Popular from Italy
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
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 Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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 No streaming locations found.
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
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, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
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.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
A silent gunslinger, a renegade Mexican bandit, and an evil hitman hunt for 200,000 dollars in Confederate gold.
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- Italy, Spain, West Germany • 1966
- Director Sergio Leone
- Cast Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov
- Genre Western
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, TCM, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
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 Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
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 Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
New from Italy
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
Oedipus Rex
(Edipo re)
A man flees, haunted by a shocking prophecy.
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- Italy, Morocco • 1967
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
(Salvatore - Il calzolaio dei sogni)
The story of Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the most famous Hollywood shoe designers.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Manolo Blahnik, Grace Coddington, Christian Louboutin, Salvatore Ferragamo, Suzy Menkes, Deborah Nadoolman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Paradise: A New Life
(Paradise - Una nuova vita)
A man enters the witness protection program after a murder, but the killer arrives in his new small town.
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- Italy, Slovenia • 2020
- Director Davide Del Degan
- Cast Vincenzo Nemolato, Giovanni Calcagno, Katarina Čas, Branko Završan, Selene Caramazza, Andrea Pennacchi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Microcosmos
(Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe)
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. And one great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1996
- Director Marie Pérennou
- Cast Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion 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, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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 Two Popes
A Cardinal requests permission from Pope Benedict XVI to resign from the Church after being frustrated with the direction it is going.
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- United Kingdom, Italy • 2019
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Sidney Cole, Juan Minujín, Federico Torre
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Good Mothers
Three women who were born into the deadliest and wealthiest of the Italian mafia clans work with a courageous female prosecutor to bring it down from the inside.
- Italy • 2023
- Creator Stephen Butchard
- Cast Gaia Girace, Valentina Bellè, Barbara Chichiarelli, Francesco Colella, Simona Distefano, Andrea Dodero
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu
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I Knew Her Well
(Io la conoscevo bene)
A young woman from the Italian countryside moves to Rome hoping to become a star, but discovers the business’s dark side instead.
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- Italy, France, West Germany • 1965
- Director Antonio Pietrangeli
- Cast Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger, Nino Manfredi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Eyes Without a Face
(Les Yeux sans visage)
A plastic surgeon goes to extreme lengths to give his disfigured daughter a new face.
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- France, Italy • 1960
- Director Georges Franju
- Cast Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault, Béatrice Altariba, Charles Blavette
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Salt of the Earth
(Le sel de la terre)
A journey through the Earth's wrath and beauty with Sebastião Salgado.
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- France, Brazil, Italy • 2014
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, Hugo Barbier
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Last Tango in Paris
(Ultimo tango a Parigi)
A young Parisian woman begins a sordid affair with a middle-aged American businessman.
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- France, Italy • 1972
- Director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Catherine Breillat, Veronica Lazar, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Gitt Magrini
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
The Wide Blue Road
(La grande strada azzurra)
A local fisherman turns to illegal methods to support his family.
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- Italy, France, West Germany • 1957
- Director Maleno Malenotti
- Cast Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Umberto Spadaro, Terence Hill, Peter Carsten
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Microcosmos
(Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe)
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. And one great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
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- France, Switzerland, Italy • 1996
- Director Marie Pérennou
- Cast Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Special Day
(Una giornata particolare)
When Hitler visits Rome, everyone flocks to the square except two neighbors who become fascinated with each other.
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- Italy, Canada • 1977
- Director Ettore Scola
- Cast Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
Death of a Cyclist
(Muerte de un ciclista)
After hitting and killing a cyclist with their car, two upper-crusters engaged in an extramarital affair coverup their crime.
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- Spain, Italy • 1955
- Director Juan Antonio Bardem
- Cast Lucía Bosé, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla, Otello Toso, Alicia Romay
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Italian Series
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
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- France, Germany, Italy • 2002
- Creator Yves Simoneau, Max Gallo
- Cast Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Tommy & Oscar
An alien and human boy set out on musical adventures.
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- Spain, Italy • 2000
- Creator Iginio Straffi, Max Alessandrini
- Cast Monica Ward, Luca Violini, Beatrice Margiotti, Toni Orlandi, Goffredo Matassi
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Tubi TV
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
Beauty and the Beast
Leon Dalville is a prince who had it all, but this story is about what happened after he lost it.
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- Italy, Spain • 2014
- Creator
- Cast Massimo Wertmüller, Andy Luotto
- Genre Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Freevee
LOL: Last One Laughing Italy
(LOL: Chi ride è fuori)
Professional comedians face off in a charity competition to get one another to laugh.
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- Italy • 2021
- Creator Chiara Simeoni
- Cast Fedez, Lillo Petrolo
- Genre Comedy, Reality
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
Anna Karenina
A miniseries adaptation of the novel "Anna Karenina"
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- Italy, France, Spain • 2013
- Creator
- Cast Vittoria Puccini, Santiago Cabrera, Benjamin Sadler, Lou de Laâge, Max von Thun, Carlotta Natoli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Pluto TV, Freevee
Baby
Chiara, a privileged student at one of Rome’s elite schools, is lured into the dark world of underage prostitution.
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- Italy • 2018
- Creator Andrea De Sica, Giacomo Mazzariol, Antonio Le Fosse, Marco Raspanti, Eleonora Trucchi, Romolo Re Salvador
- Cast Benedetta Porcaroli, Alice Pagani, Riccardo Mandolini, Chabeli Sastre González, Brando Pacitto, Lorenzo Zurzolo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Love, Inevitably
(Lontano da te)
A Flamenco dancer and a businessman start having visions of each other after they accidentally crash into each other.
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- Spain, Italy • 2019
- Creator Marco Tiberi
- Cast Antonio Zavatteri, Megan Montaner, Alessandro Tiberi
- Genre Comedy
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Summertime
Summertime is a modern love story set during the summer on Italy’s Adriatic Coast.
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- Italy • 2020
- Creator Anita Rivaroli, Mirko Cetrangolo
- Cast Coco Rebecca Edogamhe, Amanda Campana, Ludovico Tersigni
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
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
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
(Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
Six teenagers fight for their dreams, leaving behind all the problems with parents and teachers.
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- Germany, Czech Republic, Italy • 2021
- Creator Annette Hess
- Cast Jana McKinnon, Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda, Bruno Alexander, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Jeremias Meyer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg, his valet Passepartout, and journalist Abigail Fix attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.
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- France, Germany, Italy • 2021
- Creator Ashley Pharoah, Caleb Ranson
- Cast David Tennant, Leonie Benesch, Ibrahim Koma
- Genre Action & Adventure, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Sherlock Hound
(名探偵ホームズ)
A loose retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" where all the characters are animals.
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- Japan, Italy • 1984
- Creator Hayao Miyazaki, Kyosuke Mikuriya
- Cast Taichirō Hirokawa, Chikao Ohtsuka, Yôko Asagami, Kousei Tomita, Shozo Iizuka, Hiroshi Masuoka
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Retrocrush, Freevee
Summer in Italy
The Great Beauty
(La grande bellezza)
A colorful, enchanting tale of one man's search for grand beauty and purpose in the majestic city of Rome.
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- Italy, France • 2013
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mid-August Lunch
(Pranzo di ferragosto)
As his unpaid rent increases, a middle-aged man living with his mother finds creative ways to relieve himself of debt.
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- Italy • 2008
- Director Gianni Di Gregorio
- Cast Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Maria Calì, Marina Cacciotti, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Luigi Marchetti
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Kanopy
A Bigger Splash
When Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit her and her husband on vacation, the couple is threatened by jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
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- Italy, France • 2015
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Aurore Clément, Corrado Guzzanti
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Mamma Roma
A former sex worker attempts to make a new life for herself, despite the looming threats of her past.
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- Italy • 1962
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano, Paolo Volponi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Witches
(Le streghe)
Five short stories about the roles of women in society...
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- Italy, France • 1967
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Franco Rossi, Mauro Bolognini
- Cast Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Massimo Girotti, Véronique Vendell, Elsa Albani
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Arabian Nights
(Il fiore delle Mille e una notte)
An erotic revisiting of an ancient anthology.
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- Italy, France • 1974
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, Tessa Bouché, Ines Pellegrini, Margareth Clémenti
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV
Love Meetings
(Comizi d'amore)
Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex.
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- Italy • 1965
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Lello Bersani, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Oriana Fallaci
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
Pigsty
(Porcile)
I killed my father, I ate human flesh, and I quiver with joy.
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- Italy, France • 1969
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi, Anne Wiazemsky, Margarita Lozano
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Decameron
(Il Decameron)
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron".
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- Italy, France, West Germany • 1971
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanović, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina
- Genre History, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Tubi TV
Theorem
(Teorema)
There are only 923 words spoken in “Teorema” – but it says everything!
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- Italy • 1968
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, Laura Betti
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Hawks and Sparrows
(Uccellacci e uccellini)
A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
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- Italy • 1966
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Francesco Leonetti, Gabriele Baldini, Ricardo Redi
- Genre Fantasy, Comedy
- Available on Criterion 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, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Marriage, Italian Style
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
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
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 Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Handsome Antonio
(Il bell'Antonio)
Dashing Antonio faces scandal when it's revealed he has yet to consummate the year-long marriage to his beloved wife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Mauro Bolognini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli, Tomas Milian, Fulvia Mammi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Innocent
(L'innocente)
Philandering aristocrat is incensed when he discovers his wife is conducting an affair of her own.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Ossessione
A woman begins an affair with a guest at her inn and convinces him to help her murder her husband.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Plex Channel
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
The Leopard
(Il gattopardo)
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure, set amidst the social changes of Italian unification.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Hoopla
Journey to Italy
(Viaggio in Italia)
A bored English couple must face the cracks in their marriage on a trip to Italy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1972
- Director Lina Wertmüller
- Cast Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Livia Giampalmo, Luigi Diberti, Turi Ferro
- Genre Comedy
- Available on OVID, Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Ieri, oggi, domani)
A playful anthology comedy following the romantic complications faced by three sets of lovers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Festival Favorites
Nostalgia
After 40 years, Felice returns to his hometown of Naples to revisit the past and to reconnect with his childhood best friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Gomorrah
(Gomorra)
Under the rule of the Camorra, residents of Naples and Caserta think only of power, money, and blood.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Girl by the Lake
(La ragazza del lago)
A police officer investigates the murder of a teen girl left naked by a lake.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
I Am Love
(Io sono l'amore)
Emma, an unfulfilled mother of three adult children, finds her senses rekindled by her son's friend.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2009
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marisa Berenson
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Freaks Out
Four circus “freaks” use their supernatural powers to try and save their Jewish circus owner in World War Two era Italy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Hoopla
Marx Can Wait
(Marx può aspettare)
Filmmaker Marco Bellocchio tells the story of his brother's suicide in 1968.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Happy as Lazzaro
(Lazzaro felice)
A pure-hearted sharecropper Lazzaro forms an unlikely friendship that will change his world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 2008
- Director Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hoopla
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 2012
- Director Vittorio Taviani
- Cast Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca, J. Dario Bonetti, Vincenzo Gallo
- Genre Drama, Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Call Me by Your Name
Is it better to speak or die?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Youth
Two old friends spend the holiday together in the Swiss Alps and reminisce on their lives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand