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Amazon Prime Video
70
7.4
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72
/257/
71
/363/
3.6
/4334/
66
/38/
79
/264/
56
/15/

The Unknown Woman (2006)
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
poster
70
67
7.2
/10112/
71
/255/
71
/678/
3.6
/5933/
53
/15/
85
/341/

Romanzo Criminale (2005)
After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the most powerful gangsters in Rome. Libano loves their new status, and seeks to spread their influence throughout the underworld, while the other two pursue more fleshly desires. For decades, their gang perpetrates extravagant crimes, until paranoia threatens to split the friends apart.
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71
61
6.8
/3289/
67
/53/
65
/265/
3.4
/2817/
90
/39/
77
/52/
63
/17/

Caterina in the Big City (2003)
When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships based on social class and their parents' political affiliations.
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Plex
64
60
6.9
/8339/
69
/238/
72
/661/
3.6
/4796/
55
/11/
50
/109/

Baaria (2009)
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
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Disney Plus
60
6.4
/16738/
70
/551/
63
/292/
3.2
/15111/
52
/23/
69
/459/
53
/13/
cc age 11+

Big Business (1988)
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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78
57
7.4
/2494/
71
/42/
71
/62/
3.6
/1322/
92
/12/
89
/27/

Lamerica (1994)
Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns to Italy to get government funds for the project, Spiro unexpectedly disappears and Gino sets out on a journey to find him. The search leads him to discover Spiro's tragic personal history and witness Albanian poverty firsthand.
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72
56
7.4
/1352/
70
/64/
74
/236/
3.6
/2014/
72

Mary Forever (1989)
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
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54
6.7
/5507/
66
/123/
66
/275/
3.5
/6607/
38
/16/
61
/67/

The Caiman (2006)
Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, a subject so controversial that even the public television broadcaster refuses to produce it
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49
6.4
/2234/
67
/162/
67
/385/
2.8
/3608/

Run to You (2022)
Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.
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63
49
6.5
/2052/
65
/108/
64
/146/
3.0
/5626/
62

Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
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71
47
6.4
/560/
65
/34/
65
/109/
3.1
/1744/
100
/5/

Burning Hearts (2022)
Puglia. Burnt by the sun and by hatred, the promontory of Gargano is contested by criminals who seem to come from a remote past governed by the law of the jungle. An archaic land reminiscent of the Far West, in which blood is washed away with blood. An old feud between two rival families is rekindled by a forbidden love: the one between Andrea, reluctant heir of the Malatesta, and Marilena, beautiful wife of the boss of the Camporeale clan. A fatal passion that sets the two clans at war again. But Marilena, banished by the Camporeale and prisoner of the Malatesta, disputed and abused, will oppose a fate already written with a mother’s strength.
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45
7.0
/1925/
55
/26/
62
/41/
3.6
/1278/
100
/5/
57
/11/

Three Brothers (1981)
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
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52
39
5.9
/4740/
61
/117/
52
/211/
2.7
/1260/
35
/27/

Ages of Love (2011)
In Italy, three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man falls in love with his friend's daughter.
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37
4.7
/413/
55
/59/
53
/192/
2.7
/633/
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Christmas Dinner (2016)
In Polignano a Mare, covered in snow, they are more nervous than usual. Hysterics, anxiousness, pregnancy tests, lost rings and stuck lifts - what else can happen?
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59
37
5.6
/1912/
60
/97/
58
/312/
3.1
/1356/

Department Store (1986)
A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.
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36
6.2
/2144/
65
/100/
62
/380/
3.0
/2065/
56
/3/

Viva l'Italia (2012)
The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding him…
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33
6.0
/1585/
59
/43/
56
/37/
3.1
/2278/
21
/86/

The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?
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33
6.9
/1429/
64
/19/
68
/58/
3.6
/699/
77
/16/

The Goodbye Kiss (2006)
Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—hiding out in Latin America since the 1970s—turns himself in as soon as the Berlin Wall falls. Wishing to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a dirty cop, getting his sentence reduced in return for ratting former comrades out. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming an upright citizen, but his old police aquaintance keeps dragging him down...
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31
5.7
/3024/
59
/105/
55
/126/
3.0
/707/
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/12/

The Lookout (2012)
When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.
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30
7.0
/946/
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/18/
72
/47/
3.5
/677/

Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the love affair with Vincenzina.
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68
29
6.8
/456/
68
/8/
55
/26/
3.3
/244/
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The Sicilian Connection (1985)
An Italian-American pizzeria manager returns to Sicily to assassinate a judge, enlisting his honest younger brother for help. As the brother's morals clash with the task, the only way to save him is through a sacrifice that appeases the mafia.
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63
29
6.6
/1289/
60
/44/
63
/58/
3.2
/539/

Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006)
This highly acclaimed feature film on Pope John Paul II was filmed on location in Italy and Poland. Focusing on the papacy of John Paul and the tremendous impact he had on the Church and the world, Karol: The Pope, The Man stars actor Piotr Adamczyk in a deeply moving portrayal of the beloved pontiff. It is the powerful true story of a charismatic spiritual leader who helped bring down Communism, renewed the life of the Church, greatly impacted youth worldwide with love for Christ, and a Pope who reached out to other religions and world leaders with a message of peace and love. Also stars Raoul Bova (Saint Francis), Michele Placido (Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth) and Adriana Asti as Mother Teresa. The beautiful film score is by legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.
poster
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28
6.7
/754/
65
/13/
62
/30/
3.5
/1248/

A Leap in the Dark (1980)
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.
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58
28
5.6
/882/
63
/68/
57
/282/
2.9
/847/

Loving Only You (2015)
Lukewarm wedding acquires a new meaning when the father of the groom rekindles his long-time love for the mother of the bride.
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61
27
6.6
/835/
60
/20/
56
/35/
3.4
/279/
55

Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
The Marquise Eugenia di Maqueda, an orphan raised by the nuns, marries Raimondo Corrao, but on their wedding night she finds out that he is her brother. The piece of news is in a letter written from Paris by their father, a womaniser who lives and hides from them in the French headtown. The pair decide, to avoid the scandal, to live as brother and sister. He will later leave for the war in Lybia, she will find solace and sexual satisfaction in the arms of the family chauffeur.
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26
4.4
/196/
56
/12/
46
/13/
86
/40/

Caliber 9 (2021)
Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.
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Plex
47
26
4.7
/1675/
42
/54/
45
/47/
2.8
/921/

Tulpa - Demon of Desire (2012)
Lisa Boeri is at the top of her corporate career. At night she frequents the notorious Club Tulpa, owned by a mysterious Tibetan guru. Unshackled from repression and guilt, Lisa will do anything with any stranger to attain a higher consciousness. However, when her lovers start getting murdered in shocking ways, Lisa can’t go to the police because the scandal would impact her day job. Foolishly she tries to unmask the assassin herself, with truly nightmarish consequences.
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64
23
6.2
/248/
66
/9/
69
/28/
3.1
/932/

Eternal Visionary (2024)
In 1934, while traveling to Stockholm, where he is about to receive the Nobel Prize, the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello recalls his life and his relationship with the loved ones who have inspired his art.
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56
22
6.1
/935/
53
/22/
63
/72/
3.3
/673/
40
/2/

Beach House (1977)
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.
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55
21
5.5
/624/
54
/25/
55
/167/
2.9
/421/

Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso (2010)
Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.
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20
6.3
/461/
60
/20/
60
/43/
3.3
/246/

Notes from a Women Salesman (2021)
Set in 1978 Milan, Bravo lives his life among luxury clubs and illegal gambling dens in the company of his friend Daytona. Bravo defines himself as an entrepreneur. His business is women - because he sells them. The life of a women salesman is not an easy one, though. The meeting with Carla and a night in the town will change his life forever. Bravo will have to go through his painful past and fight the ultimate battle.
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Kanopy
56
20
5.9
/1009/
53
/23/
55
/20/
3.1
/1077/

Plot of Fear (1976)
Plot of Fear tells the story of a decadent weekend party full of orgies and drugs on the outskirts of Milan. Inspector Lomenzo investigates a series of bizarre murders, each linked by the fact that pages from the German children’s book "Shock-Headed Peter" have been left at the scene of the crime. As the bodies pile up, Lomenzo is guided by a model and a surveillance expert to a decadent club frequented by the rich and powerful.
poster
57
19
5.6
/666/
59
/39/
52
/26/
3.2
/492/

La Orca (1976)
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, where she is made to write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.
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68
17
7.2
/652/
65
/6/
64
/14/
3.7
/712/

A Man on His Knees (1979)
Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find out who has sent the killers and stop them before it's too late.
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Kanopy
55
17
5.9
/419/
41
/7/
51
/17/
3.5
/797/

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (1986)
A charming billionaire manager kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.
poster
61
17
6.9
/633/
53
/9/
58
/19/
3.3
/542/

Ernesto (1979)
Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.
poster
44
16
3.2
/558/
52
/28/
41
/95/
2.6
/494/

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began (2011)
Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.
poster
44
15
3.7
/481/
47
/18/
41
/102/
2.7
/349/

2061 - Un anno eccezionale (2007)
In a post-apocalyptic future, the Italian peninsula is going through a dark moment due to a terrible energy crisis.
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53
15
6.1
/483/
62
/18/
56
/118/
3.0
/229/
27
/3/

Just Married (2009)
Nicola, a policeman in Puglia, is a reformed ladies' man with his heart set on marrying the daughter of the Indian ambassador.
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47
15
4.7
/603/
45
/23/
42
/100/
2.7
/292/

Commediasexi (2006)
Congressman Bonfili, a family man and promoter in the Italian Parliament of a family law, has a clandestine affair with a feisty starlet wannabe actress. In his murky scheming, he also involves his blameless private driver.
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66
12
6.9
/191/
57
/8/
69
/15/
3.6
/281/

Teresa the Thief (1973)
Teresa gets her first taste of crime -- and its consequences -- when, during World War II, she is nabbed for robbing an apartment. But being poor and perpetually starving, the pretty petty thief doesn't give up her quest for ill-gotten gains and soon turns to pick-pocketing. Despite her questionable thieving skills, the bumbling crook tries scheme after scheme, pilfering from strangers and dodging the law as she searches for a way to fund an adequate meal.
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60
11
6.5
/464/
64
/5/
59
/14/
55
/5/

The Roses of the Desert (2006)
A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all the battalion is involved to help the local population. The war anyway goes on with no regards to human feelings. The "glorious" Fascist campaign is going to became a fast retreat.
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66
10
6.7
/367/
71
/6/
55
/14/
3.5
/278/

Victory March (1976)
The drawbacks and difficulties of military life are explored in this film. Paolo Passeri is a college graduate, somewhat spoiled, somewhat effete, who finds himself in an officer training program under the stern martinet, Captain Asciutto. He gradually becomes acclimated to the military mind-set, and when the Captain's wife decides to take a romantic interest in him, he does not report her dangerous peculiarities to anyone.
poster
?
6.9
/35/
40
/1/
68
/2/

Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future (2007)
The documentary focuses on Marco Ferreri and shows an unconventional man, extreme, provocative in ways, always a step ahead in its work, and often considered a visionary and experimental. The documentary honors the memory of a filmmaker too soon forgot that left an indelible mark in the seventh art.
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?
7.1
/27/
10
/1/

Uomo di rispetto (1993)
Sicilia, a chauffeur for a prominent figure in mafia circles, finds himself in the midst of a mafia war in which his boss and other friends are killed. He tries to understand who is behind all these crimes, risking his own life to discover the perpetrator of all these deaths.
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?
6.3
/27/
10
/1/
30
/2/

Via Paradiso (1988)
Via Paradiso depicts the charming, unchanging nature of the fate of an old movie theatre through intertwined stories which involves a dramatic romance that flourishes on a tranquil Christmas evening and disrupts everything, only to disappear as quickly as it arrived.
poster
?
7.5
/39/
55
/2/
55
/3/

Arnoldo Mondadori - I libri per cambiare il mondo (2022)
The exemplary story of one of the most important pioneers of the Italian publishing industry who, with his vision, brought books and reading into the homes of all Italians.
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?
5.5
/97/
10
/1/

Private Affairs (1987)
Romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the fashion and television world of Rome.


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