Best Italian Movies – page 2

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Hardboiled Egg (1997)
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, realistic, semi serious, gloomy, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, bittersweet, working class, youth culture, dysfunctional family, factory worker, teenage love, blue collar, oil refinery, proletarian, puberty, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: tuscany, europe, italy
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 8.8
 2.3M
Fight Club (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
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: surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, psychology, fight, plot twist, schizophrenia, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, losing-it hero, against the rules, nihilism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2013
Place: delaware, america, los angeles, iran, seattle ...
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 7.2
 90K
Frailty (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style: psychological, surprise ending, scary, twisted, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, twists and turns, insanity, religious fanatic, childhood, plot twist, father son relationship, punishment, demon, child abuse ...
Time: year 2001, 70s, year 2000, year 1979, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
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 7.6
 132K
The Two Popes (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the church forward.
Style: humorous, psychological, philosophical, motivational, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: religion, vatican, catholic church, catholic, catholic priest, pope, priest, confession, dark humor, religious, biopic, guilt ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy, buenos aires argentina, argentina
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The Hand of God (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, psychological, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: coming of age, life, loss of virginity, poverty, lifestyle, society, city life, change of luck, european, feeling, youth, art ...
Time: 2020s, 80s
Place: naples italy, nebraska, europe, italy
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from ...
Style: futuristic, saga, exciting, emotional, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, alien, sword fight, space wars, robot, space opera, spaceship, heroic mission, outer space, space, tragic villain, personality change ...
Time: future, year 2005, 20th century, year 2016, 2000s
Place: space western
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Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style: romantic, sweet, colorful, period piece, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, medieval, unfulfillment, true love, love, star crossed lovers ...
Time: year 1968, 1900s
Place: italy, europe
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 7.0
 51K
Gomorrah (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style: disturbing, tense, harsh, realistic, serious ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, organized crime, gang war, mafia, gangster, camorra, italian mafia, danger, gang, character study, power, debt ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, southern italy, miami, venice ...
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 7.4
 9K
Still Life (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
Style: sincere, semi serious, realistic, captivating, powerful ...
Plot: self discovery, solitude, introspection, social worker, workplace situations, obsession, workplace, misfit, social misfits, investigation, fired from the job, death ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
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 7.5
 67K
Blow-Up (1966)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, independent film, art house, psychological thriller ...
Plot: photographer, photography, photograph, fashion, voyeurism, murder witness, fashion model, fashion photographer, nudity, free love, photo studio, voyeur ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, paris france, united kingdom
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 7.7
 134K
Serpico (1973)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: police corruption, corruption, fighting the system, police, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, corrupt cop, mafia, social decay, biopic, life is a bitch ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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 7.2
 114K
The Full Monty (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working class, unemployment, stripper, striptease, male stripper, gay, friendship, lgbtq, dance, loser, father, small town ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: northern england, england, britain, united kingdom, yorkshire
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 6.7
 31K
Spring (2014)
Genre: Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Style: atmospheric, sexy, melancholic, surreal, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: immortality, supernatural, dangerous attraction, relationships, love, transformation, small town, monster, magic realism, survival, runaway, life & death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, california, rome italy, naples italy
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Siberian Education (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspense, gloomy ...
Plot: friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, teenage life, social misfits, crime and punishment, society, social relations, isolation, parents and children, misfit, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place: russia, siberia
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Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story: During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style: grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, splatter, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, monster, epidemic, end of the world, survival, living dead, siege, shopping mall, undead ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, philadelphia, bolivia, usa
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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.
Style: apocalyptic, humorous, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: shark, killer shark, natural disaster, monster, animal attack, time travel, shark attack, parents and children, chaos and mayhem, escapades, struggle for survival, heroes ...
Time: year 2017
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Hungry Hearts (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, indie film, sad ...
Plot: murder, pregnancy, family problems, life turned upside down, couples, vegetarian, saving a life, tragic event, husband wife relationship, mental illness, paranoia, hunger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, cult classic ...
Plot: drug dealing, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, disorder, robbery, nightclub, gang, explorer, university, scientist, car ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything ...
Style: sincere, semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: mother, femme fatale, mother son relationship, parents and children, homecoming, family life, small town, terminal illness, passion, parent child relationship, youth, siblings relations ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe
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 7.2
 155K
Cold Mountain (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania, UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story: In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style: romantic, sincere, serious, period piece, touching ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, war, loss of family member, wartime, getting home, slavery, loss of loved one, military ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place: south carolina, north carolina, usa, america, ancient greece ...
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, scenic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: writers, small town, divorce, passion, tourist, friendship, life, middle aged woman, male female relationship, starting over, love, journey ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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 7.4
 16K
Mediterraneo (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in ...
Style: touching, sincere, art house, sad, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, greek island, friendship, italian soldier, wartime, culture clash, soldier, fascism, italian history, small town, kriegsmarine, village ...
Time: year 1991, post world war two
Place: greece, mediterranean sea, italy, europe
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Style: suspense, action packed, action thriller, tense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: espionage, spy, mission, cia, double agent, gunfight, disguise, terrorism, mission impossible, agent, heroes, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, italy, berlin germany, shanghai, washington d.c. ...
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Caesar Must Die (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, Caesar Must Die (Cesare Deve Morire), the scripted documentary shows inmates at a prison in Rome rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Style: realistic, talky, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: prison, shakespeare, hopes, actor's life, human spirit, audition, criminal heroes, introspection, confined, prison life, rehearsal, convict ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 5K
Don't Be Bad (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, captivating, hood
Plot: robbery, friendship, drug, murder, danger, rivalry, society, lgbt, gang, italian mafia, corruption, underground ...
Time: 90s, year 2015
Place: italy, rome italy
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A chief of detectives, homicide section, commits a murder and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Style: surreal, bleak, psychological, satirical, political ...
Plot: murder, politics, police investigation, police, satire, courtroom drama, extramarital affair, legal, years of lead, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1970
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
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Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot: imperialism, desert, colonialism, prisoners of war, interrogation, torture, forbidden love, danger, social decay, couples, love affair, disorder ...
Time: victorian era
Place: italy, austria, mongolia, east asia
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#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories (2019)
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did but whose faces have remained in the shadows-Primo Levi. The Oscar®-winning Helen Mirren will introduce audiences to Anne Frank's story through the ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, thought provoking, psychological
Plot: holocaust, holocaust survivor, concentration camp, world war two, life is a bitch, violence spree, historical character, teenage girl, deportation, prisoners of war, historical figure, struggle for survival ...
Place: poland
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 7.8
 102K
A Prophet (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style: harsh, tense, bleak, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison, mafia, gangster, prison life, cruelty, organized crime, coming of age, prison gang, racial slur, jail, guilt, respect ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france, marseille
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 6.0
 167K
Murder Mystery (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.
Style: entertaining, feel good, detective, humorous, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: whodunit, murder, yacht, troubled marriage, amateur detective, chase, inheritance, wanted, murder investigation, crime investigation, investigation, police officer ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: mediterranean sea, new york, monte carlo, spain, monaco
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