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1. Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Filippo Nigro, Carlotta Antonelli
Votes: 16,529
2. Big Business (1988)
PG | 97 min | Comedy
Two couples of sisters from New York and from the countryside discover that they are connected in an incredible way.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann
Votes: 15,542 | Gross: $40.15M
3. Tulpa: Demon of Desire (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
Lisa Boeri is a successful businesswoman obsessed with her career - on day. But on night, she is visiting private nightclub Tulpa, club where your sickest, most erotic fantasies come true.
Director: Federico Zampaglione | Stars: Claudia Gerini, Michela Cescon, Ivan Franek, Federica Vincenti
Votes: 1,280
4. Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert, Micaela Ramazzotti
Votes: 1,405
5. Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008–2010)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.
Stars: Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Roja, Marco Bocci, Daniela Virgilio
Votes: 6,719
6. La piovra (1984–2001)
TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer
Votes: 3,962
7. Lulu (1980)
86 min | Drama
The story of a sexually enticing young dancer who rises up in society through her relationships with wealthy men, but later falls into poverty and prostitution, culminating in an encounter with Jack 'the Ripper'.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Anne Bennent, Michele Placido, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Votes: 273
8. The Unknown Woman (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Piera Degli Esposti
Votes: 16,039 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Beach House (1977)
106 min | Comedy
Different groups of people share cabin #19 for changing at an Italian beach.
Director: Sergio Citti | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jodie Foster, Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido
Votes: 820
10. Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
50 year old Giulio (Tognazzi) and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina (Muti) fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Giulio's jealousy gets in the way of their happiness ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido, Pippo Starnazza
Votes: 849
11. Romanzo Criminale (2005)
152 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 9,667
12. 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
13. Scandal in the Family (1975)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
The story about an ambitious but inept nephew who takes over the physical property and women of his rich nobleman uncle, including his wife, his daughter, and his maid.
Director: Bruno Gaburro | Stars: Michele Placido, Simonetta Stefanelli, Jenny Tamburi, Juliette Mayniel
Votes: 196
14. Snatch (1976)
90 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with... See full summary »
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Michele Placido, Rena Niehaus, Flavio Bucci, Bruno Corazzari
Votes: 556
15. The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
In Australia, a retired police inspector is called to duty to solve the murder case of a young woman whose partially-burned body has been found on the beach.
Director: Flavio Mogherini | Stars: Ray Milland, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michele Placido, Howard Ross
Votes: 1,394
16. Baaria (2009)
Not Rated | 163 min | Comedy, Drama
Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina
Votes: 7,992 | Gross: $0.00M
17. Ernesto (1979)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Triestw in the year 1911. Ernesto is the privileged, seventeen year old son of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father, who has deserted his family. He is raised by his uncle Giovanni and ... See full summary »
Director: Salvatore Samperi | Stars: Martin Halm, Michele Placido, Virna Lisi, Turi Ferro
Votes: 573
18. Oedipus orca (1977)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After her harrowing kidnap ordeal in Snatch (1976), Alice tries to return to her normal life, but her memories still haunt her twisting her psyche even further as no one realizes that she's in need of some serious help.
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Rena Niehaus, Gabriele Ferzetti, Carmen Scarpitta, Michele Placido
Votes: 319
19. I Run to You (2022)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
The life of serial seducer Gianni is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is a paraplegic.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Miriam Leone, Giulio Base, Cesare Capitani
Votes: 1,893
20. Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
PG | 360 min | Drama
A biopic of Moses, who led the Jewish people out of Egypt, ex. by parting the Red Sea and afterwards delivered the Ten Commandments from God.
Stars: Irene Papas, Aharon Ipalé, Yosef Shiloach, Marina Berti
Votes: 577
21. Art of Love (1983)
92 min | Drama, Fantasy
Young student Claudine has a dream in which the Roman student Cornelius, fascinated by the beautiful wife of the commander, attends lectures on the art of love of great Ovid. Ancient tragedy happens again in a few centuries
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Marina Pierro, Michele Placido, Massimo Girotti, Laura Betti
Votes: 315
22. A Leap in the Dark (1980)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and is now affected by psychic problems and suicide fantasies. She seems to recover from ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, Michele Placido, Gisella Burinato
Votes: 523
23. The Pisciotta Case (1972)
98 min | Drama
Dramatization of real-life gangster Gaspare Pisciotta, lieutenant of the bandit Salvatore Giuliano, and his death by poisoning in jail in 1954.
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Tony Musante, Carla Gravina, Salvo Randone, Antonio Casagrande
Votes: 29
24. Kleinhoff Hotel (1977)
R | 105 min | Drama
Pascale, married to an architect, misses her flight to London and is forced to stay in Berlin, at the Kleinhoff Hotel where she stayed as a student. Karl, a would-be revolutionary, lives in... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Corinne Cléry, Bruce Robinson, Katja Rupé, Rodolfo Dal Pra
Votes: 256
25. The Scent of Blood (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
Carlo and Silvia are married for twenty years. He lives with a young lover, while Silvia lives in their original flat. Their 'regular' menage changes when also Silvia starts meeting other ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Michele Placido, Giovanna Giuliani, Sergio Tramonti
Votes: 394
26. Three Brothers (1981)
PG | 113 min | Drama
Three men face their mother's death.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 1,795
27. Tigers in Lipstick (1979)
R | 83 min | Comedy
An Italian comedy about a heist involving a princess's necklace and a cast of characters who are not what they seem. They do about anything they can to get the necklace from one another.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel, Monica Vitti
Votes: 407
28. Angel of Evil (2010)
R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A biography of Milanese bank robber Renato Vallanzasca.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 3,439
29. Vincenzo Malinconico, avvocato d'insuccesso (2022– )
Comedy
Vincenzo Malinconico, a part-time lawyer, works more as a psychologist. His legal cases are simple and he prefers to philosophize. Character from the popular novels of Diego De Silva.
Stars: Massimiliano Gallo, Denise Capezza, Francesco Di Leva, Teresa Saponangelo
Votes: 83
30. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
Seventy short films about cinema and its future.
Directors: Hala Abdallah, John Akomfrah, Wang Bing, Catherine Breillat, Júlio Bressane, Rama Burshtein, Antonio Capuano, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Isabel Coixet, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Claire Denis, Lav Diaz, Amit Dutta, Aleksey Fedorchenko, Frédéric Fonteyne, James Franco, Lluís Galter, Haile Gerima, Aleksey German Jr., Amos Gitai, Benoît Jacquot, Zhangke Jia, Kim Ki-duk, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Larraín, Tobias Lindholm, Guido Lombardi, Jazmín López, Samuel Maoz, Pietro Marcello, Brillante Mendoza, Celina Murga, Amir Naderi, Shirin Neshat, Nicolás Pereda, Franco Piavoli, Giuseppe Piccioni, João Pedro Rodrigues, Walter Salles, Paul Schrader, Ulrich Seidl, Luca Severi, Jean-Marie Straub, Tusi Tamasese, Tariq Teguia, Pablo Trapero, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Teresa Villaverde, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Andrew Wonder, Yonfan, Krzysztof Zanussi, Karim Aïnouz, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jan Cvitkovic, Atom Egoyan, Davide Ferrario, Monte Hellman, Semih Kaplanoglu, Marlen Khutsiev, Yorgos Lanthimos, Milcho Manchevski, Franco Maresco, Salvatore Mereu, Ermanno Olmi, Michele Placido, Edgar Reitz, Hong Sang-soo, Todd Solondz, Sion Sono, Kounosuke Tsukamoto, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Shekhar Kapur, Heeraz Marfatia | Stars: Jessica Alexander, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lola Créton, Haile Gerima
Votes: 396
31. I Hate Summer (2020)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy
Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Director: Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Lucia Mascino
Votes: 3,663
32. My Wife, a Body to Love (1973)
82 min | Drama
The story of a nymphomaniac model with a somewhat older businessman husband. Although he is aware of his wife's many, many infidelities, it is unclear for a LONG time whether he is actually jealous of them or turned on
Director: Mario Imperoli | Stars: Silvano Tranquilli, Antonella Murgia, Peter Lee Lawrence, Michele Placido
Votes: 109
33. Grandi magazzini (1986)
110 min | Comedy
A series of vignettes set in a huge shopping mall.
Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Nino Manfredi, Lino Banfi, Renato Pozzetto
Votes: 1,793
34. In Treatment (2013– )
30 min | Drama
The series follows the psychotherapy sessions of Dr. Giovanni Mari, who receives in his office from Monday to Thursday patients with different problems. The approach taken by Dr. Mari is ... See full summary »
Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Valeria Golino, Kasia Smutniak, Guido Caprino
Votes: 339
35. The Divine Nymph (1975)
R | 115 min | Drama
A beautiful woman (Laura Antonelli) engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other. Set in the decadent Roaring Twenties, the triangle dissolves against suicide and fascism.
Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Stars: Laura Antonelli, Terence Stamp, Michele Placido, Duilio Del Prete
Votes: 414
36. Noi (2022– )
Crime
This is Italian remake of the american tv show "This is Us"
Stars: Lino Guanciale, Aurora Ruffino, Dario Aita, Marco Iannone
Votes: 59
37. Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
R | 92 min | Comedy
The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao, but on their wedding night she finds out that he is her brother. The piece of news is in a letter ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido, Ugo Pagliai
Votes: 748
38. Soraya (2003 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.
Director: Lodovico Gasparini | Stars: Anna Valle, Erol Sander, Mathilda May, Stoyan Aleksiev
Votes: 347
39. Lamerica (1994)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Immediately after the fall of communism in Albania, two Italians go there to embezzle investment money by creating a fake company. As the chairman/fall guy, they pick a former political prisoner who turns out to be more than meets the eye.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.44M
40. Burning Hearts (2022)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The forbidden love between Andrea, the reluctant heir of the Malatesta family, and Marilena, the beautiful wife of the Camporeale boss, rekindles an old feud between two rival families. The... See full summary »
Director: Pippo Mezzapesa | Stars: Elodie, Francesco Patanè, Lidia Vitale, Francesco Di Leva
Votes: 413
41. Forever Mary (1989)
102 min | Drama, Crime
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Francesco Benigno, Alessandra Di Sanzo
Votes: 1,228
42. Close Friends (1992)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Fifteen-year-old Simona has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Simona is a victim of incest.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Asia Argento, Carlotta Natoli, Claudia Pandolfi, Michele Placido
Votes: 125
43. Plot of Fear (1976)
Not Rated | 98 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man is strangled by a female prostitute in his home at the same time as a woman is killed by a man with a spanner on an empty bus. In both cases the killer leaves an illustration from the... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Corinne Cléry, Michele Placido, Quinto Parmeggiani, Edoardo Faieta
Votes: 891
44. Poliziotti (1995)
89 min | Crime, Drama
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
Director: Giulio Base | Stars: Claudio Amendola, Kim Rossi Stuart, Michele Placido, Nadia Farès
Votes: 172
45. The Sicilian Connection (1985)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, ... See full summary »
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Mark Chase, Simona Cavallari, Massimo De Francovich
Votes: 417
46. La lupa (1996)
95 min | Drama
She was tall, dark and thin, with a proud and voluptuous bust. They called her "The she-wolf" because she seemed never to be satisfied. All the men were obsessed with her but one day the she-wolf fell madly in love with young Nanni.
Director: Gabriele Lavia | Stars: Monica Guerritore, Giancarlo Giannini, Michele Placido, Raoul Bova
Votes: 200
47. The Caiman (2006)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido
Votes: 5,281
48. Eterno Visionario
Drama | Post-production
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Michele Placido, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Dajana Roncione
49. Viva l'Italia (2012)
100 min | Comedy
After a stroke in the brain politician, Michele Spagnolo loses all his virtues and the ability to lie, something which soon has dire consequences.
Director: Massimiliano Bruno | Stars: Raoul Bova, Ambra Angiolini, Michele Placido, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 2,006
50. Wetten, dass..? (1981– )
165 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Long-running German TV show airing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this self-proclaimed "greatest European TV show" ordinary people try daring or even funny bets. A celebrity is challenged to guess of the person is able to do it.
Stars: Thomas Gottschalk, Frank Elstner, Mirjam Weichselbraun, Michelle Hunziker
Votes: 1,275