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- A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
- A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
- While his girlfriend recovers from a medical procedure, a corrupt lawyer becomes entranced by the grand visions of a mob boss.
- A young pathology doctor interning in a morgue tries to cope with a wave of suicides. A woman she just met kills herself, but she suspects someone close to her might have killed her.
- In a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.
- The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
- A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
- Four generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.
- A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
- Younger generation vs. "older" folks on vacation at an Italian villa.
- A ragout of real memories and mockumentary, as Fellini explores a childhood obsession: circus clowns.
- Under fire for giving a student her copy of a romance novel, Prudence resigns from her teaching position and sails for Italy.
- An outcast Confederate soldier redeems himself by defending a woman against bandits willing to kill for her goldmine claim.
- Different groups of people share cabin #19 for changing at an Italian beach.
- Vittorio and Cesare are brothers for life, but their friendship is put to the test in their search for wealth.
- An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.
- A middle-aged and slightly conservative businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one named Francesca. He is pursuaded to join their party and even pay for most of it, as he finds himself strangely attracted to Francesca, who seems his complete opposite.
- Totò and his son Ninetto are drifting on a road in Italy when they meet a speaking crow.
- The alienating and repetitive life of a group of heroin junkies in the 1980s Rome.
- A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
- The sole survivor, named Sando Kid (Peter Lee Lawrence), of a Northern slaughter seeks vendetta. After suffering atrocity, Kid executes a single-handedly revenge, he ravages, he hits and kills each person involved in the massacre. He is relentless in his vendetta, deadly in his violence. Sando enlists Texas Rangers, hunts outlaws (Luis Barboo) and meets a sympathetic bounty hunter...
- A variety of different people, both adults, children, families, young lovers and youth gangs, spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia outside Rome.
- A faithful husband devoted to religion suddenly finds himself single and his life overwhelmed by his new shop assistant.
- A young chambermaid from Venice who is a fan of Italian "Telefoni bianchi" cinema of the fascist era decides to follow her dream and goes to Rome hoping to become an actress.
- After the announcement of forthcoming layoffs in the factory where he works, Dario stages the protest and call his colleagues to join it. His mission is held back by the illness of his father, Mario, who previously participated in the riots back in the Seventies. Dario looks after him at home along with the help of his partner, Simona. The confrontation with the elderly father, who educated him in an outdated ideology, puts him at a crossroads: continuing the protest or accepting the offer of his bosses? With a child on the way and a past to deal with, Dario will make his choice.
- The last year of life of the famous Italian poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, killed 11-2, 1975 by a political conspiracy.
- The story is divided into seven parts focused on holiday, sun and sea.
- How many secrets one true love can endure? How many obstacles? All the secrets and lies the characters have to go through in this story of crime and passion will kept them apart from their loved ones. They will do anything - just for love.
- One by one, Ugo's colleagues have been leaving this life to go to a better one. While Ugo is attending one of the many funerals, he and the priest are involved in an accident, and the doctor announces that Ugo has only one week left to live.
- Pietro Marchetti, a mature Roman taxi driver, has countless and interesting meetings while he is on duty with his car "Zara 87".
- Nena's family, who reunite in their house by the sea to celebrate her birthday. Everybody is there. Even Paco, Alma's peacock.
- Two inept crusaders almost sabotage the christians' plan to conquer Jerusalem.
- In Rome every year in August the wifes go on holiday on the seashore while their husbands stay at home to work. It is the period of the year most suitable to male unfaithfulness. Without their wives they look for amorous adventures. Mario, freshly married to Romana, falls deeply in love with Lionella and all his friends, Alberto, Fernando and Giacinto try to enjoy this time when they are single.
- Luca, a diction teacher, saves the life of a student which is the offspring of the famous "Serranò" criminal family. Out of nowhere, members of the Serranò family burst into Luca's life to repay him without accepting a "no" as an answer.
- A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.
- A small time hood named Larry tries to to get out of the life he hates and wants to leave Italy and start a new life. Other factions have "other" ideas for him and stand in his way. Larry Anderson
- This German format is not a series properly speaking, as it has no permanent cast or script continuity, but presents each time a 45 minutes documentary, usually in part presented as a docudrama (not faction, as close to scientific knowledge as possible, but visually attractive), elaborating a specific historical theme, widely varied, often exotic in the sense of a far time (as far back as prehistoric times) and/or place (around the globe), although some episodes fit together well, chronologically or thematically, but always fit to be watched separately. Usually authentic locations are used, as well as scenes from and/or interviews about the scientific research it is based upon.
- The love story of two teenagers. Jack is a motorcyclist and Greta is a music student. They share a chemistry they cannot deny and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. But Greta is sick.
- A family of women drive stories centering on the Sacred Point, the last bit of habitable land at the mouth of the Tiber River, a precious triangle of soil they want to cling to.
- Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.
- Stefano and Nader, two teenagers, share their time between a robbery at the supermarket and the mornings at the disco, but their friendship is destined to crack.
- A 3-episode film starring popular comedians Franchi and Ingrassia. In the first episode, Carlo and Oreste are married to the same woman; when she delivers twins, they fight for paternity. In the second episode, Celestina needs a heir to receive her dead husband's fortune. In the third episode, young widow Daisy arrives in Italy to meet her deceased much-older husband's family and ends up marrying his great-grandson.
- Franco and Ciccio are two unsuccessful wine sellers who has to exploit the beauty of their wives to entice buyers.
- Valerio and Simone are on a basketball court playing. Simone would like to see the friend happy, but Valerio is so downcast that leaves the court right away. As Simone sits next to him, he starts talking about the fight he had the previous evening with a "bullfish" by the ocean. The story gains Valerio's attention: intrigued, he asks questions to his friend. A whistle of a jail guard reminds the guys that the air hour is over: the two have to return indoors. Once back in the cell, Simone will find a way to show the ocean to Valerio.
- The commitment of three film directors used to structure a story that calls for reflection. Greek Theo Angelopoulos traveling from Athens to Ostia, the Roman beach where Pasolini was killed. Far from there, in a Spanish train station, Víctor Erice wanders in an interview about the film resistance. And in Italy, Tonino Guerra, Ninetto Davoli and Nico Naldini lend his voice to the missing Passolini to close a historic triangle on film and solitude.
- A married man with children, due to a bureaucratic error of many years earlier, is called to military service. In the barracks he makes friends with a jolly young man who gets engaged to one of his daughters. The man, not believing in the sincerity of that sentiment, manages to send the boy to Sardinia but the other, with a stratagem, makes sure that his girlfriend follows him.
- The series Metropolis takes us to the very heart of urban life in antiquity and in the 15th century. It examines a crucial step in the history of civilization and culture: Mankind has advanced to a settled lifestyle, allowing him to organize large social alliances which extend far beyond family and clan. The consequences are critical changes in all facets of life.