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1. The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, War

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96 Metascore

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash

Votes: 65,741 | Gross: $0.06M

2. Burn! (1969)

R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War

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72 Metascore

In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia

Votes: 5,834 | Gross: $0.43M

3. The Stupids (1996)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy

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An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna

Votes: 7,160 | Gross: $2.42M

4. Kapo (1960)

116 min | Drama, War

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A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego

Votes: 2,599

5. Ogro (1979)

115 min | Drama, Thriller

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As 1973 winds down, Francisco Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden, labor movements are repressed, and Basque nationalists are mercilessly ... See full summary »

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ángela Molina, Saverio Marconi, José Sacristán

Votes: 1,097

6. Love in the City (1953)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance

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Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.

Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini | Stars: Rita Josa, Rosanna Carta, Enrico Pelliccia, Donatella Marrosu

Votes: 1,470

7. La grande strada azzurra (1957)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance

6.9
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76 Metascore

Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of... See full summary »

Directors: Gillo Pontecorvo, Maleno Malenotti | Stars: Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Peter Carsten

Votes: 722 | Gross: $0.01M

8. Special Collector's Edition (2010–2015)

9 min | Comedy, History

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A Special Collector's Edition.

Stars: David Díaz, Luis Rodrigo, Gabriel Fernández-Gil, Daniel Retuerta

Votes: 106

10. Totò e Carolina (1955)

84 min | Comedy

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During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Totò, Anna Maria Ferrero, Gianni Cavalieri, Maurizio Arena

Votes: 326

11. 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989)

90 min | Documentary

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Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.

Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Mario Monicelli, Ermanno Olmi, Gillo Pontecorvo, Francesco Rosi, Mario Soldati, Lina Wertmüller, Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Tonino Accolla, Elio Bartolini, Amelia Martello, Giovanni Mauriello

Votes: 256

12. The Unfaithfuls (1953)

99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

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An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.

Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, May Britt, Pierre Cressoy, Tina Lattanzi

Votes: 239

13. Luchino Visconti (1999)

55 min | Documentary

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Actors who worked with and knew Luchino Visconti are interviewed about his life.

Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Björn Andrésen, Laura Antonelli, Tina Apicella, Helmut Berger

Votes: 235

14. Outcry (1946)

90 min | War, Drama

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Italian resistance fighters take on the Germans

Director: Aldo Vergano | Stars: Elli Parvo, Massimo Serato, Lea Padovani, Vittorio Duse

Votes: 64

15. Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004 Video)

51 min | Documentary

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To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of The Battle of Algiers (1966), we revisited our edition of the film and our interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and producer Saadi Yacef, who... See full summary »

Stars: Gillo Pontecorvo, Yacef Saadi, Ennio Morricone, Brahim Hadjadj

Votes: 59

18. Rear Window (1990–1993)

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Stars: Tariq Ali, Nasser David Khalili, Gillian Barge, Hanif Kureishi

19. Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (1951)

98 min | Drama, Romance, War

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1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under each other's spell. 1939 : what a horrible year for the two lovers : war breaks out before ... See full summary »

Director: Yves Allégret | Stars: Alida Valli, Jean Marais, Marcelle Arnold, Christine Chesnay

Votes: 108

20. Ennio Morricone (1995 TV Movie)

40 min | Documentary

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A documentary exploring the life and work of the great Italian composer.

Director: David M. Thompson | Stars: Ennio Morricone, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Bernardo Bertolucci, John Boorman

Votes: 98

21. Die Windrose (1957)

104 min | Documentary

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Directors: Joris Ivens, Yannick Bellon, Alberto Cavalcanti, Sergey Gerasimov, Gillo Pontecorvo, Alex Viany | Stars: Angela Brunner, Aracy Cardoso, Valdo César, Marlene França

Votes: 39

22. Remembering History (2005 Video)

69 min | Documentary

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a documentary reconstructing the Algerian experience of the battle for independence.

Stars: Henri Alleg, Zohra Drif-Bitat, Mohammed Harbi, Alistair Horne

Votes: 32

24. Elio Petri... appunti su un autore (2005)

85 min | Documentary

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Examines the career of film director Elio Petri.

Directors: Federico Bacci, Nicola Guarneri, Stefano Leone | Stars: Robert Altman, Ursula Andress, Bernardo Bertolucci, Florinda Bolkan

Votes: 141

26. Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970)

45 min | Documentary

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Directors: Elio Petri, Nelo Risi | Stars: Giancarlo Dettori, Luigi Diberti, Renzo Montagnani, Licia Pinelli

Votes: 47

27. Homo cinematographicus (1998 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

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Director: Alberto Veronese | Stars: Alberto Veronese, Vito Robbiani, Edo Bertoglio, Dario Argento

Votes: 13

28. Return to Algiers (1992 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Star: Gillo Pontecorvo

Votes: 22

29. Pace, lavoro e libertà (1952)

Documentary, Short

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Directors: Giuseppe De Santis, Gillo Pontecorvo

30. Ritratti d'autore (1996– )

90 min | Documentary

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The best among the new generation of Italian directors of the '90s meet their mentors. A confrontation between fathers and sons and a profound reflection on cinema and society.

Stars: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Joe D'Amato, Marco Bellocchio

Votes: 16

32. Pane e zolfo (1960)

Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Votes: 19

33. Per Yves Montand (2002)

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Director: Nino Bizzarri | Stars: Carole Amiel, Livia Ferroni, Jean-Louis Livi, Yves Montand

34. Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)

102 min | Documentary

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Starting in the 50s, miles and miles of film reels testify to Franco Cristaldi's passion and commitment to producing the best Italian and European cinema over the course of his career. ... See full summary »

Director: Massimo Spano | Stars: Marco Bellocchio, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Sean Connery, Franco Cristaldi

Votes: 10

35. Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992 TV Movie)

37 min | Documentary

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Director: Oliver Curtis | Stars: Edward Said, Gillo Pontecorvo, Marcello Gatti, John Francis Lane

Votes: 59

36. Milyenek az olaszok? (1971)

30 min | Documentary

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Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Gillo Pontecorvo, Cesare Zavattini, Nanni Loy

38. Festa a Castelluccio (1954)

Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Votes: 13

40. Giovanna (1955)

36 min | Drama, Short

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This short is set in the early 1950s in a small textile factory in central Italy (Prato). Giovanna and her fellow female workers decide to enact a protest against the direction of the ... See full summary »

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Armida Gianassi, Carla Pozzi

Votes: 29

41. Porta Portese (1954)

Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Votes: 12

42. Uomini del marmo (1955)

Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

43. Missione Timiriazev (1953)

Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Votes: 14

44. Cani dietro le sbarre (1955)

11 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Votes: 17

45. Un controtipo - appunti su Gillo Pontecorvo (2005)

63 min | Documentary, Biography

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A documentary about Gillo Pontecorvo, the famous director of "The Battle of Algiers". Based on family photos and movies, made with the precious help of Simone Pontecorvo, this is a 63 ... See full summary »

Director: Hendrick Wijmans | Stars: Marcello Gatti, Tullio Kezich, Giuliano Montaldo, Ennio Morricone

46. Különbözö helyek (1995)

35 min | Short, Documentary

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Director: András Fésös | Stars: Wim Wenders, Jos Stelling, Stefano Mignucci, Agnès Varda

Votes: 20

47. Nostalgia di protezione (1997)

8 min | Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Isabella Ferrari, Valeria Golino, Isabella Biagini

48. Gillo - Le donne, i cavalier, l'armi, gli amori (2007)

90 min | Documentary

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Gillo Pontecorvo: the man, the life, the functioning, the passion. Childhood and studies in Pisa. The political momentum with the communist formation in France with Amendola and Negarville,... See full summary »

Directors: Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri | Stars: Gillo Pontecorvo, Irene Bignardi, Luciana Castellina, Carla Cattani

49. Gli uomini del lago (1959)

Documentary, Short

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Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

50. Cinema primo amore (1990 TV Movie)

29 min | Documentary

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Director: Giorgio Treves | Stars: Ugo Gregoretti, Pupi Avati, Marco Bellocchio, Bernardo Bertolucci



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