Top Italian Movies


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

101. 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, Harry Carey Jr., Jessica Dublin
Plot: Two unlikely heros team up again in this Italian Western. Similar in style to the old Clint Eastwood westerns.

102. Blood and Black Lace ( Sei donne per l'assassino )

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Ariana Gorini, Dante DiPaolo, Mary Arden

103. Black Sabbath ( tre volti della paura, I )

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mario Bava, Salvatore Billitteri
Actors: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Susy Andersen, Massimo Righi
Plot: Mario Bava's trilogy of terror concerns a woman whose phone keeps ringing from an ex-lover... an escaped prisoner looking for one more kill; a vampire-hunting father returns to his country home but has changed for the worse and finally, a nurse lifts a ring from a recently-deceased medium only to suffer the terrible consequences.

104. 5-Man Army, The ( esercito di cinque uomini, Un )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Taylor, Italo Zingarelli
Actors: Peter Graves, James Daly, Bud Spencer, Nino Castelnuovo, Tetsurô Tanba, Claudio Gora

105. 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, Carlo Monni, Livia Venturini
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.

106. 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, Salvatore Borghese, Kainowa Lauritzen

107. 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, Riccardo Scamarcio, Anna Mouglalis

108. 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, Valeria Cavalli, Aylin Prandi
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.

109. 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, Nunzia Schiano, Rosaria D'Urso
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.

110. 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, Sergi López, Nicoletta Braschi

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