Cine Italiano
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1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 282,779 | Gross: $11.99M
2. The Postman (1994)
PG | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Directors: Michael Radford, Massimo Troisi | Stars: Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa
Votes: 38,998 | Gross: $21.85M
3. Love & Anarchy (1973)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a friend is murdered by the Facists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Lina Polito, Eros Pagni
Votes: 3,530
4. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,278
5. Teorema (1968)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky
Votes: 15,256
6. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 21,191
7. Kiss Me Again (2010)
139 min | Drama, Romance
A look at the lives of Carlo, Giulia, and their friends some 10 years after the events of L'Ultimo bacio.
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Vittoria Puccini, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 1,937
8. Anche libero va bene (2006)
108 min | Drama
A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
Director: Kim Rossi Stuart | Stars: Alessandro Morace, Kim Rossi Stuart, Barbora Bobulova, Marta Nobili
Votes: 2,677
9. Saturn in Opposition (2007)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
The confidences, hopes and disappointments of a group of friends.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Margherita Buy, Pierfrancesco Favino, Serra Yilmaz
Votes: 4,902
10. Un giorno perfetto (2008)
105 min | Drama
A jealous and violent bodyguard can't accept his ex-wife's abandonment.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole Grimaudo
Votes: 1,644
11. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 742,920 | Gross: $57.60M
12. 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: 9,660
13. The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
After a deathly car accident, Antonia starts dating her husband's friends and finds the truth about his life.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Gabriel Garko
Votes: 10,038 | Gross: $0.22M
14. Che ne sarà di noi (2004)
100 min | Drama, Comedy
A coming-of-age comic tale about three eighteen-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Silvio Muccino, Violante Placido, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Elio Germano
Votes: 1,317
15. Vanilla and Chocolate (2004)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Penelope, a mother of three kids, gets tired by the infidelities of her husband and leaves him. She goes to live at her grandma's house, while he has to take care of the children. His ... See full summary »
Director: Ciro Ippolito | Stars: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Alessandro Preziosi, Joaquín Cortés, Roberta Aliberti
Votes: 429
16. The Second Wife (1998)
122 min | Comedy, Romance
In the early 1960s, a Sicilian single mother marries an older, crass widowed truck driver. When he is arrested trying to smuggle an antique, she ends up falling in love with her handsome stepson.
Director: Ugo Chiti | Stars: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Lazar Ristovski, Giorgio Noè, Jessica Auriemma
Votes: 850
17. Mediterraneo (1991)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio
Votes: 16,416 | Gross: $4.53M
18. A Magnificent Haunting (2012)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The only dream of Pietro is to become a famous actor. 28 year-old Pietro is so obsessed with becoming an actor that he does not mind trying every single way. He comes Rome and starts to ... See full summary »
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Elio Germano, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini, Giuseppe Fiorello
Votes: 5,481
19. Le Quattro Volte (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Frammartino | Stars: Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano, Artemio Vallone
Votes: 4,272 | Gross: $0.15M
20. Loose Cannons (2010)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies ... See full summary »
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini
Votes: 13,384
21. Malena (2000)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
Votes: 111,952 | Gross: $3.45M
22. Manual of Love (2005)
116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four intertwined episodes on the joys and sorrows of love.
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Carlo Verdone, Luciana Littizzetto, Silvio Muccino, Sergio Rubini
Votes: 3,726
23. A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Filippo Nigro, Marco Giallini, Andrea Sartoretti
Votes: 8,151
24. 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: 14,294 | Gross: $0.48M
25. As God Commands (2008)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
A dark drama centered on a 14-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad, who are both outcasts in their suburban town.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Filippo Timi, Elio Germano, Alvaro Caleca, Angelica Leo
Votes: 1,511
26. Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A young writer strikes up a relationship with his daughter's swimming instructor.
Director: Giuseppe Piccioni | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Golino, Sonia Bergamasco, Lidia Vitale
Votes: 749
27. The Lark Farm (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History
A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family's only hope.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi, Ángela Molina
Votes: 2,327
28. Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio
Votes: 6,757 | Gross: $0.25M
29. The Girl by the Lake (2007)
95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The body of a young woman is found in a small and quiet town in North Italy. A detective from the nearby main city is called to solve the mystery.
Director: Andrea Molaioli | Stars: Toni Servillo, Denis Fasolo, Nello Mascia, Giulia Michelini
Votes: 3,881
30. Manual of Love 2 (2007)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
Four episodes. Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have child, fly to Barcelona for a specialized ... See full summary »
Directors: Andy Tennant, Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Carlo Verdone, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Fabio Volo
Votes: 2,202
31. La vita che vorrei (2004)
125 min | Romance, Drama
An established and famous actor and an aspiring young actress develop a relationship while working together on films. Their mutual attraction and passion draw them together while also pulling them apart.
Director: Giuseppe Piccioni | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Sandra Ceccarelli, Galatea Ranzi, Fabio Camilli
Votes: 399
32. The Way We Laughed (1998)
124 min | Drama
Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily and the older works very hard to let the younger study and free himself from poverty through culture. The boy ... See full summary »
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Francesco Giuffrida, Enrico Lo Verso, Fabrizio Gifuni, Calogero Caruana
Votes: 837 | Gross: $0.04M
33. Remember Me, My Love (2003)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
The members of a comfortable Italian family each struggle with their own secret issues and dilemmas.
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Nicoletta Romanoff, Monica Bellucci
Votes: 4,453 | Gross: $0.22M
34. I'm Not Scared (2003)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Dino Abbrescia, Giorgio Careccia, Riccardo Zinna
Votes: 15,553 | Gross: $1.62M
35. Facing Windows (2003)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ...
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro
Votes: 11,669 | Gross: $0.54M
36. Padre Padrone (1977)
Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama
The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself from a tough lifestyle that his condition and his father force on him.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Fabrizio Forte
Votes: 4,363
37. 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: 175,101 | Gross: $0.33M
38. The Last Kiss (2001)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant. As Carlo faces up to his anxieties about adulthood, his buddies Paolo, Adriano and ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 8,787 | Gross: $1.05M
39. The Consequences of Love (2004)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An introverted man's life changes completely when he finds himself attracted to a young barmaid.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adriano Giannini, Antonio Ballerio
Votes: 18,683
40. Una famiglia perfetta (2012)
120 min | Comedy
A man organize the perfect Christmas for his perfect family...but no one is who they say they are.
Director: Paolo Genovese | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Marco Giallini, Claudia Gerini, Carolina Crescentini
Votes: 1,241
41. Long Live Freedom (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
When a politician disappears, his (mad) twin brother is brought to replace him.
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Michela Cescon
Votes: 4,703 | Gross: $0.05M
42. Human Capital (2013)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Guglielmo Pinelli
Votes: 13,428 | Gross: $0.16M
43. Honey (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Irene, nicknamed 'Honey', has devoted herself to the practice of assisting people who are looking for help; she tries to alleviate their suffering, even when they make extreme decisions. ... See full summary »
Director: Valeria Golino | Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo, Vinicio Marchioni
Votes: 2,023
44. The Great Beauty (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
Votes: 97,373 | Gross: $2.85M
45. Suburra (2015)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro Borghi
Votes: 21,827
46. Perfect Strangers (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
Director: Paolo Genovese | Stars: Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo
Votes: 71,351
47. The Dinner (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Tensions between two brothers and their families escalate when a video of two teenagers, possibly son of one brother and daughter of the other, beating a homeless woman to death, shows up.
Director: Ivano De Matteo | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Luigi Lo Cascio, Barbora Bobulova
Votes: 1,746 | Gross: $0.01M
48. Blood of My Blood (2015)
106 min | Drama, History
Balancing between the past and the present, the darkness and the light, within the musky stone walls of Santa Chiara's 17th-century convent prison in Bobbio, a sinful Sister and a cultivated night owl Count are somehow linked together.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman, Alba Rohrwacher
Votes: 1,173
49. Like Crazy (2016)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Two quite different women escape a mental institution to see Tuscany in a stolen car and get to know each other.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti, Sergio Albelli
Votes: 10,276 | Gross: $0.11M
50. Black Souls (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama
The story of three brothers, the sons of a shepherd, close to the ndrangheta and of their divided soul.
Director: Francesco Munzi | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta, Fabrizio Ferracane, Barbora Bobulova
Votes: 3,139 | Gross: $0.10M
51. Days of Harvest (2010)
75 min | Drama
1984. In the sultry, still sunny September of that Emilian rural district most soaked with catholicism and home-grown socialism, Elia, a teenager grown out of these horizons, lives with his... See full synopsis »
Director: Marco Righi | Stars: Lavinia Longhi, Marco D'Agostin, Gian Marco Tavani, Maurizio Tabani
Votes: 92
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