Anna Magnani Ranked
by rmailander | created - 29 Nov 2019 | updated - 29 Nov 2019 | PublicA ranking of Anna Magnani's film performances.
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1. Rome, Open City (1945)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico
Votes: 28,994
2. The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper
Votes: 4,602
3. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,394
4. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 7,153
5. Love (1948)
69 min | Drama
In part one, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In part two, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Peparuolo, Amelia Robert
Votes: 1,946
6. Mamma Roma (1962)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
An ex-prostitute reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme threatens her aspirations for a decent life.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini
Votes: 10,480
7. Wild Is the Wind (1957)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife, but when he neglects her she becomes involved with his trusted assistant.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Anthony Franciosa, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 1,103
8. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During WWII in Italy, a wine-producing village hides a million bottles from the Germans
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 4,170 | Gross: $2.50M
9. The Golden Coach (1952)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Duncan Lamont
Votes: 3,445
10. Vulcano (1950)
Approved | 106 min | Drama
While awaiting Production Code seal approval in the USA this Italian-made production went through three American distributors in three years; first Motion Picture Sales Corporation that ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi, Geraldine Brooks, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 336
11. ...and the Wild Wild Women (1959)
95 min | Drama
A harsh study about the grim realities of life in a female prison environment. The story concerns a young girl sent to prison who experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Anna Magnani, Giulietta Masina, Cristina Gaioni, Anita Durante
Votes: 577
12. Angelina (1947)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse poor people entrance to a block of new apartments, built after WW2. Without noticing ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Anna Magnani, Nando Bruno, Ave Ninchi, Ernesto Almirante
Votes: 552
13. The Awakening (1956)
97 min | Drama
A Roman nun who was a missionary in Africa for 20 years is sent to a convent near Naples where she grows very fond of a boy whose father has died. The child's mother is about to leave him ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Antonio Cifariello, Bruna Cealti
Votes: 84
14. Made in Italy (1965)
100 min | Comedy
A group of Italians--tourists and immigrants--take a flight to Sweden. Two bourgeois couples choose a typical Italian restaurant by its name, 'La Trattoria', and are disgusted by the ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Renzo Marignano, Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Lionello Pio Di Savoia
Votes: 318
15. Scarred (1948)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Assunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Antonio Centa, Maria Donini, Aldo Bufi Landi
Votes: 147
16. The Bandit (1946)
83 min | Crime, Drama
A contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Anna Magnani, Amedeo Nazzari, Carla Del Poggio, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 490
17. Anita Garibaldi (1952)
99 min | Drama, History
The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination. Although the defence of Rome has become impossible, Garibaldi declares his intent to continue the ... See full summary »
Directors: Goffredo Alessandrini, Francesco Rosi | Stars: Anna Magnani, Raf Vallone, Alain Cuny, Jacques Sernas
Votes: 94
18. Revenge (1946)
90 min | Drama
The bitter post-war era, between the collapse and the laceration of families. The director of a power plant, returned home after the war, finds everything destroyed: not only the power plant, but also his own family.
Director: Max Neufeld | Stars: Gino Cervi, Anna Magnani, Luisa Poselli, Felice Romano
Votes: 53
19. The Peddler and the Lady (1943)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a greengrocer, who has a soft spot for him, despite the fact they argue all day long... But neither Peppino, nor his friend Aurelio, the barber, are interested in getting married. Until he meets the beautiful Elsa...
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Caterina Boratto, Cristiano Cristiani, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 215
20. Woman Trouble (1948)
84 min | Comedy
Driven by the constant quarrels with his wife and humiliated by a rich Milanese industrialist after asking him for a job, an unemployed person decides to steal a car from a garage guarded by a friend.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Massimo Girotti, Checco Rissone, Dante Maggio
Votes: 167
21. Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
98 min | Drama, War
The story intertwines the actions of the underground movement in Rome in 1944 against the Germans by a group of opera performers who are part of the Italian resistance, with their ... See full summary »
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Anna Magnani, Edda Albertini, Tito Gobbi, Giulio Battiferri
Votes: 98
22. La principessa Tarakanova (1938)
95 min | Drama
The favorite of Russian empress Catherine The Great, Count Orloff, is tasked with romancing a princess with claims to the throne, so that the empress can dispose of her more easily. Tragedy ensues.
Directors: Fyodor Otsep, Mario Soldati | Stars: Annie Vernay, Pierre Richard-Willm, Roger Karl, Suzy Prim
Votes: 26
23. L'ultima carrozzella (1943)
88 min | Comedy
Roman coachman Totò doesn't want his coach to be replaced by cars, and he definitely does not want his beloved daughter Nannarella go out with taxicab driver Roberto. But when he gets into ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Anita Durante, Elide Spada
Votes: 136
24. Unknown Men of San Marino (1948)
85 min | Drama
Among the numerous refugees arriving in San Marino during the Second World War, one day a stranger arrives who seems to have lost his memory. The stranger attracts the inhabitants' sympathy... See full summary »
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Aurel Milloss, Irena Anders
Votes: 88
25. Carosello del varietà (1955)
98 min | Comedy, Musical
A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a series of variety shows taken from the ... See full summary »
Directors: Aldo Bonaldi, Aldo Quinti | Stars: Luigi Erminio D'Olivo, Josephine Baker, Federico Collino, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 29
26. The Passionate Thief (1960)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Tortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark
Votes: 917 | Gross: $0.03M
27. Doctor, Beware (1941)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Teresa, a young orphan, falls in love with Pietro, a health inspector. She will try to bring order to his reckless life full of debts and lies.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Adriana Benetti, Irasema Dilián, Anna Magnani, Clara Auteri Pepe
Votes: 566
28. La vita è bella (1943)
76 min | Comedy
Count Alberto has lost his wealth at the gaming table, he wants to commit suicide but is stopped by a doctor who offers him an exchange, a week of life with how much money he wants and then be a guinea pig for a new drug (and maybe die).
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Alberto Rabagliati, María Mercader, Anna Magnani, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 132
29. The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
68 min | Drama
The son of a man falsely executed for killing an aristocratic woman returns to Italy after studying medicine in England,and operates on the woman's daughter who had become blind after witnessing the crime.
Director: Nunzio Malasomma | Stars: Dria Paola, Corrado Racca, Dino Di Luca, Anna Magnani
Votes: 102
30. Abbasso la miseria! (1945)
90 min | Drama
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni, who is a naive and fundamentally honest worker from the North of ... See full summary »
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento, Marisa Vernati
Votes: 190
31. Peddlin' in Society (1946)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. She leaves her shop and moves to a magnificent villa which once belonged to a count. She also becomes... See full summary »
Director: Gennaro Righelli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Vittorio De Sica, Virgilio Riento, Laura Gore
Votes: 232
32. Full Speed (1934)
78 min | Comedy
A meek professor is swept over his feet by a very vivacious girl.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Milly, Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Viarisio
Votes: 127
33. Cavalleria (1936)
88 min | Romance, Drama
Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but ... See full summary »
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani, Luigi Carini, Mario Ferrari
Votes: 104
34. Crazy Quartet (1945)
70 min
Elena invites her former husband to his country house, with the aim of winning it back.
Director: Guido Salvini | Stars: Gino Cervi, Anna Magnani, Rina Morelli, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 51
35. La fuggitiva (1941)
81 min | Drama
In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the glorification of the maternal surrogate, a woman who is a paragon of sacrifice and ... See full summary »
Director: Piero Ballerini | Stars: Jole Voleri, Anna Magnani, Clelia Matania, Anna Carena
Votes: 74
36. La fortuna viene dal cielo (1942)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Unforgettable drama starred by Anna Magnani. The merchant Giovanni Illes is tracked down by the debtors, but cannot pay his debts. To save her father from bankruptcy, Anna talks to the ... See full summary »
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Vera Carmi, Roberto Villa, Sandro Ruffini, Anna Magnani
Votes: 75
37. Una lampada alla finestra (1940)
84 min
Director: Gino Talamo | Stars: Ruggero Ruggeri, Paolo Viero, Laura Solari, Osvaldo Valenti
38. Finalmente soli (1942)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Enrico Viarisio, María Mercader, Maurizio D'Ancora, Anna Magnani
Votes: 38
39. Il fiore sotto gli occhi (1944)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Claudio Gora, Mariella Lotti, Luigi Cimara, Paolo Stoppa
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