Top Italian Movies


The Top Italian Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Italian List". Lists are calculated daily.

121. Three Brothers ( Tre fratelli )

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Francesco Rosi
Actors: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol

122. Hellbenders, The ( Crudeli, I )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Actors: Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Al Mulock, Aldo Sambrell

123. Fellini-Satyricon

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Plot: The bawdy rivalry between two teachers forms a loose framework for Fellini's take on the decadent world of Nero's Rome. Based on the novel by Petronius.

124. Bitter Rice ( Riso amaro )

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone
Plot: Francesca and Walter, a pair of petty criminal, evade police in Northern Italy. Francesca finds herself among a group of women rice workers, including Silvana, a voluptuous peasant and Marco, a soldier about to be discharged. Walter soon joins her and the four form an uneasy group - one that leads to robbery, jealousy and eventually murder.

125. Seduction of Mimi, The ( Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro, Agostina Belli

126. Watch Out, We're Mad ( Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcello Fondato
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Patty Shepard, Deogratias Huerta

127. Desert of the Tartars, The ( deserto dei Tartari, Il )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret
Plot: Lieutenant Drogo finds his first assignment is an isolated fortress located on the border of a desert and a mountain range. The fort is designed to halt an attack by the Tartars from the desert, but the men assigned to the fort have never seen any signs of the Tartar forces. Sacrificing everything for a distant military ideal - some men prepare, others further their careers while yet others have given up every seeing action.

128. I'm for the Hippopotamus ( Io sto con gli ippopotami )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Italo Zingarelli
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, May Dlamini

129. City of the Living Dead ( Paura nella città dei morti viventi )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Plot: The suicide of a priest in his own church is the catalyst for the gates of hell to open. A journalist and a psychic along with a psychiatrist and his patient must figure out how to reverse the effects before All Saints Day - when the dead of the world will rise from their graves and wipe out mankind.

130. Death Rides a Horse ( Da uomo a uomo )

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Giulio Petroni
Actors: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli

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