110:Italy
by videodrim | created - 31 May 2022 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicLuigi Vincelli:Favourite italian movies, recommended to Marco Giusti and Tatti Sanguineti.(In chronological order)
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1. 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
2. La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna (1952)
96 min | Comedy
To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more impressive apartment of a retired actor and arranges an elaborate luncheon there.
Director: Aldo Fabrizi | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 65
3. Non è vero... ma ci credo! (1952)
103 min | Comedy
A young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himself as a hunchback to get into the father's good graces.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Titina De Filippo, Liliana Bonfatti, Carlo Croccolo
Votes: 54
4. Miseria e nobiltà (1954)
60 min | Comedy
"Miseria e Nobiltà" tells the story of the humble families of Felice Pasquale and his colleague who are hired by a Marquis who wants to marry the daughter of a rich but simple cook, so they pose as aristocrats.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Sophia Loren, Enzo Turco, Dolores Palumbo
Votes: 2,054
5. The Swindle (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 6,899
6. 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
7. 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
8. The Bigamist (1956)
110 min | Comedy
A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Franca Valeri, Giovanna Ralli, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 236
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. Il conte Max (1957)
103 min | Comedy
Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Anne Vernon, Susana Canales
Votes: 699
13. 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: 11,516
14. I tartassati (1959)
105 min | Comedy
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Cathia Caro, Luciano Marin
Votes: 981
15. General Della Rovere (1959)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, War
Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 3,685
16. The Swindlers (1959)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Belinda Lee, Renato Salvatori, Nino Vingelli
Votes: 616
17. 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: 4,606
18. 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: 1,493
19. La cambiale (1959)
109 min | Comedy
The well-known financier Pierluigi Bruscatelli is arrested after having paid two fraudsters with a bill of 100 000 lire.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Sylva Koscina, Ugo Tognazzi, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 373
20. 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: 1,476
21. 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
22. 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: 1,451
23. Il vigile (1960)
104 min | Comedy
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Marisa Merlini, Mara Berni
Votes: 1,568
24. ...And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960)
106 min | Comedy, Crime
A randomly formed group of Italians gets deeply involved in a crime in Montacarlo.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 399
25. A cavallo della tigre (1961)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
An inept thief wants to escape prison and return to his family, but two of his prison mates also want out.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 541
26. I due marescialli (1961)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, War
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Totò, Vittorio De Sica, Gianni Agus, Arturo Bragaglia
Votes: 652
27. 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: 2,185
28. Il commissario (1962)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the unlikely name of Dante Lombardozzi, in this entertaining comedy-murder mystery by director Luigi Comencini.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Alessandro Cutolo, Franca Tamantini, Alfredo Leggi
Votes: 289
29. La banda Casaroli (1962)
100 min | Drama
Based on the misdeeds of the criminal group headed by Paolo Casaroli, who was dedicated to robbing banks.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Renato Salvatori, Jean-Claude Brialy, Tomas Milian, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 76
30. Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962)
103 min | Comedy
Antonio goes to West Berlin and meets Giuseppe. But Antonio looks like Canarinis, a wanted war criminal, So the daughter of the criminal pays Antonio to impersonate him.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Nadia Sanders, Luigi Pavese
Votes: 348
31. 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
32. Totò contro i quattro (1963)
98 min | Comedy
The day of Chief Constable Saracino begins badly when his new car is stolen. Then, in his office, he meets Alfredo Fiori who believes that his wife and her lover, a veterinary, are trying ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Taranto
Votes: 372
33. 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
34. Gli onorevoli (1963)
102 min | Comedy
The film is composed of several small stories that have to do with the votes of politicians in Italy in the sixties.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Totò, Franca Valeri, Peppino De Filippo, Gino Cervi
Votes: 459
35. 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
36. 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
37. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,701 | Gross: $14.50M
38. La mia signora (1964)
102 min | Comedy
Five comedic episodes, all starring Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Tinto Brass, Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Claudio Gora, Elena Nicolai
Votes: 207
39. 7 uomini d'oro (1965)
G | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An international gang of thieves, led by Albert the Professor and his seductive assistant Giorgia, use meticulous planning to steal seven tons of gold from the Swiss National Bank in Geneva.
Director: Marco Vicario | Stars: Rossana Podestà, Philippe Leroy, Gastone Moschin, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 476
40. Thrilling (1965)
117 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.
Directors: Carlo Lizzani, Gian Luigi Polidoro, Ettore Scola | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Alexandra Stewart, Magda Konopka, Tino Buazzelli
Votes: 147
41. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
R | 132 min | Drama, Western
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp
Votes: 274,681 | Gross: $15.00M
42. 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: 1,739
43. 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: 5,274
44. The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
104 min | Comedy, Crime
An American gangster in Italy enlists a local gang to help him steal the treasure of Naples' patron saint.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, Harry Guardino
Votes: 1,769
45. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Western
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 811,255 | Gross: $6.10M
46. We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Laura Nucci
Votes: 1,785
47. Grand Slam (1967)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama
To pull off a daring diamond heist in Rio during Carnival, a retired schoolteacher hires four professionals who must contend with a revolutionary alarm system and a taciturn secretary.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 1,384
48. Ghosts, Italian Style (1967)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Married couple Pasquale and Maria live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard. he thinks the ghosts are at work, but it is ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 589
49. Italian Secret Service (1968)
108 min | Comedy, Crime
Manfredi is a war hero turned unemployed. He is hired by a British man whose life he saved during the war, for a secret mission : to kill a neo-nazi.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Françoise Prévost, Clive Revill, Jean Sobieski
Votes: 166
50. The Violent Four (1968)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Don Backy, Ray Lovelock, Ezio Sancrotti
Votes: 874
51. Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968)
105 min | Comedy
Comic version of the famous man of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes in which Don Quixote having read an adventure book too many sets out on his own adventures with his servant Sancho Panza.
Director: Giovanni Grimaldi | Stars: Ciccio Ingrassia, Franco Franchi, Fulvia Franco, Paolo Carlini
Votes: 110
52. 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
53. Sissignore (1968)
105 min | Comedy
A businessman is nicknamed "L'avvocato" and his driver, Oscar, is a yes-man. When L'avvocato has a crash while driving his car, Oscar is put in jail in his place. When Oscar gets out, he ... See full summary »
Director: Ugo Tognazzi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Maria Grazia Buccella, Gastone Moschin, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 113
54. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy
A pompous, adventure-seeking businessman journeys through Africa with a clumsy employee to find his own disappeared brother-in-law.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Alfredo Marchetti, Franca Bettoia
Votes: 1,050
55. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
PG-13 | 166 min | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 349,109 | Gross: $5.32M
56. I 2 deputati (1968)
95 min | Comedy
Francesco and Franco are brothers in law but, since their respective wives can't stand each other, are always arguing. When Francesco decides to run for Parliament, Franco is kidnapped by ... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Grimaldi | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Gabriella Giorgelli, Franca Maria Giardina
Votes: 116
57. 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
58. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando
Votes: 13,340 | Gross: $0.27M
59. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi
Votes: 24,097 | Gross: $0.42M
60. They Call Me Trinity (1970)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Western
A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie
Votes: 25,010
61. 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: 1,994
62. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil
Votes: 5,451
63. Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
GP | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1920s Boston, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are scrutinized for their anarchist beliefs while on trial for robbery and murder.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello
Votes: 3,728 | Gross: $0.19M
64. La supertestimone (1971)
104 min | Comedy
Comedy about a man (Tognazzi) who is sentenced to life imprisonment mainly because of a woman's (Vitti) testimony, but she later marries him during his sentence.
Director: Franco Giraldi | Stars: Monica Vitti, Ugo Tognazzi, Orazio Orlando, Véronique Vendell
Votes: 180
65. The Designated Victim (1971)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, a disillusioned advertising executive is lured by a sociopathic Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine, Luigi Casellato
Votes: 864
66. Why? (1971)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Lino Banfi, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 1,012
67. The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
106 min | Crime, Thriller
An architect jailed for a traffic violation discovers the grim reality of life behind bars, including corrupt staff and inmates, an inhuman judicial system, and the power of the Mafia.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Riccardo Cucciolla, Georges Wilson, John Steiner
Votes: 727
68. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach
Votes: 3,669
69. 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
70. Execution Squad (1972)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
This is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. One police inspector, (Enrico Maria Salerno) tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Mariangela Melato, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 843
71. The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 864
72. Dirty Weekend (1973)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970s Italy, an industrialist and his mistress are taken hostage by three left-wing extremists who robbed a bank but the police and a media circus follow them closely on a cross-country car chase.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed, Carole André, Lionel Stander
Votes: 558
73. No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the eyewitness to a brutal murder decides not to testify, the actual murderer chooses to finger him as the murderer and claim eyewitness status for himself.
Director: Vittorio Salerno | Stars: Enzo Cerusico, Riccardo Cucciolla, Junie Vetusto, Claudio Nicastro
Votes: 521
74. Ku Fu? From Sicily with Fury (1973)
93 min | Action, Comedy
An italian parody of kung fu movies.
Director: Nando Cicero | Stars: Franco Franchi, Gianni Agus, Irina Maleeva, Gino Pagnani
Votes: 178
75. The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
102 min | Action, Crime
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Enrico Maria Salerno, Giuseppe Pambieri, John Steiner, Venantino Venantini
Votes: 128
76. No Way Out (1973)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel
Votes: 2,381
77. Polvere di stelle (1973)
142 min | Comedy, Musical
Mimmo Adami and Dea Dani are local professional dancers in the impoverished Italy of World War II. Their lives change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style.
Director: Alberto Sordi | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, John Phillip Law, Edoardo Faieta
Votes: 480
78. 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
79. Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
G | 102 min | Action, Comedy
After a tied first place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide which of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
Director: Marcello Fondato | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Sharp, Patty Shepard
Votes: 13,922
80. L'eredità dello zio buonanima (1974)
105 min | Comedy
A clerk lavishes a lot of attention on his very rich uncle because he hopes to inherit all of his money. When the man dies however he finds out that the will is full of legacies which seem to absorb all the patrimony.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Franco Franchi, Grazia Di Marzà, Andrea Lala, Maria Bosco
Votes: 38
81. Deep Red (1975)
R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril
Votes: 42,639
82. Fantozzi (1975)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly getting into difficult situations, but never loses his positive mood.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Gigi Reder, Giuseppe Anatrelli
Votes: 6,996
83. Fango bollente (1975)
85 min | Action, Crime
The Savage Three are three young men, fresh into the world, who work together at a computer analysis company. All three appear to be calm, level-headed, well-educated young men with the ... See full summary »
Director: Vittorio Salerno | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Martine Brochard, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gianfranco De Grassi
Votes: 537
84. Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975)
Comedy, Crime
Franco is abandoned by his wife and daughter who wrongly accuse him of being a wimp. Besides he's bossed around and sexually harassed at work. He decides to take justice into his own hands ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Amendola | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ombretta De Carlo, Aldo Puglisi, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi
Votes: 71
85. Illustrious Corpses (1976)
PG | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 2,797
86. 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: 4,536
87. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani
Votes: 5,969
88. Suspiria (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
Votes: 105,433
89. 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
90. The Chosen (1977)
R | 105 min | Horror
Robert's in charge of constructing a nuclear power plant in the Middle East. Will it be instrumental in prophecies of antichrist's apocalypse?
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 1,601
91. Viva Italia! (1977)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Several episodes depicting Italian's life in short humoristic stories.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 2,111
92. Traffic Jam (1979)
128 min | Drama
A tremendous congestion hit the Roma highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen endures for more than 36 hours. People blocked in their cars react at the beginning normally. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Annie Girardot, Fernando Rey, Patrick Dewaere
Votes: 1,189
93. Il giocattolo (1979)
118 min | Crime, Drama
The squalid life of meek bookkeeper Vittorio is interrupted when he becomes friends with police officer Sauro. Vittorio is introduced to gun shooting, at which he proves to be gifted. This ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Marlène Jobert, Arnoldo Foà, Olga Karlatos
Votes: 369
94. Inferno (1980)
R | 106 min | Horror
An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 24,019
95. Café Express (1980)
100 min | Comedy
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on a night train to Naples.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Luigi Basagaluppi
Votes: 727
96. Where's Picone? (1984)
122 min | Comedy
During a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 1980s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who has recently lost his job, sets himself on fire in front of the Municipal Council.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Lina Sastri, Aldo Giuffrè, Clelia Rondinella
Votes: 319
97. Cento giorni a Palermo (1984)
107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Ferrara | Stars: Lino Ventura, Giuliana de Sio, Arnoldo Foà, Lino Troisi
Votes: 730
98. Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984)
113 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the 80s, two friends misteriously wake up in the XV century and clumsly try to intermingle with the society of the time.
Directors: Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi | Stars: Massimo Troisi, Roberto Benigni, Iris Peynado, Amanda Sandrelli
Votes: 7,093
99. Regalo di Natale (1986)
101 min | Drama
On Christmas night, a group of former friends reunites after a very long time with the intent of ripping off a rich industrialist in a game of poker. Old hatreds and mistrusts conflict with nostalgia for the lost friendships.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, George Eastman
Votes: 1,562
100. Johnny Stecchino (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi
Votes: 11,556 | Gross: $0.57M
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