Movie List for "italian"

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

Remember Me, My Love (2003)

In the dysfunctional Italian middle-class family Ristuccia, the middle-aged executive Carlo has a stalled life without passion, bored in his work and having a monotonous life with his wife … Year 2003.

Generes: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Writer: Gabriele Muccino (story), Gabriele Muccino (screenplay), Heidrun Schleef (screenplay)
Actors: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Nicoletta Romanoff, Monica Bellucci

My Name Is Tanino (2002)

During a sunny Sicilian summer Tanino has a sweet and tender story with Sally, a young American tourist. But when summer is over, Sally flies back to the States forgetting Tanino and her … Year 2002.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Paolo Virzì
Writer: Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì
Actors: Corrado Fortuna, Rachel McAdams, Frank Crudele, Mary Long

Love Forbidden (2002)

Bruce leaves his girlfriend behind in Paris for an arts fellowship that will allow him to live and work in Rome. Staying at a villa that once belonged to the Medici and being allowed to … Year 2002.

Generes: Drama
Director: Rodolphe Marconi
Writer: Rodolphe Marconi
Actors: Rodolphe Marconi, Andrea Necci, Echo Danon, Orietta Gianjorio

Freedom Downtime (2001)

A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world. Year 2001.

Generes: Documentary, Adventure
Director: Emmanuel Goldstein
Writer: N/A
Actors: Mark Abene, Ed Cummings, Robert Darlington, Emmanuel Goldstein

The Third Lion (2001)

A new case for the Inspector Cellini. The solution of the crime is once again hidden in the twilight zone between reality and fantasy. Year 2001.

Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Manlio Roseano
Writer: Manlio Roseano
Actors: Alessandro Brunello, Franco Castellano, Franco Ferrante, Emanuela Galliussi

The Town Is Quiet (2000)

A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a … Year 2000.

Generes: Drama
Director: Robert Guédiguian
Writer: Jean-Louis Milesi (scenario and dialogue), Robert Guédiguian (scenario and dialogue)
Actors: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado. Year 1999.

Generes: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Actors: Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith, Roger Heathcott

The Attack of the Giant Mousaka (1999)

Around the year 2000, a terrible occurence shocks the city of Athens: a huge piece of moussaka appears on the city streets, spreading panic and death. Everyone keeps wondering: why, where, … Year 1999.

Generes: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director: Panos H. Koutras
Writer: Panos Evagellidis, Yorgos Korontsis (additional dialogue), Panos H. Koutras
Actors: Giannis Angelakis, Christos Mantakas, Myriam Vourou, Gregory Patrick Karr

B. Monkey (1998)

A young woman attempts to end her criminal career. But she needs love to make it. Year 1998.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Michael Radford
Writer: Andrew Davies (novel), Chloe King, Michael Radford, Michael Thomas
Actors: Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Once We Were Strangers (1997)

Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. … Year 1997.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Writer: Emanuele Crialese
Actors: Vincenzo Amato, Jessica Whitney Gould, Anjalee Deshpande, Ajay Naidu

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

When an open-minded Jewish librarian 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. Year 1997.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Director: Roberto Benigni
Writer: Vincenzo Cerami (story and screenplay by), Roberto Benigni (story and screenplay by)
Actors: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano

Braveheart (1995)

When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England. Year 1995.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Randall Wallace
Actors: James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson, James Cosmo