Best Italian Crime Films
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- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsJohn CassavetesGabriele FerzettiAnita SandersA professional holdup man with scruples has a young ambitious partner who covets his wife and his life. When the holdup man goes to prison, the partner cuts loose, leaving a trail of deaths behind him.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsRita HayworthGiuliano GemmaKlaus KinskiJason and Adam are brothers who specialize in jewel heists. Jason is betrayed by Adam, who steals his girlfriend, and has him beaten and left for dead. A female doctor nurses him back to health, and he sets about planning his revenge.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsClaudia CardinaleFranco NeroLee J. CobbThe new chief of the Carabinieri in a small Sicilian town must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss to solve a murder.
- DirectorEmilio MiragliaStarsHenry SilvaBeba LoncarKeenan WynnHenry Silva is a police inspector. A gang of robbers killed his son and he is accused of having killed a police informer and is kicked out of the Department. He will have to do all by himself to discover the truth.
- DirectorRomolo GuerrieriStarsFranco NeroFlorinda BolkanAdolfo CeliA crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.
- DirectorMino GuerriniStarsJoseph CottenFranca PoleselloGiampiero AlbertiniAn elderly gangster just released from prison plans one last job, and gathers a small crew to do the job, but the plan goes sour when one of the crew betrays the details of the operation to a rival gangster.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsCharles BronsonTelly SavalasJill IrelandAfter being double-crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, a hit-man sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the mob boss who put her up to it.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsFranco NeroMartin BalsamMarilù ToloIn a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsGastone MoschinBarbara BouchetMario AdorfA former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
- DirectorStenoStarsEnrico Maria SalernoMariangela MelatoMario AdorfThis is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. One police inspector, (Enrico Maria Salerno) tries to stop them, but the attorney (Mario Adorf) is not convinced by his conspiracy theories, so the inspector is basically on his own and can't trust anyone.
- DirectorPasquale SquitieriStarsFabio TestiJean SebergRaymond PellegrinThe fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsMario AdorfHenry SilvaWoody StrodeA Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
- DirectorMichele LupoStarsKirk DouglasGiuliano GemmaFlorinda BolkanA just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.
- DirectorCamillo BazzoniStarsFrederick StaffordMarilù ToloFranco FabriziA journalist is attacked and killed. Inspector Luca Micheli investigates the crime, and finds a suspect named Delogo but, though the suspect himself confesses that he murdered Galiardin, Micheli doesn't and can't believe he did it all by himself.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsMichele PlacidoMark ChaseSimona CavallariMario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, his younger brother, for some help. Michele is a good guy not involved with the Mafia, who is trying to build his life on honesty and hard-working. Michele needs some money to give freedom to a prostitute he is in love, and Mario promise his help in change of an hands to set up his trap for the judge. Anyway Michele isn't made with the same "pasta" of Mario, he couldn't never be a real Mafioso and this causes many between the two brother and the Mafia. There is only a way for Mario to save his brother. A way that Mafia could like.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsAlain DelonRichard ConteCarla GravinaA mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsHenry SilvaRichard ConteGianni GarkoA hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoPhilippe LeroyAntonio CasagrandeA Milan produce vendor, whom moonlights as a pimp, faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite the organized crime ring of Italy.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroFernando ReyJames WhitmoreA righteous police inspector matches wits with a powerful Italian drug ring, all while key suspects and those closest to him begin to die in more-or-less equal measure.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliWhen his colleague is murdered by an organised criminal gang, a Milanese cop goes undercover to continue the investigation and single-handedly destroy the organization from within.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianHenry SilvaLaura BelliA small-time homicidal maniac kidnaps a young heiress, prompting a cop to pursue him before he can kill the girl once the hefty ransom is paid.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteDelia BoccardoA police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorTonino ValeriiStarsFabio TestiRenzo PalmerClaudia MarsaniYoung Marco Sartori is hired as a bodyguard of the manufacturer Gaetano Sampioni who is blackmailed by mysterious criminals.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianJoseph CottenMaria FioreAfter his friend is killed as a result of a war between two crime families, a biker vows to destroy the families and rescue a boy they have kidnapped.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiStarsMaurizio MerliRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliA detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiVincent GardeniaRenzo PalmerNico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliArthur KennedyGiampiero AlbertiniA tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsMarcel BozzuffiCarole AndréIvan RassimovA police commissioner forms a secret motorized brigade in order to fight a dangerous terrorist who is depositing bombs throughout the city of Turin.
- DirectorBruno CorbucciStarsTomas MilianJack PalanceMaria Rosaria OmaggioA top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianClaudio CassinelliNicoletta MachiavelliWhen his former partner-in-crime kidnaps a critically-ill girl to blackmail her rich father, a shabby crook teams up with a hard-nosed cop to save her.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMarc PorelRay LovelockAdolfo CeliFred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy, who are licenced-to-kill, undercover cops who thrive on living dangerously.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonBarry SullivanAn uncompromising cop gets transferred to Naples on account of this city's atrocious crime levels. His no-hold-barred police methods are considered to be the perfect anti-dote.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianPino ColizziIsa DanieliA hunchbacked gangster is betrayed by his gang during a robbery, and plots his revenge with the help of his no-good brother.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonRenzo PalmerA hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
- DirectorPeter R. HuntStarsCharles BronsonLee MarvinAndrew StevensIn 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness.