Best Italian Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Italian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, realistic, humorous, serious, psychological and feel good. Plot: family relations, death, friendship, murder, love and romance, father son relationship, female nudity, parents and children, flashback and husband wife relationship. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Romance. Country: Italy, USA and France.
Best Italian Movies
Best Italian Movies
TOP Movies: I Am Love (2009), The Great Beauty (2013), The Best Offer (2013), Three Men and a Leg (1997), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Amadeus (1984), The Sea Inside (2004), The Macaluso Sisters (2020), At War with Love (2016), Kidz (2020), Johnny Stecchino (1991), Correspondence (2016), Duck, You Sucker (1971), It’s the Law (2017), Easy! (2011), Tenderness (2017), Life Is Beautiful (1997), Giovanna's Father (2008), Never Look Away (2018), Time Is Up (2021).

List of Best Movies

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I Am Love (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Style: sexy, stylized, meditative, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: male nudity, infidelity, older woman younger man relationship, adultery, food, bourgeoisie, high society, chef, obsession, family relations, love and romance, love triangle ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, nice france, london, milan italy
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The Great Beauty (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style: philosophical, art house, visually stunning, stylized, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: writer's life, stripper, art, party, artist, aging, surrealism, friendship, high society, journalist, magic realism, old age ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy
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 7.8
 128K
The Best Offer (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally ...
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: twists and turns, painting, art, loneliness, art collector, art theft, age difference, collector, obsession, deception, mysterious character, forgery ...
Time: y2k, year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, prague, vienna, italy
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Three Men and a Leg (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Three friends leave Milan by car heading south. Two of them are married to two sisters, the third one is going to marry the third sister. The marriage is going to take place in the villa of their vulgar but very rich father in law. They are also ...
Style: road movie, fast paced, realistic, not serious, parody ...
Plot: dark humor, acid, self discovery, friendship between men, boss and employee, couple relations, fall in love, nothing goes right, love and romance, goofy hero, power relations, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe
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 7.9
 82K
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story: Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, emotional, visual, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war one, revolution, communism, war, wartime, train, rape, love triangle, poet, communist, imperial russia, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, 1940s, year 1965 ...
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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 8.0
 85K
The Sea Inside (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style: sad, thought provoking, emotional, philosophical, touching ...
Plot: disability, euthanasia, biopic, human spirit, death, existentialism, suicide, handicapped, lawyer, depression, character study, life & death ...
Time: year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place: spain, barcelona, europe, galicia, catalonia
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The Macaluso Sisters (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. They make a living by renting doves for ceremonies. On a normal day at the beach, tragedy strucks.
Style: captivating
Plot: sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, kids and family, grownups, life, love and romance, sister, lifestyle change, relationships, changing lives, feminist ...
Place: sicily
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At War with Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, ...
Style: captivating, romantic, art house
Plot: world war two, mafia, love and romance, storytelling, relationships, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, wartime life, romantic relationship, mafioso, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy, sicily
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 6.2
 2K
Kidz (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sara and Nicola are expecting their second son. Through the late Mattia Torre's sharp look, all the joys and sorrows of being a parent in the modern day Italy are unraveled in an absolutely brilliant and witty way.
Style: captivating, realistic, sweet, light, funny ...
Plot: parenthood, child, parents, children, motherhood, husband wife relationship, family life, male female relationship, family relations, fatherhood, father, mother ...
Place: rome italy
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Johnny Stecchino (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her ...
Style: slapstick comedy, not serious, realistic, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: mistaken identity, down syndrome, mafia, gangster, fall in love, italian mafia, amor, dark humor, insurance fraud, murder, cocaine, mole ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: italy, palermo italy, europe, sicily
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Correspondence (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The relationship between Ed, a married astronomer and Amy, his lover, who spend their years apart, is based only on phone calls and texts. One day Amy begins noticing something strange in Ed's messages.
Style: captivating, exciting, thought provoking, sentimental
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: older man younger woman relationship, male female relationship, female nudity, scientist, twists and turns, mind game, parallel world, relationships, porn, sex in a hotel, girl man relationship, cemetery ...
Place: edinburgh scotland
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Duck, You Sucker (1971)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 157 min.
Story: At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national ...
Style: atmospheric, spaghetti western, intense, epic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, friendship, rape, cowboy, culture clash, redemption, chase, rebellion, cynicism, haunted by the past, two man army, motorcycle ...
Time: 1910s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
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It’s the Law (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A small Sicilian town elects a new, honest major but quickly learns that playing by the rules is not as easy as it seems
Style: entertaining, sincere, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, boys' night
Plot: society, mayor, adaptation, ambition, rivalry, escapades, life philosophy, corruption, friendship, obsession, danger, justice ...
Place: sicily
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The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: New York 1959. I tre gangster Al, John e Jack hanno il compito di uccidere Frankie per conto del boss. Sbagliano bersaglio e il boss da a loro un'altra possibilità: tenere d'occhio una persona a lui cara. Ma la fortuna non è dalla loro ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: memory loss, mafia, escapades, satire, memory lapse, bandit, humour, criminal, dark humor, betrayal by friend, amnesia, electrocution ...
Time: 1950s
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 6.6
 2K
Easy! (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bruno Beltrame makes a living of sorts. He wanted to be a great writer but he is content to write the books of others. He also gives private lessons to students who are not serious. Among his pupils is fifteen-year-old Luca, more quick-witted and ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, troublemaker, rebelliousness, youth, parents and children, professor, coming of age, rebel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy
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 6.4
 1K
Tenderness (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A retired lawyer becomes friends with a young wife who has just moved in the adjacent apartment with her family.
Style: psychological, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
Audience: chick flick
Plot: social relations, stereotypes, life turned upside down, parents and children, family relations, life & death, life philosophy, family tragedy, cynicism, self discovery, lifestyle, idealism ...
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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, tragicomedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, fascism, war, courage ...
Time: 1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
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Giovanna's Father (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Bologna 1938 - Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) is living a desperate situation: Giovanna (Alba Rohrwacher), his only child, a teenager, has killed out of jealousy his classmate and best friend. Within the middle-class environment in which the crime ...
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: mental institution, estrangement, parents and children, family problems, couples, family relations, confined, isolation, unfulfillment, father daughter relationship, murder, love ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: italy, europe
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.
Style: funny, absurd, parody, buddy comedy, feel good ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: drug, partner, partners against crime, unlikely friendships, social relations, friends, misfit partners, teamwork, investigation, friendship, deception, undercover ...
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Never Look Away (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 189 min.
Story: Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, sincere, intellectual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: painter, nazi, art gallery, artist, nazism, berlin wall, father daughter relationship, sex scene, world war two, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1948 ...
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, central europe ...
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, good versus evil, church, redemption, transformation, life philosophy, mentor, priest, storytelling, demonic possession, exorcist, possession ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
Place: africa, kenya
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 4.2
 4K
Time Is Up (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Style: disturbing, romantic, captivating, psychological, teen
Plot: accident, love triangle, romantic rivalry, amnesia, romantic relationship, romantic triangle, unfulfilled love, relationships, male female relationship, in love, love affair, couple relations ...
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Boris: The Film (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.
Style: feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: satire, silly humor, ambition, film industry, humour, filmmaking, filmmaker, director
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They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Enzo Ceccotti comes into contact with a radioactive substance, then accidently discovers he has superpowers. A touchy, navel-gazing introvert, he’s sure his new capabilities will do wonders for his life of crime, but that all changes when he meets ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, action adventure, disturbing
Plot: superhero, chase, terrorism, murder, bomb, sex scene, massacre, police, death, money, mafia, fight club ...
Time: year 2015
Place: rome italy, italy
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Radio Arrow (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Five friends Freccia, Bruno, Tito, Jena and Boris are very keen on music but they live in a little town in northern Italy and spend most of their days at the local bar. They decide to set up an independent radio which soon becomes the voice of a ...
Style: intercultural, educational
Plot: life lesson, small town, friendship, friendship between men, boredom, group of friends, drug overdose, rock music, radio station, town, drug, radio ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1993, year 1977
Place: italy
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On My Skin: The Last Seven Days of Stefano Cucchi (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, heartbreaking ...
Plot: abuse of power, bureaucracy, police, italian police, torture, interrogation, lawyer client relationship, medical examination, prisoner, mysterious death, brutality, prison ...
Place: rome italy
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 6.8
 292K
Hannibal (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, mind game, fbi, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, torment, police, homicidal maniac ...
Time: year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florence, italy, venice, europe, washington d.c.
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 6.7
 3K
Leopardi (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, historical drama
Plot: poet, enlightenment, poetry, prodigy, biopic, writer's life, unrequited love, romanticism, society, family problems, writers, father son relationship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: italy, europe, naples italy, rome italy, southern italy ...
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I Hate Summer (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Style: light, funny, humorous, feel good, not serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family holiday, family vacation, road trip, island, family relations, father son relationship, beach, friendship, vacation, parents and children, old friend, tourist ...
Place: europe, southern italy
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