Movie List for "italy"

Sunflower (1970)

An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia – like fifty thousand others during WWII. Year 1970.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writer: Tonino Guerra (story and screenplay), Cesare Zavattini (story and screenplay), Giorgi Mdivani (in collaboration with)
Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva

Road to Salina (1970)

Jonas (Walker Jr) is on the road to Salina. He stops at a gas station/restaurant and its owner, Mara (Hayworth), is struck by his resemblance to her dead son, Rocky (Porel). He decides to … Year 1970.

Generes: Drama
Director: Georges Lautner
Writer: Georges Lautner (screenplay), Maurice Cury (novel), Pascal Jardin (adaptation), Jack Miller (adaptation)
Actors: Mimsy Farmer, Robert Walker Jr., Ed Begley, Bruce Pecheur

Madhouse (1981)

A woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday. Year 1981.

Generes: Horror
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Writer: Ovidio G. Assonitis, Stephen Blakely, Roberto Gandus, Peter Shepherd
Actors: Patricia Mickey, Michael MacRae, Dennis Robertson, Morgan Most

Eaten Alive! (1980)

A young woman teams up with an adventurer to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea and they stumble upon a religious cult led by a deranged preacher whom has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals. Year 1980.

Generes: Adventure, Horror
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writer: Umberto Lenzi (story and screenplay)
Actors: Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Ivan Rassimov, Paola Senatore

Fun Is Beautiful (1980)

Three stories, three characters all played by Verdone. The first is an awkward young man, who meet a Spanish tourist in Rome. The second has planned a trip towards East with a suitcase full… Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Carlo Verdone
Writer: Leonardo Benvenuti (story), Piero De Bernardi (story), Carlo Verdone (story), Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay), Carlo Verdone (screenplay)
Actors: Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa

Io e Caterina (1980)

Enrico Melotti, a businessman middle-aged, is dominated by a fierce as naive form of machismo sees women only for what they can give… Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Alberto Sordi
Writer: Rodolfo Sonego (story), Alberto Sordi (screenplay)
Actors: Alberto Sordi, Edwige Fenech, Catherine Spaak, Valeria Valeri

Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)

A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Horror
Director: Sergio Martino
Writer: Cesare Frugoni (screenplay), Cesare Frugoni (story), Sergio Martino (screenplay), Sergio Martino (story)
Actors: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Actors: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

Knock-Out Cop (1978)

Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows … Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Steno
Writer: Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay), Giovanni Simonelli (screenplay), Franco Verucci (screenplay), Rainer Brandt (screenplay), Franco Verucci (story)
Actors: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath, Joe Stewardson

The Purple Taxi (1977)

With its mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way. Year 1977.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yves Boisset
Writer: Anne Dutter (adaptation), Georges Dutter (French adaptation), Michel Déon (novel), Michel Déon (screenplay)
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Peter Ustinov, Fred Astaire

Tentacles (1977)

A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community. Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Writer: Jerome Max, Tito Carpi, Steven W. Carabatsos
Actors: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda

Mr. Mean (1977)

Movie Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Fred Williamson
Writer: Fred Williamson
Actors: Fred Williamson, Lou Castel, Raimund Harmstorf, Crippy Yocard

Submission (1976)

1940 France just before the great invasion. Eliane is a pharmacist who is married to her dull husband and has a teenage daughter. Eliane is an attractive woman who has let her passion fall … Year 1976.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Salvatore Samperi
Writer: Ottavio Jemma (screenplay), Salvatore Samperi (screenplay & story)
Actors: Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Raymond Pellegrin, Andréa Ferréol

Todo modo (1976)

Party leader and power broker Aldo Moro, holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansings. Year 1976.

Generes: Drama
Director: Elio Petri
Writer: Leonardo Sciascia (novel), Elio Petri (screenplay), Berto Pelosso (collaborator)
Actors: Gian Maria Volontè, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato, Ciccio Ingrassia

Le Sauvage (1975)

Caracas, Venezuela. Just after her engagement with Vittorio, Nelly runs away from him. As he pursued her, she looks for help to Martin, a French middle-aged man she met by accident. He … Year 1975.

Generes: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Writer: Jean-Paul Rappeneau (scenario), Élisabeth Rappeneau (scenario), Jean-Loup Dabadie (scenario), Jean-Loup Dabadie (dialogue)
Actors: Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Luigi Vannucchi, Tony Roberts

Scar Tissue (1975)

A naive young girl is forcefully kidnapped while babysitting the son of a wealthy food mogul. Her and the boy are held hostage by an ex-stuntman and a vengeful movie star. Year 1975.

Generes: Crime, Thriller
Director: René Clément
Writer: Nicola Badalucco (screenplay), Nicola Badalucco (story), René Clément (screenplay), Mark Peploe (screenplay), Luciano Vincenzoni (screenplay), Luciano Vincenzoni (story)
Actors: Maria Schneider, Sydne Rome, Vic Morrow, Robert Vaughn