Popular from Italy
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
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
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.
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 Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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 Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee
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, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Jesus of Nazareth
A dramatization of the life, birth, and death of Jesus, as told by the New Testament.
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- Italy, United Kingdom • 1977
- Creator Franco Zeffirelli
- Cast Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Yorgo Voyagis, Anne Bancroft, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Fandango At Home, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, VIX , Plex, Britbox Apple TV Channel , UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel, Plex Channel
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 No streaming locations found.
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, Epix Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
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 MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Epix Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
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
New from Italy
Adagio
Manuel, a sixteen year old taking care of his aging father, is blackmailed and drawn into the underworld of Rome.
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- Italy • 2023
- Director Stefano Sollima
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini, Emilio Franchini, Marzio El Moety
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
La Chimera
Arthur, an archaeologist with a supernatural gift for locating Etruscan relics, reunites with a ragtag group of tomb raiders.
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- Italy, France, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Isabella Rossellini, Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Vincenzo Nemolato, Chiara Pazzaglia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Those About to Die
An epic focused on gladiatorial sports and politics in Ancient Rome.
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- United States, Germany, Italy • 2024
- Creator Roland Emmerich, Marco Kreuzpaintner
- Cast Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hughes, Jojo Macari, Iwan Rheon, Gabriella Pession, Rupert Penry-Jones
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Prisma
Identical adolescent twins Marco and Andrea, try to find their place in the world, in their own different ways.
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- Italy • 2022
- Creator Ludovico Bessegato, Alice Urciuolo
- Cast Mattia Carrano, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Caterina Forza, Chiara Bordi, Matteo Scattaretico, LXX Blood
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Beautiful Summer
(La bella estate)
When Ginia meets carefree model Amelia, she must navigate a new bohemian world of partying and sex.
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- Italy • 2023
- Director Laura Luchetti
- Cast Yile Yara Vianello, Deva Cassel, Nicolas Maupas, Alessandro Piavani, Adrien Dewitte, Cosima Centurioni
- Genre
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
The Yara Gambirasio Case: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
(Il caso Yara: oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio)
A docuseries exploring the murder of 13-year-old gymnast Yara, and the controversial investigation that followed.
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- Italy • 2024
- Creator Gianluca Neri
- Cast Massimo Bossetti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Twist à Bamako)
In the 1960's in post-colonial Mali, a socialist falls in love with a woman trying to escape an arranged marriage.
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- France, Canada, Senegal • 2022
- Director Robert Guédiguian
- Cast Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Diouc Koma, Issaka Sawadogo, Bakary Diombera, Alassane Gueye
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Chicken for Linda!
(Linda veut du poulet!)
Paulette must find ingredients to make a meal for her daughter in the middle of a city-wide strike.
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- France, Italy • 2023
- Director Sébastien Laudenbach, Chiara Malta
- Cast Milan Cerisier
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Apple TV
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
Immaculate
A hyperdevout nun in an Italian convent becomes pregnant in a seemingly immaculate conception.
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- United States, Italy • 2024
- Director Michael Mohan
- Cast Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Road to the Lemon Grove
Calogero must scatter his father's ashes on the family lemon grove that his brother is trying to sell.
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- Canada, Italy • 2019
- Director Dale Hildebrand
- Cast Burt Young, Rossella Brescia, Nick Mancuso, Charly Chiarelli, Loreena McKennitt
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla
Pinocchio
The story of Pinocchio, the puppet who became a real boy.
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- Italy, France, United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Matteo Garrone
- Cast Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Marine Vacth, Gigi Proietti, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla
Challengers
In this story of a love triangle set in the world of professional tennis, the complicated relationship dynamics play out on and off the court.
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- United States, Italy • 2024
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Zendaya
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Epix Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Conversion
(La conversione)
In 1850s Italy, Edgardo, a Jewish child, is secretly baptized by and then kidnapped from his family.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2023
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Paolo Pierobon, Barbara Ronchi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Life You Wanted
(La vita che volevi)
Following her transition, and a move to Lecce, Gloria is finally beginning to feel happy, until a friend reminds her of her past.
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- Italy • 2024
- Creator Ivan Cotroneo, Monica Rametta
- Cast Vittoria Schisano, Giuseppe Zeno, Pina Turco, Alessio Lapice, Michele De Virgilio, Francesco Pellegrino
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Italian Series
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 Amazon Prime Video, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
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
The New Pope
When the previous pope emerges from a coma, it sparks a power struggle with his successor.
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- Italy, France, Spain • 2020
- Creator Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
I Hate Christmas
(Odio il Natale)
Gianna is content with her bachelorette status right up until the Christmas season starts. To avoid being shamed, she plans to find a boyfriend for Christmas.
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- Italy • 2022
- Creator Per-Olav Sørensen
- Cast Pilar Fogliati, Beatrice Arnera, Fiorenza Pieri
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
The Life You Wanted
(La vita che volevi)
Following her transition, and a move to Lecce, Gloria is finally beginning to feel happy, until a friend reminds her of her past.
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- Italy • 2024
- Creator Ivan Cotroneo, Monica Rametta
- Cast Vittoria Schisano, Giuseppe Zeno, Pina Turco, Alessio Lapice, Michele De Virgilio, Francesco Pellegrino
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Young Pope
A young American pope disrupts the Church with controversial and wide-sweeping changes.
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- Italy, France, Spain • 2016
- Creator Paolo Sorrentino
- Cast Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Those About to Die
An epic focused on gladiatorial sports and politics in Ancient Rome.
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- United States, Germany, Italy • 2024
- Creator Roland Emmerich, Marco Kreuzpaintner
- Cast Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hughes, Jojo Macari, Iwan Rheon, Gabriella Pession, Rupert Penry-Jones
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
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
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
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
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
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
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, Amazon Prime Video, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Once Upon a Time in the West
(C'era una volta il West)
There were three men in her life. One to take her... one to love her... and one to kill her.
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- Italy, United States • 1968
- Director Sergio Leone
- Cast Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti
- Genre Western
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Epix Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Black Souls
(Anime nere)
There is only one way to end bad blood.
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- Italy, France • 2014
- Director Francesco Munzi
- Cast Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta, Fabrizio Ferracane, Barbora Bobuľová, Anna Ferruzzo, Giuseppe Fumo
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Hoopla
Sacro GRA
A tale from Rome's Grande Raccordo Anulare.
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- Italy, France • 2013
- Director Gianfranco Rosi
- Cast Roberto Giuliani, Franceso De Santis, Paolo Regis, Amelia Regis
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Caro Diario
Told in three episodes, this film mimics the structure of a diary, specifically of writer, director, and star Nanni Moretti.
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- Italy, France • 1993
- Director Nanni Moretti
- Cast Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta, Lorenzo Alessandri, Raffaella Lebboroni
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Nowhere Special
With only a few months left to live, a single father searches for a family to adopt his four-year-old son.
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- Italy, Romania, United Kingdom • 2020
- Director Uberto Pasolini
- Cast James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O'Higgins, Valerie O'Connor, Stella McCusker, Carol Moore
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Paisan
(Paisà)
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
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- Italy • 1946
- Director Roberto Rossellini
- Cast Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emanuel, Raymond Campbell, Harold Wagner, Albert Heinze
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
La Cage aux Folles
(La Cage aux folles)
Two gay men living in St. Tropez try to hide their homosexuality when their son's fiancée and her conservative parents come to visit.
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- France, Italy • 1978
- Director Édouard Molinaro
- Cast Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Michel Galabru, Venantino Venantini, Rémi Laurent
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV
Two Days, One Night
(Deux jours, une nuit)
The hidden truth of individualism: it hurts others as much as it helps you.
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- Belgium, France, Italy • 2014
- Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Cast Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Damien Trapletti, Batiste Sornin, Pili Groyne
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Seduced and Abandoned
(Sedotta e abbandonata)
After a girl is seduced by her sister’s fiance, her father attempts to force the two to marry.
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- Italy, France • 1964
- Director Pietro Germi
- Cast Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì, Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca, Lola Braccini, Leopoldo Trieste
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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 MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Pluto TV
The Edge of Heaven
(Auf der anderen Seite)
The story of the relationship between Turkey and Germany as told through a cluster of overlapping narratives that center around the search for connection in the wake of tragedy.
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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 Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Hoopla
In My Room
An aimless man wakes up to find he is the last person on Earth.
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- Germany, Italy • 2018
- Director Ulrich Köhler
- Cast Hans Löw, Elena Radonicich, Michael Wittenborn, Emma Bading, Kathrin Resetarits
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Last Year at Marienbad
(L'Année dernière à Marienbad)
The mysterious story of a man and woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
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- France, Italy • 1961
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, Françoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Ville
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
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
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, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Xumo Play, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Lola
A chance encounter with Lola has Roland falling in love, but she may not return his feelings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1961
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette, Margo Lion
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Time of the Gypsies
(Dom za vešanje)
A teenager's sense of morality is challenged after he is forced to join a gypsy gang.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Yugoslavia, Italy, United Kingdom • 1988
- Director Emir Kusturica
- Cast Davor Dujmović, Borivoje Todorović, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic, Sinolička Trpkova, Zabit Memedov
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Il Divo
Postwar Italy elects Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti to seven terms, but in 1992 he is put on trial for colluding with the Mafia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Summer in Italy
Caro Diario
Told in three episodes, this film mimics the structure of a diary, specifically of writer, director, and star Nanni Moretti.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1993
- Director Nanni Moretti
- Cast Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta, Lorenzo Alessandri, Raffaella Lebboroni
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Rose Island
(L'incredibile storia dell'isola delle rose)
Idealist Giorgio Rosa sets off to build his own independent island where everyone can do whatever they want.
- Italy • 2020
- Director Sydney Sibilia
- Cast Elio Germano, Matilda De Angelis, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, François Cluzet, Tom Wlaschiha, Luca Zingaretti
- Genre Adventure, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Directors: Luca Guadagnino
Bones and All
Love blossoms between a young woman and a drifter as they embark on a 3,000-mile journey.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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
Challengers
In this story of a love triangle set in the world of professional tennis, the complicated relationship dynamics play out on and off the court.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Italy • 2024
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast Zendaya
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Epix Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
(Salvatore - Il calzolaio dei sogni)
The story of Salvatore Ferragamo, one of the most famous Hollywood shoe designers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Suspiria
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
A documentary portrait based on Bowers' own memoir of his experiences as a legendary bisexual male hustler and a notorious figure in gay Hollywood from the 1940s until the 1980s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2017
- Director Luca Guadagnino
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Vudu, Dekkoo, Kanopy, Hulu, Plex, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Apple TV