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1. 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: 650
2. Paisan (1946)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, War
American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs, Robert Van Loon
Votes: 9,569
3. General Della Rovere (1959)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, War
Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 3,692
4. 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: 837
5. 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: 875
6. The Four Days of Naples (1962)
120 min | Drama, War
The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans during World War II. During the four days in Naples, the revolt turns over in just a few hours. ... See full summary »
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi, Silvana Buzzanca
Votes: 1,020
7. 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
8. Gli sbandati (1955)
102 min | Drama
In the summer of 1943 Countess Luisa and her son Andrea left Milan to escape the bombings and retreated to their country villa, where they host two of Andrea's contemporaries, cousin Carlo,... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Maselli | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Isa Miranda, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Goliarda Sapienza
Votes: 257
9. Corbari (1970)
90 min | Action, War
The real story of the partisan Silvio Corbari. He starts his career killing publicly one of his friends that was a fascist. Than, he set up a band of partisans in north Italy, completely ... See full summary »
Director: Valentino Orsini | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Tina Aumont, Antonio Piovanelli, Frank Wolff
Votes: 134
10. It Happened in '43 (1960)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the midst of World War II, the story of the affair of a young woman married to a man in a wheelchair, with a deserter from the Italian army, intertwines with that of the power grab of a ... See full summary »
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Belinda Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Andrea Checchi
Votes: 453
11. Un giorno da leoni (1961)
118 min | Drama, War
The Italian armistice and the beginning of resistance to the Germans in Italy during World War II.
Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Renato Salvatori, Carla Gravina, Tomas Milian, Nino Castelnuovo
Votes: 124
12. From the Cloud to the Resistance (1979)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò... See full summary »
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Olimpia Carlisi, Guido Lombardi, Gino Felici, Lori Pelosini
Votes: 484
13. Uomini e no (1980)
105 min | Drama, War
In Milan, in the winter of 1944, the ruthless Cane Nero leads the Fascists against the partisans. Enne 2, one of the leading figures of the C.N.L., meets Berta, whom he loved three years ... See full summary »
Director: Valentino Orsini | Stars: Flavio Bucci, Monica Guerritore, Ivana Monti, Massimo Foschi
Votes: 45
14. Libere (2017)
75 min | Documentary
Director: Rossella Schillaci | Stars: Chiara Acciarini, Maria Airaudo, Giuliana Gadola Beltrami, Alda Bianco
Votes: 10
15. Salvo D'Acquisto (1975)
100 min | Drama, War
In 1943 Italy is crumbling. Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer is trying to maintain law and order. One tragic incident will unravel a chain of events leading to him having to stand between the Germans and people he swore to protect.
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Massimo Ranieri, Lina Polito, Isa Danieli, Massimo Serato
Votes: 81
16. Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella) (1962)
95 min | Drama, War
A cinematographic account of the reprisal ordered by the ruthless Austrian colonel Kappler in 1944 in Rome. In Via Rasella (Rasella Street) ten Italian civilians were sentenced to death for each German soldier killed in a partisan attempt.
Director: Filippo Walter Ratti | Stars: Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Carlo D'Angelo, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 68
18. Porzûs (1997)
121 min | Drama, History, War
Italy 1945: the war is ending and the iron curtain is falling down. In the north eastern part of the country partisans of different political orientation begin to question about the future ... See full summary »
Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: Lorenzo Crespi, Gianni Cavina, Gastone Moschin, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 103
19. Giorni di furore (1964)
106 min | Documentary
Directors: Alfieri Canavero, Giovanni Canavero, Gianni Dolino, Isacco Nahoum | Stars: Italo Calvino, Paolo Spriano
20. Aldo dice 26x1 (1945)
Partisan life under the Fascists.
Directors: Carlo Borghesio, Fernando Cerchio
21. Dalla marcia su Roma a Piazzale Loreto (1975)
129 min | Documentary
Directors: Paolo Gobetti, Giuseppe Risso
22. Momenti di vita e lotta partigiana (1945)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Giuseppe Pollarolo
23. I ribelli (1973)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Collettivo Cinema Militante | Stars: Sergio Bellone, Paolo Gobetti
24. Cudine 17 novembre 1944 (1979)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Carla Gobetti, Paolo Gobetti, Giuseppe Risso
26. Lotta partigiana (1975)
60 min | Documentary
Directors: Paolo Gobetti, Giuseppe Risso | Stars: Ezio Aceto, Franco Antonicelli, Luciano Bergonzini, Egidio Liberti
27. Resistenza, una nazione che risorge (1978)
200 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: Ansano Giannarelli
28. Lettere di condannati a morte della resistenza (1953)
Documentary, History, War
Director: Fausto Fornari
29.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
Why Did Italy Switch Sides in WW2?
(2022)
19 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
30.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Homefront
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters