04 - MARIO MONICELLI
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1. Totò cerca casa (1949)
79 min | Comedy
Beniamino and his family have lived in a school since the end of World War II, but five years have passed and they are compelled to move, but finding an apartment in Rome is difficult. ... See full summary »
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Totò, Alda Mangini, Lia Amanda, Mario Gattari
Votes: 522
2. A Dog's Life (1950)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gina Lollobrigida, Delia Scala, Tamara Lees
Votes: 336
3. Totò e i re di Roma (1952)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Totò, Anna Carena, Alberto Sordi, Aroldo Tieri
Votes: 386
4. Totò e le donne (1952)
103 min | Comedy
Scaparro, who works in a fabric store, must deal with irritating clients, and when he comes home he finds an unsatisfied, intrusive wife.
Directors: Steno, Mario Monicelli | Stars: Totò, Lea Padovani, Franca Faldini, Ave Ninchi
Votes: 377
5. Totò e Carolina (1955)
84 min | Comedy
During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Totò, Anna Maria Ferrero, Gianni Cavalieri, Maurizio Arena
Votes: 326
6. A Tailor's Maid (1957)
92 min | Comedy
The adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all happy about it.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonella Lualdi, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 336
7. Lettere di condannati a morte della resistenza (1953)
Documentary, History, War
Director: Fausto Fornari
8. The Passionate Thief (1960)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Tortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark
Votes: 917 | Gross: $0.03M
9. Casanova 70 (1965)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Marisa Mell, Enrico Maria Salerno
Votes: 1,362 | Gross: $6.76M
10. The Girl with a Pistol (1968)
M | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Sicilian woman "dishonored" by her lover goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave, Anthony Booth
Votes: 1,727
11. Brancaleone alle Crociate (1970)
116 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Sandro Dori, Beba Loncar
Votes: 1,996
12. Lady Liberty (1971)
PG | 95 min | Comedy
United States Customs at New York's JFK Airport won't allow her to enter the country with a Baked Ham. So she decides to eat the ham at the airport and then come in to the country. Obviously there are many sub themes and story twists.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Sophia Loren, Gigi Proietti, William Devane, Beeson Carroll
Votes: 515
13. 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: 660
14. Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
50 year old Giulio (Tognazzi) and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina (Muti) fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Giulio's jealousy gets in the way of their happiness ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido, Pippo Starnazza
Votes: 849
15. Amici miei (1975)
R | 140 min | Comedy, Drama
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret, Duilio Del Prete
Votes: 7,997
16. Caro Michele (1976)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Michele is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow who is off in some distant country fighting for a revolutionary cause.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Mariangela Melato, Delphine Seyrig, Aurore Clément, Lou Castel
Votes: 245
17. Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
105 min | Comedy
An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.
Directors: Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Agenore Incrocci, Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ugo Pirro, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola | Stars: Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi
Votes: 921
18. Lovers and Liars (1979)
R | 120 min | Comedy
An American actress vacationing in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Aurore Clément
Votes: 560
19. Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
135 min | Comedy, History
A mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Caroline Berg, Riccardo Billi
Votes: 3,875
20. Amici miei - Atto II° (1982)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Adolfo Celi, Renzo Montagnani
Votes: 3,299
21. Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984)
121 min | Comedy
The story of a farmer that succeeded to contest the king Alboino in front of all his Royal court, in the Verona (Italy) of the 12th century, using just his cunning. He will risk several ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Lello Arena, Maurizio Nichetti, Alberto Sordi
Votes: 500
22. Amici miei - Atto III° (1985)
110 min | Comedy
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Adolfo Celi, Renzo Montagnani
Votes: 1,702
23. Speriamo che sia femmina (1986)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
Elena lives in a villa in Tuscany with multiple female relatives. When her former husband comes back to visit, family disagreements seem to unravel.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Catherine Deneuve, Giuliana de Sio, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 813
24. The Rogues (1987)
121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of two vagabonds in pursuit of their modest ambitions: enough to eat and a place to sleep. Inspired by the seminal 16th century picaresque novels "Lazarillo de Tormes" and "Guzman de Alfarache".
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Enrico Montesano, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi
Votes: 487
25. Il male oscuro (1990)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Stefania Sandrelli, Vittorio Caprioli
Votes: 181
26. Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, Music
An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jacqueline Bisset, Sergio Castellitto, Sabine Azéma
Votes: 124
27. Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992)
105 min | Comedy
During the Christmas celebrations, a surprising announcement takes a family by surprise and threatens to break the delicate balance that regulates the familial relationships.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Tommaso Bianco, Renato Cecchetto, Marina Confalone, Alessandro Haber
Votes: 2,218 | Gross: $0.04M
28. Cari fottutissimi amici (1994)
110 min | Comedy
During the Allies liberation of Tuscany in 1944, a former boxer organizes rigged matches to make some money.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Massimo Ceccherini, Vittorio Rap, Marco Graziani
Votes: 644
29. Le rose del deserto (2006)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, War
A sanitary battalion of the Italian army is sent to Sorman Oasis in Libya during the African campaign in 1940. Soon, an Italian missionary living nearby succeeds in transforming the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giorgio Pasotti, Alessandro Haber, Fulvio Falzarano
Votes: 448
30. Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio (2011)
108 min | Comedy
Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.
Director: Neri Parenti | Stars: Christian De Sica, Michele Placido, Paolo Hendel, Giorgio Panariello
Votes: 511
31. Camera d'albergo (1981)
105 min | Comedy
A pair of young filmmakers have secretly, over a year, filmed the goings-on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of regular people living their lives. They get in touch with old,... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Monica Vitti, Enrico Montesano, Roger Pierre
Votes: 177
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