanquished (1953)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Etchika Choureau, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jacques Sempey, Henri Poirier
Votes: 1,131
80. The Girlfriends (1955)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 3,408 | Gross: $0.05M
81. Il Grido (1957)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A man wanders aimlessly away from his town, away from the woman he loves, emotionally and socially inactive.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Gabriella Pallotta, Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Dorian Gray
Votes: 5,446
82. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Four stories about short or long relationships between men and women in Italy and France.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Chiara Caselli, Irène Jacob, John Malkovich
Votes: 6,226 | Gross: $0.03M
83. Zabriskie Point (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 17,156 | Gross: $1.05M
84. Questione di cuore (2009)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men strike up a close friendship after suffering a heart attack.
Director: Francesca Archibugi | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Francesca Inaudi
Votes: 889
85. Io, Don Giovanni (2009)
127 min | Drama, History, Music
A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Eulàlia Ramon, Sergi Roca, Anna Saura Ramón
Votes: 628
86. Gli arcangeli (2007)
103 min | Drama
Director: Simone Scafidi | Stars: Franco Branciaroli, Andrea De Onestis, Abraam Fontana, Ugo Giacomazzi
Votes: 46
87. Riding the Dark (2009– )
Drama
Rocco was an equestrian event instructor. His brilliant career was crushed by an infamous sentence for fraud and manslaughter: Fabrizio, one of Rocco's pupils, during a competition was ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Terence Hill, Marta Gastini, Fortunato Cerlino, Luca Terracciano
Votes: 99
88. L'uomo che sognava con le aquile (2006 TV Movie)
200 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A tender story of love and friendship in wich a man rediscovers the meaning of life and fights to defend the tradition of a type of cheese his family has produced for 400 years. But above ... See full synopsis »
Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Terence Hill, Michelle Bonev, Mattia Cicinelli, Andrea Tidona
Votes: 162
89. Indivisible (2016)
100 min | Drama
Daisy and Violet are twin sisters on the verge of turning 18. They are blessed with beautiful voices and are sought after to sing at weddings, communions and baptisms. Their real draw is ... See full summary »
Director: Edoardo De Angelis | Stars: Angela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Truppo, Tony Laudadio
Votes: 1,390
90. Italian Race (2016)
118 min | Drama, Sport
Giulia is a young promise of GT racing. When her life falls apart, her only hope is her brother, a drug addict and former rally champion.
Director: Matteo Rovere | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Matilda De Angelis, Paolo Graziosi, Lorenzo Gioielli
Votes: 5,645
91. Tiger Boy (2012)
20 min | Short, Drama
Matteo, 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriele Mainetti | Stars: Simone Santini, Francesco Foti, Lidia Vitale, Karim 'Brigante' Bartoli
Votes: 262
92. Ningyo (2016)
9 min | Short, Fantasy
A man in a Japanese restaurant thinks back to his encounter with a mysterious creature.
Director: Gabriele Mainetti | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Aurora Ruffino, Rikuya Takata, Tetsuo Nagano
Votes: 71
93. Non è mai troppo tardi (2014 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
Director: Giacomo Campiotti | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Nicole Grimaudo, Lorenzo Guidi, Lucia Mascino
Votes: 140
94. The Son's Room (2001)
R | 99 min | Drama
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice
Votes: 21,448 | Gross: $1.01M
95. Nonnas on the Run (2018)
84 min | Comedy
Angela and Franca run away from their boring retirement home in Rome and make a daring getaway to Venice in this joyous, heart-warming on-the-road adventure where anything can - and does - happen.
Director: Laszlo Barbo | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Jordi Mollà, Ilenia Pastorelli, Lidia Vitale
Votes: 43
96. Doppia luce (2015)
15 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
Francesca is a detective with a special gift. Upon contact with objects she receives some scary visions, like a game of lights. Thanks to this gift she solves very complicated cases. ... See full summary »
Director: Laszlo Barbo | Stars: Angela Salmaso, Camilla Filippi, Salvatore Striano, Giuseppe Zeno
Votes: 10
97. Caterina in the Big City (2003)
Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Alice Teghil, Sergio Castellitto, Margherita Buy, Antonio Carnevale
Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $0.29M
98. Hardboiled Egg (1997)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of Piero from childhood to fatherhood, over the background of Livorno's neighborhood Ovosodo.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Edoardo Gabbriellini, Malcolm Lunghi, Regina Orioli, Alessio Fantozzi
Votes: 3,953
99. Tenderness (2017)
110 min | Drama
Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstairs to his top-floor apartment in Naples when he meets Michela. The charming young woman, ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Elio Germano, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Micaela Ramazzotti, Greta Scacchi
Votes: 1,372
100. Those Happy Years (2013)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A narcissistic artist finds his self-satisfied world turned upside down in the wake of a disastrous exhibition and his previously devoted wife's extra-marital inclinations.
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Martina Gedeck, Samuel Garofalo
Votes: 997
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