Popular from Italy
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
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 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
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
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
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,
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
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 Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, 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
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.
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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
Martin Mystery
(Martin Mystère)
Stepsiblings Martin and Diana investigate the paranormal and protect Earth from the supernatural.
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- France, Canada, Italy • 2003
- Creator David Michel
- Cast Alexis Tomassian, Dorothée Pousséo, Sylvain Lemarie, Yann Le Madic, Laurence Dourlens, Emmanuel Garijo
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on The Roku Channel
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
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- France, Germany, Italy • 2002
- Creator Yves Simoneau, Max Gallo
- Cast Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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,
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
The Canterbury Tales
(I racconti di Canterbury)
A controversial filmmaker's adaptation of Chaucer's famous poem.
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- Italy, France • 1972
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Dan Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Law According to Lidia Poët
(La legge di Lidia Poët)
In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët fights to become the first female lawyer in Italy.
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- Italy • 2023
- Creator Guido Iuculano, Davide Orsini
- Cast Matilda De Angelis, Sara Lazzaro, Nicolo Pasetti, Dario Aita, Mia McGovern Zaini, Eduardo Scarpetta
- Genre Crime, Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
Anbessa
As housing developments and hyenas encroach on his community, a boy reinvents himself as his hero.
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- Italy, Ethiopia, United States • 2019
- Director Mo Scarpelli
- Cast Asalif Tewold
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on GuideDoc, True Story, Flix Premiere, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Popflick
No Dogs or Italians Allowed
(Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens)
A filmmaker explores his family's history in the Piedmontese village called Ughettera.
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- France, Italy, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Alain Ughetto
- Cast Ariane Ascaride, Luigi Butà, Alain Ughetto
- Genre Animation
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Scarlet
(L'envol)
A WWI veteran returns to his French village, discovering his wife's death. Left to care for daughter Juliette, he witnesses her becoming a free-spirited woman.
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- France, Italy, Germany • 2023
- Director Pietro Marcello
- Cast Raphaël Thiéry, Juliette Jouan, Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky, Yolande Moreau, François Négret
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
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, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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, Vudu, Amazon Video
Sherlock Hound
(名探偵ホームズ)
A loose retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" where all the characters are animals.
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- Japan, Italy • 1984
- Creator Hayao Miyazaki, Kyosuke Mikuriya
- Cast Taichirō Hirokawa, Chikao Ohtsuka, Yôko Asagami, Kousei Tomita, Shozo Iizuka, Hiroshi Masuoka
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Retrocrush, Freevee
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Indivisible
(Indivisibili)
The lives of two Siamese twin sisters are overturned when one of them falls in love for the first time.
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- Italy • 2016
- Director Edoardo de Angelis
- Cast Angela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Truppo, Massimiliano Rossi, Toni Laudadio
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Deep Red
(Profondo rosso)
A pianist and a journalist investigate a series of murders committed by a killer who refuses to be found.
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- Italy • 1975
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, Eros Pagni
- Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, FlixFling, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex,
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 Hoopla, Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
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
Futura
A portrait of Italy observed through the eyes of teenagers who describe the places they live in and imagine their futures.
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- Italy • 2021
- Director Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Le Trou
Inmates hatch a plan to dig their way out of jail.
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- France, Italy • 1960
- Director Jacques Becker
- Cast Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel, Jean-Paul Coquelin
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
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
Il Posto
(Il posto)
A coming-of-age film about a young man beginning his career at a large, bureaucratic company.
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- Italy • 1961
- Director Ermanno Olmi
- Cast Loredana Detto, Sandro Panseri, Tullio Kezich, Mara Revel, Guido Spadea, Corrado Aprile
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kanopy
No Man's Land
Two wounded soldiers from opposite sides find themselves in a trench in no man’s land during the Bosnian War in 1993.
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- France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy • 2001
- Director Danis Tanović
- Cast Branko Đurić, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Šovagović, Georges Siatidis, Sacha Kremer
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, AMC+, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Redbox, 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
Juliet of the Spirits
(Giulietta degli spiriti)
The inhibitions... the desires... the obsessions... of a jealous woman held prisoner by her own dreams
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- Italy, France • 1965
- Director Federico Fellini
- Cast Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, Valeska Gert, José Luis de Villalonga
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Video
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
Marriage, Italian Style
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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,
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy,
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
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