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Italian cinema: Drama
Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Vittorio De Sica
In post-war Rome, jobs are scarce and families are starving. When he is offered a job putting up posters for the town council, Antonio Ricci willingly accepts, even though it requires him to provide his own bicycle...
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Vittorio De Sica
Ludwig (1972)
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state...
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Luchino Visconti
Mamma Roma (1962)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Now that she is in her forties and fast losing her good looks, Mamma Roma has made up her mind to give up her life as a prostitute and try to make a respectable living, for the sake of her 16-year-old son Ettore...
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
Le Mépris (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Miracolo a Milano (1951)
Vittorio De Sica
One day, an old woman finds a baby boy in her cabbage patch and decides to adopt him, christening him Toto. When the old woman later dies, Toto enters an orphanage, where he stays until he is 18...
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Vittorio De Sica
La Notte (1961)
Michelangelo Antonioni
On the way to a reception to celebrate the publication of his latest novel, Giovanni Pontano takes his wife Lidia to visit his friend Tommaso, who is dying from cancer in a private hospital... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
On the way to a reception to celebrate the publication of his latest novel, Giovanni Pontano takes his wife Lidia to visit his friend Tommaso, who is dying from cancer in a private hospital... [More...]
Le Notti bianche (1957)
Luchino Visconti
One evening, as he wanders the streets of a town he has recently been transferred to, Mario encounters a solitary young woman named Maria... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
One evening, as he wanders the streets of a town he has recently been transferred to, Mario encounters a solitary young woman named Maria... [More...]
Ossessione (1943)
Luchino Visconti
Gino Costa, an itinerant labourer, arrives at a roadside café-cum-petrol station. The owner, Giuseppe Bragana, offers him temporary work, which he accepts - because he is attracted to his employer's wife, Giovanna... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Gino Costa, an itinerant labourer, arrives at a roadside café-cum-petrol station. The owner, Giuseppe Bragana, offers him temporary work, which he accepts - because he is attracted to his employer's wife, Giovanna... [More...]
Paisà (1946)
Roberto Rossellini
Six tales of ill-fated human contact set during the liberation of Italy by the Allied forces in World War II, between 1943 and 1944... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
Six tales of ill-fated human contact set during the liberation of Italy by the Allied forces in World War II, between 1943 and 1944... [More...]
Plein soleil (1960)
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business... [More...]
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)
Luchino Visconti
After the death of her husband, Rosaria Parondi makes up her mind to leave her home in the poverty-stricken south of Italy and move to Milan in the north with her four sons... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
After the death of her husband, Rosaria Parondi makes up her mind to leave her home in the poverty-stricken south of Italy and move to Milan in the north with her four sons... [More...]
Roma, città aperta (1945)
Roberto Rossellini
Rome, during the Nazi occupation of 1943-44. The Germans have declared Rome an open city but are intent on tracking down resistance leaders... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
Rome, during the Nazi occupation of 1943-44. The Germans have declared Rome an open city but are intent on tracking down resistance leaders... [More...]
Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
Roberto Rossellini
Early in the 13th Century, a group of monks led by Saint Francis roam the Italian countryside, preaching their simple message to those who will hear and lending acts of kindness whenever they encounter those in need... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
Early in the 13th Century, a group of monks led by Saint Francis roam the Italian countryside, preaching their simple message to those who will hear and lending acts of kindness whenever they encounter those in need... [More...]
Le Salaire de la peur (1953)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In a dusty, hot South American mining town, European immigrants eke out a meagre existence, struggling to find work in an area of high unemployment... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In a dusty, hot South American mining town, European immigrants eke out a meagre existence, struggling to find work in an area of high unemployment... [More...]
Sciuscià (1946)
Vittorio De Sica
In Rome shortly after the end of World War II, two boys, Pasquale and Giuseppe, earn money by polishing the shoes of American soldiers... [More...]
Vittorio De Sica
In Rome shortly after the end of World War II, two boys, Pasquale and Giuseppe, earn money by polishing the shoes of American soldiers... [More...]
La Signora senza camelie (1953)
Michelangelo Antonioni
Stardom comes too quickly for Clara Manni. Leaving her parents' drapers shop in Milan, she becomes a film star overnight, thanks to a small role in a film... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
Stardom comes too quickly for Clara Manni. Leaving her parents' drapers shop in Milan, she becomes a film star overnight, thanks to a small role in a film... [More...]
La Strada (1954)
Federico Fellini
Learning of her sister's death, a young peasant woman Gelsomina allows herself to be sold as her replacement - mistress and assistant to Zampanò, an itinerant strongman... [More...]
Federico Fellini
Learning of her sister's death, a young peasant woman Gelsomina allows herself to be sold as her replacement - mistress and assistant to Zampanò, an itinerant strongman... [More...]
Stromboli (1950)
Roberto Rossellini
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a young Lithuanian refugee, Karin, meets an Italian fisherman, Antonio, in a camp for displaced persons... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a young Lithuanian refugee, Karin, meets an Italian fisherman, Antonio, in a camp for displaced persons... [More...]
Teorema (1968)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
A comfortable middle class family is visited by an enigmatic dark-haired young man. One by one, the members of their family - the husband, the wife, their daughter, their son, and their maid - succumb to the seductive charms of the stranger as he unleashes their innermost desires... [More...]
Pier Paolo Pasolini
A comfortable middle class family is visited by an enigmatic dark-haired young man. One by one, the members of their family - the husband, the wife, their daughter, their son, and their maid - succumb to the seductive charms of the stranger as he unleashes their innermost desires... [More...]
La Terra trema (1948)
Luchino Visconti
For generations, the Valastros have worked as fishermen in the small Sicilian fishing village of Aci Trezza. It is a hard and dangerous life, and the wholesalers they work for give them just enough money to avoid starvation... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
For generations, the Valastros have worked as fishermen in the small Sicilian fishing village of Aci Trezza. It is a hard and dangerous life, and the wholesalers they work for give them just enough money to avoid starvation... [More...]
Umberto D. (1952)
Vittorio De Sica
Umberto Domenico Ferrari is a retired civil servant living in a rented room in Rome. Having no family or friends, his only companion is his small dog, Flike... [More...]
Vittorio De Sica
Umberto Domenico Ferrari is a retired civil servant living in a rented room in Rome. Having no family or friends, his only companion is his small dog, Flike... [More...]
Un bellissimo novembre (1969)
Mauro Bolognini
After the death of his father, 17-year-old Nino is finding adolescence a traumatic and lonely ordeal. One autumn, during a holiday on the slopes of Mount Etna, he finds he is strongly attracted towards his young aunt, Cettina... [More...]
Mauro Bolognini
After the death of his father, 17-year-old Nino is finding adolescence a traumatic and lonely ordeal. One autumn, during a holiday on the slopes of Mount Etna, he finds he is strongly attracted towards his young aunt, Cettina... [More...]
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Around two thousand years ago, an impoverished itinerant preacher from Nazareth roams Palestine, claiming that he is the Son of God and is on a mission to redeem Mankind... [More...]
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Around two thousand years ago, an impoverished itinerant preacher from Nazareth roams Palestine, claiming that he is the Son of God and is on a mission to redeem Mankind... [More...]
Verdi - The King Of Melody (1953)
Raffaello Matarazzo
In January 1901, the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi lies on his deathbed and looks back on his eventful life and career... [More...]
Raffaello Matarazzo
In January 1901, the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi lies on his deathbed and looks back on his eventful life and career... [More...]
War and Peace (1956)
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth... [More...]
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth... [More...]