Top Italian Movies


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

91. Trinity is Still My Name ( ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Enzo Barboni
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Enzo Tarascio
Plot: Two unlikely heros team up again in this Italian Western. Similar in style to the old Clint Eastwood westerns.

92. Opera ( Terror at the Opera )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Plot: A young opera singer gets her chance to become a star in a staging of Macbeth, but a deranged killer follows her and forces her to watch as her murders those close to her. Can a traumatic memory hold the key to stopping the killer?

93. Nothing Left to Do But Cry ( Non ci resta che piangere )

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi
Actors: Massimo Troisi, Roberto Benigni, Iris Peynado, Amanda Sandrelli
Plot: School janitor Mario (Massimo Troisi) and teacher Saverio (Roberto Benigni) are in a car at a level crossing, waiting for the train to pass. The scenery is the Tuscan countryside, in 1984. As the train is late, the two decide to go for an alternative path and take a road through the fields. Shortly afterwards, the car gets stuck, and as the night approaches, it starts to rain. The two men manage to find shelter under a huge tree, but it is late, and there seems to be no hope the rain might stop before the night is over. While having a chat, they spot a light through the rain that turns out to be that of a small inn. Mario and Saverio decide to spend the night there and are hosted in a room along with a third man, who is already sleeping as they come in. The morning after, the two wake up to see that they have traveled back in time to year 1492.

94. Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure aka Friend is a Treasure, A ( Chi trova un amico, trova un tesoro )

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Fujioka, Louise Bennett

95. Crime Novel ( Romanzo criminale )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michele Placido
Actors: Stefano Accorsi, Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria

96. Salt of Life, The ( Gianni e le donne )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio
Actors: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini
Plot: Gianni is 60, retired and well-liked by everyone around him, but he feels something is missing in his life. When his macho lawyer friend tells him to find a mistress like all respectable Italian men, Gianni decides maybe it's time to stop being so nice and find some extracurricular love.

97. Reality

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Iorio
Plot: The narrative is set in the world of reality television, and follows a Neapolitan fishmonger who participates in Grande Fratello, the Italian version of Big Brother.

98. Happy as Lazzaro ( Lazzaro felice )

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Actors: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher

99. Porcile aka Pigsy

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi

100. Who Saw Her Die? ( Chi l'ha vista morire? )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aldo Lado
Actors: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero

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