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1. The Night Porter (1974)
R | 118 min | Drama
A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with her lover, a former SS officer - now working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel - but his former Nazi associates begin stalking them.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 14,795 | Gross: $0.63M
2. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 28,927
3. Death in Venice (1971)
GP | 130 min | Drama, Romance
While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Votes: 23,100 | Gross: $0.15M
4. The Damned (1969)
R | 157 min | Drama, War
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Votes: 9,943 | Gross: $0.63M
5. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
R | 97 min | Comedy
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent
Votes: 11,950 | Gross: $20.42M
6. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,964
7. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 21,270
8. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 10,171
9. The Innocent (1976)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Rina Morelli, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 4,280
10. Marriage Italian Style (1964)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano
Votes: 11,071
11. Medea (1969)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile
Votes: 5,507
12. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Unrated | 205 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
Directors: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas
Votes: 5,063
13. Ludwig (1973)
R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano
Votes: 6,016
14. Senso (1954)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance, War
An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog
Votes: 7,546 | Gross: $0.03M
15. The Witches (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 1,982
16. The Stranger (1967)
104 min | Drama
A man faces a trial for murder. The court is biased because of his personal qualities.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Alfred Adam
Votes: 3,110
17. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 323
18. Conversation Piece (1974)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Marsani
Votes: 5,207
19. White Nights (1957)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena
Votes: 9,040
20. After the Fox (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam
Votes: 4,776
21. Toby Dammit (1968)
45 min | Drama, Horror
During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by fans, the press, the Italian film industry and the Devil - who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Terence Stamp, Monica Pardo, Anne Tonietti, Marina Yaru
Votes: 558
22. The Organizer (1963)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, History
A former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli
Votes: 3,304
23. Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
127 min | Biography, Drama
The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewish woman. According to Nietzsche's ... See full summary »
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, Virna Lisi
Votes: 512
24. 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: 5,411
25. La viaccia (1961)
102 min | Drama
The original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Pietro Germi, Romolo Valli
Votes: 794
26. Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978)
127 min | Comedy
Three episodes, three funny couples and many great Italian actors.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Luciano Salce, Alberto Sordi | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Pietro Brambilla, Clara Colosimo
Votes: 588
27. La Traviata (1982)
G | 109 min | Drama, Music
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk
Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $3.78M
28. Lady of the Camelias (1981)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gian Maria Volontè, Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Votes: 723
29. The Skin (1981)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, War
After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Many sacrifice their dignity and morale to survive.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King, Carlo Giuffrè
Votes: 1,303
30. Bell' Antonio (1960)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A newly wedded and extremely handsome young bourgeois Antonio faces a scandal in a city of Sicily in 1950's when the public and her family hears that his beautiful wife is still "untouched" after their 12-month long marriage.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli
Votes: 1,868
31. The Keys to the House (2004)
PG | 111 min | Drama
Meeting his disabled son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling, Alla Faerovich
Votes: 2,476
32. The Ape Woman (1964)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Elvira Paolini
Votes: 975
33. Fleshy Doll (1995)
98 min | Drama
Terrified by a horde of lustful unmarried women, a man is forced into marriage by a very sick uncle.
Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Pilar Orive, Sonia Franco, Fernando De Juan, Aldo Sambrell
Votes: 38
34. The Three Faces (1965)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A story with three segments that all adhered to the titular theme, The Three Faces of a Woman.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini, Franco Indovina | Stars: Princess Soraya, Richard Harris, Alberto Sordi, Goffredo Alessandrini
Votes: 309
35. The Visit (1963)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
Twenty-four hours in the life of Pina and Adolfo. The story of a 36-year-old woman and the flashbacks that show the pair's lives and fills in some details of their other relationships.
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Sandra Milo, François Périer, Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin
Votes: 640
36. La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy
Third (and final) of the La Cage aux Folles series has Renato's drag queen lover Albin learning he can inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative. But the catch; Albin must marry (a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi, Saverio Vallone
Votes: 905 | Gross: $0.35M
37. Careless (1962)
111 min | Drama, Romance
The place is Trieste and the time is 1927. Emilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. At least until the day he meets Angiolina Zarri, a beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Anthony Franciosa, Betsy Blair, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 319
38. Ghosts, Italian Style (1967)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Married couple Pasquale and Maria live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard. he thinks the ghosts are at work, but it is ... See full summary »
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Adorf, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 589
39. Arabella (1967)
M/PG | 88 min | Comedy
Virna Lisi is at her peak using her womanly wiles to seduce Terry-Thomas (in multiple roles) to aid her debt-ridden grandmother, Dame Margaret Rutherford.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Virna Lisi, James Fox, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 162
40. Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)
R | 110 min | Drama
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Marthe Keller, Barbara Bouchet
Votes: 415
41. Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990)
R | 240 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A girl's father is accidentally murdered during a botched mob hit. The don feels guilty and decides to take care of the girl. She grows up and falls in love with one of his goons. What she doesn't know yet is that he shot her dad.
Stars: Carol Alt, Eric Roberts, Burt Young, Serena Grandi
Votes: 245
42. Metello (1970)
107 min | Drama, History
Struggling with life in 18th-century Italy, young Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Massimo Ranieri, Ottavia Piccolo, Frank Wolff, Tina Aumont
Votes: 347
43. Un amore a Roma (1960)
107 min | Drama, Romance
A young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives her from one adventure to another.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Mylène Demongeot, Elsa Martinelli, Peter Baldwin, Claudio Gora
Votes: 312
44. A cavallo della tigre (1961)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
An inept thief wants to escape prison and return to his family, but two of his prison mates also want out.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 551
45. Aida (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Musical
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Loren, is a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. The plot revolves around the character Radames who falls in love with what he ... See full summary »
Director: Clemente Fracassi | Stars: Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani, Gino Bechi, Giuseppe Campora
Votes: 265
46. Matchless (1967)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A secret agent possesses a ring that makes him invisible for a short time, once every 10 hours. He is in pursuit of an evil criminal mastermind but, at the same time, must evade an enemy agent who also wants the ring.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Patrick O'Neal, Ira von Fürstenberg, Donald Pleasence, Henry Silva
Votes: 328
47. Beyond the Door (1982)
110 min | Drama
Mastroianni plays an ex-diplomat imprisoned for the murder of his wife who is visited by a young woman who is not only his lover but also his step-daughter.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Eleonora Giorgi, Tom Berenger, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 265
48. Storia di una capinera (1993)
106 min | Drama
In 1854, a cholera epidemic hits Catania, Sicily. 16-year-old novice Maria leaves her convent and returns home to avoid the plague. Her stepmother and half-sisters prevent her from living ... See full summary »
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Angela Bettis, Johnathon Schaech, Eva Alexander, Andreá Cassar
Votes: 625
49. Libera, My Love (1975)
110 min | Drama
Director Mauro Bolognini inserts this story in Fascist Italy, with careful attention to details. The couple formed by Matteo Zannoni (Bruno Cirino) and Libera Valente (Cardinale) can't bear... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Bruno Cirino, Adolfo Celi, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 284
50. Bubù (1971)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find their place in the world of prostitutes ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Massimo Ranieri, Ottavia Piccolo, Antonio Falsi, Gigi Proietti
Votes: 246