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1. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher
Votes: 14,195 | Gross: $14.35M
2. Bread and Tulips (2000)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Romance
After being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.
Director: Silvio Soldini | Stars: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania
Votes: 10,074 | Gross: $5.31M
3. Italiensk for begyndere (2000)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler
Votes: 13,846 | Gross: $4.45M
4. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 52,005 | Gross: $22.55M
5. 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: 39,004 | Gross: $21.85M
6. Medici (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 1,314 min | Biography, Drama, History
A political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly.
Stars: Daniel Sharman, Alessandra Mastronardi, Synnove Karlsen, Sebastian De Souza
Votes: 22,291
7. My Brilliant Friend (2018– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.
Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Mazzucco, Gaia Girace, Annarita Vitolo
Votes: 17,736
8. Curon (2020)
TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Anna returns to her family's hotel in the mountains of Italy with her twins to find that old superstitions and town demons have not been forgotten nor have they died in the time she was away.
Stars: Luca Lionello, Federico Russo, Margherita Morchio, Anna Ferzetti
Votes: 4,593
9. 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
10. 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, Gianmarco Vettori, Barbara Ronchi, Lucrezia Guidone
Votes: 3,469
11. Summertime (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Romance
A modern love story, set during a summer on the Adriatic coast. An undeniable attraction unites Ale and Summer, two people from very different worlds.
Stars: Rebecca Coco Edogamhe, Ludovico Tersigni, Amanda Campana, Andrea Lattanzi
Votes: 3,121
12. 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: 2,493
13. 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: 656
14. The Miracle (2018)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
In Rome, a Virgin Mary statue is found crying blood. Pondering on the implications of the existence of miracles, and eventually, the existence of God, the people involved in the enigma start losing their minds.
Stars: Veronica Szawarska, Guido Caprino, Elena Lietti, Lorenza Indovina
Votes: 1,713
15. Odysseus (2013– )
45 min | Adventure, Drama
The sovereign Greek island of Ithaca, 8th century B.C. The Trojan War has been over for ten years, and the Greeks have come home victorious. Only one man is missing: the king of Ithaca, ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Caterina Murino, Niels Schneider, Karina Testa, Carlo Brandt
Votes: 308
16. Tutto può succedere (2015– )
Comedy
The daily life of an Italian family. Sisters, brothers, dad and mom fighting against discrimination, personal issues, economic and social precarities.
Stars: Ludovica Martino, Matilda De Angelis, Giorgio Colangeli, Camilla Filippi
Votes: 189
17. Grand Hotel (I) (2015– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
A Hotel maid misteriously disappears and her brother investigates the circumstances that let to her fate by disguising as a Hotel waiter.
Stars: Eugenio Franceschini, Flavio Furno, Mauro Marino, Francesca Agostini
Votes: 159
18. Il paradiso delle signore (2015– )
50 min | Drama, Romance
A poor girl from the South of Italy comes to Milan to escape an unfaithful fiancé and finds a job as a salesperson for a department store. She soon gets noticed by the boss.
Stars: Alessandro Tersigni, Emanuel Caserio, Roberto Farnesi, Vanessa Gravina
Votes: 646
19. The Promised Life (2018– )
Drama
The story unfolds during the 1920s, interweaving events, first in Italy and then in New York, of Carmela, a courageous mother always ready to fight for the life promised to herself and her family.
Stars: Luisa Ranieri, Rosanna Sapia, Francesca di Maggio, Francesco Arca
Votes: 158
20. Romanzo famigliare (2018– )
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Claudio Marmugi, Giancarlo Giannini, Vittoria Puccini, Anna Galiena
Votes: 124
21. The Binding (2020)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
Director: Domenico de Feudis | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Mía Maestro, Giulia Patrignani, Mariella Lo Sardo
Votes: 4,661
22. 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: 15,551
23. Martin Eden (2019)
TV-PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.
Director: Pietro Marcello | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi
Votes: 7,659
24. I Am Love (2009)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher
Votes: 23,983 | Gross: $5.01M
25. Youtopia (2018)
TV-MA | 95 min | Drama
Youtopia is the story of a young woman who decides to sell her virginity to pay debts of her mother and of the man who decides to buy it. It's a Bildungsroman in which the protagonist discovers new worlds and new feelings.
Director: Berardo Carboni | Stars: Donatella Finocchiaro, Alessandro Haber, Matilda De Angelis, Pamela Villoresi
Votes: 734
26. La vera storia di Mamma Lucia (2015)
45 min | Biography, Drama
Set during the Second World War, is the story of Lucia Apicella, woman who dedicated himself to find the remains of the fallen soldiers, and then put them back together in boxes of zinc and... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Esposito | Stars: Lucia Rossitto, Stefano Simondo, Fabio Rondinelli, Christian Roberto
Votes: 25
27. Notte prima degli esami (2006)
100 min | Comedy
A group of Italian friends is preparing for their final exams.
Director: Fausto Brizzi | Stars: Giorgio Faletti, Cristiana Capotondi, Nicolas Vaporidis, Sarah Maestri
Votes: 5,381
28. In Treatment (2013– )
30 min | Drama
The series follows the psychotherapy sessions of Dr. Giovanni Mari, who receives in his office from Monday to Thursday patients with different problems. The approach taken by Dr. Mari is ... See full summary »
Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Valeria Golino, Kasia Smutniak, Guido Caprino
Votes: 339
29. Tutti pazzi per amore (2008–2012)
50 min | Romance
Tutti Pazzi Per Amore is an Italian television series that aired on Rai 1 from December 7, 2008 to January 1, 2012, consisting of three seasons. The show is set in Rome and follows the love... See full summary »
Stars: Emilio Solfrizzi, Francesca Inaudi, Irene Ferri, Brenno Placido
Votes: 246
30. 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: 175,183 | Gross: $0.33M
31. Summertime (1955)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin
Votes: 9,990
32. The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper
Votes: 4,600
33. La Dolce Vita (1960)
Not Rated | 174 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 78,215 | Gross: $19.52M
34. Two for the Road (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels
Votes: 14,711 | Gross: $7.63M
35. Petra (2020– )
120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Solitary and tenacious inspector Petra Delicato solves crimes on the front line.
Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Andrea Pennacchi, Simone Liberati, Antonio Zavatteri
Votes: 767
36. I delitti del BarLume (2013– )
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Massimo, the new barman of the Lume, helps Commissioner Fusco solve the most varied cases in Pineta, in the Tuscany Riviera.
Stars: Filippo Timi, Guglielmo Favilla, Lucia Mascino, Enrica Guidi
Votes: 401
37. Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Valeria Ferro investigates crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice.
Stars: Miriam Leone, Matteo Martari, Thomas Trabacchi, Luca Terracciano
Votes: 1,074
38. Soap Opera (I) (2014)
86 min | Comedy
The lives of several people, most of them living in the same apartment building, are intertwined between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Director: Alessandro Genovesi | Stars: Fabio De Luigi, Diego Abatantuono, Cristiana Capotondi, Chiara Francini
Votes: 833
39. 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: 5,484
40. An Italian Name (2015)
94 min | Comedy
Paolo and his wife are waiting a baby and deciding his name, but it seems that Paolo's family and friends don't really like the chosen name.
Director: Francesca Archibugi | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valeria Golino, Luigi Lo Cascio
Votes: 1,489
41. Genitori vs Influencer (2021)
94 min | Comedy
While struggling with her daughter addiction to social network, a middle aged professor of philosophy has to face all differences among his and young generations.
Director: Michela Andreozzi | Stars: Fabio Volo, Ginevra Francesconi, Giulia De Lellis, Paola Tiziana Cruciani
Votes: 502
42. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. It's ... See full summary »
Director: Pif | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Pif, Alex Bisconti, Ginevra Antona
Votes: 8,880 | Gross: $0.04M
43. 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: 21,845
44. 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: 416
45. Zio Gianni (2014– )
8 min | Comedy
Stars: Paolo Calabresi, Luca Di Capua, Luigi Di Capua, Francesco Russo
Votes: 35
46. Questo nostro amore (2012– )
100 min | Comedy
Stars: Dario Aita, Anna Valle, Manuela Ventura, Nicola Rignanese
Votes: 62
47. I Cesaroni (2006–2014)
Comedy, Drama, Family
The series revolves around the adventures of an extended family, made up by Giulio, widower and father of three boys, and Lucia, divorced and mother of two girls.
Stars: Rita Savagnone, Antonello Fassari, Massimiliano Tortora, Niccolò Centioni
Votes: 683
48. 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: 452
49. Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs (2003)
93 min | Drama
1960s. Suffocated by everyday tasks, by 5 children and house duties, Anna accepts her condition and the obvious indifference from her husband with growing intolerance, but continues to work for the dream: a true happy family.
Director: Eleonora Giorgi | Stars: Ornella Muti, Paolo Giommarelli, Shasa Vitale, Chiara Mastalli
Votes: 27
50. Mai + come prima (2005)
106 min | Drama
Four boys and two girls who have just graduated from high school vacation together in the heart-stopping Dolomite mountains. On a dramatic climbing expedition up a mystic peak, they ... See full summary »
Director: Giacomo Campiotti | Stars: Natalia Piatti, Marco Velluti, Federico Battilocchio, Nicola 'Max' Cipolla
Votes: 196
51. Caterina in the Big City (2003)
Unrated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Alice Teghil, Sergio Castellitto, Margherita Buy, Antonio Carnevale
Votes: 3,160 | Gross: $0.29M
52. 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: 2,237
53. Small Body (2021)
89 min | Drama
Italy, 1900. Agata is a young woman who embarks on a desperate journey to reach a mysterious sanctuary to save her daughter's soul from the eternal damnation of Limbo.
Director: Laura Samani | Stars: Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri, Ivo Ban, Alessandro Barbacetto
Votes: 940
54. The Summer House (2018)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman has to deal with a recent breakup and the challenge of writing her next film while she's on vacation with her eccentric family in a villa on the French Riviera.
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Pierre Arditi, Valeria Golino, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 627
55. 7 Days (2016)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Ivan and Chiara meet on a beautiful Sicilian island to prepare for the wedding of Ivan's brother and Chiara's best friend. Despite the fact that Ivan is determined not to repeat the failure... See full summary »
Director: Rolando Colla | Stars: Bruno Todeschini, Alessia Barela, Marc Barbé, Linda Olsansky
Votes: 396
56. Fiore (2016)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Youth detention centre. Daphne, arrested for theft, falls in love with Josh, who is also a young robber. Men and women can not meet in jail and love is forbidden. Daphne and Josh's ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Giovannesi | Stars: Daphne Scoccia, Josciua Algeri, Valerio Mastandrea, Gessica Giulianielli
Votes: 1,172
57. 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: 10,277 | Gross: $0.11M
58. Il sequestro Soffiantini (2002 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Crime
The movie talk about the 237 days of Brescia entrepreneur Giuseppe Soffiantini seizure by the anonymous Sardinian, following the investigation of the police commissioner Corrias Giulia and Inspector of NOCS Samuel Donatoni.
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Michele Placido, Paolo Angioni, Rina Jolanda Baroni, Anna Bonaiuto
Votes: 60
59. Escort in Love (2011)
95 min | Comedy
Alice lives in a beautiful villa. She has a husband who makes a lot of money, a nine-year-old son, and three servants who happen to be immigrants. She is superficial, haughty, and racist. ... See full summary »
Director: Massimiliano Bruno | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Raoul Bova, Rocco Papaleo, Anna Foglietta
Votes: 3,394
60. 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
61. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray
Votes: 51,944 | Gross: $0.75M
62. 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: 282,954 | Gross: $11.99M
63. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,592
64. 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: 1,685
65. Stealing Beauty (1996)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 30,425 | Gross: $4.57M
66. 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: 112,022 | Gross: $3.45M
67. I misteri della giungla nera (1991– )
300 min | Adventure, Romance
In British-ruled India, an Army Officer lost his daughter when she was a child. Now after a long time, he is about to find her. But she falls in love with a native Indian who was also a freedom fighter.
Stars: Virna Lisi, Stacy Keach, John Rhys-Davies, Kabir Bedi
Votes: 195
68. Respiro (2002)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.
Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa, Veronica D'Agostino
Votes: 4,845 | Gross: $1.07M
69. 7 Women and a Murder (2021)
TV-MA | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7 women find themselves dealing with a mystery killing. Who's the killer and what are the motives of the murder?
Director: Alessandro Genovesi | Stars: Margherita Buy, Diana Del Bufalo, Sabrina Impacciatore, Benedetta Porcaroli
Votes: 6,289
70. None Like Us (2018)
98 min | Drama, Romance
In 1980s Turin, scholarly high-schooler Vince, the son of a worker and a homemaker, has always been in love with his classmate Cate.
Director: Volfango De Biasi | Stars: Alessandro Preziosi, Sarah Felberbaum, Vincenzo Crea, Leonardo Pazzagli
Votes: 239
71. 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: 4,261
72. Tutti a bordo (2022)
90 min | Family
A grandfather and a father miss the train with their children and grandchildren on board and will have to do everything to get on board.
Director: Luca Miniero | Stars: Heléna Antonio, Gaia Messerklinger, Stefano Fresi, Giovanni Storti
Votes: 188
73. Drive Me Crazy (2022)
73 min | Comedy
Four strangers meet through an app to share a car ride that turns into an adventure destined to change the lives of those involved.
Director: Younuts | Stars: Michela De Rossi, Alessandra Mastronardi, Pasquale Petrolo, Fabio Rovazzi
Votes: 648
74. Supereroi (2021)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a couple: Anna, a cartoonist with an impulsive and nonconformist personality, and Marco, a physics teacher convinced that everything is ruled by a kind of formula. Linked by no... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Genovese | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Jasmine Trinca, Vinicio Marchioni, Greta Scarano
Votes: 1,618
75. Non dirlo al mio capo (2016– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Recently-widowed homemaker Lisa must find a job. Eventually she finds one at the law firm of Enrico Vinci, a fascinating man with a temper. She doesn't tell him about her two kids, fearing it might cost her the job.
Stars: Vanessa Incontrada, Lino Guanciale, Chiara Francini, Ludovica Coscione
Votes: 185
76. 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: 49,585
77. The Easy Life (1962)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
An impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudio Gora
Votes: 12,417
78. Germany Year Zero (1948)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger
Votes: 13,715
79. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,388
80. Two Women (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, War
In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown
Votes: 12,433
81. Call My Agent - Italia (2023– )
50 min | Comedy
A look behind the scenes of Italian entertainment, from the point of view of those who manage the careers of great stars and personalities.
Stars: Michele Di Mauro, Maurizio Lastrico, Marzia Ubaldi, Sara Lazzaro
Votes: 375
82. Figli (2020)
97 min | Comedy
Sara and Nicola are expecting their second child. Through the late Mattia Torre's sharp focus, all the joys and troubles of parenthood in modern-day Italy are brilliantly, wittily delineated.
Director: Giuseppe Bonito | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Mehmet Günsür, Massimo De Lorenzo
Votes: 1,944
83. 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: 3,661
84. The Great Beauty (2015)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Drama
An ageing writer has spent decades seducing his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome, but after his 65th birthday, he starts to look past the nightclubs and parties to find a landscape of exquisite beauty.
Director: Gianluca Jodice | Stars: Toni Servillo, Paolo Sorrentino, Carlo Verdone
Votes: 6,480
85. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani
Votes: 20,616
86. Like Sheep Among Wolves (2023)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A policewoman infiltrated in a criminal gang looks for revenge and redemption, surviving in an unforgiving world of deranged men.
Director: Lyda Patitucci | Stars: Isabella Ragonese, Andrea Arcangeli, Clara Ponsot, Tommaso Ragno
Votes: 442
87. Un passo dal cielo (2011– )
50 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Pietro, a veteran climber who witnessed his wife's fatal fall while attempting to scale an imposing wall, must face his grief and guilt in order to conquer his fear of the mountain that took her life.
Stars: Enrico Ianniello, Gianmarco Pozzoli, Francesco Salvi, Daniele Liotti
Votes: 415
88. Màkari (2021– )
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Saverio Lamanna has lost his job. He leaves Rome to take refuge in Màkari, a Sicilian village where a new life begins for him, seasoned with a historical friendship, a new love, and many mysteries. Based on the novels of Gaetano Savatteri.
Stars: Claudio Gioè, Domenico Centamore, Ester Pantano, Antonella Attili
Votes: 168
89. Viola (2022– )
13+ | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Viola Vitale, Miss Italy and fashion journalist, returns to Sicily to look for her father. She starts working for a digital news company and joins police inspector Francesco Demir in solving crime with the help of synaesthesia.
Stars: Francesca Chillemi, Can Yaman, Giovanni Nasta, Chiara Tron
Votes: 1,715
90. Tutta colpa di Freud (2014)
120 min | Comedy
A psychoanalyst deals with three patients who are going through various difficulties in their love life. Unfortunately, these three patients are his beloved daughters.
Director: Paolo Genovese | Stars: Marco Giallini, Vittoria Puccini, Anna Foglietta, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 4,300
91. 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: 23,210 | Gross: $0.27M
92. Come tu mi vuoi (2007)
107 min | Comedy
Giada is an unfashionable student who puts in discussion everything she believes in for a rich and superficial boy, Riccardo. She changes herself for his love.
Director: Volfango De Biasi | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Nicolas Vaporidis, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Niccolò Senni
Votes: 1,230
93. Welcome to the South (2010)
102 min | Comedy
Overwhelmed by his wife, a postal worker from Northern Italy feigns disability to request a transfer to Milan. When he's unmasked, he is sent to a tiny village near Naples for two years. He... See full summary »
Director: Luca Miniero | Stars: Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro, Valentina Lodovini
Votes: 10,303
94. Welcome to the North (2012)
110 min | Comedy
Now back in Milan, Alberto is managing an efficiency-improvement program at the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and energy to this noble task but neglects his wife Silvia, which ... See full summary »
Director: Luca Miniero | Stars: Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro, Valentina Lodovini
Votes: 4,338
95. Viva l'Italia (2012)
100 min | Comedy
After a stroke in the brain politician, Michele Spagnolo loses all his virtues and the ability to lie, something which soon has dire consequences.
Director: Massimiliano Bruno | Stars: Raoul Bova, Ambra Angiolini, Michele Placido, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 2,005
96. Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984)
113 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the 80s, two friends misteriously wake up in the XV century and clumsly try to intermingle with the society of the time.
Directors: Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi | Stars: Massimo Troisi, Roberto Benigni, Iris Peynado, Amanda Sandrelli
Votes: 7,093
97. Soap Opera (2023– )
Comedy
Screenwriter Isabel is betrayed by her mentor Lauro but when she decides to confront him Isabel ends up magically inside her soap opera, Rebound of Fate as the protagonist.
Stars: Monica Iozzi, Miguel Falabella, Caio Menck, Maria Bopp
Votes: 108
98. They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015)
112 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Lonely, misanthropic small-time crook Enzo uses the superpowers he gained after falling into the Tiber River to chase down a crazy gangster called "The Gypsy."
Director: Gabriele Mainetti | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Ambrogi
Votes: 16,296
99. Domina (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
The life and rise of Livia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar.
Stars: Alex Lanipekun, Ewan Horrocks, Matthew McNulty, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 6,405
100. 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: 5,329
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