Best Italian Movies
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Best Italian Movies
TOP Movies: I Am Love (2009), Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Best Offer (2013), Amadeus (1984), The Great Beauty (2013), Boris: The Film (2011), They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Radio Arrow (1998), What a Beautiful Day (2011), Hardboiled Egg (1997), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), I Hate Summer (2020), The Sea Inside (2004), Luca (2021), Fight Club (1999), It’s the Law (2017), Kidz (2020), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), U-571 (2000).
List of Best Movies
26K
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, erotic, sexual, meditative ...
Plot:
male nudity, food, sex, infidelity, older woman younger man relationship, adultery, bourgeoisie, high society, chef, outdoor sex, bare chested male, making love ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, london, nice france, milan italy ...
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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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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, art, painting, art collector, loneliness, forgery, art theft, collector, obsession, age difference, solitude, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
vienna, europe, berlin germany, prague, italy
Is relevant?
464K
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:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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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, intellectual, visually stunning, breathtaking, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
stripper, writer's life, party, high society, passion, female nudity, friendship, artist, aging, surrealism, skinny dipping, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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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:
satirical, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
film industry, ambition, satire, behind the scenes, humour, filmmaking, silly humor, filmmaker, irreverent, media satire, compromise, urban ...
Place:
rome italy
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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, tense, exciting, action adventure, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
superhero, chase, terrorism, murder, sex scene, massacre, money, death, bomb, police, dog attack, super villain ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
rome italy, italy
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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:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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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:
friendship, life lesson, small town, group of friends, male friendship, rock music, boredom, radio station, drug overdose, drug, town, radio ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1993, year 1977
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that the reason why he wanted to ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
fall in love, goofy hero, workplace, disorder, power relations, danger, love and romance, workplace situations, urban, cathedral, fish out of water, security guard ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy, milan italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Piero, from when he was a kid to fatherhood, over the background of the town of Livorno, Tuscany, where the director Virzì was born.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, humorous, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth culture, coming of age, bittersweet, working class, teacher student relationship, dysfunctional family, factory worker, teenage love, oil refinery, blue collar, puberty, proletarian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tuscany, europe, italy
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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, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
church, demonic possession, good versus evil, supernatural, mind game, nazi, redemption, archeological dig, exorcism, transformation, war crime, missionary ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
Place:
africa, kenya
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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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:
humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
memory loss, mafia, satire, dark humor, amnesia, escapades, memory lapse, bandit, criminal, humour, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Is relevant?
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:
funny, light, humorous, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family holiday, family vacation, beach, road trip, island, family relations, father son relationship, vacation, parents and children, friendship, old friend, travel ...
Place:
southern italy, europe
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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, philosophical, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
disability, euthanasia, biopic, death, human spirit, dying, handicapped, existentialism, suicide, depression, lawyer, dignity ...
Time:
year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, barcelona, south america, europe, galicia ...
Is relevant?
220K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, funny, sexy, cute ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
friendship, water, coming of age, ocean, disguise, seaside town, friends, sea voyage, male female friendship, sea adventure, friendship between boys, monster ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 1950s, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
Is relevant?
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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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:
captivating, feel good, sincere, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot:
society, mayor, rivalry, ambition, escapades, adaptation, happy ending, obsession, danger, corruption, justice, friendship ...
Place:
sicily
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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:
light, semi serious, captivating, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
parenthood, child, parents, children, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, motherhood, family relations, family life, middle class, father, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
Is relevant?
91K
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, navy, naval battle, war, military, naval officer, nazism, sea battle, ship captain, boat, soldier ...
Time:
year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
germany, america
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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, entertaining
Plot:
world war two, mafia, love and romance, male female relationship, mafioso, love affair, wartime life, romantic relationship, war, love story, wartime, couple relations ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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:
enlightenment, poet, poetry, prodigy, unrequited love, romanticism, biopic, writer's life, society, family problems, writers, father son relationship ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, naples italy, southern italy ...
Is relevant?
202K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, cerebral, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
business, businessman, fast food, capitalism, rags to riches, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, salesman, money, marketing, greed, food ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 2010s, year 2016, year 1954 ...
Place:
usa, america, california, arizona, illinois ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.
Style:
religious horror, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
nun, convent, pregnancy, pregnant woman, body horror, church, priest, dark secret, female protagonist, fear, problem, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
italy, europe
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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:
captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
family tragedy, stereotypes, life philosophy, family relations, social relations, life & death, lifestyle, parents and children, life turned upside down, murder, cynicism, idealism ...
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 138 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:
epic, atmospheric, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mexican revolution, friendship, rape, robbery, flashback, redemption, haunted by the past, friendship between men, cynicism, bandit, motorcycle, culture clash ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
mexico, ireland, northern ireland, latin america, mexico city
Is relevant?
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, parody, buddy comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
unlikely friendships, social relations, friends, misfit partners, disorder, partners against crime, deception, friendship, drug dealing, undercover, teamwork, investigation ...
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