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by cokoins | created - 21 Apr 2014 | updated - 06 Jan 2016 | PublicMovies set in Rome
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1. Mamma Roma (1962)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
An ex-prostitute reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme threatens her aspirations for a decent life.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini
Votes: 10,480
2. La Dolce Vita (1960)
Not Rated | 174 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 78,248 | Gross: $19.52M
3. 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: 175,278 | Gross: $0.33M
4. The Great Beauty (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
Votes: 97,454 | Gross: $2.85M
5. 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: 28,999
6. Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
135 min | Comedy, History
A mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Caroline Berg, Riccardo Billi
Votes: 3,875
7. Accattone (1961)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi
Votes: 10,165
8. Roman Holiday (1953)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
Votes: 147,751
9. Roma (1972)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses
Votes: 13,810 | Gross: $0.73M
10. L'Eclisse (1962)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone
Votes: 22,088
11. Angels & Demons (2009)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 309,754 | Gross: $133.38M
12. 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: 1,927
13. Romanzo Criminale (2005)
152 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 9,668
14. Angelina (1947)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse poor people entrance to a block of new apartments, built after WW2. Without noticing ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi, Ernesto Almirante
Votes: 552
15. Dear Diary (1993)
Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta
Votes: 9,157 | Gross: $0.47M
16. Eat Pray Love (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis
Votes: 105,987 | Gross: $80.57M
17. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
Directors: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow | Stars: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Votes: 21,514
18. Spectre (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 466,481 | Gross: $200.07M
19. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 243,955 | Gross: $81.30M
20. Facing Windows (2003)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ...
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro
Votes: 11,683 | Gross: $0.54M
21. Sacro GRA (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
For nearly two years of exploring the "Great Ring Road's" almost 70km of looping highway, Gianfranco Rosi brings to the foreground the daily routine of ordinary people, composing the profile of a microcosm on the outskirts of Great Rome.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi | Stars: Francesco De Santis, Gaetano Finocchi, Roberto Giuliani, Daniel Ona
Votes: 1,894
22. Suburra (2015)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro Borghi
Votes: 21,858
23. Toxic Love (1983)
90 min | Crime, Drama
The alienating and repetitive life of a group of heroin junkies in the 1980s Rome.
Director: Claudio Caligari | Stars: Cesare Ferretti, Michela Mioni, Enzo Di Benedetto, Roberto Stani
Votes: 1,324
24. The Last Kiss (2001)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant. As Carlo faces up to his anxieties about adulthood, his buddies Paolo, Adriano and ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 8,789 | Gross: $1.05M
25. 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: 11,525
26. Ben-Hur (1959)
G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
Votes: 253,826 | Gross: $74.70M
27. 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: 5,049
28. Un sacco bello (1980)
97 min | Comedy
Carlo Verdone plays a multitude of characters, including a bully, a priest, a hippie, and an anxiogenous man.
Director: Carlo Verdone | Stars: Carlo Verdone, Renato Scarpa, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega
Votes: 2,872
29. 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
30. When in Rome (I) (2002 Video)
G | 94 min | Comedy, Family
Twins are hired as interns at an international fashion company in Rome. They unjustly get fired by Tortoni but rehired by the Ozzie owner. They meet the owner's nephew and a Roman guy. Is romance in their future?
Director: Steve Purcell | Stars: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Leslie Danon, Julian Stone
Votes: 5,015
31. We Have a Pope (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa
Votes: 14,304 | Gross: $0.48M
32. Ho voglia di te (2007)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man gets a second chance at true love.
Director: Luis Prieto | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Laura Chiatti, Katy Louise Saunders, Ottavio Amato
Votes: 1,519
33. Notte prima degli esami (2006)
100 min | Comedy
A group of Italian friends is preparing for their final exams.
Director: Fausto Brizzi | Stars: Giorgio Faletti, Cristiana Capotondi, Nicolas Vaporidis, Sarah Maestri
Votes: 5,384
34. Pasolini (2014)
84 min | Biography, Drama
A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Ninetto Davoli, Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea
Votes: 4,558 | Gross: $0.03M
35. Poor But Beautiful (1957)
101 min | Comedy, Romance
Romolo and Salvatore are two young men who are neighbors and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto
Votes: 788
36. The Best of Youth (2003)
R | 374 min | Drama, Romance
An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti
Votes: 23,219 | Gross: $0.27M
37. Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008–2010)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.
Stars: Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Roja, Marco Bocci, Daniela Virgilio
Votes: 6,719
38. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
R | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Votes: 17,193 | Gross: $1.14M
39. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,227 | Gross: $0.07M
40. Tre metri sopra il cielo (2004)
101 min | Romance
A bad boy and a socialite girl hook-up.
Director: Luca Lucini | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Katy Louise Saunders, Maria Chiara Augenti, Ivan Bacchi
Votes: 3,621
41. Zoolander 2 (2016)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell
Votes: 75,616 | Gross: $28.85M
42. 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
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