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- DirectorPietro GermiStarsPietro GermiLuisa Della NoceSylva KoscinaThe railroad engineer Andrea Marcocci has been working with his partner and friend Gigi Liverani for thirty years and feels happy and proud of his work, drinking wine after hours with his friends in a bar owned by the former railroad man Ugo. Andrea is married to Sara, and his young son Sandro is very close to him; however, Andrea has issues with his unemployed son Marcello and with his pregnant daughter Giulia, whose boyfriend Renato Borghi was forced to marry her. After a suicide crosses the tracks of his train in a curve, Andrea feels deeply affected by the accident and almost collides with another train. The railroad company investigates the accident and steps Andrea down from his position. The domestic life of Andrea is also affected by his aggressive behavior and Marcello and Giulia leave home. Later Andrea also leaves home and starts to drink until the day Sandro visits him in a bar.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsPietro GermiClaudia CardinaleFranco FabriziA police detective and his team attempt to solve two crimes committed within a day of each other in neighboring apartment rooms.
- DirectorLuigi MagniStarsNino ManfrediEnrico Maria SalernoClaudia CardinaleRome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada (Ekland) is a spy and is going to denounce his revolutionary companions. So Cornacchia decides to report Spada to two "Carbonari" (kind of Freemasons) to kill Spada. The two, Montanari (Hossein) and Targhini (Verley) fail to kill him and decide to escape from Rome. But they are arrested and sentenced to death. Cornacchia will spend his last chance to save them.
- DirectorLuigi Filippo D'AmicoDino RisiLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiNicoletta MachiavelliAlessandro CutoloThree episodes about Italian husbands and those relationships in marriage.
- DirectorMario CostaStarsToni UcciVittorio CongiaAlicia BrandetThe film is composed of five episodes which depict Italians' love lives in the 1960s.
- DirectorLeonardo BenvenutiLuigi ComenciniPiero De BernardiStarsSenta BergerAdolfo CeliVittorio GassmanAn episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsBritta BarnesPeter Gonzales FalconFiona FlorenceA 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.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsUgo TognazziLello ArenaMaurizio NichettiThe story of a farmer that succeeded to contest the king Alboino in front of all his Royal court, in the Verona (Italy) of the 12th century, using just his cunning. He will risk several times his own life, but the king won't win any dispute at all.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsAlberto SordiSilvana ManganoJoseph CottenEvery year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniMariangela MelatoRiccardo SalvinoA 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.
- DirectorMauro BologniniVittorio De SicaPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoAnnie GirardotFrancisco RabalFive short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanEly GalleaniA 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?
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiClaudia CardinaleRiccardo GarroneAmedeo 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 true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her life style. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends a photograph to Carmela of his handsome friend Giuseppe.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsAlberto SordiSerge ReggianiCarla GravinaWhen Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is disbanded and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsVittorio GassmanRenato SalvatoriClaudia CardinaleThe 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.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsAlberto SordiNorma BengellGabriella ContiWhen 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.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsNicola Rossi-LemeniElli DavisFernandelIn 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.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo GiuffrèStories about three very different women and the men they attract.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsWalter ChiariFrancisco RabalLetícia RománTwo 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.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsSaro UrzìStefania SandrelliAldo PuglisiA 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.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsMarcello MastroianniSenta BergerFlavio BucciUnlike in the previous 3 adaptations of the book,here Mattia narrates in flashback,back at his library job in his village,how he changed his name when mistakenly thought dead and tried to start a new life in Rome.
- DirectorLuigi Filippo D'AmicoDino RisiFranco RossiStarsNino ManfrediIlaria OcchiniRiccardo GarroneIn 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 the police in a local for homosexuals. In the third part, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him since nobody has the courage of uncovering the true reason for him being unwanted.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsVirna LisiGastone MoschinAlberto LionelloThree 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.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanBernard BlierThe Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsLiv UllmannCatherine DeneuveGiuliana de SioElena lives in a villa in Tuscany with multiple female relatives. When her former husband comes back to visit, family disagreements seem to unravel.
- DirectorAldo FabriziGiorgio PastinaMario SoldatiStarsTuri PandolfiniNatale CirinoAntonio Nicotra1) 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 - casting spells. 4) The discomfort of an overtight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the bridegroom's reluctant parents to bless his union.
- DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsMarcello MastroianniSilvana ManganoMarthe KellerAn Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks, Romano Patroni leaves his wife to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman. He returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsTotòAldo FabriziChristine KaufmannA boy and a girl fall in love but their fathers take a strong dislike to each other, clashing repeatedly during the preparations for the upcoming marriage.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsAldo FabriziTotòAve NinchiEsposito 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.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsTotòVittorio De SicaGianni AgusSeptember 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsPeppino De FilippoLaura AdaniCristina GaioniIn post-war Italy during the 1950s, finding a house to rent is so difficult that a family ends up living in a former brothel.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAnna MagnaniTotòBen GazzaraTortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòPeppino De FilippoFranco InterlenghiAntonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
- DirectorAldo FabriziStarsTotòLea PadovaniPeppino De FilippoRocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search of adventure.
- DirectorCarlo Ludovico BragagliaStarsTotòGianna Maria CanaleCarla CalòMobster 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.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsTotòNino TarantoEstella BlainAntonio is a poor man who must support his daughter, especially providing the tuition for her stay at a prestigious boarding school where she can study dance.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsTotòVera MolnarNyta DoverA 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.
- DirectorStenoStarsTotòWalter PidgeonNino TarantoIn WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsTotòLianella CarellPasquale CennamoA portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsDavid NivenAlberto SordiAmedeo NazzariIn 1941 during the desert war in Abyssinia the Italian captain Blasi and the British major Richardson alternate between being bitter enemies or best friends depending on the circumstances.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsSimone SignoretMarcello MastroianniSandra MiloWhen 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.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsAlberto SordiMichel SimonCharles VanelA 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.
- DirectorStenoStarsTotòIsa BarzizzaFulvia FrancoIn 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 the most important Italian impresarios. Will he succeed?
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsAlberto SordiBernard BlierAlfredo MarchettiA pompous, adventure-seeking businessman journeys through Africa with a clumsy employee to find his own disappeared brother-in-law.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeRobert PrestonWhen assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusDominique MézeretteStarsJohn WayneBurt LancasterLana TurnerGeorge Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "cr*ppy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the narration of what is arguably the greatest story ever told.
- DirectorFranco CastellanoGiuseppe MocciaStarsAdriano CelentanoFederica MoroGianni BonaguraMattia is a nice guy, famous writer, who is about to marry Rosalie. Mattia, the day before the wedding, goes to confession to the priest, and reveals that he is in love with another woman, younger, named Michela.