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Italian cinema: 1960s
A ciascuno il suo (1967)
Elio Petri
In a small Sicilian town a pharmacist named Manno begins receiving anonymous letters threatening him with death. Because Manno has something of a reputation as a Don Juan no one takes the death threats seriously, until he is shot dead, along with his friend Roscio, during a hunting trip...
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Elio Petri
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Sergio Leone
A stranger rides into a small Mexican border town on a mule and is surprised to find the town almost deserted. An innkeeper, Silvanito, tells him that two rival families are fighting to take control of the town - the Rojos and the Baxters...
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Sergio Leone
Accattone (1961)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
In the slums outside Rome, a young man nicknamed Accattone passes the time with his friends, all of whom have no prospect or desire to find an honest job...
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
L'Avventura (1960)
Michelangelo Antonioni
A party of wealthy holiday makers from Rome are enjoying a yachting excursion off the coast of Sicily. Soon after they arrive on a deserted volcanic island, one of the group - a young woman named Anna - mysteriously disappears...
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Michelangelo Antonioni
La Bataille d'Alger (1966)
Gillo Pontecorvo
In 1957, Algeria is a divided country, with an ever-growing fraction of the population wanting to gain independence from France... [More...]
Gillo Pontecorvo
In 1957, Algeria is a divided country, with an ever-growing fraction of the population wanting to gain independence from France... [More...]
Les Bonnes femmes (1960)
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
La Caduta degli dei (1969)
Luchino Visconti
Germany, 1933. As the Nazis' grip on their country increases, a family of wealthy industrialists strive to turn the situation to their advantage... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Germany, 1933. As the Nazis' grip on their country increases, a family of wealthy industrialists strive to turn the situation to their advantage... [More...]
La Ciociara (1960)
Vittorio De Sica
In the summer of 1943, Rome is under constant bombardment. A young widow named Cesira flees the capital with her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, and returns to her home village in the mountainous Ciociaria region of Italy... [More...]
Vittorio De Sica
In the summer of 1943, Rome is under constant bombardment. A young widow named Cesira flees the capital with her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, and returns to her home village in the mountainous Ciociaria region of Italy... [More...]
Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
La Decima vittima (1965)
Elio Petri
In the not too distant future, human aggression is channelled away from war and into a government-licensed murder game known as The Big Hunt... [More...]
Elio Petri
In the not too distant future, human aggression is channelled away from war and into a government-licensed murder game known as The Big Hunt... [More...]
Divorzio all'italiana (1961)
Pietro Germi
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu is a Sicilian nobleman who has fallen on hard times and reached a crisis point in his life. The descendant of one of the island's most important families, he leads an idle existence as his relatives carelessly fritter away the last remains of his fortune... [More...]
Pietro Germi
Baron Ferdinando Cefalu is a Sicilian nobleman who has fallen on hard times and reached a crisis point in his life. The descendant of one of the island's most important families, he leads an idle existence as his relatives carelessly fritter away the last remains of his fortune... [More...]
La Dolce vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
L'Eclisse (1962)
Michelangelo Antonioni
In Rome, Vittoria has grown tired of her tepid love affair with Ricardo, a strait-laced ambassadorial aide, and suddenly decides to end the affair after three years of living together... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
In Rome, Vittoria has grown tired of her tepid love affair with Ricardo, a strait-laced ambassadorial aide, and suddenly decides to end the affair after three years of living together... [More...]
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
Mario Bava
Whilst on holiday in Rome, a young American, Nora Davis, visits her bedridden elderly aunt. When her aunt suddenly dies that night, Nora rushes out into the street to fetch her doctor, Marcello Bassi, but is attacked by a mugger... [More...]
Mario Bava
Whilst on holiday in Rome, a young American, Nora Davis, visits her bedridden elderly aunt. When her aunt suddenly dies that night, Nora rushes out into the street to fetch her doctor, Marcello Bassi, but is attacked by a mugger... [More...]
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
Mario Bava
Dr Eswai arrives in a remote Transylvanian village to perform an autopsy on a young woman who has recently died, apparently by impaling herself on railing spikes... [More...]
Mario Bava
Dr Eswai arrives in a remote Transylvanian village to perform an autopsy on a young woman who has recently died, apparently by impaling herself on railing spikes... [More...]
Mamma Roma (1962)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Now that she is in her forties and fast losing her good looks, Mamma Roma has made up her mind to give up her life as a prostitute and try to make a respectable living, for the sake of her 16-year-old son Ettore... [More...]
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Now that she is in her forties and fast losing her good looks, Mamma Roma has made up her mind to give up her life as a prostitute and try to make a respectable living, for the sake of her 16-year-old son Ettore... [More...]
La Marcia su Roma (1963)
Dino Risi
In 1922, Domenico Rochetti, an unemployed First World War veteran living in Milan, enlists in the newly formed Fascist party, at the advice of his former captain... [More...]
Dino Risi
In 1922, Domenico Rochetti, an unemployed First World War veteran living in Milan, enlists in the newly formed Fascist party, at the advice of his former captain... [More...]
The Mask of Satan (1960)
Mario Bava
Moldavia, in the early 1600s. Princess Asa Vajda is sentenced to death, along with her lover Javuto, for consorting with the Devil... [More...]
Mario Bava
Moldavia, in the early 1600s. Princess Asa Vajda is sentenced to death, along with her lover Javuto, for consorting with the Devil... [More...]
Le Mépris (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
La Notte (1961)
Michelangelo Antonioni
On the way to a reception to celebrate the publication of his latest novel, Giovanni Pontano takes his wife Lidia to visit his friend Tommaso, who is dying from cancer in a private hospital... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
On the way to a reception to celebrate the publication of his latest novel, Giovanni Pontano takes his wife Lidia to visit his friend Tommaso, who is dying from cancer in a private hospital... [More...]
Plein soleil (1960)
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business... [More...]
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business... [More...]
Quelle joie de vivre (1960)
René Clément
Rome, 1921. After completing his military service, an idealistic young man named Ulisse decides to enlist in the Fascist Party, believing this offers the best future for his country after WWI... [More...]
René Clément
Rome, 1921. After completing his military service, an idealistic young man named Ulisse decides to enlist in the Fascist Party, believing this offers the best future for his country after WWI... [More...]
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)
Luchino Visconti
After the death of her husband, Rosaria Parondi makes up her mind to leave her home in the poverty-stricken south of Italy and move to Milan in the north with her four sons... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
After the death of her husband, Rosaria Parondi makes up her mind to leave her home in the poverty-stricken south of Italy and move to Milan in the north with her four sons... [More...]
Teorema (1968)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
A comfortable middle class family is visited by an enigmatic dark-haired young man. One by one, the members of their family - the husband, the wife, their daughter, their son, and their maid - succumb to the seductive charms of the stranger as he unleashes their innermost desires... [More...]
Pier Paolo Pasolini
A comfortable middle class family is visited by an enigmatic dark-haired young man. One by one, the members of their family - the husband, the wife, their daughter, their son, and their maid - succumb to the seductive charms of the stranger as he unleashes their innermost desires... [More...]
Un bellissimo novembre (1969)
Mauro Bolognini
After the death of his father, 17-year-old Nino is finding adolescence a traumatic and lonely ordeal. One autumn, during a holiday on the slopes of Mount Etna, he finds he is strongly attracted towards his young aunt, Cettina... [More...]
Mauro Bolognini
After the death of his father, 17-year-old Nino is finding adolescence a traumatic and lonely ordeal. One autumn, during a holiday on the slopes of Mount Etna, he finds he is strongly attracted towards his young aunt, Cettina... [More...]
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Around two thousand years ago, an impoverished itinerant preacher from Nazareth roams Palestine, claiming that he is the Son of God and is on a mission to redeem Mankind... [More...]
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Around two thousand years ago, an impoverished itinerant preacher from Nazareth roams Palestine, claiming that he is the Son of God and is on a mission to redeem Mankind... [More...]
La Voie lactée (1969)
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
The Whip and the Body (1963)
Mario Bava
It has been many years since Kurt Menliff has been disowned by his father, Count Vladimir, after driving a servant girl to suicide... [More...]
Mario Bava
It has been many years since Kurt Menliff has been disowned by his father, Count Vladimir, after driving a servant girl to suicide... [More...]