Top Italian Movies


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

51. Ludwig

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe

52. Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August ( Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli
Plot: A haughty, rich woman is stranded on a desert island with an earthy workman. Despite their class differences and constant bickering, the two begin to fall in love. But will things be the same when they return to the mainland?

53. Nanny, The ( balia, La )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Actors: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Maya Sansa, Jacqueline Lustig

54. Violent Summer ( Estate violenta )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Actors: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Cathia Caro

55. Don't Tell ( bestia nel cuore, La )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cristina Comencini
Actors: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro

56. Medea

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile
Plot: To become king, Jason goes to claim the golden fleece from stone age peoples, who are betrayed by their high priestess. She kills and surrenders herself to Jason and his crew. Her ambitions are soon to be also betrayed, as Jason falls in love with a princess.

57. Tenebrae

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Anthony Franciosa, Christian Borromeo, Mirella D'Angelo, Veronica Lario
Plot: An American horror novelist stops in Rome to promote his latest bestseller, but a serial killer who echoes his work has him fearing for is life, along with those close to him.

58. Mamma Roma

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini

59. Unknown Woman, The ( sconosciuta, La )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors: Kseniya Rappoport, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alessandro Haber, Claudia Gerini

60. They Call Me Trinity ( Lo chiamavano Trinità )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Enzo Barboni
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger, Elena Pedemonte

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