Italian Directors
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1. The Yes Man (1991)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (... See full summary »
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Nanni Moretti, Giulio Brogi, Anne Roussel
Votes: 883
2. Gente di Roma (2003)
100 min | Comedy
The camera follows citizens of Rome in mockumentary style.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Giorgio Colangeli, Antonello Fassari, Fabio Ferrari, Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Votes: 485
3. Mid-August Lunch (2008)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama
Broke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza
Votes: 4,288 | Gross: $0.67M
4. The Salt of Life (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Gianni is a retiree who has become invisible to most everyone around him. In response, he tries his best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life.
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio | Stars: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini
Votes: 1,860 | Gross: $0.32M
5. The Best of Youth (2003)
R | 374 min | Drama, Romance
An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti
Votes: 23,133 | Gross: $0.27M
6. 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: 9,634
7. Dear Diary (1993)
Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta
Votes: 9,057 | Gross: $0.47M
8. We Have a Pope (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa
Votes: 14,266 | Gross: $0.48M
9. Il Divo (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci
Votes: 18,929 | Gross: $0.24M
10. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 174,365 | Gross: $0.33M
11. Blood of the Vine (2011– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime
A wine expert in the Bordeaux region of France, is caught up in murders each episode - The scenery is beautiful, the characters are very engaging,and if you like wine and its beginnings you... See full summary »
Stars: Pierre Arditi, Yoann Denaive, Catherine Demaiffe, Claire Nebout
Votes: 177
12. Three Men and a Leg (1997)
100 min | Comedy
Three friends cross Italy by car in order to deliver their boss his dog and a wooden leg.
Directors: Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi
Votes: 10,106
13. Ask Me If I'm Happy (2000)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Giacomo meets Giovanni, his former best friend with whom he quarreled three years before. Giovanni persuades him to go visit their third friend Aldo, who is dying in Sicily; flashbacks tell... See full summary »
Directors: Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi
Votes: 6,857
14. The Trial (2019– )
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Thriller
A group of characters is implicated in the murder of Angelica. They all walk on a razor's edge searching for the truth, waiting for a verdict, which will establish, in a way or another, a new course for their lives.
Stars: Vittoria Puccini, Francesco Scianna, Camilla Filippi, Simone Colombari
Votes: 3,910
15. Luna Nera (2020)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A group of women are suspected of witchcraft in 17th century Italy.
Stars: Antonia Fotaras, Lucrezia Guidone, Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Scotti
Votes: 3,448
16. Rocco Schiavone (2016– )
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Thriller
Rocco is a state police commissioner. For disciplinary reasons he was transferred to an Alpine town.
Stars: Marco Giallini, Ernesto D'Argenio, Francesco Acquaroli, Christian Ginepro
Votes: 2,291
17. Made in Italy (2018)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Riko works in a cured meats factory, like his father, surrounded by more pigs than people. The real, everyday love he shares with Sarah, is in predicament. While Riko's unhappy with his job... See full summary »
Director: Luciano Ligabue | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Kasia Smutniak, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Walter Leonardi
Votes: 1,340
18. Made in Italy (2019)
Comedy
Milan, 1975. Irene, the daughter of migrants from the south of Italy, replies to a job advert at Appeal, a fashion magazine, to make a living while she finishes her studies.
Stars: Greta Ferro, Margherita Buy, Fiammetta Cicogna, Maurizio Lastrico
Votes: 650
19. 1994 (II) (2019)
TV-MA | Drama
Italian drama based in the turbulent political landscape of 1990s Italy.
Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Miriam Leone, Guido Caprino, Paolo Mazzarelli
Votes: 903
20. 1992 (2015)
Drama
Follows six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape of early 90's Italy.
Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, Miriam Leone, Domenico Diele
Votes: 2,411
21. Celebrity Hunted: Caccia all'uomo (2020– )
45 min | Action, Comedy, Reality-TV
Italian version of the UK show "Celebrity Hunted", where celebrities try to go unnoticed for two weeks with limited financial resources.
Stars: Simone Barbato, Carlo Biffani, Lorenzo Faletra, Giulia Michelle Stabile
Votes: 560
22. L'allieva (2016– )
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Alice Allevi is a medical student undecided about her future. After the death of her grandmother's caregiver, she discovers her path: forensic medicine.
Stars: Francesca Agostini, Alessandra Mastronardi, Lino Guanciale, Pierpaolo Spollon
Votes: 442
23. I bastardi di Pizzofalcone (2017– )
90 min | Crime, Drama
A series of hardboiled crime fiction set in contemporary Naples by the author of the internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series.
Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Carolina Crescentini, Tosca D'Aquino, Antonio Folletto
Votes: 637
24. Baby (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story that explores the unseen lives of Roman high schoolers. Loosely inspired by a true story, the series follows a group of Parioli teenagers as they defy society in their search for identity and independence
Stars: Benedetta Porcaroli, Alice Pagani, Riccardo Mandolini, Chabeli Sastre
Votes: 13,062
25. SKAM Italia (2018– )
25 min | Drama, Romance
An Italian version of the acclaimed, innovative Norwegian youth series Skam, which follows a group of teenagers in their everyday life of school, love, and leisure time.
Stars: Francesco Centorame, Federico Cesari, Beatrice Bruschi, Ludovica Martino
Votes: 2,476
26. 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: 16,426
27. Detective Montalbano (1999–2021)
TV-14 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Commissioner Montalbano works in Vigata, Montelusa province with Deputy Commissioner Augello and Inspector Fazio, in each episode Montalbano solves complicated cases with his characteristic cunning in a rural Sicily ruled by the mafia.
Stars: Luca Zingaretti, Peppino Mazzotta, Angelo Russo, Cesare Bocci
Votes: 4,374
28. The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
115 min | Crime, Drama
This particular version of Naples is home to Antonio Barracano, the young, vigorous and tattooed Mayor of Rione Sanità who plays by his own rules; a paternal figure who oversees the licit and illicit activities unfolding within the city.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Daniela Ioia, Enzo Buonomo, Daniele Baselice, Viviana Cangiano
Votes: 741
29. The Guest (2018)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bitter-sweet late coming of age about the problems of modern-day love.
Director: Duccio Chiarini | Stars: Daniele Parisi, Silvia D'Amico, Anna Bellato, Thony
Votes: 625
30. Effetto Domino (2019)
106 min | Drama
In a thermal bath town that withstands mass tourism, a builder and his surveyor partner start up an ambitious project: converting twenty abandoned hotels into luxury residences for wealthy ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Rossetto | Stars: Diego Ribon, Mirko Artuso, Maria Roveran, Nicoletta Maragno
Votes: 125
31. Sin (2019)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jakob Diehl, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Orso Maria Guerrini, Adriano Chiaramida
Votes: 1,359
32. Il Varco - Once More Unto the Breach (2019)
70 min | Documentary, History, War
1941. An Italian soldier heads to the Eastern Front, the bloodiest theater of conflict of World War II. 2018. Another war starts in the same area, reopening old wounds in Europe.
Directors: Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini | Star: Emidio Clementi
Votes: 158
33. ZeroZeroZero (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Giuseppe De Domenico, Harold Torres
Votes: 29,169
34. Bad Tales (2020)
98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A few families living out on a limb in the suburbs of Rome. Tensions here can explode at any time; ultimately it's the children who bring about the collapse.
Directors: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo | Stars: Elio Germano, Tommaso Di Cola, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Barbara Chichiarelli
Votes: 7,041
35. Beautiful Boy (I) (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull
Votes: 97,738 | Gross: $7.65M
36. The Last Prosecco (2017)
101 min | Comedy, Mystery
The film follows Inspector Stucky investigating a series of murders and the theatrical suicide of Desiderio Ancillotto, a count who lives in the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, in a ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Padovan | Stars: Giuseppe Battiston, Rade Serbedzija, Liz Solari, Teco Celio
Votes: 957
37. Easy! (2011)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of a melancholy professor is turned upside down when he discovers that a rebellious teenager he is tutoring is actually his son.
Director: Francesco Bruni | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Barbora Bobulova, Stefano Brunori, Franco Campiti
Votes: 1,724
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