Popular from Italy
The Lions of Sicily
(I Leoni Di Sicilia)
The Florio family transform their small, run down spice shop in Sicily into an economic empire.
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- Italy, United States • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Michele Riondino, Miriam Leone, Donatella Finocchiaro, Vinicio Marchioni, Eduardo Scarpetta, Paolo Briguglia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu
The Name of the Rose
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
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- Italy, France, West Germany • 1986
- Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Cast Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Michael Lonsdale
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
Gomorrah
(Gomorra - La serie)
Ciro, a member of the brutal Neapolitan crime organization the Camorra, must navigate the dangers of the criminal underworld.
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- Italy, Germany • 2014
- Creator Roberto Saviano
- Cast Salvatore Esposito, Marco D'Amore, Ivana Lotito, Arturo Muselli
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Cinema Paradiso
(Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
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- Italy, France • 1988
- Director Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Suspiria
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company.
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- Italy, United States • 2018
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Elena Fokina
- Genre Horror, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Medici: Masters of Florence
The story of the Medici family of Florence’s ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution.
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- Italy, United Kingdom, France • 2016
- Creator Nicholas Meyer, Frank Spotnitz
- Cast Daniel Sharman, Synnøve Karlsen, Alessandra Mastronardi
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
My Brilliant Friend
(L'amica geniale)
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- Italy, United States • 2018
- Creator Saverio Costanzo
- Cast Gaia Girace, Margherita Mazzucco, Ludovica Nasti, Elisa del Genio, Dora Romano
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Django
When a jaded cowboy finds his long-lost daughter in a city of outcasts, he seeks a second chance with her.
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- Italy • 2023
- Creator Leonardo Fasoli, Maddalena Ravagli
- Cast Matthias Schoenaerts, Lisa Vicari, Nicholas Pinnock, Noomi Rapace, Tom Austen, Jyuddah Jaymes
- Genre Western
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
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- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2004
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
Bones and All
Love blossoms between a young woman and a drifter as they embark on a 3,000-mile journey.
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- Italy, United States • 2022
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Anna Cobb, André Holland, Michael Stuhlbarg
- Genre Drama, Horror, Romance
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
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- Italy, France, Brazil • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
The Eight Mountains
(Le otto montagne)
A city boy develops a friendship with a young cowherd at his summer house in the mountains.
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- Italy, Belgium, France • 2022
- Director Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
- Cast Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Elisabetta Mazzullo, Lupo Barbiero
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Everybody Loves Diamonds
A group of small-time Italian thieves manage to sneak past top-level security to steal millions of dollars worth of diamonds.
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- Italy • 2023
- Director Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
- Cast Kim Rossi Stuart
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
New from Italy
Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco
When deputy chief Lolita Lobosco returns to her hometown of Bari, she struggles to direct a team composed completely of men.
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- Italy • 2021
- Creator Luca Miniero
- Cast Luisa Ranieri, Giovanni Ludeno, Bianca Nappi, Filippo Scicchitano, Lunetta Savino, Giulia Maria Fiume
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Immaculate
A hyperdevout nun in an Italian convent becomes pregnant in a seemingly immaculate conception.
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- United States, Italy • 2024
- Director Michael Mohan
- Cast Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Priscilla
Based on the memoir "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, this film tells the story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley's turbulent relationship.
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- United States • 2023
- Director Sofia Coppola
- Cast Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Emily Mitchell, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Tim Post
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Video
Martin Mystery
(Martin Mystère)
Stepsiblings Martin and Diana investigate the paranormal and protect Earth from the supernatural.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 2003
- Creator David Michel
- Cast Alexis Tomassian, Dorothée Pousséo, Sylvain Lemarie, Yann Le Madic, Laurence Dourlens, Emmanuel Garijo
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on The Roku Channel
The Canterbury Tales
(I racconti di Canterbury)
A controversial filmmaker's adaptation of Chaucer's famous poem.
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- Italy, France • 1972
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Dan Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Law According to Lidia Poët
(La legge di Lidia Poët)
In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët fights to become the first female lawyer in Italy.
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- Italy • 2023
- Creator Guido Iuculano, Davide Orsini
- Cast Matilda De Angelis, Sara Lazzaro, Nicolo Pasetti, Dario Aita, Mia McGovern Zaini, Eduardo Scarpetta
- Genre Crime, Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Life Is Beautiful
(La vita è bella)
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination can conquer all.
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- Italy • 1997
- Director Roberto Benigni
- Cast Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Amerigo Fontani, Sergio Bini Bustric
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Piranhas
(La paranza dei bambini)
Chaos ensues when a gang of armed teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples to do their mob bosses' bidding.
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- Italy • 2019
- Director Claudio Giovannesi
- Cast Francesco Di Napoli, Artem Tkachuk, Viviana Aprea, Pasquale Marotta, Ciro Pellechia
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Mare Fuori
They can’t lock away your dreams.
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- Italy • 2020
- Creator Cristiana Farina
- Cast Carolina Crescentini, Carmine Recano, Nicolas Maupas, Massimiliano Caiazzo, Valentina Romani, Artem Tkachuk
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Packed with stunts, this adrenaline-filled first installment marks the thrilling conclusion to Ethan Hunt's story in a two-part movie experience.
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- Italy, Norway, United Arab Emirates • 2023
- Director Christopher McQuarrie
- Cast Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling
Once Upon a Time... Man
(Il était une fois… l'Homme)
"Once Upon a Time… Man" teaches history in a charming animated setting.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 1978
- Creator Albert Barillé
- Cast Roger Carel, Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Family, Kids
- Available on Pantaflix
Jean de Florette
When Jean de Florette inherits land in Provence, he decides to take up farming. But his scheming neighbors have other plans…
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1986
- Director Claude Berri
- Cast Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Hotel Rwanda
When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.
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- United Kingdom, South Africa, Italy • 2004
- Director Terry George
- Cast Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix, Jean Reno
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on MGM Plus, Hoopla, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
Mixed by Erry
The rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples and their "Mixed by Erry"-trademarked cassettes that brought pop music to 1980s Italian youth.
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- Italy • 2023
- Director Sydney Sibilia
- Cast Luigi D'Oriano, Giuseppe Arena, Emanuele Palumbo, Francesco Di Leva, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Adriano Pantaleo
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
(La ragazza che sapeva troppo)
An American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome and sets out to find the killer in the original giallo film.
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- Italy • 1963
- Director Mario Bava
- Cast Letícia Román, John Saxon, Valentina Cortese, Dante DiPaolo, Titti Tomaino, Luigi Bonos
- Genre Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Tubi TV, Freevee, Plex,
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The Kid with a Bike
(Le Gamin au vélo)
Twelve-year-old Cyril has been abandoned by his father and has lost his bike. Can the owner of the local beauty salon help?
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- Belgium, France, Italy • 2011
- Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Cast Cécile de France, Thomas Doret, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet, Egon Di Mateo
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
The Four Times
(Le quattro volte)
An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy.
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- Italy, Germany, Switzerland • 2010
- Director Michelangelo Frammartino
- Cast Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
Futura
A portrait of Italy observed through the eyes of teenagers who describe the places they live in and imagine their futures.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Together
(Tillsammans)
Elisabeth leaves her abusive husband to join her brother’s leftist commune in Stockholm.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Italy • 2000
- Director Lukas Moodysson
- Cast Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustaf Hammarsten, Anja Lundqvist
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Black Sabbath
(I tre volti della paura)
A must-watch anthology by the “Master of Italian Horror.”
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- Italy, France, United States • 1963
- Director Mario Bava
- Cast Boris Karloff, Susy Andersen, Mark Damon, Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Jacqueline Pierreux
- Genre Horror
- Available on Classix, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt changed art forever.
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- Netherlands, Italy, United States • 2012
- Director Chris Teerink
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Last Year at Marienbad
(L'Année dernière à Marienbad)
The mysterious story of a man and woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
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- France, Italy • 1961
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Ville
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Gosford Park
Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight.
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- United Kingdom, United States, Italy • 2001
- Director Robert Altman
- Cast Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Stephen Fry, Geraldine Somerville
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni's first British film
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- United Kingdom, Italy, United States • 1966
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Jane Birkin
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
The Future
(Il futuro)
Two orphans explore the dangers of adulthood until they find a retired Mr. Universe and enter his dark mansion in search of a future.
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- Italy, Chile, Germany • 2013
- Director Alicia Scherson
- Cast Manuela Martelli, Nicolas Vaporidis, Luigi Ciardo, Alessandro Giallocosta, Pino Calabrese, Rutger Hauer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Raw
(Grave)
When vegetarian Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life, unexpected consequences occur.
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- France, Belgium, Italy • 2016
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Il Divo
Postwar Italy elects Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti to seven terms, but in 1992 he is put on trial for colluding with the Mafia.
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- Italy, France • 2008
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Amazon Video
The Gospel According to Matthew
(Il vangelo secondo Matteo)
A retelling of the story of Christ.
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- Italy, France • 1965
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Settimio Di Porto
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex,
Cléo from 5 to 7
(Cléo de cinq à sept)
A young singer awaiting life-changing medical results embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
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- France, Italy • 1962
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand, José Luis de Vilallonga
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Kanopy
The Battle of Algiers
(La battaglia di Algeri)
The revolt that stirred the world!
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- Algeria, Italy • 1966
- Director Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cast Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Samia Kerbash
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Marriage, Italian Style
The Seduction of Mimi
(Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore)
Mimi, forced to leave his family in Sicily, finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.
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- Italy • 1972
- Director Lina Wertmüller
- Cast Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Livia Giampalmo, Luigi Diberti, Turi Ferro
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Marriage Italian Style
(Matrimonio all'italiana)
A businessman's mistress of 20 years learns he plans to marry a young woman and schemes to protect her family's interests.
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- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Marilù Tolo, Gianni Ridolfi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
Ossessione
A woman begins an affair with a guest at her inn and convinces him to help her murder her husband.
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- Italy • 1944
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo, Vittorio Duse, Michele Riccardini
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video, Plex,
The Leopard
(Il gattopardo)
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure, set amidst the social changes of Italian unification.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
La Strada
(La strada)
Gelsoma, a circus performer, endures her husbands coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together.
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- Italy • 1954
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Lidia Venturini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Vudu, Kanopy
Journey to Italy
(Viaggio in Italia)
A bored English couple must face the cracks in their marriage on a trip to Italy.
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- Italy, France • 1954
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Jackie Frost, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Leslie Daniels
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Stromboli
(Stromboli (Terra di Dio))
A Lithuanian exile in Italy marries a local fisherman who takes her to an island far from paradise.
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- Italy, United States • 1950
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo, Gaetano Famularo, Angelo Molino
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Innocent
(L'innocente)
Philandering aristocrat is incensed when he discovers his wife is conducting an affair of her own.
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- Italy, France • 1976
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli, Massimo Girotti, Didier Haudepin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Ieri, oggi, domani)
A playful anthology comedy following the romantic complications faced by three sets of lovers.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti, Lino Mattera, Tecla Scarano
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Vudu, Tubi TV, Kanopy
La Notte
(La notte)
A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.
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- Italy, France • 1961
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Seduced and Abandoned
(Sedotta e abbandonata)
After a girl is seduced by her sister’s fiance, her father attempts to force the two to marry.
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- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Pietro Germi
- Cast Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì, Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca, Lola Braccini, Leopoldo Trieste
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Festival Favorites
The Girl by the Lake
(La ragazza del lago)
A police officer investigates the murder of a teen girl left naked by a lake.
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- Italy • 2007
- Director Andrea Molaioli
- Cast Toni Servillo, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Anna Bonaiuto, Omero Antonutti, Marco Baliani
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
Freaks Out
Four circus “freaks” use their supernatural powers to try and save their Jewish circus owner in World War Two era Italy.
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- Italy, Belgium • 2021
- Director Gabriele Mainetti
- Cast Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Max Mazzotta
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Il Divo
Postwar Italy elects Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti to seven terms, but in 1992 he is put on trial for colluding with the Mafia.
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- Italy, France • 2008
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Amazon Video
Nostalgia
After 40 years, Felice returns to his hometown of Naples to revisit the past and to reconnect with his childhood best friend.
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- Italy, France • 2022
- Director Mario Martone
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi, Sofia Essaïdi, Nello Mascia
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Marx Can Wait
(Marx può aspettare)
Filmmaker Marco Bellocchio tells the story of his brother's suicide in 1968.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Alberto Bellocchio, Letizia Bellocchio, Marco Bellocchio, Maria Luisa Bellocchio, Piergiorgio Bellocchio, Pia Bareggi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
I Am Love
(Io sono l'amore)
Emma, an unfulfilled mother of three adult children, finds her senses rekindled by her son's friend.
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- Italy • 2009
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marisa Berenson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Hand of God
(È stata la mano di Dio)
Based in part on the life of director Paolo Sorrentino, this film tells the story of a fateful encounter with soccer superstar Diego Maradona.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Luisa Ranieri, Marlon Joubert, Massimiliano Gallo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Caesar Must Die
(Cesare deve morire)
A scripted documentary showing inmates at a prison in Rome rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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- Italy • 2012
- Director Vittorio Taviani
- Cast Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca, J. Dario Bonetti, Vincenzo Gallo
- Genre Drama, Documentary
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
Fire at Sea
(Fuocoammare)
More than 17,000 people were reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in the last 15 years...
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- Italy, France • 2016
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast Samuele Pucillo, Mattias Cucina, Samuele Caruana, Pietro Bartolo, Giuseppe Fragapane
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Gomorrah
(Gomorra)
Under the rule of the Camorra, residents of Naples and Caserta think only of power, money, and blood.
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- Italy • 2008
- Director Matteo Garrone
- Cast Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Salvatore Cantalupo, Gigio Morra, Marco Macor
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Happy as Lazzaro
(Lazzaro felice)
A pure-hearted sharecropper Lazzaro forms an unlikely friendship that will change his world.
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- Italy, Switzerland, France • 2018
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Youth
Two old friends spend the holiday together in the Swiss Alps and reminisce on their lives.
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- Italy, France, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Mark Kozelek
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand