Movie List for "italian"

Shoah (1985) Documentary History War Movie

Claude Lanzmann’s epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses – perpetrators as well as survivors. Year 1985.

Generes: Documentary, History, War
Director: Claude Lanzmann
Writer: Claude Lanzmann
Actors: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaïdl

Riso amaro (1949) Crime Drama Movie

Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery. Year 1949.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Writer: Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani, Gianni Puccini
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano

C’eravamo tanto amati (1974) Comedy Drama Movie

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond. Year 1974.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Ettore Scola
Writer: Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola
Actors: Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli

Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) Crime Drama Sport Movie

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. Year 1960.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Sport
Director: Luchino Visconti
Writer: Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Vasco Pratolini
Actors: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot

Il sole negli occhi (1953) Drama Movie

A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change her employers quite frequently. As she is moving from one family to another she makes Year 1953.

Generes: Drama
Director: Antonio Pietrangeli
Writer: Antonio Pietrangeli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Lucio Battistrada
Actors: Gabriele Ferzetti, Irene Galter, Pina Bottin

Il bell’Antonio (1960) Comedy Drama Movie

Women love handsome Antonio because they think of him as the perfect lover. But he actually has trouble fulfilling this ideal, and Barbara only notices his failures after they are married. When the townfolk learn about his trouble th Year 1960.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Mauro Bolognini
Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gino Visentini, Vitaliano Brancati
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur

Mediterraneo (1991) Comedy Drama War Movie

In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war. Year 1991.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, War
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Writer: Enzo Monteleone
Actors: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna

Sedotta e abbandonata (1964) Comedy Drama Movie

A desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter’s fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family’s honor. Year 1964.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Pietro Germi
Writer: Pietro Germi, Luciano Vincenzoni, Agenore Incrocci
Actors: Saro Urzì, Stefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi

Morte a Venezia (1971) Drama Romance Movie

While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Luchino Visconti
Writer: Thomas Mann, Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns

Baarìa (2009) Comedy Drama Movie

Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born. Year 2009.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Writer: Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri

Messer im Kopf (1978) Drama Movie

During a police raid on a youth center, the biogeneticist Hoffmann is shot in the head. When he awakes from a coma, he can’t remember anyting. The police accuse him of being a terrorist. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama
Director: Reinhard Hauff
Writer: Peter Schneider, Reinhard Hauff
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech

Amarcord (1973) Comedy Drama Movie

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town. Year 1973.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Writer: Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
Actors: Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio

Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975) Comedy Drama War Movie

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso. Year 1975.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, War
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Writer: Lina Wertmüller
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler