Comedia all’Italiana
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1. 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: 11,521
2. The Great War (1959)
Approved | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Bernard Blier, Folco Lulli
Votes: 4,607
3. 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: 1,478
4. Fiasco in Milan (1959)
105 min | Comedy, Crime
The usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale, Vicky Ludovici
Votes: 1,186
5. Love and Larceny (1960)
103 min | Comedy
Gerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero, Mario Carotenuto
Votes: 845
6. Everybody Go Home! (1960)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, War
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is disbanded and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Martin Balsam
Votes: 1,453
7. Adua e le compagne (1960)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Simone Signoret, Marcello Mastroianni, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva
Votes: 1,408
8. A Difficult Life (1961)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Lea Massari, Franco Fabrizi, Lina Volonghi
Votes: 2,186
9. 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: 833
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: 767
11. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 14,177
12. 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: 5,048
13. The Easy Life (1962)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudio Gora
Votes: 12,426
14. Mafioso (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio
Votes: 2,966 | Gross: $0.40M
15. La marcia su Roma (1962)
94 min | Comedy
After the 1st world war, two veterans, starving, but fools, are enlisted with the fascists, where they can eat. But when it comes to killing, they drop out.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin, Mario Brega
Votes: 736
16. The Conjugal Bed (1963)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Marina Vlady, Walter Giller, Linda Sini
Votes: 808
17. The Monsters (1963)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca, Marino Masé
Votes: 2,779
18. To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)
103 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Sordi gives a deep and touching comic performance as an Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm. The movie depicts the ... See full summary »
Director: Gian Luigi Polidoro | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Gunilla Elm-Tornkvist, Anne-Charlotte Sjöberg, Barbro Wastenson
Votes: 339
19. The Boom (1963)
88 min | Comedy
During the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Elena Nicolai, Ettore Geri
Votes: 1,338 | Gross: $0.06M
20. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 10,125
21. The Reunion (1963)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two members of a former group of friends find themselves after many years by chance through the streets of Milan; after a moment, memories of the past resurface.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Walter Chiari, Francisco Rabal, Letícia Román, Dominique Boschero
Votes: 162
22. Il successo (1963)
104 min | Comedy
With the desire to be rich gnawing at him, an arriviste pursues a golden real-estate opportunity at the expense of friends and family. Now, he has to renounce his dignity. What's the good of chasing success when you are left all alone?
Directors: Mauro Morassi, Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Cristina Gaioni
Votes: 293
23. High Infidelity (1964)
120 min | Comedy
Four episodes satirising modern marriages and the lack of affection which leads to infidelity.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Elio Petri, Franco Rossi, Luciano Salce | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Fulvia Franco, John Phillip Law, Eleanor Beacour
Votes: 130
24. Marriage Italian Style (1964)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano
Votes: 11,036
25. Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter's fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family's honor.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Saro Urzì, Stefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca
Votes: 3,869
26. Il gaucho (1964)
111 min | Comedy
An italian film producer travels to Argentina with part of the crew to a Film Festival contest.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Amedeo Nazzari, Nelly Panizza, Maria Grazia Buccella
Votes: 386
27. Let's Talk About Women (1964)
108 min | Comedy
Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Sylva Koscina, Antonella Lualdi, Eleonora Rossi Drago
Votes: 419
28. The Dolls (1965)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Dino Risi, Franco Rossi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer, Maurizio Arena
Votes: 380
29. Casanova 70 (1965)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Marisa Mell, Enrico Maria Salerno
Votes: 1,362 | Gross: $6.76M
30. I complessi (1965)
107 min | Comedy
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer Gabriella, lover of Alvaro, with the complexity of shyness. In the second part, Prof. Beozi, in order to avoid a scandal, ends up in a raid of... See full summary »
Directors: Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi, Franco Rossi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Ilaria Occhini, Riccardo Garrone, Umberto D'Orsi
Votes: 924
31. I Knew Her Well (1965)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 3,147 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Weekend, Italian Style (1965)
90 min | Comedy
Manager Marletti goes to the sea to meet his wife Giuliana to spend the weekend with her and many friends. After three days Marletti comes back driving his car to Rome. So he can sleep, alone and happy, with silence around him.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Sandra Milo, Daniela Bianchi, Trini Alonso
Votes: 429
33. Kiss the Other Sheik (1965)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy
Comedy film in three segments. Each describes the couple's crisis in the mid-sixties Italy.
Directors: Eduardo De Filippo, Marco Ferreri, Luciano Salce | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak, Virna Lisi, Luciano Salce
Votes: 344
34. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
115 min | Comedy
Three stories, all set in Treviso. Various couple experience adultery at a party, a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress and all the men in the end are prosecuted for having intercourse with an underage girl.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Virna Lisi, Gastone Moschin, Alberto Lionello, Olga Villi
Votes: 1,743
35. Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
95 min | Comedy
Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta. But ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano, Walter Chiari, Vittorio De Sica
Votes: 312
36. L'armata Brancaleone (1966)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 5,276
37. Una questione d'onore (1966)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Efisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's salon, and rounds up the slim balance by betting with colleagues in strength with the game "head against head".
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Bernard Blier, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 156
38. The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ann-Margret, Eleanor Parker, Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Votes: 482
39. The Witches (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 1,976
40. The Girl with a Pistol (1968)
M | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Sicilian woman "dishonored" by her lover goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave, Anthony Booth
Votes: 1,727
41. Il medico della mutua (1968)
98 min | Comedy
The eventful ascent of a doctor in the corrupted Italian healthcare system.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bice Valori, Sara Franchetti, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 1,696
42. The Libertine (1968)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
After discovering her late husband's swinger's pad, a widow uses the apartment to explore her own sexuality, while searching for a man who can reciprocate her passions.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gigi Proietti, Luigi Pistilli
Votes: 846
43. Il commissario Pepe (1969)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A police commissioner in a little town in the Italian Venetian province investigates a prostitution ring run by two pensioners; during his investigations he also learns that a former ... See full summary »
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Silvia Dionisio, Tano Cimarosa, Giuseppe Maffioli
Votes: 496
44. Vedo nudo (1969)
117 min | Comedy
Seven episodes light-heartedly revolving around sexuality and eros with seven funny characters all played by great Nino Manfredi.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Sylva Koscina, Véronique Vendell, Umberto D'Orsi
Votes: 529
45. Brancaleone alle Crociate (1970)
116 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Sandro Dori, Beba Loncar
Votes: 1,995
46. Between Miracles (1971)
122 min | Comedy
Little Benedetto came out of an accident uninjured on his First Communion day. The people of his village attribute that to a miracle and make him undergo a strict religious upbringing. That... See full summary »
Director: Nino Manfredi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Delia Boccardo, Paola Borboni, Mario Scaccia
Votes: 609
47. In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A judge investigates the death of a young woman, possibly a murder. He suspects a famous industry tycoon with high political connections. But to what extent do the latter's lies and frauds influence the magistrate's opinion?
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 1,703
48. X-Rated Girl (1971)
R | 110 min | Comedy
A frustrated musician makes a career out of his wife's beautiful body.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Laura Antonelli, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Elsa Vazzoler
Votes: 574
49. Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata (1971)
113 min | Comedy
Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone, Corrado Olmi
Votes: 1,240
50. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 2,729 | Gross: $0.47M
51. The Scopone Game (1972)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,597
52. Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973)
98 min | Comedy
Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, Duilio Del Prete, Giuseppe Maffioli
Votes: 660
53. Bread and Chocolate (1974)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Italian immigrant Nino steadfastly tries to become a member of Swiss Society no matter how awful his situation becomes.
Director: Franco Brusati | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Anna Karina, Paolo Turco, Ugo D'Alessio
Votes: 1,973
54. We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Stefano Satta Flores
Votes: 7,294
55. Swept Away (1974)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A trip into the Mediterranean sea becomes a trip into the discovery of how society's frameworks of the rich and poor are delicate and temporary.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli
Votes: 6,785
56. Scent of a Woman (1974)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A young private is assigned to accompany a blind captain. It soon becomes clear that they are both complex personalities.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli, Moira Orfei
Votes: 5,165
57. Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
50 year old Giulio (Tognazzi) and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina (Muti) fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Giulio's jealousy gets in the way of their happiness ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido, Pippo Starnazza
Votes: 849
58. Amici miei (1975)
R | 140 min | Comedy, Drama
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret, Duilio Del Prete
Votes: 7,993
59. Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Four generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Francesco Anniballi, Maria Bosco, Giselda Castrini, Alfredo D'Ippolito
Votes: 9,114 | Gross: $0.01M
60. The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
120 min | Comedy
A young chambermaid from Venice who is a fan of Italian "Telefoni bianchi" cinema of the fascist era decides to follow her dream and goes to Rome hoping to become an actress.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Agostina Belli, Cochi Ponzoni, Maurizio Arena, William Berger
Votes: 477
61. Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
105 min | Comedy
An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.
Directors: Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Agenore Incrocci, Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ugo Pirro, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola | Stars: Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi
Votes: 921
62. The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere, Lia Tanzi
Votes: 1,052
63. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977)
122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A meek middle-aged man finally takes justice into his own hands.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti, Renzo Carboni
Votes: 3,053
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