Italian movies i've seen
by analuhcat | created - 08 Jan 2014 | updated - 03 Feb 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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: 175,177 | Gross: $0.33M
2. Loose Cannons (2010)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies ... See full summary »
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini
Votes: 13,389
3. The Ages of Love (2011)
125 min | Comedy, Romance
In Italy three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man (Robert DeNiro) falls in love with his friend's daughter (Monica Bellucci).
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Robert De Niro, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michele Placido
Votes: 4,485
4. Bread and Tulips (2000)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Romance
After being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.
Director: Silvio Soldini | Stars: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania
Votes: 10,074 | Gross: $5.31M
5. Saturn in Opposition (2007)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The confidences, hopes and disappointments of a group of friends.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Margherita Buy, Pierfrancesco Favino, Serra Yilmaz
Votes: 4,905
6. 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: 11,676 | Gross: $0.54M
7. The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
After a deathly car accident, Antonia starts dating her husband's friends and finds the truth about his life.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Gabriel Garko
Votes: 10,042 | Gross: $0.22M
8. 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: 78,212 | Gross: $19.52M
9. Reality (II) (2012)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Luciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia.
Director: Matteo Garrone | Stars: Aniello Arena, Paola Minaccioni, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone
Votes: 5,770 | Gross: $0.06M
10. Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio
Votes: 6,762 | Gross: $0.25M
11. Cover Boy... Last Revolution (2006)
93 min | Drama
Cover-boy (low-budget film shot in the Sony digital HDV format and transfert on 35mm. feature film) is the story of the friendship between Ioan (Eduard Gabia) and Michele (Luca Lionello) ... See full synopsis »
Director: Carmine Amoroso | Stars: Eduard Gabia, Luca Lionello, Chiara Caselli, Luciana Littizzetto
Votes: 697
12. Scusa ma ti chiamo amore (2008)
103 min | Romance
Mayhem ensues when a 37-year-old ad executive on the rebound falls for a bubbly high school senior.
Director: Federico Moccia | Stars: Raoul Bova, Michela Quattrociocche, Francesca Ferrazzo, Beatrice Valente
Votes: 5,423
13. Melissa P. (2005)
100 min | Drama
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: María Valverde, Letizia Ciampa, Primo Reggiani, Fabrizia Sacchi
Votes: 7,046
14. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,842
15. Quiet Chaos (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.
Director: Antonello Grimaldi | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 4,147 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Twice Born (2012)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, War
A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
Director: Sergio Castellitto | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Adnan Haskovic, Saadet Aksoy
Votes: 17,370 | Gross: $0.01M
17. The Consequences of Love (2004)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An introverted man's life changes completely when he finds himself attracted to a young barmaid.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adriano Giannini, Antonio Ballerio
Votes: 18,690
18. Qualunquemente (2011)
96 min | Comedy
Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy after having spent some years in another country. He decides to run for mayor in his little city.
Director: Giulio Manfredonia | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Sergio Rubini, Lorenza Indovina, Nicola Rignanese
Votes: 3,139
19. Loose Cannons (2010)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies ... See full summary »
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini
Votes: 13,389
20. 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: 7,290
21. Al primo soffio di vento (2002)
85 min | Drama
Using few words and gorgeous imagery, this is a poetic painting of a family, each in their own space on an August afternoon.
Director: Franco Piavoli | Stars: Primo Gaburri, Mariella Fabbris, Ida Carnevali, Alessandra Agosti
Votes: 365
22. Sunflower (1970)
G | 107 min | Drama, War
An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva
Votes: 4,492
23. La nostra vita (2010)
98 min | Drama
Claudio works in the suburbs of Rome. He is in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. A dramatic event upsets his life. Claudio fights against an injustice. Love and support from his friends will help him to get by.
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese, Luca Zingaretti
Votes: 2,383
24. Basilicata Coast to Coast (2010)
105 min | Comedy, Musical
A music group and a journalist cross the region of Basilicata by foot to attend a music festival.
Director: Rocco Papaleo | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Paolo Briguglia, Max Gazzè, Rocco Papaleo
Votes: 2,271
25. Red Like the Sky (2006)
96 min | Drama
A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
Director: Cristiano Bortone | Stars: Loris Arena, Marco Ballesteros, Alba Ballotta, Filippo Bianchi
Votes: 2,079
26. Il Divo (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci
Votes: 19,010 | Gross: $0.24M
27. Marcello Marcello (2008)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
For the love of the beautiful Elena the young fisherman's son Marcello turns a whole village upside down.
Director: Denis Rabaglia | Stars: Francesco Mistichelli, Elena Cucci, Alfio Alessi, Luigi Petrazzuolo
Votes: 411
28. Dormant Beauty (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino
Votes: 1,767
30. Liza (1972)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Liza slowly replaces Melampo, Giorgio's dog. While she accepts it, Giorgio forces her to wear collars and leashes.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 904
31. Petty Letters and Love Crimes (2010)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Gianfrancesco Lazotti | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Filippo Nigro, Nicoletta Romanoff, Pino Insegno
Votes: 139
32. Dog Lay Afternoon (1976)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Jeanine is a girl who has been traumatized since childhood after having inadvertently seen her mother mate with the family's Doberman dog.
Directors: Virgilio Mattei, Peter Skerl | Stars: Philippe March, Juliette Mayniel, Leonora Fani, Paul Muller
Votes: 467
33. Paprika (1991)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Debora Caprioglio, Stéphane Ferrara, Martine Brochard, Stéphane Bonnet
Votes: 4,699
34. Madam Kitty (1976)
X | 129 min | Drama, War
Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power-hungry army official, who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself.
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy, John Steiner
Votes: 5,025
35. Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in modern day Milan, this is a Chaplinesque odyssey through the world of work - every type of work, but primarily unskilled manual labor, seen through the eyes of a kind, middle-aged ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Livia Rossi, Gabriele Rendina, Xu Wei-you
Votes: 744
36. Perfect Strangers (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
Director: Paolo Genovese | Stars: Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo
Votes: 71,389
37. City of Women (1980)
R | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers, Jole Silvani
Votes: 8,109 | Gross: $0.01M
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: 17,188 | Gross: $1.14M
39. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 14,722 | Gross: $0.08M
40. The White Sheik (1952)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo Trieste
Votes: 6,918
41. 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: 3,049
42. 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: 7,115
43. Youth (I) (2015)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda
Votes: 83,078 | Gross: $2.70M
44. The Confessions (2016)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Ministers from the G8 countries meet in Germany to decide on a secret plan affecting many countries. IMF director Roché has invited a monk for his confession. Roché's later found dead. Is it murder or suicide? Did he reveal the plan?
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Pierfrancesco Favino, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 1,926
45. Long Live Freedom (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
When a politician disappears, his (mad) twin brother is brought to replace him.
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Michela Cescon
Votes: 4,701 | Gross: $0.05M
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