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1. Borgia (2011–2014)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty.
Stars: Mark Ryder, Isolda Dychauk, Diarmuid Noyes, John Doman
Votes: 7,219
2. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 12,983
3. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando
Votes: 13,342 | Gross: $0.27M
4. Loro (2018)
Unrated | 151 min | Biography, Drama
An escort-service owner uses his girls to get close to politician/PM and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, but in 2006 he's preoccupied with his shaky marriage and losing an election.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 7,121
5. Il Divo (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci
Votes: 19,012 | Gross: $0.24M
6. Illustrious Corpses (1976)
PG | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 2,797
7. Esterno notte (2022)
330 min | Crime, Drama, History
The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
Stars: Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 1,689
8. Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Unrated | 410 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
Stars: George C. Scott, Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Lee Grant
Votes: 647
9. Baaria (2009)
Not Rated | 163 min | Comedy, Drama
Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina
Votes: 7,991 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Loro 1 (2018)
104 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 5,305
11. The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
125 min | Drama
A conscientious factory worker becomes embroiled in political activism after accidentally cutting off his finger while working a machine.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 4,066
12. Hands Over the City (1963)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale
Votes: 3,287
13. Mafia Inc (2019)
143 min | Crime, Drama
The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vince works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Marc-André Grondin, Gilbert Sicotte, Mylène Mackay
Votes: 1,642
14. 1992 (2015)
Drama
Follows six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape of early 90's Italy.
Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, Miriam Leone, Domenico Diele
Votes: 2,431
15. The Yes Man (1991)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Cesare Botero (Nanni Moretti) is a young minister well-known to be corrupted and corrupter. He is looking for an appropriate spokesman. He finds the right person in Prof. Luciano Sandulli (... See full summary »
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Nanni Moretti, Giulio Brogi, Anne Roussel
Votes: 887
16. Todo modo (1976)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Party leader and power broker M. is holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansing.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato, Ciccio Ingrassia
Votes: 1,541
17. Loro 2 (2018)
100 min | Biography
Set mostly in his Sardinian mansion, Silvio Berlusconi's personality, politic career, scandals, relationship with his wife and ambiguous heritage are presented through partially fictional events.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 2,953
18. Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
127 min | Drama
A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit.
Director: Daniele Vicari | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano, Davide Iacopini
Votes: 4,061
19. The Last 4 Days (1974)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 873
20. Mussolini and I (1985)
120 min | Biography, Drama, War
A compelling drama and documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce (Bob Hoskins), from his days as a terrorist, to his alliance with Hitler, to the betrayal of his son-in-law, and untimely demise.
Stars: Susan Sarandon, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Annie Girardot
Votes: 453
21. Fade to Black (2006)
R | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
Attempting to recover from his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, Orson Welles travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega, Christopher Walken
Votes: 914
22. Dormant Beauty (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino
Votes: 1,767
23. Long Live Freedom (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
When a politician disappears, his (mad) twin brother is brought to replace him.
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Michela Cescon
Votes: 4,702 | Gross: $0.05M
24. The Caiman (2006)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido
Votes: 5,280
25. Il compagno Don Camillo (1965)
93 min | Comedy
Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Leda Gloria, Gianni Garko
Votes: 1,980
26. Hammamet (2020)
126 min | Biography, Drama
The last year of Bettino Craxi's life, one of the most important and controversial Italian leaders of the 1980s.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Livia Rossi, Luca Filippi, Silvia Cohen
Votes: 1,786
27. My Way: The Rise and Fall of Silvio Berlusconi (2016 TV Movie)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
The life of Italian Tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi, told by himself.
Director: Antongiulio Panizzi | Stars: Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi, Alan Friedman, Fedele Confalonieri
Votes: 843
28. Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)
Not Rated | 137 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Malloy | Stars: Franco Nero, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato
Votes: 468
29. 1960 (2010)
75 min | Documentary, History
The Filmmaker Gabriele Salvatore has made his own personal story together with archive footage to create a picture of the economic and creative uprising of Italy in 1960.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Giuseppe Cederna, Michelangelo Antonioni, Brigitte Bardot, Mike Bongiorno
Votes: 246
30. Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
96 min | Documentary
The film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral which took place in Rome is a set of mainly public images, the re-presentation of the political figure. The video briefly traces the political life ... See full summary »
Directors: Ugo Adilardi, Silvano Agosti, Gianni Amico, Alfredo Angeli, Giorgio Arlorio, Gioia Benelli, Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Paolo Bianchini, Libero Bizzarri, Carlo Di Palma, Luigi Faccini, Giorgio Ferrara, Nicolò Ferrari, Andrea Frezza, Ansano Giannarelli, Franco Giraldi, Francesco Laudadio, Carlo Lizzani, Luigi Magni, Massimo Manuelli, Francesco Maselli, Giuliano Montaldo, Riccardo Napolitano, Piero Nelli, Renato Parascandolo, Luigi Perelli, Paolo Pietrangeli, Gillo Pontecorvo, Faliero Rosati, Roberto Russo, Massimo Sani, Ettore Scola, Raffaele Siniscalchi, Sergio Spina, Gabriele Tanferna, Anna Maria Tatò, Gianni Toti, Piero Vivarelli | Stars: Enrico Berlinguer, Giorgio Almirante, Michelangelo Antonioni, Yasser Arafat
Votes: 123
31. China Is Near (1967)
107 min | Drama
Vittorio is running as a Socialist candidate for the municipal office, but he gets overwhelmed by love, family and political entanglements.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi, Daniela Surina
Votes: 452
32. La scorta (1993)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A dedicated, tightly-knit group of bodyguards take on additional duties while safeguarding an honest judge designated to investigate official corruption in Sicily.
Director: Ricky Tognazzi | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Enrico Lo Verso, Claudio Amendola, Ricky Memphis
Votes: 952 | Gross: $0.15M
33. Il caso Moro (1986)
110 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the infamous 1978 kidnapping of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro by the left-wing terrorists from the Red Brigades.
Director: Giuseppe Ferrara | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Mattia Sbragia, Bruno Zanin, Consuelo Ferrara
Votes: 493
34. Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary
Renowned British journalist examines Italy's moral, political and economic crisis, looking for clues to its possible salvation--and that of the West as a whole.
Director: Annalisa Piras | Stars: Bill Emmott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Giuliano Amato, Massimo Banzi
Votes: 450
35. Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973)
98 min | Comedy
Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin, Duilio Del Prete, Giuseppe Maffioli
Votes: 660
36. Videocracy (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A look at segments of the Italian population who are consumed with celebrity worship.
Director: Erik Gandini | Stars: Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabio Calvi, Riccardo Canevali
Votes: 1,906 | Gross: $0.02M
37. Year One (1974)
115 min | Biography
The story of Christian Democrat leader De Gasperi and his struggle to lead Italy in the years after the end of World War Two.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Luigi Vannucchi, Dominique Darel, Rita Calderoni, Valeria Sabel
Votes: 191
38. Segreti segreti (1985)
92 min | Drama
Young terrorist Laura will be the common thread that links six women's personal stories, determining their sometimes tragic destinies, and discovering silence and complicity that she does not seek.
Director: Giuseppe Bertolucci | Stars: Lina Sastri, Rossana Podestà, Giulia Boschi, Alida Valli
Votes: 106
39. La notte della Repubblica (1989–1990)
Documentary, History
A 18-part series which deals Italy during the Years of Lead from the 1960s to 1989.
Stars: Sergio Zavoli, Pino Berengo Gardin, Massimo De Ambrosis, Alberto Franceschini
Votes: 16
40. Silvio Forever (2011)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
This fast-paced, imaginatively compiled "unauthorized biography" of the former Italian Prime Minister features solely words spoken by Berlusconi in interviews, rallies, and public ... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Faenza, Filippo Macelloni | Stars: Silvio Berlusconi, Rosa Bossi, Ugo Gregoretti, Roberto Benigni
Votes: 308
41. Hammamet Village (1997)
Adventure, Comedy
Director: Ninì Grassia | Stars: Pierluigi Zerbinati, Maurizio Antonini, Alberto Colaianni, Andrea Belfiore
42. 8 mm (2010)
17 min | Short, Drama, History
The watching of an old film in 8 mm format produces memories and doubts for two persons who faced the question of armed political fight in '70 in Italy.
Director: Pasquale D'Aiello | Stars: Sabrina Broso, Giorgina Cantalini, Simone Castano, Leonardo Castellani
Votes: 7
43. Forza Italia! (1978)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Alcide De Gasperi, Amintore Fanfani, Nunzio Filogamo, Giovanni Leone
Votes: 48
44. Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo (2002)
75 min | Documentary
Documentary about the death of Carlo Giuliani, who was shot by a police officer in Genoa on July 20, 2001 during a peaceful protest.
Director: Francesca Comencini | Stars: Heidi Gaggio Giuliani, Carlo Orlando
Votes: 134
45. This Is Not a Coup (2016)
80 min | Documentary
This a coup describes ECB's financial interventions in states like Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Cyprus and Greece. Featuring well known academics, politicians and journalists, it analyses the ... See full summary »
Directors: Aris Chatzistefanou, Aris Triandafyllou | Star: Aris Chatzistefanou
Votes: 207
46. Mani pulite (1997)
Documentary, News
A 4-part series which deals judicial investigation Mani pulite, in which many politicians and managers are arrested or put under investigation for corruption, extortion and illicit financing of political parties.
Stars: Pino Corrias, Renato Pezzini, Piercamillo Davigo, Giorgio Casadei
Votes: 6
47. Crozza nel Paese delle Meraviglie (2012–2016)
Comedy
Stars: Maurizio Crozza, Andrea Zalone, Marta Nannini, Luciano Silighini Garagnani
Votes: 14
48. Quando c'era Berlinguer (2014)
117 min | Documentary
"Quando c'era Berlinguer" is about the life of Enrico Berlinguer, leader of the Italian Red Party fiom 1972 to 1984; this is also the first movie of the director Walter Veltron, a politician who worked with him, as director.
Director: Walter Veltroni | Stars: Enrico Berlinguer, Giorgio Napolitano, Bianca Berlinguer, Luigi Bettazzi
Votes: 257
50. Gladio - Geheimarmeen in Europa (2011 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary
In Italy and Germany, numerous people die in bomb attacks in the 1960s to 1980s. Clues prove certain connections, the traces lead to a secret structure called "Gladio".
Directors: Frank Gutermuth, Wolfgang Schoen | Stars: Giulio Andreotti, Gerhart Baum, Ulrich Chaussy, Gert Heidenreich
Votes: 14