Movie List for "italian"

Gang War in Milan (1973)

A Milan produce vendor, whom moonlights as a pimp, faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite the organized crime ring of Italy. Year 1973.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writer: Franco Enna (screenplay), Ombretta Lanza (story), Umberto Lenzi (screenplay)
Actors: Antonio Sabato, Philippe Leroy, Antonio Casagrande, Carla Romanelli

Sacco and Vanzetti (2006)

The story of two Italian immigrant radicals who were executed in 1927 offers insights into present-day issues of civil liberties and the rights of immigrants. Year 2006.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Peter Miller
Writer: N/A
Actors: Henry Fonda, Arlo Guthrie, David Kaiser, Giuliano Montaldo

Viva Zapatero! (2005)

A documentary about the state of censorship and political satire in Italy. Year 2005.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Sabina Guzzanti
Writer: Sabina Guzzanti
Actors: Francesco Alberoni, Lucia Annunziata, Silvio Berlusconi, Enzo Biagi

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)

This is the first of a series of two documentaries concerning the way the cinema industry is not respecting the author works as they were conceived, in the many ways this can be done. This … Year 2005.

Generes: Documentary, Biography
Director: Carlos Benpar
Writer: Ferran Alberich, Carlos Benpar
Actors: Marta Belmonte, Woody Allen, Marco Bellocchio, Jack Cardiff

Green Street Hooligans (2005)

A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism. Year 2005.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Sport
Director: Lexi Alexander
Writer: Lexi Alexander (story), Dougie Brimson (story), Dougie Brimson (screenplay), Josh Shelov (screenplay), Lexi Alexander (screenplay)
Actors: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren

Forever Blues (2005)

On his way to a concert, Marco, a young jazz trumpet player, pays a visit to an old friend of his and tells his story in a flashback. When he was the young kid of a alcoholic and brutal … Year 2005.

Generes: Drama
Director: Franco Nero
Writer: Enrico Bernard (play), Enrico Bernard (screenplay), Enrico Bernard (story), Lorenzo De Luca, Franco Nero
Actors: Daniele Piamonti, Valentina Mezzacappa, Robert Madison, Minnie Minoprio

School for Seduction (2004)

An Italian temptress arrives at a school in Newcastle to teach a group of Geordies about the art of romance. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director: Sue Heel
Writer: Sue Heel, Martin Herron
Actors: Sabina Loddo, Kelly Brook, Jake Canuso, Antonio Pellegrino

Perfect Poison (2004)

Synopsis –The year is 1963. Lorenzo Rappacini, an Italian scientist who once worked for the fascist, Benito Mussolini, has immigrated to the United States at the behest of the U.S. … Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Frank Sciurba
Writer: Frank Sciurba
Actors: Carrie Collins, Fred Iacovo, Brandy Burre, Bruce Allen Dawson

Visions of Europe (2004)

An anthology film is a collection of short film projects by different directors for a common aim. Usually they are unified by a common theme – in this case, the European Union. Year 2004.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Aki Kaurismäki, Fatih Akin, Barbara Albert, Sharunas Bartas, Andy Bausch, Christoffer Boe, Francesca Comencini, Stijn Coninx, Tony Gatlif, Sasa Gedeon, Christos Georgiou, Constantine Giannaris, Peter Greenaway, Miguel Hermoso, Arvo Iho, Damjan Kozole, Laila Pakalnina, Kenneth Scicluna, Martin Sulík, Malgorzata Szumowska, Béla Tarr, Jan Troell, Theo van Gogh, Teresa Villaverde, Aisling Walsh, Ágnes Hranitzky(co-director)
Writer: Fatih Akin (screenwriter), Barbara Albert, Sharunas Bartas, Andy Bausch (script), Christoffer Boe (script), Stijn Coninx, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Tony Gatlif (script), Sasa Gedeon (script), Christos Georgiou (script), Koumouros Georgiou (script), Constantine Giannaris (script), Peter Greenaway, Heinrich Heine (words), Miguel Hermoso (original idea), Arvo Iho (script), Aki Kaurismäki, Aki Kaurismäki, Damjan Kozole (script), Marek Lescák (script), Jean Pierre Magro (screenplay), Mikael Olsen (conceived by), Laila Pakalnina (script), Priit Pärn (script), Kenneth Scicluna (screenplay), Martin Sulík (script), Malgorzata Szumowska (screenplay), Hans Teeuwen (screenplay), Jan Troell (script), Meinolf Zurhorst (conceived by)
Actors: Johanna Troell, Safia Aggoune, Abel Alves, Benzirar Baroudi

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Writer: Gaston Leroux (novel), Andrew Lloyd Webber (book), Andrew Lloyd Webber (screenplay), Joel Schumacher (screenplay)
Actors: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson

5×2 (2004)

Five stages in the romance between a woman and a man. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: François Ozon
Writer: François Ozon (scenario), Emmanuèle Bernheim (scenario collaborator)
Actors: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale

Walk on Water (2004)

Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal. Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Eytan Fox
Writer: Gal Uchovsky (screenplay)
Actors: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer

A Good Woman (2004)

While retaining her secret identity, the illustrious Mrs. Erlynne (Hunt) saves Lady Windemere (Johansson) from making a grand social faux-pas with the scoundrelly Lord Darlington (Moore). Year 2004.

Generes: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director: Mike Barker
Writer: Oscar Wilde (play), Howard Himelstein (screenplay)
Actors: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Milena Vukotic, Stephen Campbell Moore

The Best of Youth (2003)

An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s. Year 2003.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Writer: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli
Actors: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles. Year 2003.

Generes: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Actors: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Singing Behind Screens (2003)

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate. Year 2003.

Generes: Drama, History, Music
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Writer: Ermanno Olmi (screenplay)
Actors: Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni, Camillo Grassi