Italian army movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant italian army movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, period piece, serious, sexy, historical drama and epic films and TV shows about / with italian army, world war two, italian soldier, military, soldier, resistance, survival, italian history, war and nude plots mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres shot in Italy, Yugoslavia, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as italian army: Many Wars Ago (1970), Time to Kill (1989), Attack and Retreat (1964), Cefalonia (2005), Marching in Darkness (1995), The Lady Medic (1976), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), The Odd Squad (1982), The Best of Enemies (1961), Mr. Kingstreet's War (1971).

List of italian army movies

Nassiryia - Per non dimenticare (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Nov. 12 2003, Nassirya Iraq. A terrorist attack succeed to kill 24 Italians participating to the peace keeping mission "Antica Babilonia". It has not importance what that group of brave and professional soldiers (and civilians)did to help ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: italian army, terrorism, murder, car bomb, swat, police officer killed, police shootout, police protection, al qaeda, italian soldier, carabinieri, police officer ...
Time: 2000s
Place: iraq, italy
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Many Wars Ago (1970)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.
Style: historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot: world war one, death penalty, great war, soldier, war, man killed, death, stupidity, military officer, execution, military police, combat casualty ...
Time: 1910s, year 1916, 20th century
Place: alps, italy
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 5.1
 1K
Time to Kill (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, historical drama ...
Plot: italian army, hospital, murder, danger, military, soldier, investigation, world war two, italian history, interracial rape, interracial, buddies ...
Time: year 1936, pre world war two
Place: africa, ethiopia
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Attack and Retreat (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Beautifully photographed and lyrically written, this largely factual account of Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Russia during World War II tells the story of an Italian regiment through the eyes of a farmer from Emilia, a plumber from Rome, ...
Style: macaroni combat
Plot: world war two, italian army, eastern front, politics, nazism, italian history, bravery, nazi, soldier, stalingrad, great patriotic war, execution ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, year 1941
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
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 6.5
 139
Cefalonia (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Cefalonia tells the real story about what happened in September 1943 on the Greek island of Kefalonia (Cefalonia in Italian), when the 12,000 men in the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division, following Italy's surrender to the Allied, refused to ...
Style: brutal, intense, emotional, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, italian army, surrender, tragedy, massacre, war crime, execution, atrocity, island, truce, german army, loss ...
Place: greece
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Marching in Darkness (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young recruit to the Italian army (Albanese) discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer (Barr) and must ...
Style: controversial, gay cinema
Plot: gay soldier, gay, homosexual rape, sexual cruelty, male rape, hospital, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, army, lgbt, gay subtext, male pubic hair ...
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 4.4
 366
The Lady Medic (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing.
Style: sexy
Plot: erotica, erotic fantasy, bare chested male, nudity, shakespeare, man dressed as a woman, doctor, rape, soldier, female nudity, hotel room, military ...
Place: italy
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel about an Italian soldier's experiences during the Italian occupation of the Greek ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, intense, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: world war two, italian army, wartime, roman empire, impossible love, nude bathing, resistance fighter, fascism, world war, love and romance, social relations, fall in love ...
Time: 1940s, year 2001, 20th century, post world war two
Place: greece, europe, albania, rome italy, italy ...
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 4.7
 172
The Odd Squad (1982)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Sicilia 1943, after the landing, between the invading Us army and the defender Italian army, a 2000 years old roman bridge resist to all kind of attacks. Both the army decides to definitively destroy it before the opponent does. But to the chaotic ...
Style: period piece, black comedy, tragicomedy, slapstick, picaresque ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, italian army, u.s. army, mediterranean, anti war, sabotage, camaraderie, moral ambiguity, mistaken identity, us military, italian soldier, sergeant ...
Time: 1940s
Place: sicily, italy
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The Best of Enemies (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.
Style: tense
Plot: world war two, italian army, british army, prisoners of war, colonialism, escape, leadership, moral dilemma, survival, retreat, airplane crash, friend ...
Time: year 1961, 1940s
Place: ethiopia
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Mr. Kingstreet's War (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: tense, suspenseful, patriotic, independent film
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, british army, imperialism, colonialism, italian army, power struggle, survival, ethical dilemma, vigilantism, siege, italian soldier, hunter ...
Time: year 1971, 1930s
Place: africa
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Soldati - 365 all'alba (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Claudio Scanna is a private in the Italian army: during his first night in a new military base he gets in a fight with senior recruits. Lieutenant Fili, Claudio's commanding officer, is denied a promotion because his superiors discover he was ...
Style: tense, dark, intense, tragic
Plot: italian army, military, army, hierarchy, bullying, abuse of power, discipline, mockery, abuse, realism, boot camp, military base ...
Time: 80s
Place: italy
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The Best of Youth (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 374 min.
Story: Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to the present, director Marco Tullio Giordana's passionate epic 'La Meglio Gioventu' follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.
Style: sentimental, sincere, sad, touching, realistic ...
Plot: couples, sister in law sister in law relationship, mental illness, cafe, politics, musician, idealism, hopes, couple relations, friendship, storytelling, police brutality ...
Time: 80s, 60s, year 2003, 2000s, 70s ...
Place: italy, rome italy, sicily, lebanon, europe ...
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Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An inept sergeant is mistaken for a secret agent and charged with finding a spy, but he is so stupid he is demoted and becomes a corporal.
Style: sitcom, situational comedy, slapstick, lighthearted, absurd ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: mistaken identity, demotion, farce, incompetence, irreverent, spy spoof, satire, espionage, small town, mediterranean, urban, agent ...
Time: year 1970, 70s
Place: italy, napoli italy, naples italy
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 8.4
 29K
'Allo 'Allo! (1982)
Genre: Comedy, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. The story is set up in a small town café in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the ...
Style: sitcom, parody, humorous, surreal, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, german army, farce, satire, french resistance, cafe, world war, soldier, german soldier, gestapo, nazi, absurdism ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: war, military, world war two, skinny dipping, british army, soldier, battles, friendship, danger, wartime life, military life, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century, post world war two
Place: middle east, egypt, africa, palermo italy, libya ...
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Two Marines and a General (1965)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In May 1943, two American soldiers, Joe and Frank, of Italian descent are searching the North African desert for a German general called Von Kassler, when they are captured by Von Kassler aide Inge Schultze who lets them escape with fake war plans, ...
Style: buddy comedy, lighthearted, period piece, satirical, parody ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, deception, espionage, prisoners of war, camaraderie, infiltration, sabotage, unhappiness, reconnaissance, italian army, mistaken identity ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943
Place: north africa, italy, africa
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Operation Snafu (1970)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In WWII, a commando was sent in a secret mission in Sicily. They had a reluctant Italian prisoner of war to help them.
Style: period piece
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, german occupation, irony, pow, commando mission, european, italian soldier, reluctant hero, dark humor, covert operation, fish out of water, italian army ...
Time: 1940s
Place: sicily, italy
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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style: touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, poignant ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, life lesson, destiny, ss ...
Time: 1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place: italy, poland, europe, tuscany
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The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Doctor Eva Marini takes up a position at an army base to investigate the sexual behavior of the Italian male soldier and soon finds out she's taken on more than she bargained for.
Style: sexy
Plot: erotica, female exhibitionist, exhibitionist, injection, sexual behavior, pretending to be gay, military, doctor, soldier, sexology, crossdresser, bare chested male ...
Place: italy
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The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. During the four days in Naples the revolt turns over in just few hours. Neapolitans slinged on rifles and guns, and they armed ...
Style: historical drama, epic war, political drama
Plot: world war two, fascism, war, resistance movement, nazi soldier, anti nazi, german army, partisan, italian history, civil war, resistance, boy ...
Time: 1940s, year 1962, year 1943
Place: italy, naples italy
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Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 410 min.
TV show
Story: George C. Scott, Lee Grant, Virginia Madsen, Raul Julia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Gabriel Byrne star in this Emmy-nominated program about the rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, ...
Style: family saga, historical drama, political drama
Plot: fascism, world war two, world war, italian fascism, rape, tyrant, villain as protagonist, italian politics, son in law, ss, adultery, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, year 1937, 1940s, post world war one ...
Place: milan italy, austria, switzerland, italy
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How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 224 min.
Story: How I unleashed World War II is a Polish feature film made in 1969, based on Kazimierz Sławiński's novel "Przygody kanoniera Dolasa" (The adventures of Dolas the cannoneer). The film was divided into three parts: Ucieczka (The ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, foreign legion, military, soldier, military life, war, polish, military hospital, love letter, coincidence, mistaken identity, wartime life ...
Time: 20th century
Place: poland, africa, europe, italy, england
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 8
How to Die (1972)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Destinies of two friends-fighters during WW2.
Style: bleak, period piece, tense, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, sacrifice, friendship, occupation, resistance, partisan, survival, underground movement, loss, courage, fighter, duty ...
Time: 1940s
Place: albania, kosovo, former yugoslavia
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The Fall of Italy (1981)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy ...
Style: epic
Plot: world war two, partisan, fascism, female nudity, inhumanity, nudity, marriage, friend, murder, sex, death, spy ...
Place: balkan, former yugoslavia, italy
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We Want the Colonels (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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 net of relationship in order to organize a Coup ...
Style: political
Plot: coup d'etat, military coup, satire, politics, neo fascism, right wing, democracy, military officer, curfew, fascist, italian soldier, italian army ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy
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 6.1
 149
July 13th (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: This is a movie about the start of people's uprising in Montenegro in World War II. After the capitulation of the Yugoslav Royal Army in April 1941, the Italians managed to infiltrate their puppet regime in Montenegro. However, people ...
Style: crying, epic
Plot: world war two, partisan, mountain, reprisal, murder, train, betrayal, bomb, wine, machine gun, death, celebration ...
Time: year 1941
Place: montenegro, former yugoslavia
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Io non scappo... fuggo (1970)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the confusion of combat, two Italian get separated from their squadron and become hopelessly lost. As they wander the countryside attempting to find their lost comrades, they have to adopt all manner of outrageous disguises to avoid death at the ...
Style: period piece, road movie, slapstick, surreal
Plot: escape, military, disguise, mistaken identity, camaraderie, danger, friendship, satire, survival, identity, escapades, desperation ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy
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 6.9
 633
Ernesto (1979)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ernesto (Martin Hahn) is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees--then experiments ...
Style: crying, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot: first gay sexual experience, gay, older man younger man relationship, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, bisexual, bad father, lgbtq, glbt, gays and lesbians, perversion ...
Time: 1910s
Place: italy
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Passion of Love (1981)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor ...
Style: sexual, novela, realistic, serious, offbeat ...
Plot: broadway, illness, duel, obsession, soldier, female nudity, passion, nude girl, relationships, amor, infidelity, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, year 1981, victorian era, 1860s
Place: italy, europe
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