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1. The Overcoat (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia
Votes: 697
2. Constantine and the Cross (1961)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Biopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome.
Directors: Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato, Christine Kaufmann
Votes: 569
3. Siamo uomini o caporali (1955)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, War
These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a cruel, despotic Nazi.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Totò, Paolo Stoppa, Fiorella Mari, Mara Werlen
Votes: 542
4. Nobody's Children (1951)
102 min | Drama, Romance
The tragic love story between marble-quarry owner Mario and Luisa, daughter of one of his employees.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Yvonne Sanson, Amedeo Nazzari, Françoise Rosay, Folco Lulli
Votes: 417
5. Totò al giro d'Italia (1948)
88 min | Comedy
Totò Casamandrei sells his soul to a demon to win the Tour of Italy.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Totò, Isa Barzizza, Giuditta Rissone, Walter Chiari
Votes: 417
6. Beautiful But Dangerous (1955)
TV-PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Alda, Anne Vernon
Votes: 353
7. Swordsman of Siena (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Romance
A Spanish overlord controls 16th-century Tuscany. He plans to marry into a prominent Italian family and hires an Englishman to serve as bodyguard for his less-than-eager fiancee. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Baccio Bandini, Etienne Périer | Stars: Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina, Christine Kaufmann, Riccardo Garrone
Votes: 348
8. Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Georges Marchal, Gianna Maria Canale, Renato Baldini, Irene Papas
Votes: 287
9. Neapolitan Carousel (1954)
129 min | Comedy, Musical
The life of a family of street singers.
Director: Ettore Giannini | Stars: Léonide Massine, Achille Millo, Agostino Salvietti, Clelia Matania
Votes: 256
10. I'll Give a Million (1935)
79 min | Comedy, Romance
Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante, Mario Gallina
Votes: 256
11. Anni difficili (1948)
90 min | Drama, War
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro, Ave Ninchi, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 229
12. Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The king of Nogara dies, leaving behind a will naming one of his nieces as his successor. Will it be blonde and virtuous Isabella or evil, dark-haired Malva? Each woman relies on a hero to ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Pierre Brice, Sergio Ciani, Moira Orfei, Maria Grazia Spina
Votes: 222
13. Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the lands in the family estate. Then Don Juan, Don ... See full summary »
Director: Piero Pierotti | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Mimmo Palmara, José Greci, Pilar Cansino
Votes: 194
14. Panic Button (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
A businessman plans to solve his tax problems by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet". He hires Maurice Chevalier and Jayne Mansfield to play the title roles, and Akim Tamiroff to... See full summary »
Directors: George Sherman, Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Eleanor Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Mike Connors
Votes: 191
15. Pirates of the Coast (1960)
102 min | Adventure
(1960) Lex Barker, Estella Blain, Livion Lorenzon, Liana Orfei. A great, colorful Italian costume epic with Barker as a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates. There are some ... See full summary »
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Lex Barker, Estella Blain, Livio Lorenzon, Liana Orfei
Votes: 179
16. Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969)
79 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Brigitte Skay, Mimmo Palmara, Fred Williams, Elina De Witt
Votes: 174
17. Queen of the Seas (1961)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time. The King's Guard captures her, and she finds herself in the same ... See full summary »
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Lisa Gastoni, Jerome Courtland, Walter Barnes, Agostino Salvietti
Votes: 164
18. I tre ladri (1954)
100 min | Comedy
Tapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by Cascarilla, one of his apprentices who has become better than his master. When the owners arrive ... See full summary »
Director: Lionello De Felice | Stars: Totò, Jean-Claude Pascal, Simone Simon, Gino Bramieri
Votes: 141
19. Heads or Tails (1969)
95 min | Western
Not your typical Italian western. Outlaw makes good by rescuing raped and beaten dancehall girl who eventually falls for him. Sexually deviated murdering banker's widow Sybille adds some ... See full summary »
Director: Piero Pierotti | Stars: John Ericson, Spela Rozin, Franco Lantieri, Daniela Surina
Votes: 139
20. The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953)
G | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Pierre Cressoy, Anna Maria Ferrero, Gaby André, Sandro Ruffini
Votes: 123
21. Return of the Black Eagle (1946)
97 min | Drama
An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and insinuates himself into his enemy's castle by pretending to be a French teacher.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Irasema Dilián, Gino Cervi, Rina Morelli
Votes: 121
22. Un militare e mezzo (1960)
114 min | Comedy
Nicola Carletti is a middle age 50-year old man who returns to Italy with his family but he is drafted to go to the mandatory military service in Italy.
Director: Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Renato Rascel, Virna Lisi, Robert Alda
Votes: 115
23. Lo squadrone bianco (1936)
100 min | War, Drama
A story of the Italian troops in Africa.
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Fulvia Lanzi, Francesca Dalpe, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa
Votes: 115
24. The Spirit and the Flesh (1941)
105 min | Drama, History, Romance
Lumbardy, Italy, seventeenth century. Renzo and Lucia's love story is jeopardized by Don Rodrigo, a wicked nobleman, who is interested in Lucia. When she refuses his attentions he has her ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Gino Cervi, Dina Sassoli, Ruggero Ruggeri, Armando Falconi
Votes: 109
25. La schiava del peccato (1954)
100 min | Drama
Following a rail disaster, a prostitute takes in an orphan but will have to fight to obtain the right to adopt her.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Silvana Pampanini, Franco Fabrizi, Camillo Pilotto, Liliana Gerace
Votes: 105
26. Susanna tutta panna (1957)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman gets closely watched by her jealous fiance while she is trying to deliver cakes to customers' houses.
Director: Steno | Stars: Marisa Allasio, Germán Cobos, Mario Carotenuto, Memmo Carotenuto
Votes: 100
27. A noi piace freddo...! (1960)
110 min | Comedy, War
A farcical account of the happenings in Rome in 1943 when the Allied Army and the partisans fight the Nazis.
Director: Steno | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Yvonne Furneaux, Raimondo Vianello, Francis Blanche
Votes: 97
28. The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
92 min | Adventure
A secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested. The English commissioned a notorious pirate and the Spaniards procure their best officer, Carlos de Herrera, to retrieve the document for them.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Lex Barker, Livio Lorenzon, Nadia Marlowa, Germano Longo
Votes: 89
29. The Violent Patriot (1956)
84 min | Adventure
The legendary John of the Black Bands begins a romantic relationship with a beautiful girl without revealing his identity. The girl unconsciously discovers the truth and retires to a ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Constance Smith, Gérard Landry, Anna Maria Ferrero
Votes: 87
30. The Materassi Sisters (1944)
72 min | Comedy
The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Irma Gramatica, Olga Solbelli, Massimo Serato
Votes: 81
31. Fari nella nebbia (1942)
95 min | Drama
Cesare, a long-distance fuel tanker driver, separates from his lonely young wife after they argue. This leaves him angry and taciturn. One day he meets Piera and he falls in love again. But after a while Piera too complains.
Director: Gianni Franciolini | Stars: Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida, Antonio Centa, Mariella Lotti
Votes: 81
32. The Accomplices (1955)
95 min | Comedy
Giovanni peddles useless pens in the streets of Rome with his sidekick Francesco, but his college-student daughter thinks he is a rich industrialist. She falls in love with a rich guy and ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Borghesio | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo, Giulia Rubini, Carlo Ninchi
Votes: 80
33. The Wacky World of James Tont (1966)
92 min | Comedy
A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is the only one who can help it.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, France Anglade, Loris Gizzi, Claudie Lange
Votes: 74
34. La comédie du bonheur (1940)
108 min | Comedy
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Michel Simon, Ramon Novarro, Jacqueline Delubac, Micheline Presle
Votes: 72
35. Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) (1962)
95 min | Drama, War
A cinematographic account of the reprisal ordered by the ruthless Austrian colonel Kappler in 1944 in Rome. In Via Rasella (Rasella Street) ten Italian civilians were sentenced to death for each German soldier killed in a partisan attempt.
Director: Filippo Walter Ratti | Stars: Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Carlo D'Angelo, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 68
36. I due crociati (1968)
100 min | Comedy, History
Two inept crusaders almost sabotage the christians' plan to conquer Jerusalem.
Director: Giuseppe Orlandini | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Janet Agren, Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Votes: 66
37. Goldsinger (1965)
80 min | Comedy
The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.
Directors: Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Evi Marandi, Gina Rovere, Loris Gizzi
Votes: 64
38. Camicia nera (1933)
73 min | Drama
A Fascist propaganda film that details Italy's sacrifices in WWI and Mussolini's 'transformation' of rural Italy.
Director: Giovacchino Forzano | Stars: Enrico Marroni, Antonietta Mecale, Enrico Da Rosa, Guido Petri
Votes: 61
39. Il cardinale Lambertini (1954)
101 min | Comedy
Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
Director: Giorgio Pastina | Stars: Gino Cervi, Nadia Gray, Arnoldo Foà, Carlo Romano
Votes: 60
40. Mia nonna poliziotto (1958)
96 min | Comedy
Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the police effort to find it, she sets on the tracks of the thieves herself.
Director: Steno | Stars: Tina Pica, Mario Riva, Lyla Rocco, Alberto Lionello
Votes: 60
41. The Devil's Cavaliers (1959)
92 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.
Director: Siro Marcellini | Stars: Frank Latimore, Emma Danieli, Gianna Maria Canale, Gabriella Pallotta
Votes: 59
42. Il padrone del vapore (1951)
87 min | Musical
A rich American arrives in a little village in the mountains because he wants to advertise a drink he produces. In the village there are also two men from Rome who are at logger-heads with ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Ciccio Barbi, Ughetto Bertucci, Riccardo Billi, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 56
43. Condottieri (II) (1937)
88 min | Adventure, History, War
A Renaissance leader tries to unify a still feudal Italy.His black band of followers anticipates the Fascists of a later Italy when the film was made.
Directors: Luis Trenker, Giacomo Gentilomo, Anton Giulio Majano | Stars: Luis Trenker, Loris Gizzi, Carla Sveva, Ethel Maggi
Votes: 55
44. Anni facili (1953)
98 min | Comedy
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Nino Taranto, Alda Mangini, Gino Buzzanca, Clelia Matania
Votes: 51
45. Una spada nell'ombra (1961)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Tamara Lees, Livio Lorenzon, Germano Longo, Mario Valdemarin
Votes: 50
46. Il figlio di Aquila Nera (1968)
91 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Mimmo Palmara, Edwige Fenech, Franco Ressel, Ingrid Schoeller
Votes: 49
47. Duello nella Sila (1962)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Italian western set in the southern Italy before the unity. Antonio Franco's sister is been murdered by a gang of bandits. He swear vengeance and manage to infiltrate the gang to find the murders.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Fernando Lamas, Liana Orfei, Armand Mestral, Enzo Cerusico
Votes: 49
48. Giant of the Evil Island (1965)
80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Spanish sea captain is sent to clean out Evil Island, from where pirate bands are raiding Spanish shipping under the leadership of a pirate named Moloch.
Director: Piero Pierotti | Stars: Peter Lupus, Halina Zalewska, Arturo Dominici, Monique Renaud
Votes: 49
49. Guns of the Black Witch (1961)
81 min | Adventure
In the 17th century, a village was the refuge of several French buccaneers. One day, the Spanish under the command of Guzmán, attacked the village and killed everybody, adults and children ... See full summary »
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Don Megowan, Silvana Pampanini, Emma Danieli, Livio Lorenzon
Votes: 49
50. The Count of Monte Cristo (1966– )
480 min | Adventure, Romance
Imprisoned on a trumped-up charge by enemies he cannot identify, Edmond Dantes vows revenge - which takes him twenty-five years to achieve.
Stars: Andrea Giordana, Achille Millo, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti
Votes: 47