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Italian All Time Cinema - Italian Best Movies

by KajaB • Created 3 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
Best Italian films from 1940s until today. The list includes both classics and some less famous, but still worth watching, movies.
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  • The Hand of God (2021)

    1. The Hand of God

    20212h 10mR76Metascore
    7.3 (53K)
    In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
    DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsFilippo ScottiToni ServilloTeresa Saponangelo
    "La realtà è scadente. La vita è scadente. Come mai questa città non ti ispira?"
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    2. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (785K)
    When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
    DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio Cantarini
    "Guarda i girasoli, si inchinano al sole, ma se ne vedi qualcuno che è inchinato un po' troppo, significa che è morto."
  • Love and Bullets (2017)

    3. Love and Bullets

    20172h 20mTV-14
    6.5 (1.4K)
    In order to avoid the death of the husband (the criminal boss Don Vincenzo, "King of the Fish"), Donna Maria sends her henchmen to kill a lookalike (a shoe-seller) and then she sets up a fake funeral, while the husband is hiding in a secret place. But a nurse saw Don Vincenzo alive in the hospital while he was supposed to be dead, as the TV says. To hush the witness up, Don Vincenzo orders to his best trained bodyguards, Ciro and Rosario, to find the nurse and kill her. Ciro finds the nurse: surprisingly she is Fatima, the only girl he ever loved, which he had abandoned when he began his criminal career. To save her, Ciro hides Fatima by his uncle Mimmo, and starts a bloody fight with all his clan, including his best friend Rosario.
    DirectorsAntonio ManettiMarco ManettiStarsClaudia GeriniCarlo BuccirossoSerena Rossi
    "Vedere morire e non piangere, non sai quanta pena mi fa"
  • Claudio Santamaria, Giancarlo Martini, Pietro Castellitto, Aurora Giovinazzo, and Franz Rogowski in Freaks Out (2021)

    4. Freaks Out

    20212h 21m44Metascore
    6.9 (7.9K)
    Rome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.
    DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsClaudio SantamariaAurora GiovinazzoPietro Castellitto
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    5. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (187K)
    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
    "A tutto si rimedia, meno che alla morte."
  • Carlo Battisti in Umberto D. (1952)

    6. Umberto D.

    19521h 29mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.1 (30K)
    An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsCarlo BattistiMaria Pia CasilioLina Gennari
  • Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty (2013)

    7. The Great Beauty

    20132h 21mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.7 (103K)
    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.
    DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina Ferilli
    "Finisce tutto così, con la morte. Prima però c'era la vita, nascosta dal bla bla bla...",
    "Che cosa avete contro la nostalgia? L'unico svago che resta contro la paura del futuro"
  • La Strada (1954)

    8. La Strada

    19541h 48mNot Rated
    8.0 (69K)
    A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsAnthony QuinnGiulietta MasinaRichard Basehart
    "Lui è come i cani. Hai mai visto i cani che ci guardano e pare ci vogliono parlare e pure abbaiano soltanto?",
    "Tutto quello che c'è a questo mondo serve a qualcosa. Ecco, prendi quello sasso li per esempio. Questo, uno qualunque. (...) Non lo so a cosa serve questo sassolino ma a qualcosa deve servire, perché se questo è inutile, allora e inutile tutto, anche le stelle."
  • Marcello Mastroianni in Everybody's Fine (1990)

    9. Everybody's Fine

    19901h 58mPG-13
    7.7 (4.7K)
    Matteo decides to take a trip across Italy to go visiting his five children.
    DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsMarcello MastroianniMichèle MorganValeria Cavalli
  • Cinderella the Cat (2017)

    10. Cinderella the Cat

    20171h 26m55Metascore
    6.8 (1.1K)
    Cenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.
    DirectorsIvan CappielloMarino GuarnieriAlessandro RakStarsMassimiliano GalloMaria Pia CalzoneAlessandro Gassmann
  • Sophia Loren in Two Women (1960)

    11. Two Women

    19601h 41mNot Rated
    7.7 (13K)
    In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenJean-Paul BelmondoRaf Vallone
  • Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato in Swept Away (1974)

    12. Swept Away

    19741h 54mR68Metascore
    7.5 (7.2K)
    A 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.
    DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniMariangela MelatoRiccardo Salvino
  • Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

    13. Juliet of the Spirits

    19652h 17mNot Rated84Metascore
    7.4 (15K)
    Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaSandra MiloMario Pisu
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960)

    14. La Dolce Vita

    19602h 54mNot Rated95Metascore
    8.0 (83K)
    A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk Aimée
    "A me invece Roma piace moltissimo: è una specie di giungla, tiepida, tranquilla, dove ci si può nascondere bene"
  • Napoli, sole mio! (1958)

    15. Napoli, sole mio!

    1958
    6.1 (18)
    Lorella must marry Dr. Matteini, but when she goes to Naples to meet him, she meets Michele, who sings in restaurants. The fateful spark is ignited, and although Michele is poor, Lorella decides to marry him against his mother's wishes. Michele is successful as a singer, but the mother remains granite in her refusal to communicate with Lorella--until he birth of a granddaughter who is given her name.
    DirectorGiorgio SimonelliStarsMaurizio ArenaLorella De LucaTina Pica
    "Bisogna vedere le cose dal loro giusto verso. Se voi vi mettete un paio di occhiali con le lenti affumicati vedete il cielo nero anche se splende il sole."
  • Vittorio Gassman, Agostina Belli, and Alessandro Momo in Scent of a Woman (1974)

    16. Scent of a Woman

    19741h 43mR
    7.5 (5.5K)
    A young private is assigned to accompany a blind captain. It soon becomes clear that they are both complex personalities.
    DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanAlessandro MomoAgostina Belli
  • Tutto quello che vuoi (2017)

    17. Tutto quello che vuoi

    20171h 46m
    7.0 (1.6K)
    A young man named Alessandro begrudgingly accepts a job as a companion for Giorgio, an elderly poet with Alzheimer's. As they banter during their daily walks, they slowly piece together Giorgio's long-buried memories, revealing clues to a hidden treasure.
    DirectorFrancesco BruniStarsAndrea CarpenzanoGiuliano MontaldoArturo Bruni
    "Quel Totti, lo conosco, un giovane centrattacco di valore, ne sentirete ancora parlare, vedrai"
  • The First Beautiful Thing (2010)

    18. The First Beautiful Thing

    20102h 2mNot Rated62Metascore
    7.0 (5.6K)
    A misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.
    DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsValerio MastandreaMicaela RamazzottiStefania Sandrelli
  • The Best of Youth (2003)

    19. 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
  • Aurora Quattrocchi, Benedetto Raneli, Toni Servillo, Giselda Volodi, Fabrizio Falco, and Alessia Zammitti in It Was the Son (2012)

    20. It Was the Son

    20121h 33m
    6.7 (1.4K)
    In 1970s, the Ciraulos are modest scrap-dealers whose uneventful lives are turned upside-down the day their youngest daughter is accidentally killed by clumsy killers. Their immense grief is alleviated by a huge sum of money allotted by the government. This is their chance of a lifetime to improve their conditions. What to do with all that money? The father decides to buy a Mercedes, which soon becomes the apple of his eye. Therefore, the moment he finds a scratch on it, the drama erupts..
    DirectorDaniele CiprìStarsToni ServilloGiselda VolodiAlfredo Castro
  • We Have a Pope (2011)

    21. 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
  • The Children Are Watching Us (1943)

    22. The Children Are Watching Us

    19431h 24mNot Rated
    7.7 (3.3K)
    Four-year-old Pricò becomes the subject of emotional folly by his capricious parents and negligent relatives.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsEmilio CigoliLuciano De AmbrosisIsa Pola
  • Cinema Paradiso (1988)

    23. Cinema Paradiso

    19882h 54mPG80Metascore
    8.5 (304K)
    Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.
    DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella Attili
  • The Star Maker (1995)

    24. The Star Maker

    19951h 53mR
    7.3 (5.7K)
    A photographer and the types of people he encounters.
    DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsSergio CastellittoTiziana LodatoFranco Scaldati
  • The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)

    25. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

    20131h 30mPG62Metascore
    7.1 (9.2K)
    Palermo in the 1970s. Ten-year-old Salvatore Giammarresi's life revolves around school and his first love, his sister's escapades and his parents' dreams. But the shadow of the Mafia and its crimes hangs over everything.
    DirectorPifStarsCristiana CapotondiPifAlex Bisconti

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