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1. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,828
2. Malena (2000)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
Votes: 111,991 | Gross: $3.45M
3. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,159 | Gross: $57.60M
4. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
Directors: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson | Stars: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman
Votes: 113,064
5. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,281
6. The Conformist (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 33,692 | Gross: $0.54M
7. Amarcord (1973)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia
Votes: 46,818 | Gross: $0.58M
8. A Special Day (1977)
Approved | 106 min | Drama
Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd
Votes: 15,830
9. Seven Beauties (1975)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore
Votes: 6,486 | Gross: $0.01M
10. A Bell for Adano (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
During WWII, U.S. Army Major Joppolo and his troops are tasked with administering the war damaged Italian town of Adano where the locals decry the loss of the town bell.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan
Votes: 863
11. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
R | 94 min | Drama, History, War
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi
Votes: 7,670 | Gross: $0.60M
12. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During WWII in Italy, a wine-producing village hides a million bottles from the Germans
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 4,163 | Gross: $2.50M
13. Hotel Fear (1978)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her daughter run a hotel during the late stages of WWII. The mother suddenly dies, and the daughter finds herself alone with her sleazy guests.
Director: Francesco Barilli | Stars: Luc Merenda, Leonora Fani, Francisco Rabal, Jole Fierro
Votes: 922
14. Baaria (2009)
Not Rated | 163 min | Comedy, Drama
Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina
Votes: 7,987 | Gross: $0.00M
15. Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Unrated | 410 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
Stars: George C. Scott, Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Lee Grant
Votes: 647
16. A Month by the Lake (1995)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At a Lake Como resort, Miss Bentley, an attractive older guest, meets a handsome, well-to-do bachelor. But when he's more interested in a beautiful young flirt, the mischievous Miss Bentley goes to outrageous lengths to reel in her catch.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli
Votes: 2,618 | Gross: $2.20M
17. Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 200 min | Drama
The story of Maria Montessori the most famous pedagogue of the world. She spent all her life to make her "metodo" (method) accepted in the archaic Italian school system, while the rest of ... See full summary »
Director: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Massimo Poggio, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Alberto Cracco
Votes: 353
18. The Fallen (2004)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of ordinary men during WWII as seen from three different points of View.
Director: Ari Taub | Stars: Christopher R Swanson, Daniel Asher, Brian Bancale, C.J. Barkus
Votes: 936
19. Una storia ambigua (1986)
86 min | Romance
Countess Anna Guerrieri, a rich and provocative noblewoman, marries Romano, an important fascist who is very loyal to the party.
Director: Mario Bianchi | Stars: Minnie Minoprio, Gabriele Gori, Beba Balteano, Piero Gerlini
Votes: 43
20. The Last 4 Days (1974)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 873
21. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
150 min | Drama
A doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari
Votes: 2,736 | Gross: $0.07M
22. Mussolini and I (1985)
120 min | Biography, Drama, War
A compelling drama and documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce (Bob Hoskins), from his days as a terrorist, to his alliance with Hitler, to the betrayal of his son-in-law, and untimely demise.
Stars: Susan Sarandon, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Annie Girardot
Votes: 453
23. Albergo Roma (1996)
84 min | Comedy
In a small village in Tuscany, in 1939, all the people are looking forward for Mussolini's official visit. The Duce will inaugurate the village's primary school. Unexspectedly the corpse of... See full summary »
Director: Ugo Chiti | Stars: Alessandro Benvenuti, Claudio Bisio, Debora Caprioglio, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 85
24. Il prefetto di ferro (1977)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1925, Cesare Mori - known as the "Iron Prefect" for his iron-fisted methods - wages a one-man war against the Mafia in Fascist Sicily.
Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale, Stefano Satta Flores, Massimo Mollica
Votes: 650
25. The Inheritor (1973)
PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A heir of media empire investigates who the enemy of his family is.
Director: Philippe Labro | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort, Charles Denner
Votes: 1,372
26. Open Doors (1990)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri, Tuccio Musumeci
Votes: 1,001 | Gross: $0.12M
27. Il peccato e la vergogna (2010– )
Drama
In the Rome of the '30s lives Nito Valdi, a difficult boy just out of the reformatory, who works for a boss in the area with his friend Tony.
Stars: Stefano Santospago, Manuela Arcuri, Gabriel Garko, Tamara Di Giulio
Votes: 198
28. The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
110 min | Drama
A Jewish family and a homosexual doctor suffer persecution in Fascist Italy. Based on a novel by Giorgio Bassani.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett, Valeria Golino, Stefania Sandrelli
Votes: 672
29. Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954)
107 min | Drama
In 1925 the young florentine typographer Mario moves to via del Corno to be near his girl-friend Bianca. Here he becomes friends with Maciste, his landlord, and Ugo, anti-fascists both of ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Anna Maria Ferrero, Cosetta Greco, Antonella Lualdi, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 454
30. L'alcova (1985)
86 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Lilli Carati, Annie Belle, Laura Gemser, Al Cliver
Votes: 637
31. Concorrenza sleale (2001)
110 min | Drama, War
Two textile traders, with the shop close to one another, fight for the supremacy of their own business during the racial laws in Italy.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Castellitto, Gérard Depardieu, Antonella Attili
Votes: 1,574
32. The Art of Getting Along (1954)
85 min | Comedy
Rosario Scimoni is twenty years old and lives in Catania at the beginning of this century. He loves two things in life: women and money and he is the secretary of the mayor who is his uncle... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Marco Guglielmi, Franco Coop, Luisa Della Noce
Votes: 398
33. Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973)
98 min | Comedy
Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, Duilio Del Prete, Giuseppe Maffioli
Votes: 657
34. The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)
120 min | Drama
How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Franco Nero, Mario Adorf, Riccardo Cucciolla, Damiano Damiani
Votes: 348
35. Gli anni ruggenti (1962)
106 min | Comedy
The incognito visit of a fascist hierarch in a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Gino Cervi, Michèle Mercier, Gastone Moschin
Votes: 478
36. Il partigiano Johnny (2000)
135 min | Drama, War
After 8 September 1943, Northern Italy is occupied by the Germans. The Italian army collapses and the soldiers escape to the mountains to set up a resistance. Many civilians do the same, ... See full summary »
Director: Guido Chiesa | Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Gabriele Montanari, Toni Bertorelli, Lina Bernardi
Votes: 327
37. Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare (1961)
101 min | Comedy
A petty thief pretends he is Mussolini's personal physician, wins the confidence of a family, and succeeds in stealing their gold cutlery.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Virna Lisi, Totò, Lauretta Masiero
Votes: 315
38. La marcia su Roma (1962)
94 min | Comedy
After the 1st world war, two veterans, starving, but fools, are enlisted with the fascists, where they can eat. But when it comes to killing, they drop out.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin, Mario Brega
Votes: 736
39. The Fascist (1961)
102 min | Comedy
The quest of a Fascist soldier, whose mission is to catch a political enemy during at the end of World War II.
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Georges Wilson, Mireille Granelli, Stefania Sandrelli
Votes: 832
40. Escape by Night (1960)
TV-PG | 82 min | Drama, War
During the Second World War three allied prisoners: a Soviet, an American, and an Englishman, attempt to escape Rome with the help of a young couple who are residents of the city.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Leo Genn, Giovanna Ralli, Sergey Bondarchuk, Hannes Messemer
Votes: 771
41. Fontamara (1980)
139 min | Drama
Fontamara is a village in the Marsica, forgotten by all but God and its inhabitants are called 'cafoni' (boors). Berardo Viola wants to marry Elvira but only after gaining enough money to ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Michele Placido, Ida Di Benedetto, Antonella Murgia, Imma Piro
Votes: 72
42. Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In WWII, a commando was sent in a secret mission in Sicily. They had a reluctant Italian prisoner of war to help them.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Jason Robards, Peter Falk, Martin Landau
Votes: 95
43. Anni difficili (1948)
90 min | Drama, War
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro, Ave Ninchi, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 229
44. Fascisti su Marte (2006)
100 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A handful of Blackshirts commanded by Hierarch Barbagli arrives on Mars.The planet is hostile and scarce water and food. After great discoveries, hilarious adventures and mystical visions, will the fascists be able to go back home?
Directors: Corrado Guzzanti, Igor Skofic | Stars: Corrado Guzzanti, Andrea Purgatori, Pasquale Petrolo, Marco Marzocca
Votes: 1,238
45. The Man Who Saw Too Much (2019 TV Special)
62 min | Documentary, History, War
Alan Yentob tells the story of Boris Pahor, at 106 the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. A Slovenian from Trieste, Pahor wrote his novel Necropolis about his time in Natzweiler camp for political prisoners.
Directors: Jill Nicholls, Alan Yentob | Stars: Boris Pahor, Allan Corduner, Nicholas Farrell, Josef Kramer
Votes: 60
46. Libere (2017)
75 min | Documentary
Director: Rossella Schillaci | Stars: Chiara Acciarini, Maria Airaudo, Giuliana Gadola Beltrami, Alda Bianco
Votes: 10
47. Mussolini Speaks (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Lowell Thomas, Benito Mussolini
Votes: 9
48. La vela incantata (1982 TV Movie)
112 min | Drama
Two brothers travel through the Italian countryside with a mobile cinema in the 1920s.
Director: Gianfranco Mingozzi | Stars: Massimo Ranieri, Monica Guerritore, Lina Sastri, Remo Remotti
Votes: 36
49. The Room of the Scirocco (1998)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Sicily, 1936. The Marquis of Acquafurata, an antifascist activist wanted by the police, returns in secret to his ancestors' palace. For fear of being recognized, he poses as his late butler... See full summary »
Director: Maurizio Sciarra | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Tiziana Lodato, Paolo De Vita, Francesco Benigno
Votes: 46
50. Baciami piccina (2006)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, History
7th September 1943. The honest and reliable carabiniere Umberto is sent to escort the flamboyant con man Raoul Nuvolini from Terni to Venice. Umberto's fiancée Luisa follows him against his... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Cimpanelli | Stars: Neri Marcorè, Vincenzo Salemme, Elena Russo, Marco Messeri
Votes: 137