Mamma Roma

Breathless
(À bout de souffle)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1960
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
• Genre Crime, Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, HBO Max

When you discover the dirty truth about the person you love...

Rome, Open City
(Roma città aperta)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy • 1945
• Director Roberto Rossellini
• Cast Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Francesco Grandjacquet, Harry Feist, Maria Michi
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, FilmBox+, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, HBO Max

A powerful portrayal of dignity and courage.

8½

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1963
• Director Federico Fellini
• Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
• Genre Drama, Fantasy
• Available on Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, HBO Max

With 8½ Frederico Fellini weaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix.

Vivre Sa Vie
(Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 1962
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger, Gérard Hoffman, Monique Messine
• Genre Drama
• Available on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Kanopy, HBO Max

A young Parisian woman’s existential crisis — and eventual turn to sex work.

L'Avventura
(L'avventura)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1960
• Director Michelangelo Antonioni
• Cast Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, James Addams
• Genre Drama, Mystery
• Available on Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, HBO Max

A new adventure in filmmaking...

Theorem
(Teorema)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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, FilmBox+, Amazon Video, Freevee Amazon Channel

There are only 923 words spoken in “Teorema” – but it says everything!

Accattone

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy • 1961
• Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Cast Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti, Luciano Conti
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel

The poor man's "La Dolce Vita".

I Vitelloni
(I vitelloni)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1953
• Director Federico Fellini
• Cast Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, HBO Max

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village.

L'Eclisse
(L'eclisse)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1962
• Director Michelangelo Antonioni
• Cast Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Louis Seigner
• Genre Romance, Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video

… the ache and ecstasy of love…

The Gospel According to Matthew
(Il vangelo secondo Matteo)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Dove Channel, Hoopla, Vudu, The Film Detective, FILMRISE, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Fandor Amazon Channel, Freevee Amazon Channel

A retelling of the story of Christ.

Medea

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France, West Germany • 1970
• Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Cast María Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti, Paul Jabara
• Genre Drama, Fantasy
• Available on No streaming locations found.

It's a movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames. For Maria Callas, it's a natural.

A Woman Is a Woman
(Une femme est une femme)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Italy • 1961
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Cast Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Dubois, Jeanne Moreau, Dominique Zardi
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on Apple iTunes, Microsoft Store, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube

Sometimes women can't escape what nature makes them desire.

The Decameron
(Il Decameron)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 Hoopla

An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron".

Hawks and Sparrows
(Uccellacci e uccellini)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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, FILMRISE

A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.

La Notte
(La notte)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, France • 1961
• Director Michelangelo Antonioni
• Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati, Maria Pia Luzi
• Genre Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Kanopy, HBO Max

A married couple attend a bourgeois party and wade through the stifling strain that long-term marriage has imposed upon them.

A Special Day
(Una giornata particolare)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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 Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube

When Hitler visits Rome, everyone flocks to the square except two neighbors who become fascinated with each other.

Oedipus Rex
(Edipo re)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, Morocco • 1967
• Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Cast Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli
• Genre Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

A man flees, haunted by a shocking prophecy.

Love Meetings
(Comizi d'amore)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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

Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex.

Pigsty
(Porcile)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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

I killed my father, I ate human flesh, and I quiver with joy.

Dry
(Siccità)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy • 2022
• Director Paolo Virzì
• Cast Monica Bellucci, Valerio Mastandrea, Vinicio Marchioni, Silvio Orlando, Claudia Pandolfi, Max Tortora
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
• Available on No streaming locations found.