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1. L'allegro fantasma (1941)
85 min | Comedy, Musical
The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in which he claims that in his youth he had a relationship with a circus rider that produced twin sons.
Director: Amleto Palermi | Stars: Totò, Luigi Pavese, Franco Coop, Isa Bellini
Votes: 124
2. San Giovanni decollato (1940)
89 min | Comedy
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio, caretaker and shoemaker devoted to Saint John Beheaded, is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does... See full summary »
Directors: Amleto Palermi, Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Totò, Titina De Filippo, Silvana Jachino, Augusto Di Giovanni
Votes: 218
3. Animali pazzi (1939)
72 min | Comedy
A baron is obliged to marry his cousin within two days in order for him to get an inheritance. If he doesn't marry, the inheritance will go to an animal clinic.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Luisa Ferida, Calisto Bertramo, Lilia Dale
Votes: 112
4. I 3 aquilotti (1942)
80 min | Romance, War
Marco, Mario and Filippo are friends have a great passion in common, flying. They attend the Air Force Academy of Caserta to become pilots, with the ongoing war and the risk of being called into action.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Michela Belmonte, Leonardo Cortese, Carlo Minello, Alberto Sordi
Votes: 69
5. Due cuori fra le belve (1943)
83 min | Comedy
The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who mysteriously disappeared in Africa in the midst of one of his researches.
Director: Giorgio Simonelli | Stars: Totò, Vera Carmi, Enrico Glori, Nando Bruno
Votes: 95
6. Il ratto delle sabine (1945)
90 min | Comedy
Village teacher Ernesto is dominated by his wife. He has a passion for the theatre and has written a drama in verse called "Il Ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately, his only admirer is their ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Totò, Carlo Campanini, Clelia Matania, Laura Gore
Votes: 116
7. Rome, Open City (1945)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico
Votes: 28,970
8. Paisan (1946)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, War
American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs, Robert Van Loon
Votes: 9,552
9. I due orfanelli (1947)
90 min | Comedy
In 19th-century France, middle-aged orphans Gasparre and Battista, watchmen at an orphanage, find out from a soothsayer that one of them is the offspring of the Hangman of Paris and the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Carlo Campanini, Isa Barzizza, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 165
10. Woman Trouble (1948)
84 min | Comedy
Driven by the constant quarrels with his wife and humiliated by a rich Milanese industrialist after asking him for a job, an unemployed person decides to steal a car from a garage guarded by a friend.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Massimo Girotti, Checco Rissone, Dante Maggio
Votes: 167
11. Totò al giro d'Italia (1948)
88 min | Comedy
Totò Casamandrei sells his soul to a demon to win the Tour of Italy.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Giuditta Rissone, Walter Chiari
Votes: 417
12. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,141 | Gross: $0.33M
13. Fifa e arena (1948)
80 min | Comedy
In Napoli, truthful pharmacist clerk Nicolino Capece becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to Spain. In Siviglia, he is blackmailed by the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Mario Castellani, Franca Marzi
Votes: 274
14. I pompieri di Viggiù (1949)
84 min | Comedy, Musical
In the village of Viggiù, the firemen organize various skits and performances in their theater, inviting all the celebrities known at that time.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Nino Taranto, Totò, Vanda Osiris, Carlo Dapporto
Votes: 116
15. Totò cerca casa (1949)
79 min | Comedy
Beniamino and his family have lived in a school since the end of World War II, but five years have passed and they are compelled to move, but finding an apartment in Rome is difficult. ... See full summary »
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Totò, Alda Mangini, Lia Amanda, Mario Gattari
Votes: 522
16. Yvonne la Nuit (1949)
97 min | Drama
Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Amato | Stars: Totò, Olga Villi, Frank Latimore, Eduardo De Filippo
Votes: 90
17. Totò le moko (1949)
80 min | Comedy
Mobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumaconi (Totò Le Mokò), a street musician.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Gianna Maria Canale, Carla Calò, Franca Marzi
Votes: 526
18. L'imperatore di Capri (1949)
86 min | Comedy
Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 262
19. 47 morto che parla (1950)
84 min | Comedy
The story is set in a small town near Naples in early 1900. Baron Antonio Peletti is a stingy, cruel man who lives in a luxurious house, but only spends the bare minimum on the needs of his son and future daughter-in-law.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Silvana Pampanini, Adriana Benetti, Dante Maggio
Votes: 474
20. Figaro qua, Figaro là (1950)
87 min | Action, Comedy
In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Gianni Agus, Renato Rascel
Votes: 121
21. Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950)
87 min | Comedy
Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Carlo Ninchi, Tino Buazzelli
Votes: 157
22. Side Street Story (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Eduardo De Filippo, Leda Gloria, Delia Scala, Gianni Musy
Votes: 363
23. Totò cerca moglie (1950)
76 min | Comedy
Aunt Agatha writes to Toto, informing him that she won't send him another penny until he is married.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Totò, Ave Ninchi, Marisa Merlini, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 250
24. Totò terzo uomo (1951)
95 min | Comedy
In a small village two twin brothers are of opposite characters. One is mayor of the town, gruff and precise. The other is totally different from his brother and loves the good life and beautiful women.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Ughetto Bertucci, Liana Billi, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 116
25. Tototarzan (1950)
85 min | Comedy
A parody of author Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel 'Tarzan of the Apes', starting Italian comedian Toto as Tarzan.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Marilyn Buferd, Bianca Maria Fusari, Alba Arnova
Votes: 298
26. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,387
27. Cops and Robbers (1951)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Totò, Ave Ninchi, William Tubbs
Votes: 1,756
28. Mamma mia, che impressione! (1951)
75 min | Comedy
Shy, clumsy and petulant, Alberto tries in every way to impress Margherita. With the hope of winning the first prize, he participates in a race.
Director: Roberto Savarese | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Giovanna Pala, Carlo Giustini, Frank Colson
Votes: 146
29. La famiglia Passaguai (1951)
95 min | Comedy
A Sunday at the beach for the Passaguai family is a succession of more or less pleasant adventures.
Director: Aldo Fabrizi | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 208
30. Totò a colori (1952)
104 min | Comedy
In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, ''Epopea italiana'', to Tiscordi, who is one of... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Fulvia Franco, Rocco D'Assunta
Votes: 686
31. Totò e i re di Roma (1952)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Totò, Anna Carena, Alberto Sordi, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 386
32. The White Sheik (1952)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 6,915
33. Melodie immortali - Mascagni (1952)
96 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Pierre Cressoy, Carla Del Poggio, Nerio Bernardi, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 34
34. The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
107 min | Comedy
A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi, Franco Interlenghi
Votes: 4,848
35. Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
A love story between a poor fellow and a daughter of respected workshop owner set in an Italian post-war village.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Maria Fiore, Vincenzo Musolino, Filomena Russo, Luigi Astarita
Votes: 711
36. Totò e le donne (1952)
103 min | Comedy
Scaparro, who works in a fabric store, must deal with irritating clients, and when he comes home he finds an unsatisfied, intrusive wife.
Directors: Steno, Mario Monicelli | Stars: Totò, Lea Padovani, Franca Faldini, Ave Ninchi
Votes: 377
37. The Overcoat (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia
Votes: 696
38. Funniest Show on Earth (1953)
70 min | Comedy
A clown named Tottons of the Togni circus, obliged to never take off his clown makeup or reveal his identity, is continually persecuted by the jealousy of three women and even by a policeman.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, May Britt, Franca Faldini, Tania Weber
Votes: 85
39. The Bullocks (1953)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 19,905 | Gross: $0.10M
40. L'uomo la bestia e la virtù (1953)
87 min | Comedy
Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Orson Welles, Viviane Romance, Franca Faldini
Votes: 157
41. Puccini (1953)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This biographical story of Puccini (Gabriele Ferzetti) spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madame Butterfly and his incomplete... See full summary »
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Märta Torén, Nadia Gray, Myriam Bru
Votes: 76
42. 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
43. One of Those (1953)
89 min | Drama
Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.
Director: Aldo Fabrizi | Stars: Totò, Lea Padovani, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 108
44. Where Is Freedom? (1954)
TV-PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A barber compelled by jealousy to commit murder spends 20 years in jail. But when he's released he cannot adapt to a changed world and the hypocrisy of his relatives, so he decides to return to prison.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Totò, Vera Molnar, Nyta Dover, Franca Faldini
Votes: 637
45. 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: 185
46. Giorni d'amore (1954)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin".
Directors: Giuseppe De Santis, Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Marina Vlady, Giulio Calì, Angelina Longobardi
Votes: 253
47. Gran varietà (1954)
103 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical comedy portmanteau in five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli, and Il Censore.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Maria Fiore, Nico Pepe, Renato Malavasi, Mario Siletti
Votes: 46
48. 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
49. Il matrimonio (1954)
87 min | Comedy
An Italian historical comedy film consisting of three segments, based on three stage plays by Anton Chekhov.
Director: Antonio Petrucci | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 98
50. Allegro squadrone (1954)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
The Cheerful Squadron (Italian: L'Allegro Squadrone) is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto ... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Moffa | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 71
51. 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: 2,044
52. Musoduro (1953)
86 min | Drama
Director: Giuseppe Bennati | Stars: Fausto Tozzi, Marina Vlady, Cosetta Greco, Gérard Landry
Votes: 12
53. Of Life and Love (1954)
102 min | Comedy
1) A jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch. 2) A young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan. 3) Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for - ... See full summary »
Directors: Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pastina, Mario Soldati, Luigi Zampa | Stars: Turi Pandolfini, Natale Cirino, Antonio Nicotra, Myriam Bru
Votes: 197
54. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Approved | 102 min | Musical, Romance, Western
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 27,093 | Gross: $9.40M
55. Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Georges Marchal, Gianna Maria Canale, Renato Baldini, Irene Papas
Votes: 287
56. 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
57. Il medico dei pazzi (1954)
91 min | Comedy
Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Franca Marzi, Aldo Giuffrè, Vittoria Crispo
Votes: 324
58. Totò cerca pace (1954)
90 min | Comedy
Two widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their grandchildren, who are just interested in their inheritance.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Ave Ninchi, Enzo Turco
Votes: 119
59. An American in Rome (1954)
94 min | Comedy
Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. He tries to speak American-English, to wear clothes he thinks Americans wear, to ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Maria Pia Casilio, Ilse Peterson, Anita Durante
Votes: 1,925
60. A Day in Court (1954)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
Director: Steno | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Sophia Loren
Votes: 553
61. 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: 4,647
62. The Art of Getting Along (1954)
85 min | Comedy
Rosario Scimoni is twenty years old and lives in Catania at the beginning of this century. He loves two things in life: women and money and he is the secretary of the mayor who is his uncle... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Marco Guglielmi, Franco Coop, Luisa Della Noce
Votes: 398
63. 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
64. Bravissimo (1955)
85 min | Music, Comedy
The master Impallato takes care of the boys in a suburban after-school. Here he discovers a pupil with an extraordinary baritone voice.
Director: Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Mario Riva, Patrizia Della Rovere, Irène Tunc
Votes: 244
65. Destinazione Piovarolo (1955)
89 min | Comedy
Antonio La Quaglia becomes the railroader in Piovarolo during 1922 meanwhile the fascism is raising. Later he marries a jewish woman. He has career ambitions but can not reach them.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Totò, Irene Cefaro, Marisa Merlini, Tina Pica
Votes: 347
66. Il coraggio (1955)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy
A wealthy trader saves the life of a poor suicidal man who then decides that his savior has the responsibility of taking care of him and his family.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Totò, Gino Cervi, Irene Galter, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 151
67. I pappagalli (1955)
102 min | Comedy
Sunday is the only day off that house maids use to date the young men who cross their paths: doormen, soldiers, sailors, timid virgins and lurid husbands, or even a doctor.
Director: Bruno Paolinelli | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Alberto Sordi, Maria Fiore, Maria Pia Casilio
Votes: 87
68. The Sign of Venus (1955)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Agnese has many men who woo her and lives with her cousin Cesira Franca Valeri, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica, Raf Vallone
Votes: 1,627
69. La bella di Roma (1955)
99 min | Comedy
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa, Luisella Beghi
Votes: 185
70. 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: 580
71. Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Returning to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani, Antonio Cifariello
Votes: 2,528
72. Racconti romani (1955)
97 min | Comedy
Alvaro is been in jail, so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello, and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They only need a van to ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Antonio Cifariello, Franco Fabrizi, Giovanna Ralli, Maurizio Arena
Votes: 219
73. 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
74. 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
75. Totò e Carolina (1955)
84 min | Comedy
During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Totò, Anna Maria Ferrero, Gianni Cavalieri, Maurizio Arena
Votes: 326
76. Lo scapolo (1955)
90 min | Comedy
Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Sandra Milo, Nino Manfredi, Madeleine Fischer
Votes: 459
77. Accadde al penitenziario (1955)
95 min | Comedy
A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Alberto Sordi, Mara Berni, Walter Chiari
Votes: 157
78. Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956)
92 min | Comedy
This is the (funny) story of four Roma traffic police agents in the 1950s. Their lives are crossed in affairs that often go beyond mere job relationships. 'Guardia scelta' (special agent) ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Gino Cervi
Votes: 244
79. La banda degli onesti (1956)
106 min | Comedy
Three decent but clumsy men facing economic difficulties reluctantly start to fabricate counterfeit bills; the son of one of them is the cop who follows the case, ignoring his father's involvement.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Giulia Rubini, Giacomo Furia
Votes: 1,597
80. What a Woman! (1956)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni, Elisa Cegani
Votes: 481
81. 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
82. Nero's Mistress (1956)
104 min | Comedy, History
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson, Brigitte Bardot
Votes: 562
83. Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)
103 min | Comedy
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Franco Interlenghi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 641
84. Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina (1956)
106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two clumsy provincial uncles visit a metropolis to stop the relationship between their nephew and a woman of ill repute.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Dorian Gray, Teddy Reno
Votes: 2,059
85. Toto Double or Nothing (1956)
94 min | Comedy
The Duke Gagliardo della Forcoletta, penniless and expert in horse-races, finds out he has a daughter, Emma Marini, who works in the bar Aurora. The Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Mike Bongiorno, Dorian Gray, Valeria Moriconi
Votes: 494
86. 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: 5,445
87. Lust of the Vampire (1957)
82 min | Horror
Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.
Directors: Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava | Stars: Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida
Votes: 1,936
88. It Happened in Rome (1957)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
Three girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: June Laverick, Isabelle Corey, Ingeborg Schöner, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 195
89. The Lady Doctor (1957)
104 min | Comedy
Fake private detective Mike Spillone is hired by two old ladies to find out if Brigitte, the wife of their nephew Otello Bellomo, has a lover. Brigitte is a physician but the two aunts are ... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Abbe Lane, Vittorio De Sica, Titina De Filippo
Votes: 190
90. Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)
85 min | Comedy
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franca Valeri, Giovanna Ralli, Tina Pica
Votes: 630
91. Carmela è una bambola (1958)
90 min | Comedy
Carmela defies her father who wants her to marry Baron Prospero and sleepwalks every night to Toto's room.
Director: Gianni Puccini | Stars: Marisa Allasio, Nino Manfredi, Ugo D'Alessio, Gianrico Tedeschi
Votes: 75
92. Fortunella (1958)
101 min | Comedy
A poor girl is convinced she is the daughter of a prince.
Director: Eduardo De Filippo | Stars: Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Paul Douglas, Franca Marzi
Votes: 203
93. Gambe d'oro (1958)
109 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.
Directors: Turi Vasile, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Rossella Como, Scilla Gabel, Paolo Ferrari, Rosario Borelli
Votes: 150
94. 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
95. I prepotenti (1958)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Mario Amendola | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Taranto, Ave Ninchi, Wandisa Guida
Votes: 38
96. 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: 11,514
97. The Law Is the Law (1958)
95 min | Comedy
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Totò, Fernandel, Nino Besozzi, Noël Roquevert
Votes: 1,066
98. He Thief, She Thief (1958)
100 min | Comedy
Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira's help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But the lucky break is over.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Sylva Koscina, Ettore Manni, Alberto Bonucci
Votes: 316
99. Love on the Riviera (1958)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
It is Summer. It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio. Different stories: Dorina looking for a rich lover; Clara who takes a fancy to the ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 178
100. Totò a Parigi (1958)
110 min | Comedy
Duclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of this innocence is in the hands of a "competitor", the Marquis de Chemantel de Beauvoiron, a ... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Sylva Koscina, Fernand Gravey, Philippe Clay
Votes: 210
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