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1. 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: 97,468 | Gross: $2.85M
2. The Hand of God (2021)
R | 130 min | Drama
In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert
Votes: 49,631
3. Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Valeria Ferro investigates crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice.
Stars: Miriam Leone, Matteo Martari, Thomas Trabacchi, Luca Terracciano
Votes: 1,076
4. Loro (2018)
Unrated | 151 min | Biography, Drama
An escort-service owner uses his girls to get close to politician/PM and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, but in 2006 he's preoccupied with his shaky marriage and losing an election.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 7,131
5. Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco (2021–2024)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Deputy Chief Lolita Lobosco returns to her hometown, Bari, to direct a team of men only. In a world stubbornly ruled by males, she chooses to remain herself against all odds, and uses her skills and devotion to fight prejudices.
Stars: Luisa Ranieri, Giovanni Ludeno, Jacopo Cullin, Bianca Nappi
Votes: 368
6. Luna Nera (2020)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A group of women are suspected of witchcraft in 17th century Italy.
Stars: Antonia Fotaras, Lucrezia Guidone, Barbara Ronchi, Gianmarco Vettori
Votes: 3,473
7. M. Il figlio del secolo
Biography, Drama, History | Post-production
Chronicles the rise of power of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in a history of a country that surrendered to dictatorship.
Stars: Luca Marinelli, Francesco Russo, Barbara Chichiarelli, Benedetta Cimatti
8. Three Floors (2021)
119 min | Drama
The story of three families living in three apartments in the same bourgeois condominium.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Elena Lietti, Alba Rohrwacher, Adriano Giannini
Votes: 3,003
9. The Son's Room (2001)
R | 99 min | Drama
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca, Giuseppe Sanfelice
Votes: 21,451 | Gross: $1.01M
10. The King of Laughter (2021)
133 min | Biography, Drama
The biography of Neapolitan comic theater legend Eduardo Scarpetta.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Toni Servillo, Maria Nazionale, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Antonia Truppo
Votes: 1,421
11. Loro 1 (2018)
104 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 5,308
12. The Inner Cage (2021)
117 min | Drama
The last remains of a prison, guards and a few inmates, are waiting to be transferred and gradually the rules seem to make less and less sense and the waiting men become a new fragile community.
Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo | Stars: Toni Servillo, Silvio Orlando, Fabrizio Ferracane, Salvatore Striano
Votes: 1,734
13. 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
14. One Man Up (2001)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends after a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Antonino Bruschetta, Angela Goodwin
Votes: 3,132
15. Loro 2 (2018)
100 min | Biography
Set mostly in his Sardinian mansion, Silvio Berlusconi's personality, politic career, scandals, relationship with his wife and ambiguous heritage are presented through partially fictional events.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 2,955
16. Distretto di polizia (2000–2012)
Action, Comedy, Crime
Life and work in a police station of Rome. The chief of the station, Giovanna Scalise, has arrived in town after a long period passed in the city of Palermo, Sicily, where she fought ... See full summary »
Stars: Simone Corrente, Gianni Ferreri, Roberto Nobile, Irma Carolina Di Monte
Votes: 324
17. 1994 (II) (2019)
TV-MA | Drama
Italian drama based in the turbulent political landscape of 1990s Italy.
Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Miriam Leone, Guido Caprino, Paolo Mazzarelli
Votes: 914
18. Sweet Dreams (2016)
131 min | Drama, Romance
Massimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the death of his mother. Years later, he is forced to relive his traumatic past and compassionate doctor Elisa could help him open up and confront his childhood wounds.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Nicolò Cabras
Votes: 1,936
19. Assunta Spina (2006 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Bianca Guaccero, Sergio Assisi, Nicola Di Pinto, Imma Piro
Votes: 21
20. The Miracle (2018)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
In Rome, a Virgin Mary statue is found crying blood. Pondering on the implications of the existence of miracles, and eventually, the existence of God, the people involved in the enigma start losing their minds.
Stars: Veronica Szawarska, Guido Caprino, Elena Lietti, Lorenza Indovina
Votes: 1,714
21. Leopardi (2014)
143 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based upon the short but fruitful life of illness-racked Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio, Anna Mouglalis
Votes: 3,051
22. Volare (2023)
100 min | Comedy
Annabì, by facing her fear of planes, deals with the greatest fear in her own life.
Director: Margherita Buy | Stars: Margherita Buy, Elena Sofia Ricci, Giulia Michelini, Pietro Ragusa
Votes: 42
23. Solo per passione - Letizia Battaglia fotografa (2022 TV Movie)
180 min | Biography
Racconta la vita della fotografa Letizia Battaglia.
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Isabella Ragonese, Paolo Briguglia, Roberta Caronia, Enrico Elia Inserra
Votes: 63
24. Capri-Revolution (2018)
122 min | Drama, History
With Italy about to go to war in 1914, this is the story of the encounter between a goatherd called Lucia, the commune of young Northern Europeans led by Seybu and the town's young doctor on the unique island of Capri.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Marianna Fontana, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Antonio Folletto, Jenna Thiam
Votes: 1,030
25. Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Teo has a good job, a fiancee, lovers, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. The meeting with Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
Director: Silvio Soldini | Stars: Valeria Golino, Adriano Giannini, Arianna Scommegna, Laura Adriani
Votes: 842
26. Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023)
128 min | Documentary
The life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il postino. He was a brilliant stage actor before becoming an astonishing film director.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Paolo Sorrentino, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luisa Ranieri, Valerio Mastandrea
Votes: 203
27. Honey (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Irene, nicknamed 'Honey', has devoted herself to the practice of assisting people who are looking for help; she tries to alleviate their suffering, even when they make extreme decisions. ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Golino | Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo, Vinicio Marchioni
Votes: 2,023
28. We Believed (2010)
205 min | History
The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Raffaele Di Florio, Francesca Inaudi, Andrea Bosca, Edoardo Natoli
Votes: 631
29. Iddu
Crime | Post-production
Directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elio Germano, Barbora Bobulova, Tommaso Ragno
30. The Yes Man (1991)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (... See full summary »
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Nanni Moretti, Giulio Brogi, Anne Roussel
Votes: 887
31. Il cielo è sempre più blu (1996)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Vignettes of Roman life feature a jogger, robbers, newlyweds, an opportunistic mechanic and a sadistic meter-maid.
Director: Antonello Grimaldi | Stars: Asia Argento, Luca Barbareschi, Margherita Buy, Roberto Citran
Votes: 256
32. Rebecca, la prima moglie (2008 TV Movie)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
A naive young woman moves into the mansion that belongs to her new husband, a rich widower. She soon realizes the memory of his deceased first wife maintains a grip on her husband, as well as the staff of servants.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Alessio Boni, Cristiana Capotondi, Mariangela Melato, Adalberto Maria Merli
Votes: 181
33. Hammamet (2020)
126 min | Biography, Drama
The last year of Bettino Craxi's life, one of the most important and controversial Italian leaders of the 1980s.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Livia Rossi, Luca Filippi, Silvia Cohen
Votes: 1,788
34. Tutti pazzi per amore (2008–2012)
50 min | Romance
Tutti Pazzi Per Amore is an Italian television series that aired on Rai 1 from December 7, 2008 to January 1, 2012, consisting of three seasons. The show is set in Rome and follows the love... See full summary »
Stars: Emilio Solfrizzi, Francesca Inaudi, Irene Ferri, Brenno Placido
Votes: 246
35. Mom or Dad? (2017)
98 min | Comedy
A couple in the process of divorcing fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Paola Cortellesi, Luca Marino, Marianna Cogo
Votes: 1,282
36. Il nostro generale (I) (2023– )
Mystery
The efforts of a special paramilitary unit set up by a high-ranking police official, Gen. Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa.
Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Antonio Folletto, Cecilia Bertozzi, Andrea Di Maria
Votes: 94
37. Fabrizio De André: Principe libero (2018)
193 min | Biography
A biopic on the personal and artistic life of Italian songwriter Fabrizio De André.
Director: Luca Facchini | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Valentina Bellè, Elena Radonicich, Davide Iacopini
Votes: 785
38. Cefalonia (2005 TV Movie)
210 min | Drama
8 September proved to be a fateful day for the Acqui Division, part of the predominately Italian force occupying Cefalonia: it was the day the Allies concluded an armistice with Italy. ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Luca Zingaretti, Luisa Ranieri, Roberto De Francesco, Jasmine Trinca
Votes: 134
39. Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno (2013 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Giuseppe Fiorello, Kasia Smutniak, Alessandro Tiberi, Antonio D'Ausilio
Votes: 193
40. Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
108 min | Biography, Drama
Naples. Professor Renato Caccioppoli, professor of pure mathematics, is a tormented and disillusioned man living a difficult life. Back from the psychiatric hospital, abandoned by his wife,... See full summary »
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Anna Bonaiuto, Renato Carpentieri, Toni Servillo
Votes: 405
41. The Medicine Seller (2013)
105 min | Drama
A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system. He is totally stressed and Under pressure by the company he ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Morabito | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Isabella Ferrari, Evita Ciri, Marco Travaglio
Votes: 418
42. Piano, solo (2007)
104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biopic of jazz pianist Luca Flores.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Jasmine Trinca, Paola Cortellesi, Michele Placido
Votes: 449
43. L'estate di Bobby Charlton (1995)
100 min | Drama
Summer 1966. A young man from southern Italy and elementary school teacher in a small town in Abruzzo, is studying for state exams to qualify for a permanent job. He is separated from his ... See full summary »
Director: Massimo Guglielmi | Stars: Giulio Scarpati, Agnese Nano, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Carlotta Natoli
Votes: 26
44. La vita oscena (2014)
85 min | Drama
Andrea lost both parents early due to illness. In love with his mother he goes towards a path of self-destruction.
Director: Renato De Maria | Stars: Clément Métayer, Isabella Ferrari, Roberto De Francesco, Andrea Renzi
Votes: 93
45. I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988)
180 min | Biography, Drama
The lives of a group of highly-gifted young physicists known as the Via Panisperna Boys, led by Enrico Fermi. One of them, Ettore Majorana, mysteriously disappeared in 1938.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Andrea Prodan, Ennio Fantastichini, Michele Melega, Alberto Gimignani
Votes: 171
46. The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
115 min | Crime, Drama
This particular version of Naples is home to Antonio Barracano, the young, vigorous and tattooed Mayor of Rione Sanità who plays by his own rules; a paternal figure who oversees the licit and illicit activities unfolding within the city.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Daniela Ioia, Enzo Buonomo, Daniele Baselice, Viviana Cangiano
Votes: 744
47. Tracce di vita amorosa (1990)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Fourteen short stories starring middle-class people.
Director: Peter Del Monte | Stars: Luciano Bartoli, Giorgio Biavati, Giovanna Bozzolo, Simona Caramelli
Votes: 73
48. Appassionate (1999)
95 min | Drama
This musical drama follows a diverse group of people brought together in a city in Italy.
Director: Tonino De Bernardi | Stars: Anna Bonaiuto, Inês de Medeiros, Iaia Forte, Galatea Ranzi
Votes: 98
49. Isabella the Liar (1989– )
200 min | Comedy, Crime
Stars: Francesca Dellera, Marie Laforêt, Daniel Olbrychski, Maurizio Donadoni
Votes: 17
50. Isabella the Liar (1989 TV Movie)
180 min | Comedy
Director: Franco Giraldi | Stars: Francesca Dellera, Marie Laforêt, Daniel Olbrychski, Antonio Salines
Votes: 22