2020-2029 Best Italian Movies & TV Shows
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1. The Hand of God (2021)
R | 130 min | Drama
In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert
Votes: 49,601
2. The Life Ahead (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Director: Edoardo Ponti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Iosif Diego Pirvu
Votes: 15,556
3. A Chiara (2021)
R | 121 min | Drama
Follows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
Director: Jonas Carpignano | Stars: Carmelo Caccamo, Pio Amato, Swamy Rotolo, Koudous Seihon
Votes: 2,239
4. Rose Island (2020)
TV-14 | 117 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world's attention. Values are tested when the Italian Government declares him an enemy, but to change the world risks must be taken.
Director: Sydney Sibilia | Stars: Elio Germano, Leonardo Lidi, Matilda De Angelis, Tom Wlaschiha
Votes: 24,874
5. The Truffle Hunters (2020)
PG-13 | 84 min | Documentary
Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years old, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle-which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation.
Directors: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw | Stars: Piero Botto, Sergio Cauda, Maria Cicciù, Aurelio Conterno
Votes: 3,789
6. My Name Is Francesco Totti (2020)
101 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Francesco Totti retraces his entire life whiles watching it on the silver screen together with the audience. Images and emotions flow among key moments of his career, scenes from his personal life and memories he has never shared before.
Director: Alex Infascelli | Stars: Aldair, Alberto Aquilani, Gabriel Batistuta, Alisson Becker
Votes: 1,363
7. Hidden Away (2020)
120 min | Biography, Drama
Antonio is expelled from Switzerland to Italy against his will. For years he lives in poverty in the Po floodplains, but he never gives up his passion for drawing. The story of Antonio Ligabue, a revolutionary loner in modern art.
Director: Giorgio Diritti | Stars: Elio Germano, Oliver Ewy, Leonardo Carrozzo, Pietro Traldi
Votes: 1,719
8. Freaks Out (2021)
141 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Rome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.
Director: Gabriele Mainetti | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini
Votes: 7,142
9. The Bad Poet (2020)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
1936. Giovanni Comini has just been promoted to Federal, the youngest in Italy. He gets summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: he must survey Gabriele D'Annunzio and make sure that he ... See full summary »
Director: Gianluca Jodice | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Francesco Patanè, Tommaso Ragno, Clotilde Courau
Votes: 637
10. Luca (2021)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.
Director: Enrico Casarosa | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo
Votes: 194,463
11. 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: 7,064
12. 18 Presents (2020)
TV-MA | 115 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Inspired by the extraordinary story of Elisa Girotto, the woman who moved the world by leaving 18 birthday gifts for her daughter when she discovered that she would have little time with her.
Director: Francesco Amato | Stars: Vittoria Puccini, Benedetta Porcaroli, Edoardo Leo, Sara Lazzaro
Votes: 4,262
13. I Hate Summer (2020)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy
Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Director: Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Lucia Mascino
Votes: 3,663
14. The Best Years (2020)
129 min | Drama
The story of Italy, from the 80s to nowadays, told through the life of four friends, Giulio, Gemma, Paolo e Riccardo; during 40 years of loves, aspirations, success and failures.
Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Micaela Ramazzotti, Kim Rossi Stuart, Claudio Santamaria
Votes: 2,909
15. Notturno (I) (2020)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary
Gianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Votes: 1,317
16. The Macaluso Sisters (2020)
89 min | Drama
Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.
Director: Emma Dante | Stars: Alissa Maria Orlando, Susanna Piraino, Anita Pomario, Eleonora De Luca
Votes: 1,569
17. The King of Laughter (2021)
133 min | Biography, Drama
The biography of Neapolitan comic theater legend Eduardo Scarpetta.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Toni Servillo, Maria Nazionale, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Antonia Truppo
Votes: 1,419
18. Azzurri: Road to Wembley (2021)
61 min | Documentary, Sport
Follows the Italian soccer team's road to succes at the 2020 European Championship.
Director: Manuele Mandolesi | Stars: Nicolò Barella, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele De Rossi
Votes: 957
19. The Hole (2021)
93 min | Drama
The extraordinary adventure of the young members of the Piedmont Speleological Group who, having already explored all the caves of Northern Italy, changed course in August 1961 and went South to explore other caves unknown to man.
Director: Michelangelo Frammartino | Stars: Nicola Lanza, Antonio Lanza, Leonardo Larocca, Claudia Candusso
Votes: 1,856
20. Tear Along the Dotted Line (2021)
TV-14 | 20 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.
Stars: Zerocalcare, Valerio Mastandrea, Wayne Forester, Adam Rhys Dee
Votes: 12,466
21. We Are Who We Are (2020)
TV-MA | 462 min | Drama
Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.
Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Jordan Kristine Seamón, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga
Votes: 9,753
22. Devils (2020– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
A worldwide financial conspiracy is discovered by a group of traders of a large investment bank.
Stars: Pia Mechler, Alessandro Borghi, Malachi Kirby, Patrick Dempsey
Votes: 5,076
23. SanPa: Sins of the Savior (2020)
298 min | Documentary, Crime
Amidst a heroin crisis, Vincenzo Muccioli cared for the addicted, earning him fierce public devotion -- even as charges of violence began to mount.
Stars: Vincenzo Andreucci, Antonio Boschini, Fabio Cantelli, Walter Delogu
Votes: 1,721
24. Fate: The Winx Saga (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 665 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's Winx Club (2004). It follows Bloom as she adjusts to life in the Otherworld, where she must learn to control her dangerous magical powers.
Stars: Abigail Cowen, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Precious Mustapha, Eliot Salt
Votes: 57,499
25. Ciao Alberto (2021)
TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An animated short film that features characters from "Luca".
Director: McKenna Harris | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Marco Barricelli, Jacob Tremblay, Gino La Monica
Votes: 8,434
26. Nowhere Special (2020)
96 min | Drama
When John, a thirty-five-year-old window cleaner, is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
Director: Uberto Pasolini | Stars: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Carol Moore, Valene Kane
Votes: 6,542
27. That Dirty Black Bag (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Western
Two men face off in a savage, deserted world.
Stars: Douglas Booth, Dominic Cooper, Niv Sultan, Guido Caprino
Votes: 3,835
28. Bones and All (2022)
R | 131 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Kendle Coffey
Votes: 58,096
29. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A 15 year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances that are believed to have involved the Vatican.
Stars: Andrea Purgatori, Natalina Orlandi, Matilde Reale, Lucrezia Chessari
Votes: 5,431
30. Four to Dinner (2022)
TV-MA | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
In this rom-com challenging the concept of soulmates, parallel storylines portray four single friends as they pair up in different couple combinations.
Director: Alessio Maria Federici | Stars: Ilenia Pastorelli, Matilde Gioli, Giuseppe Maggio, Matteo Martari
Votes: 3,845
31. The Invisible Thread (2022)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.
Director: Marco Simon Puccioni | Stars: Filippo Timi, Francesco Scianna, Francesco Gheghi, Giulia Maenza
Votes: 2,492
32. Prisma (2022– )
44 min | Drama
Prisma explores the relationships and the identities of Andrea and Marco, two twins identical on the outside, but very different in their approach on life; and of their group of friends, united by the search for their place in the world.
Stars: Mattia Carrano, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Caterina Forza, Chiara Bordi
Votes: 1,705
33. Everything Calls for Salvation (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man spends a week in a psychiatric ward, where he meets five other patients and must contend with research-happy doctors and cynical nurses.
Stars: Federico Cesari, Ricky Memphis, Fotinì Peluso, Andrea Pennacchi
Votes: 1,747
34. Bang Bang Baby (2022– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
Alice is a teenage girl who finds herself involved in the Milan's criminal underbelly for the love of her father. To cope, Alice will use her imagination, influenced by music, TV and pop culture of her time: the 80s.
Stars: Arianna Becheroni, Adriano Giannini, Antonio Gerardi, Dora Romano
Votes: 871
35. Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert, Micaela Ramazzotti
Votes: 1,402
36. The Eight Mountains (2022)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.
Directors: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch | Stars: Lupo Barbiero, Cristiano Sassella, Elena Lietti, Chiara Jorrioz
Votes: 14,768
37. Ennio (2021)
156 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Hans Zimmer, Oliver Stone
Votes: 5,536
38. The Inner Cage (2021)
117 min | Drama
The last remains of a prison, guards and a few inmates, are waiting to be transferred and gradually the rules seem to make less and less sense and the waiting men become a new fragile community.
Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo | Stars: Toni Servillo, Silvio Orlando, Fabrizio Ferracane, Salvatore Striano
Votes: 1,732
39. Django & Django (2021)
80 min | Documentary
An homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
Director: Luca Rea | Stars: Sergio Corbucci, Ruggero Deodato, Franco Nero, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 1,675
40. Romulus (2020– )
Drama, Fantasy, History
The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.
Stars: Andrea Arcangeli, Francesco Di Napoli, Marianna Fontana, Sergio Romano
Votes: 2,903
41. Le pupille (2022)
PG | 39 min | Short
Follow the rebellious girls of a Catholic boarding school before Christmas, a time of war and scarcity.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Carmen Pommella, Lady Maru
Votes: 3,720
42. The Law According to Lidia Poët (2023– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Forbidden from practicing law, a woman prepares an appeal to overturn the court's decision in this true story of Lidia Poët, Italy's first female lawyer.
Stars: Matilda De Angelis, Eduardo Scarpetta, Pier Luigi Pasino, Sinéad Thornhill
Votes: 7,788
43. Last Night of Amore (2023)
124 min | Drama, Thriller
A police lieutenant named Franco Amore on the night before his retirement is called to investigate a crime scene where his best friend and long-time partner Dino has been killed during a diamond heist.
Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Linda Caridi, Antonio Gerardi, Francesco Di Leva
Votes: 4,406
44. Mixed by Erry (2023)
TV-MA | 110 min | Comedy, History
The rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples and their "Mixed by Erry"-trademarked cassettes that brought pop music to 1980s Italian youth.
Director: Sydney Sibilia | Stars: Luigi D'Oriano, Giuseppe Arena, Emanuele Palumbo, Francesco Di Leva
Votes: 5,464
45. Esterno notte (2022)
330 min | Crime, Drama, History
The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
Stars: Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 1,690
46. Nostalgia (I) (2022)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama
After 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi
Votes: 3,306
47. This World Can't Tear Me Down (2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When an old friend returns to the neighborhood, Zerocalcare wants to help him find his place back in the world. But what's the right thing to do?
Stars: Zerocalcare, Valerio Mastandrea, James Acaster, Adam Rhys Dee
Votes: 3,618
48. A Brighter Tomorrow (2023)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A movie director struggles with his relationship with his family, and with his latest movie, about the impact on the Italian Communist Party of the USSR invasion of Hungary in 1956.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Barbora Bobulova
Votes: 3,060
49. The Good Mothers (2023– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama
Three women who were born into the deadliest and wealthiest of the Italian mafia clans work with a courageous female prosecutor to bring it down from the inside.
Stars: Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Bellè, Gaia Girace, Andrea Dodero
Votes: 1,659
50. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
Trying to escape from the patriarchy in the Italian post-war society, Delia plots an act of rebellion against her violent husband.
Director: Paola Cortellesi | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli
Votes: 7,900
51. La Chimera (2023)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 5,480
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