Film Index
Italian cinema: Drama
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament...
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Luc Besson
I Guappi (1974)
Pasquale Squitieri
In 1891, Nicola Bellizzi arrives in Naples with ambitions of becoming a lawyer but his plans change when his path crosses that of the feared racketeer Don Gaetano Frungillo...
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Pasquale Squitieri
I'm Not Scared (2003)
Gabriele Salvatores
In 1978, 10-year-old Michele Amitrano lives with his impoverished family in a small town in Southern Italy. The acres of wheat fields in the surrounding countryside provide a happy playground for Michele and his gang...
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Gabriele Salvatores
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
Federico Fellini
The debauched life of Giacomo Casanova is legendary, a succession of erotic adventures with women who are no more to him than instruments of pleasure...
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Federico Fellini
Il Conformista (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris...
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Bernardo Bertolucci
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...]
L'Innocente (1976)
Luchino Visconti
In Italy towards the end of the 19th century, the wealthy Tullio Hermil pursues a passionate love affair with his aristocratic mistress Teresa Raffo whilst keeping up the impression that he is happily married... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In Italy towards the end of the 19th century, the wealthy Tullio Hermil pursues a passionate love affair with his aristocratic mistress Teresa Raffo whilst keeping up the impression that he is happily married... [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...]
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...]
Lettere di una novizia (1960)
Alberto Lattuada
Margarita Passi is a young woman who hopes that by entering a convent she will be able to put her past behind her, but it is not to be... [More...]
Alberto Lattuada
Margarita Passi is a young woman who hopes that by entering a convent she will be able to put her past behind her, but it is not to be... [More...]
Ludwig (1972)
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state... [More...]
Maigret à Pigalle (1967)
Mario Landi
Shortly after a striptease artist named Arlette forewarns the police that an elderly countess is about to be murdered she is found dead in her apartment, strangled... [More...]
Mario Landi
Shortly after a striptease artist named Arlette forewarns the police that an elderly countess is about to be murdered she is found dead in her apartment, strangled... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Nikita (1990)
Luc Besson
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band of drug-crazed social dropouts. Violently aggressive and mentally unstable, the young woman is taken into police custody, but soon find herself a prisoner in a secret government department... [More...]
Luc Besson
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band of drug-crazed social dropouts. Violently aggressive and mentally unstable, the young woman is taken into police custody, but soon find herself a prisoner in a secret government department... [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...]
Le Notti bianche (1957)
Luchino Visconti
One evening, as he wanders the streets of a town he has recently been transferred to, Mario encounters a solitary young woman named Maria... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
One evening, as he wanders the streets of a town he has recently been transferred to, Mario encounters a solitary young woman named Maria... [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...]
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...]
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...]
Par-delà les nuages (1995)
Michelangelo Antonioni
An American film director visits exotic locations in Europe, recalling tales of love and desire. On his travels, he meets and is instantly attracted to young woman who admits to having murdered her father...... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
An American film director visits exotic locations in Europe, recalling tales of love and desire. On his travels, he meets and is instantly attracted to young woman who admits to having murdered her father...... [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...]
Quelques jours en septembre (2006)
Santiago Amigorena
In the first few days of September 2001, an American spy named Elliott goes into hiding and arranges a secret meeting with three people: the French agent Irène Montano, his adopted son David and his estranged daughter Orlando... [More...]
Santiago Amigorena
In the first few days of September 2001, an American spy named Elliott goes into hiding and arranges a secret meeting with three people: the French agent Irène Montano, his adopted son David and his estranged daughter Orlando... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [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...]
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...]
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...]
Romeo e Giulietta (1964)
Riccardo Freda
In 15th century Verona, the rival houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a deadly feud, which even the city's ruler is powerless to end... [More...]
Riccardo Freda
In 15th century Verona, the rival houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a deadly feud, which even the city's ruler is powerless to end... [More...]
Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
Roberto Rossellini
Early in the 13th Century, a group of monks led by Saint Francis roam the Italian countryside, preaching their simple message to those who will hear and lending acts of kindness whenever they encounter those in need... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
Early in the 13th Century, a group of monks led by Saint Francis roam the Italian countryside, preaching their simple message to those who will hear and lending acts of kindness whenever they encounter those in need... [More...]
Le Salaire de la peur (1953)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In a dusty, hot South American mining town, European immigrants eke out a meagre existence, struggling to find work in an area of high unemployment... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In a dusty, hot South American mining town, European immigrants eke out a meagre existence, struggling to find work in an area of high unemployment... [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...]
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 Signora senza camelie (1953)
Michelangelo Antonioni
Stardom comes too quickly for Clara Manni. Leaving her parents' drapers shop in Milan, she becomes a film star overnight, thanks to a small role in a film... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
Stardom comes too quickly for Clara Manni. Leaving her parents' drapers shop in Milan, she becomes a film star overnight, thanks to a small role in a film... [More...]