Popular from Italy
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 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
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
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
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
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
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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, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Tommaso
An unconventional recovery drama focusing on one man’s struggle for stability.
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- Italy • 2020
- Director Abel Ferrara
- Cast Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Anna Ferrara, Alessandra Scarci, Maricla Amoriello, Luciano Sovena
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
La Dolce Vita
(La dolce vita)
A paprazzo's search for love and happiness through booze and sex.
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- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Plex,
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
Carandiru
Dr. Drauzio Varella listens to the stories of prisoners in the Carandiru Penitentiary.
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- Brazil, Argentina, Italy • 2003
- Director Héctor Babenco
- Cast Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Aílton Graça, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Aida Leiner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
The Space Between
After caring for his ailing father in Italy, Marco finds new joy in Olivia, a spirited Australian chasing her dreams.
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- Italy, Australia • 2017
- Director Ruth Borgobello
- Cast Flavio Parenti, Maeve Dermody, Lino Guanciale, Fulvio Falzarano, Giancarlo Previati
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee
Tahrir: Liberation Square
This documentary follows three young Egyptians over the two weeks following January 25, 2011 as anti-government protests gain steam.
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- France, Italy • 2012
- Director Stefano Savona
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco stagione 2
Returning to her hometown to head up the local police station, Lolita Lobosco confronts criminals, murderers, and her own past.
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- Italy • 2023
- Creator Luca Miniero
- Cast Luisa Ranieri, Filippo Schicchitano, Giovanni Ludeno, Lunetta Savino
- Genre
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
We Want Roses Too
(Vogliamo anche le rose)
A powerful look at the Italian feminist movement in the '60s and '70s.
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- Italy, Switzerland, Finland • 2008
- Director Alina Marazzi
- Cast Anita Caprioli, Teresa Saponangelo
- Genre
- Available on DocAlliance Films
The Disappearance of My Mother
(Storia di B – La scomparsa di mia madre)
Life after fame: An aging fashion model dreams of escaping the world of images and disappearing for good.
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- Italy • 2019
- Director Beniamino Barrese
- Cast Benedetta Barzini, Beniamino Barrese, Carlotta Antonelli, Michela De Rossi, Martina De Santis
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
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+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling
White Fang
(Zanna Bianca)
White Fang and his pack of humans takes down a crime lord.
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- Italy, Spain, France • 1973
- Director Lucio Fulci
- Cast Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, John Steiner, Raimund Harmstorf, Daniel Martín
- Genre Adventure, Family, Western
- Available on fuboTV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee
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
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,
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
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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
Tristana
A young woman must choose between safety and freedom.
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- Spain, Italy, France • 1970
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Lola Gaos, Antonio Casas, Jesús Fernández
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Edge of Heaven
(Auf der anderen Seite)
A widower pays a prostitute to live with him and keep him company in this story of Turkish immigrants living in Germany.
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- Germany, Turkey, Italy • 2007
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
PlayTime
The clumsy Monsieur Hulot gets into various mishaps in Paris.
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- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jacques Tati
- Cast Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Valérie Camille
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Mattei Affair
(Il caso Mattei)
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- Italy • 1972
- Director Francesco Rosi
- Cast Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranco Ombuen, Edda Ferronao, Accursio Di Leo, Furio Colombo
- Genre Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video
Divorce Italian Style
(Divorzio all'italiana)
How do you end a marriage when divorce is illegal? It's easier than you think.
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- Italy • 1961
- Director Pietro Germi
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli, Leopoldo Trieste, Odoardo Spadaro, Margherita Girelli
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Headless Woman
(La mujer sin cabeza)
A woman’s life begins to spiral out of control as she becomes paranoid after hitting something with her car.
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- Argentina, France, Italy • 2008
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Guillermo Arengo, Inés Efron, María Vaner
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, 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
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 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
Bicycle Thieves
(Ladri di biciclette)
Antonio and his son walk the streets of Rome in search of Antonio’s stolen bicycle, vital for keeping his job.
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- Italy • 1948
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri, Gino Saltamerenda, Giulio Chiari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Army of Shadows
(L'Armée des ombres)
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
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- France, Italy • 1969
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
The Sea Inside
(Mar adentro)
Ramón Sampedro fights for the legal right to end his own life.
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- Spain, France, Italy • 2004
- Director Alejandro Amenábar
- Cast Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Joan Dalmau, Josep Maria Pou, Mabel Rivera
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Tenebrae
An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer who murders people associated with his work on his latest book.
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- Italy • 1982
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, Giuliano Gemma, Christian Borromeo
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Night Flight Plus, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, Plex,
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
Marriage, Italian Style
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
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
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
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
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 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
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,
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
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,
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.
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- 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 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
Festival Favorites
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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