Best Italian Movies of 2024
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Italian Movies of 2024" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, psychological, tense, period drama, crying and suspense. Plot: bare chested male, male nudity, female protagonist, female nudity, blood, isolation, male pubic hair, coming of age, family drama and kiss. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Thriller. Country: Italy, USA and France.
Best Italian Movies of 2024
TOP Movies: Parthenope (2024), The Body (2024), Queer (2024), The Last Redemption (2024), Immaculate (2024), Diamonds (2024), Challengers (2024), Skincare (2024), Dune: Part Two (2024), The Boy with Pink Trousers (2024), The End (2024), Maria (2024), Naples to New York (2024), Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie (2024), I Don't Understand You (2024), Young Woman and the Sea (2024), Vanished into the Night (2024), A House on Fire (2024), A Sudden Case of Christmas (2024), The Tearsmith (2024).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.
Style:
mythical, captivating, psychological, crying
Plot:
high society, seaside, brother sister relationship, life, lifestyle, relationships, italian woman, female pubic hair, anthropology, professor, seductress, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1950, year 1982, year 1973, year 1968, year 1975 ...
Place:
italy, naples italy, mediterranean sea
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722
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich entrepreneur Rebecca Zuin has died from an alleged heart attack, raising suspicions on the part of a police inspector after her body disappears from the morgue. When her handsome young husband becomes a suspect, he starts thinking she may have ...
Style:
suspense, twisted, tense, psychological thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
morgue, faked death, investigation, death, suspicion, mysterious disappearance, suspect, deception, secrets, mind game, police procedural, betrayal ...
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29K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful ...
Style:
homoerotic, period piece, romantic drama, postmodern, period drama ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, gay, gay sex, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, desire, heroin, cocaine, gay couple, gay anal sex, gay seduction ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
mexico city, mexico, south america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In a land of swords and sorcery, bandits break from their gang to protect a little girl, pitting them against their old friends and former leader who was once like a father to them.
Style:
epic fantasy, heroic, action packed, dark fantasy, independent film
Plot:
sword and sorcery, rescue mission, medieval, sacrifice, betrayal, rebellion, political intrigue, gang, castle, moral ambiguity, fantasy world
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A film director gathers his favorite actresses, those he worked with and those he loved. He wants to make a film about women but he doesn’t reveal much: he observes them, takes cue, until his imaginary throw them into another era, in a past where ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, period drama
Plot:
nostalgia, loneliness, female bonding, fashion, creative process, sisterhood, friendship, anxiety, creativity, identity, competition, longing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro ...
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, dramatic, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot:
tennis, love triangle, tennis player, bromance, threesome, rivalry, sauna, teenage boy, homoerotic friendship, sports injury, homoeroticism, bisexual man ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2019, year 2011, year 2007 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, canada, ohio, indiana, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new challenge when a rival opens a boutique directly across from her store. Suspecting that someone is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark comedy
Plot:
rivalry, female protagonist, business rivalry, contract killing, bodybuilding, sabotage, rivals, stalking, male nudity, store, murder, home invasion ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Jordan
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul ...
Style:
epic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, desert, desert planet, dune, fictional war, creature, sandstorm, monster, alien, star wars, messiah, exploration ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On 20 November 2012, 15-year-old Andrea Spezzacatena took his own life. It was the first case in Italy of bullying and cyberbullying that led to a minor's suicide. The triggering incident was his choice to wear a pair of red trousers, a gift ...
Style:
sad, dark, educational, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cyberbullying, teen suicide, suicide, isolation, loss, bullying, mental health, shame, peer pressure, mother son relationship, grief, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK, Sweden, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life—until ...
Style:
absurd, crying
Plot:
underground bunker, guilt, isolation, end of the world, father son relationship, post apocalypse, bare chested male, regret, husband wife relationship, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, bunker ...
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25K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, Germany, Chile, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
Style:
period piece, cerebral, emotional, period drama
Plot:
opera, singing, dog, flashback, wealth, cafe, loneliness, based on real people, flash forward, butler, mother daughter relationship, interview ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by helping each other out. One night, they secretly board a ship bound for New York to reach ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, neorealism, historical drama, period piece ...
Plot:
post war, journey, immigration, struggle, social realism, hopes, resilience, working class, poverty, coming of age, friendship, survival ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
new york, naples italy, italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard ...
Style:
black and white, period drama, f word
Plot:
female nudity, poet, novelist, prison, voice over narration, sex scene, based on real people, blood, biopic, sick woman, writers, homeless man ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1975 ...
Place:
new york, moscow russia, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Stranded in rural Italy without transportation or language skills, an American couple on the verge of adopting tries to reconnect during a disastrous vacation, as their fears and relationship problems threaten to boil over.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, tense ...
Plot:
gay couple, language barrier, misunderstanding, social problems, problem, relationship problems, intimate, vacation gone wrong, slice of life, bittersweet, isolation, couples therapy ...
Place:
italy, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal ...
Style:
motivational, powerful, inspirational
Plot:
sister, swimming, skinny dipping, competition, male nudity, based on real people, swimmer, women in sport, biopic, pride, wedding, new york yankees ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
english channel, new jersey, paris france, england, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A father, immersed in a difficult divorce process, embarks on a dangerous mission when his children disappear from their isolated country house.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
country house, investigation, divorce, isolated place, missing child, family drama, secret, disappearance, vanished man, mysterious disappearance, private investigation, puzzle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Montse, divorced and with two children who have long ignored her, prepares for a family reunion at her home on the Costa Brava.
Style:
hilarious, dark comedy
Plot:
family drama, family reunited, mother daughter conflict, divorce, family secret, single mother, female protagonist, slice of life, siblings, weekend getaway, slow burn, regret ...
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christmas but this year it’s August. The fact is they are breaking up, and once Claire realizes ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
parent child relationship, family reunited, family drama, heartwarming, reconciliation, second chance, child protagonist, holiday romance, bittersweet, christmas spirit, hotel, celebration ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Adopted together after a tough childhood in an orphanage, Nica and Rigel realize that unexpected but irresistible feelings pull them together.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
half brother, orphan, demon, brother sister relationship, love affair, couple relations, life is a bitch, in love, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, love story ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Greece, UK, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
Plot:
male nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, island, antiquity, husband wife relationship, prince, queen, suitor, bow and arrow, greek mythology, odyssey ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When her teen daughter displays increasingly disturbing behavior after a near death experience, a mother becomes convinced the girl brought something evil back from the other side.
Style:
mysterious, psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspense, unpredictable ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, motherhood, near death experience, supernatural, possession, paranormal, haunting, protective mother, family drama, unsettling, suspicion, trauma ...
Place:
rome italy
Is relevant?
115
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two robbers on the run end up in the clutches of a doctor who experiments on people to navigate the afterlife. What seems to be an innocuous foray into a scientific and existential revolution for humanity soon takes a turn for the worse.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, intense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
mad scientist, afterlife, human experiment, torture, science gone wrong, survival, obsession, escape, existentialism, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, body horror ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a grandmother falls for a cheeky suitor with dubious intentions, her family devises a secret plan to protect her life — and their inheritance.
Style:
psychological, funny, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, love interest, relationship problems, love, family relations, family problems, love story, love affair, secret plan, greed, deception, con artists ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
312
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A journalist and his female companion travel to interview a famous musician in Rome where a generous invite to a country estate becomes something much more than anyone expected.
Style:
crying
Plot:
rock star, balloon, opera singer, journalist, giraffe, chess, dead sister, photographer, flowers, couples, lsd, money ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Story:
In peaceful Taigasville, the Puffins enjoy carefree days filled with arctic games, and even lazy Otto Von Walrus loves his picnics. But when a surprise snowstorm strikes, the Puffins must rally together to save their world. Otto included.
Style:
cute, uplifting, lighthearted, colorful, educational
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
teamwork, winter, children, arctic, animal, snowstorm, cold, heartwarming, community, friendship, game, perseverance ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Italy, Serbia, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
Style:
religious horror
Plot:
antichrist, satanism, nun, orphanage, satanist, supernatural horror, female protagonist, priest, catholicism, photograph, spider, twins ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Italy, USA, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, desiring more land, invades neighbouring Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation. Protagonist ...
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, pastoral, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, tyranny, oppression, archery, resistance, rebellion, loyalty, sacrifice, invasion, feudalism, honor, patriotism ...
Time:
14th century, medieval times
Place:
switzerland, austria
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Genre: Action
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Phillip and Suzanne are retired from the spy game, living peacefully off the grid. That's until their whereabouts are discovered by Vlad, the vengeful brother of their target from the first film.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, dark, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, spy, violence, retribution, survival, chase, assassination, cat and mouse, hand to hand combat, vigilante, moral ambiguity, ruse ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Delphine, a disillusioned humanities teacher, makes an agreement with her students : they leave her in peace, as they get A+ grades. But these excellent results turn into a nightmare when the class is qualified for the Latin World Championships, in ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, tension, black humor
Plot:
education, language learning, competition, school, frustration, teacher student relationship, burnout, coming of age, satire, ethics, teenager, responsibility ...
Place:
naples italy, italy
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