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1. The Ship Sails On (1983)
PG | 128 min | Drama, History, Music
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Votes: 6,732
2. The Charterhouse of Parma (1982– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History
Stendhal's epic tale of a young French officer in the Napoleonic wars, and his aunt - a duchess of legendary beauty and resourcefulness.
Stars: Marthe Keller, Gian Maria Volontè, Andrea Occhipinti, Georges Wilson
Votes: 64
3. La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981– )
52 min | Adventure
A young English navy lieutenant sets out to prove that the quickest way to reach India from London is by way of the Mediterranean and Suez rather than the long sea route around Africa and ... See full summary »
Stars: Christian Kohlund, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Roger Carel, Patrick Préjean
Votes: 56
4. Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
G | 117 min | Comedy, Western
Bambino tries to teach his brother Trinity how to become an outlaw, but the two wind up saving a pioneer family and breaking up an arms ring instead.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 17,428
5. L'homme de Suez (1983– )
85 min | Adventure, History
The story of the creation of the Suez Canal and of the man who made it possible: French diplomat and visionary entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps.
Stars: Guy Marchand, Armand Mestral, Ricardo Palacios, Sophie Renoir
Votes: 40
6. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Arianna Gorini
Votes: 13,037
7. The Mercenary (1968)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Western
A greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 6,160 | Gross: $0.03M
8. Don Luigi Sturzo (1981– )
Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Flavio Bucci, Rita Forzano, Antonio Petrocelli, Emilio Cappuccio
Votes: 8
9. The Evil Eye (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino
Votes: 5,370
10. Trafic (1971)
G | 96 min | Comedy
Mr. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from Paris to Amsterdam in his usual comical, disastrous style.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Marcel Fraval, Honoré Bostel, François Maisongrosse
Votes: 7,526
11. The Assassin (1961)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Thriller
Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police at his apartment without justification. In the precinct, he slowly discovers what the investigation is about as we discover details about his life.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni, Salvo Randone
Votes: 1,522
12. I giochi del diavolo (1981– )
Fantasy, Horror
A story about the devil's influence on five people's lives in 20th-century Venice.
Stars: Daria Nicolodi, Rada Rassimov, Gabriele Ferzetti, Donato Placido
Votes: 33
13. Sabata (1969)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Drama, Western
A master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Ignazio Spalla, Aldo Canti
Votes: 5,651 | Gross: $0.23M
14. California (1977)
98 min | Drama, Western
After the Civil War, Michael "California" Random, is released from prison and goes to Missouri with his partner William. He is killed by bandits. California decides to return the belongings to his family and help them against outlaws.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Miguel Bosé, Chris Avram
Votes: 699
15. Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970)
Not Rated | 91 min | Western
When a young woman inherits a goldmine from her murdered uncle, Sartana comes to her aid as various swindlers, including the local sheriff, try to claim it as their own.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, Antonio Vilar, Daniela Giordano, Ivano Staccioli
Votes: 955
16. So in Love (1964)
110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young singer who is drafted in Naples falls for a posh rich girl and forgets about his true love: his colonel's daughter. Will he get back to her?
Director: Ettore Maria Fizzarotti | Stars: Gianni Morandi, Laura Efrikian, Nino Taranto, Raffaele Pisu
Votes: 222
17. Il sergente Klems (1971)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A man masquerading as a dead soldier seeks to desert his post and join the enemy in their struggle.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Peter Strauss, Tina Aumont, Pier Paolo Capponi, Howard Ross
Votes: 77
18. Povero Cristo (1976)
95 min | Fantasy
A provincial young man with aspirations of becoming a private investigator is approached by a stranger that promises 100 million lire if he provides evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ.
Director: Pier Carpi | Stars: Mino Reitano, Rosemary Dexter, Raoul Grassilli, Edmund Purdom
Votes: 23
19. Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)
87 min | Comedy
The story takes inspiration from a real case: Bruneri/Canella, Italy 1926. A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Totò, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 268
20. Cagliostro (1975)
103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The mysterious Conte di Cagliostro holds supernatural powers he uses to heal the poor, but his activity is considered dangerous by the 18th century's establishment...
Director: Daniele Pettinari | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Curd Jürgens, Ida Galli, Anna Orso
Votes: 81
21. L'arbre de Guernica (1975)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, War
The Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count's son, indifferent to politics at the outset, ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Arrabal | Stars: Mariangela Melato, Ron Faber, Cosimo Cinieri, Rocco Fontana
Votes: 450
22. Gangsters '70 (1968)
110 min | Crime, Thriller
An elderly gangster just released from prison plans one last job, and gathers a small crew to do the job, but the plan goes sour when one of the crew betrays the details of the operation to a rival gangster.
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Franca Polesello, Giampiero Albertini, Giulio Brogi
Votes: 117
23. The Valachi Papers (1972)
PG | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari
Votes: 4,448 | Gross: $20.27M
24. Il monaco di Monza (1963)
105 min | Comedy
In 1630 Italy, widower Pasquale loses his job as a cobbler, so to get food for his 12 children, he and a poor companion disguise themselves as mendicant monks and knock for help at the ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Totò, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario, Lisa Gastoni
Votes: 395
25. Silence the Witness (1974)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Rosati | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Rosanna Schiaffino, Aldo Giuffrè, Guido Leontini
Votes: 74
26. Il petomane (1983)
103 min | Comedy
The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Vittorio Caprioli, Aldo Reggiani
Votes: 193
27. L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978)
Comedy
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Lino Toffolo, Silvia Dionisio, Pippo Franco, Liana Trouche
Votes: 34
28. L'eredità dello zio buonanima (1974)
105 min | Comedy
A clerk lavishes a lot of attention on his very rich uncle because he hopes to inherit all of his money. When the man dies however he finds out that the will is full of legacies which seem to absorb all the patrimony.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Franco Franchi, Grazia Di Marzà, Andrea Lala, Maria Bosco
Votes: 38
29. Il mantenuto (1961)
96 min | Comedy
Stefano Garbelli is employed by a pharmaceutical company. One evening Daniela, a young independent prostitute , approaches Stefano pretending to be a nurse. They get together, but Daniela has a sinister plan.
Director: Ugo Tognazzi | Stars: Ilaria Occhini, Margrete Robsahm, Mario Carotenuto, Pinuccia Nava
Votes: 119
30. Oasis of Fear (1971)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti, Michel Bardinet
Votes: 1,065
31. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Two estranged brothers confront each other as rivals when war breaks out between Britain and the Vikings for control of England.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, George Ardisson
Votes: 960
32. Per amore (1976)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.
Director: Mino Giarda | Stars: Michael Craig, Janet Agren, Capucine, Lilla Brignone
Votes: 29
33. ...a tutte le auto della polizia... (1975)
95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his class status and wealth.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Luciana Paluzzi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Enrico Maria Salerno
Votes: 320
34. Count Tacchia (1982)
117 min | Comedy
Rome, 1910. Checco Puricelli, the son of a carpenter, is called "Conte Tacchia" ("Count Wooden Wedge") because of his obsession with the aristocracy. He dresses fancy and tries to act as a ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Enrico Montesano, Vittorio Gassman, Paolo Panelli, Ninetto Davoli
Votes: 331
35. Che fine ha fatto Totò baby? (1964)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A pair of brothers, Baby Toto and Pietro, sons of different mothers, live stealing suitcases at the Termini Station in Rome. After a theft they discover that the stolen suitcase they got ... See full summary »
Directors: Ottavio Alessi, Paolo Heusch | Stars: Totò, Pietro De Vico, Mischa Auer, Ivy Holzer
Votes: 264
36. Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971)
84 min | Comedy
Architect Giambattista Manteghin, actor Romolo Moretti, Prince Pantegani and inventor Leonardo Rossi meet while trying to bribe a tax official out of paying exorbitant taxes. The four get ... See full summary »
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Gastone Moschin, Philippe Leroy, Lionel Stander, Franco Fabrizi
Votes: 87
37. Scherzi da prete (1978)
90 min | Comedy
Don Tarquinio Buttafava is the parish priest of a Ciociaro village, Cioci, where, according to a millennial concession, Mass is allowed to celebrate the Ciociaro dialect.
Director: Pier Francesco Pingitore | Stars: Pippo Franco, Lino Toffolo, Cochi Ponzoni, Oreste Lionello
Votes: 62
38.
I giochi del diavolo (1981– )
Episode:
La presenza perfetta
(1981)
Fantasy, Horror
Director: Piero Nelli | Stars: Rada Rassimov, Emanuela Barattolo, Giancarlo Zanetti, William Berger
Votes: 23
39. The Upper Hand (1966)
86 min | Crime, Drama
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. Also, an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggler's business.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Gert Fröbe, George Raft, Nadja Tiller
Votes: 682
40. They Call Him Cemetery (1971)
Not Rated | 88 min | Western, Comedy
John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, William Berger, Christopher Chittell, John Fordyce
Votes: 497
41. I quattro moschettieri (1964)
105 min | Comedy
4 con men take the place of the real musketeers and manage to steal the Queen's necklace but then give it back to her, moved by her tears.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario, Carlo Croccolo
Votes: 53
42. Totò e Cleopatra (1963)
100 min | Comedy
Mark Antony has a brother-lookalike, Totonno, a sinister slave trader. Totonno secretly replaces Mark Antony in the most delicate moments.
Director: Fernando Cerchio | Stars: Totò, Magali Noël, Franco Sportelli, Moira Orfei
Votes: 347
43. The Four Monks (1963)
100 min | Comedy
Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicilian convent.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario
Votes: 55
44. Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A stalwart Spanish soldier turns to a life of crime to prove his love for a mysterious and promiscuous gypsy woman.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Tina Aumont, Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski, Guido Lollobrigida
Votes: 763
45. Taste of Killing (1966)
86 min | Western
Hank Fellows is a bounty hunter who is also dedicated to recovering the loot that robber gangs steal from banks.
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: Craig Hill, Jorge Martín, Piero Lulli, Fernando Sancho
Votes: 363
46. Nick the Sting (1976)
97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Luc Merenda, Lee J. Cobb, Gabriele Ferzetti, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 290
47. In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Western
A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapproves of the match, envisioning a life of hardship and danger for the girl if she marries Steve.
Director: Giovanni Grimaldi | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Conrado San Martín, Franco Ressel, Franco Lantieri
Votes: 316
48. Bobby Deerfield (1977)
PG | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn
Votes: 4,660 | Gross: $9.30M
49. Treasure Island (1972)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Family
Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.
Directors: John Hough, Andrea Bianchi, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak
Votes: 1,501
50. Lady Caliph (1970)
96 min | Drama
As strikes upset Italy, the Califfa's husband is killed and she becomes a passionate militant of the strikers. She opposes the factory manager Doverdo who used to be himself a worker.
Director: Alberto Bevilacqua | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Romy Schneider, Marina Berti, Roberto Bisacco
Votes: 416