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Italian Directors

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  • The Yes Man (1991)

    1. The Yes Man

    19911h 33m
    7.0 (919)
    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 (Silvio Orlando). Sandulli is a very good and polite person, he is positive and full of hopes, but unluckily his economic position is disastrous. So he immediately accepts the new job. He has to write all the speeches of the minister, and soon became a sort of mentor. In fact his first impact with Rome and his politician world is positive, Sandulli is really convinced the young minister want really change the situation working for the common interest. But step by step, nevertheless his economic and familiar situation gets a lot of benefits by his new job, he enters in a world in which intrigues and corruption are the only laws. The honest Sandulli will react trying to resist to the cynic world of Botero. He will come back to his students.
    DirectorDaniele LuchettiStarsSilvio OrlandoNanni MorettiGiulio Brogi
  • Gente di Roma (2003)

    2. Gente di Roma

    20031h 40m
    6.3 (498)
    The camera follows citizens of Rome in mockumentary style.
    DirectorEttore ScolaStarsGiorgio ColangeliAntonello FassariFabio Ferrari
  • Mid-August Lunch (2008)

    3. Mid-August Lunch

    20081h 15mNot Rated75Metascore
    6.9 (4.4K)
    Broke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.
    DirectorGianni Di GregorioStarsValeria De FranciscisMarina CacciottiMaria Calì
  • The Salt of Life (2011)

    4. The Salt of Life

    20111h 30mNot Rated65Metascore
    6.3 (1.9K)
    Gianni is a retiree who has become invisible to most everyone around him. In response, he tries his best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life.
    DirectorGianni Di GregorioStarsGianni Di GregorioValeria De FranciscisAlfonso Santagata
  • The Best of Youth (2003)

    5. The Best of Youth

    20036h 14mR89Metascore
    8.5 (25K)
    An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.
    DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioAlessio BoniJasmine Trinca
  • Romanzo Criminale (2005)

    6. Romanzo Criminale

    20052h 32m
    7.2 (9.9K)
    Set in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.
    DirectorMichele PlacidoStarsKim Rossi StuartAnna MouglalisPierfrancesco Favino
  • Dear Diary (1993)

    7. Dear Diary

    19931h 40mUnrated68Metascore
    7.2 (9.7K)
    Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
    DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiRenato CarpentieriAntonio Neiwiller
  • We Have a Pope (2011)

    8. We Have a Pope

    20111h 42mNot Rated64Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    A story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
    DirectorNanni MorettiStarsMichel PiccoliNanni MorettiJerzy Stuhr
  • Il Divo (2008)

    9. Il Divo

    20081h 50mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.2 (20K)
    The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.
    DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloAnna BonaiutoGiulio Bosetti
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    10. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (186K)
    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.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Blood of the Vine (2011)

    11. Blood of the Vine

    2011– 22 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.0 (194)
    A wine expert in the Bordeaux region of France, is caught up in murders each episode - The scenery is beautiful, the characters are very engaging,and if you like wine and its beginnings you may very well enjoy this series...the main character is perhaps suave and knowledgeable of things in and around the wines of France....he writes books or guides on the subject,in the series...and occasionally goes to wineries all over the region.
    StarsPierre ArditiYoann DenaiveCatherine Demaiffe
  • Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, and Marina Massironi in Three Men and a Leg (1997)

    12. Three Men and a Leg

    19971h 40m
    7.7 (12K)
    Three friends cross Italy by car in order to deliver their boss his dog and a wooden leg.
    DirectorsAldo BaglioGiacomo PorettiGiovanni StortiStarsAldo BaglioGiovanni StortiGiacomo Poretti
  • Ask Me If I'm Happy (2000)

    13. Ask Me If I'm Happy

    20001h 40m
    7.1 (8.8K)
    Giacomo meets Giovanni, his former best friend with whom he quarreled three years before. Giovanni persuades him to go visit their third friend Aldo, who is dying in Sicily; flashbacks tell their story: Aldo was the phantom in operas, Giacomo was dubbing films in which he only made noises, and Giovanni worked as a living department-store mannequin. Unsatisfied with their careers, they try to stage their own show but women troubles separate them.
    DirectorsAldo BaglioGiacomo PorettiGiovanni StortiStarsAldo BaglioGiovanni StortiGiacomo Poretti
  • Camilla Filippi, Vittoria Puccini, and Francesco Scianna in The Trial (2019)

    14. The Trial

    20198 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.2 (4.3K)
    A group of characters is implicated in the murder of Angelica. They all walk on a razor's edge searching for the truth, waiting for a verdict, which will establish, in a way or another, a new course for their lives.
    CreatorAlessandro FabbriStarsVittoria PucciniFrancesco SciannaCamilla Filippi
  • Luna Nera (2020)

    15. Luna Nera

    20206 epsTV-MATV Series
    5.9 (3.7K)
    A group of women are suspected of witchcraft in 17th century Italy.
    CreatorsFrancesca ManieriLaura PaolucciTiziana TrianaStarsAntonia FotarasBarbara RonchiLucrezia Guidone
  • Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders (2016)

    16. Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders

    2016– 24 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.9 (2.7K)
    A cranky and unorthodox detective is exiled to the snowbound Val D'Aosta where he is confronted with compelling cases.
    StarsMarco GialliniErnesto D'ArgenioFrancesco Acquaroli
  • Made in Italy (2018)

    17. Made in Italy

    20181h 40m
    5.8 (1.4K)
    Riko works in a cured meats factory, like his father, surrounded by more pigs than people. The real, everyday love he shares with Sarah, is in predicament. While Riko's unhappy with his job, he's lucky to be working at all, unlike several of his colleagues fired at the age of fifty. Not even going out with friends, including Carnevale, is enough to soothe the professional and existential crisis. To shake things up, he decides to drive to Rome with his friends. Together they take part in a protest during which Riko receives a blow to the head. The hit brings a change including making amends with his wife and confronting the problems at work. Riko and Sara decide to remarry though this emotional new beginning is abruptly interrupted by Sara's confession. She cheated on him with Carnevale, his best friend, who then commits suicide. Riko is then fired and the loss of his friend and job sends him spiraling into a depression that leads him to consider suicide. It's thanks to his son, Pietro, that he begins to regain strength and find a way to start again.
    DirectorLuciano LigabueStarsStefano AccorsiKasia SmutniakFausto Maria Sciarappa
  • Made in Italy (2019)

    18. Made in Italy

    20198 epsTV Series
    7.6 (718)
    Milan, 1975. Irene, the daughter of migrants from the south of Italy, replies to a job advert at Appeal, a fashion magazine, to make a living while she finishes her studies.
    CreatorsLuisa Cotta RamosinoPaolo MarchesiniLaura Cotta RamosinoStarsGreta FerroMargherita BuyFiammetta Cicogna
  • Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, and Miriam Leone in 1994 (2019)

    19. 1994

    20198 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.5 (1K)
    Italian drama based in the turbulent political landscape of 1990s Italy.
    CreatorsAlessandro FabbriLudovica RampoldiStefano SardoStarsStefano AccorsiGuido CaprinoMiriam Leone
  • Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, Alessandro Roja, Miriam Leone, Domenico Diele, and Tea Falco in 1992 (2015)

    20. 1992

    201510 epsTV Series
    7.5 (2.6K)
    Follows six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape of early 90's Italy.
    CreatorsAlessandro FabbriLudovica RampoldiStefano SardoStarsStefano AccorsiGuido CaprinoMiriam Leone
  • Celebrity Hunted: Caccia all'uomo (2020)

    21. Celebrity Hunted: Caccia all'uomo

    2020– 24 epsTV Series
    5.6 (589)
    Italian version of the UK show "Celebrity Hunted", where celebrities try to go unnoticed for two weeks with limited financial resources.
    StarsSimone BarbatoCarlo BiffaniLorenzo Faletra
  • The Good Apprentice (2016)

    22. The Good Apprentice

    2016–202035 epsTV Series
    6.9 (556)
    Alice Allevi is a medical student undecided about her future. After the death of her grandmother's caregiver, she discovers her path: forensic medicine.
    StarsFrancesca AgostiniAlessandra MastronardiLino Guanciale
  • I bastardi di Pizzofalcone (2017)

    23. I bastardi di Pizzofalcone

    2017– 22 epsTV Series
    7.0 (782)
    A series of hardboiled crime fiction set in contemporary Naples by the author of the internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series.
    CreatorMaurizio De GiovanniStarsAlessandro GassmannCarolina CrescentiniTosca D'Aquino
  • Benedetta Porcaroli and Alice Pagani in Baby (2018)

    24. Baby

    2018–202018 epsTV-MATV Series
    6.9 (15K)
    A coming-of-age story that explores the unseen lives of Roman high schoolers. Loosely inspired by a true story, the series follows a group of Parioli teenagers as they defy society in their search for identity and independence
    CreatorsAntonio Le FosseGiacomo MazzariolMarco RaspantiStarsBenedetta PorcaroliAlice PaganiRiccardo Mandolini
  • SKAM Italia (2018)

    25. SKAM Italia

    2018– 62 epsTV Series
    7.8 (2.7K)
    An Italian version of the acclaimed, innovative Norwegian youth series Skam, which follows a group of teenagers in their everyday life of school, love, and leisure time.
    StarsFrancesco CentorameFederico CesariBeatrice Bruschi

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