Beat the Devil (1953)
John Huston

Billy Dannreuther and his wife Maria are on their way to make their fortune in Africa, but are held up in an Italian port whilst their steamboat undergoes some repair work...   [More...]

Darò un milione (1937)
Mario Camerini

Monsieur Gold may be one of the wealthiest men in France, but he is bored with life and decides to drown himself by jumping from his luxury yacht...   [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...]

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...]

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...]

I nostri sogni (1943)
Vittorio Cottafavi

Leo is small-time swindler who ekes out a meagre existence with his small-time scams, which include peddling razor blades that last forever...   [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...]

Miracolo a Milano (1951)
Vittorio De Sica

One day, an old woman finds a baby boy in her cabbage patch and decides to adopt him, christening him Toto. When the old woman later dies, Toto enters an orphanage, where he stays until he is 18...   [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...]