Popular from Italy
Under the Riccione Sun
(Sotto il sole di Riccione)
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- Italy • 2020
- Director Niccolò Celaia, Antonio Usbergo
- Cast Cristiano Caccamo, Saul Nanni, Andrea Roncato, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Ludovica Martino, Isabella Ferrari
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic 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
18 Presents
(18 regali)
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- Italy • 2020
- Director Francesco Amato
- Cast Vittoria Puccini, Benedetta Porcaroli, Edoardo Leo, Sara Lazzaro, Marco Messeri, Betti Pedrazzi
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Ruthless
(Lo spietato)
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- Italy, France • 2019
- Director Renato De Maria
- Cast Riccardo Scamarcio, Sara Serraiocco, Alessio Praticò, Alessandro Tedeschi, Marie-Ange Casta, Sara Cardinaletti
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Life Ahead
(La vita davanti a sé)
A Holocaust survivor and a young Senegalese orphan form an unlikely bond.
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- Italy • 2020
- Director Edoardo Ponti
- Cast Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Diego Iosif Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Invisible Thread
(Il filo invisibile)
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- Italy • 2022
- Director Marco S. Puccioni
- Cast Filippo Timi, Francesco Scianna, Francesco Gheghi, Emanuele Maria Di Stefano, Matteo Oscar Giuggioli, Giulia Maenza
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Rose Island
(L'incredibile storia dell'isola delle rose)
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- Italy • 2020
- Director Sydney Sibilia
- Cast Elio Germano, Matilda De Angelis, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, François Cluzet, Tom Wlaschiha, Luca Zingaretti
- Genre Comedy, Adventure
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Binding
(Il legame)
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- Italy • 2020
- Director Domenico Emanuele de Feudis
- Cast Mía Maestro, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giulia Patrignani, Mariella Lo Sardo, Raffaella D'Avella, Federica Rosellini
- Genre Horror, Thriller, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
New From Italy
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, YouTube
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
(Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle)
The true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier during WWII who surrendered 10,000 days after the Empire.
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- France, Japan, Germany • 2021
- Director Arthur Harari
- Cast Yuya Endo, Kanji Tsuda, Yuya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba, Shinsuke Kato, Kai Inowaki
- Genre Adventure, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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 MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Kino Now, Kanopy
Tell It Like a Woman
An anthology of seven short stories about women both in front of and behind the camera.
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- Italy, United States • 2022
- Director Catherine Hardwicke, Taraji P. Henson, Lucía Puenzo, Leena Yadav, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Mipo O, Lucia Bulgheroni, Silvia Carobbio
- Cast Jennifer Hudson, Pauletta Washington, Cara Delevingne, Marcia Gay Harden, Eva Longoria, Anne Watanabe
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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 Sundance Now, AMC+ Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Spectrum On Demand, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Traitor
(Il traditore)
After trying to leave the mafia for Brazil, Tommaso Buscetta is forced to return to Italy and become an informant.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bruno Cariello
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, AMC on Demand
The Pupils
(Le pupille)
A story of innocence, greed, and fantasy around a Christmas cake in a Catholic boarding school for girls.
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- Italy, United States • 2022
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Alba Rohrwacher, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Carmen Pommella, Lady Maru, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melissa Falasconi
- Genre Comedy, Family
- Available on Disney Plus
Alcarràs
In rural Spain, a family of peach farmers struggles to stay afloat as they face eviction from their farm.
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- Spain, Italy • 2022
- Director Carla Simón
- Cast Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Joseph Abadia
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
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
Italian Series
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
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, DIRECTV, , Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Hulu, A&E, The Roku Channel, DIRECTV, Spectrum On Demand, , Discovery Plus 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
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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Telescope Recommends
8½
With 8½ Frederico Fellini weaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
Le Samouraï
His only friend was his gun!
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- France, Italy • 1967
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Catherine Jourdan, Jacques Leroy
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, , Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Soul Kitchen
Zinos decides to reopen his restaurant with a hotshot chef, possibly alienating his loyal customer base that is used to a family style atmosphere.
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- Germany, France, Italy • 2009
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Adam Bousdoukos, Birol Ünel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan, Dorka Gryllus
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Padre Padrone
(Padre padrone)
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- Italy • 1977
- Director Vittorio Taviani
- Cast Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Fabrizio Forte, Marino Cenna, Stanko Molnar
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Nico, 1988
Christa Päffgen, stage name Nico, the muse of Andy Warhol, singer with the band Velvet Underground, and a woman of legendary beauty.
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- Italy, Belgium • 2017
- Director Susanna Nicchiarelli
- Cast Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Sandor Funtek, Thomas Trabacchi, Calvin Demba
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex
2046
Reality and fiction blend for a grieving sci-fi writer desperate to understand — and forget.
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- Hong Kong, China, France • 2004
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, 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.
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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
The Duchess of Langeais
(Ne touchez pas la hache)
A French General is in a stormy relationship with a coquettish married woman who delights in teasing his physical desires.
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- France, Italy • 2007
- Director Jacques Rivette
- Cast Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Anne Cantineau, Thomas Durand
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on DIRECTV, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Le Cercle Rouge
(Le Cercle rouge)
No place to hide...nowhere to run...
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- France, Italy • 1970
- Director Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, André Ekyan
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube
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 Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
(L'albero degli zoccoli)
When the family of man was still--- a family.
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- Italy • 1978
- Director Ermanno Olmi
- Cast Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, 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 Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV
Saraband
The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), which revisits Johan and Marianne who've been divorced for 32 years.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2003
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius Wollter, Gunnel Fred
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
Nights of Cabiria
(Le notti di Cabiria)
The story of a betrayed but unquenchable little Roman street-walker.
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- Italy, France • 1957
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Amedeo Nazzari, Dorian Gray, Aldo Silvani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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, TCM, DIRECTV
Monsoon Wedding
A four-day wedding celebration where love, lust and happiness take everyone by storm.
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- India, United States, Italy • 2001
- Director Mira Nair
- Cast Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Vasundhara Das
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Sun
(Солнце)
Confronted by General Douglas MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito of Japan must negotiate the terms of the country’s surrender.
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- Russia, Italy, Switzerland • 2005
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Dmitriy Podnozov
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Festival Favorites
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 Sundance Now, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Metrograph, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Freaks Out
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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, Fantasy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, DIRECTV
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 Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, Apple TV, AMC on Demand
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, Vudu, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum On Demand, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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
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 Magnolia Selects, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
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
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
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, YouTube
The Girl by the Lake
(La ragazza del lago)
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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
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 Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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
Actors: La Lollo e le Sue Amiche
8½
With 8½ Frederico Fellini weaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, , Max, Max Amazon Channel
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, Apple TV, AMC on Demand
L'Eclisse
(L'eclisse)
… the ache and ecstasy of love…
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- Italy, France • 1962
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Louis Seigner
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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, 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 Amazon Video, Hoopla, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph, Tubi TV
Mamma Roma
A former sex worker attempts to make a new life for herself, despite the looming threats of her past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, TCM, DIRECTV
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(Notre-Dame de Paris)
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1956
- Director Jean Delannoy
- Cast Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Damia, Marianne Oswald, Danielle Dumont
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Video
Beat the Devil
A motley crew of con artists race to lay claim on a bogus uranium mine.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, United States • 1953
- Director John Huston
- Cast Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Freevee, Public Domain Movies, fuboTV, Pure Flix, Amazon Video, Dove Channel, Vudu, Classix, The Film Detective, VUDU Free, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, FlixFling, Darkmatter TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Nights of Cabiria
(Le notti di Cabiria)
The story of a betrayed but unquenchable little Roman street-walker.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1957
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Amedeo Nazzari, Dorian Gray, Aldo Silvani
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Red Desert
(Il deserto rosso)
Her tenuous grip on reality is starting to slip... can a new man save her or will it only get worse?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Lili Rheims
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, , Max Amazon Channel, Max
Rome, Open City
(Roma città aperta)
A powerful portrayal of dignity and courage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1945
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Francesco Grandjacquet, Harry Feist, Maria Michi
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, , FilmBox+, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube