Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément

Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him...   [More...]

Catene (1949)
Raffaello Matarazzo

In Naples, Rosa leads a contented family life with her husband Guglielmo, the owner of a garage, and two young children. One day, her world is thrown into a turmoil when her former fiancée Emilio appears from nowhere and reminds her of their idyllic romance before the war...   [More...]

Desiderio (1946)
Marcello Pagliero

Paola Previtali is a young woman from the country who makes a living as a prostitute in Rome. One day, she is badly shaken when she arrives at a spot where a desperate woman has recently fallen to her death, a suicide...   [More...]

Due lettere anonime (1945)
Mario Camerini

Rome, 1943. Returning home on leave after serving on the Russian front, Bruno has made up his mind to marry his girlfriend Gina...   [More...]

Fabiola (1949)
Alessandro Blasetti

In the fourth century AD, the Roman Empire is crumbling and the growing cult of Christianity is to blame. A young Gaul, Rhual, is a Christian, but he must keep this a secret if he is to realise his dream of becoming a gladiator in Rome...   [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...]

Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Vittorio De Sica

In post-war Rome, jobs are scarce and families are starving. When he is offered a job putting up posters for the town council, Antonio Ricci willingly accepts, even though it requires him to provide his own bicycle...   [More...]

Ossessione (1943)
Luchino Visconti

Gino Costa, an itinerant labourer, arrives at a roadside café-cum-petrol station. The owner, Giuseppe Bragana, offers him temporary work, which he accepts - because he is attracted to his employer's wife, Giovanna...   [More...]

Paisà (1946)
Roberto Rossellini

Six tales of ill-fated human contact set during the liberation of Italy by the Allied forces in World War II, between 1943 and 1944...   [More...]

Roma, città aperta (1945)
Roberto Rossellini

Rome, during the Nazi occupation of 1943-44. The Germans have declared Rome an open city but are intent on tracking down resistance leaders...   [More...]

Sciuscià (1946)
Vittorio De Sica

In Rome shortly after the end of World War II, two boys, Pasquale and Giuseppe, earn money by polishing the shoes of American soldiers...   [More...]

La Terra trema (1948)
Luchino Visconti

For generations, the Valastros have worked as fishermen in the small Sicilian fishing village of Aci Trezza. It is a hard and dangerous life, and the wholesalers they work for give them just enough money to avoid starvation...   [More...]

Un garibaldino al convento (1942)
Vittorio De Sica

Returning to her childhood home, an old woman recalls happier times when she was a young boarder at a convent in Italy in the 1840s...   [More...]