mdblist.com logo The Best Marco Bellocchio Directed Movies


Ratings
Between
and
Between
and
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Between
and
With at least
votes
Additional filters
m
Lists, Streaming Services, Cast and more
Create List (58 items)

Login to create Trakt list


poster
Kanopy
75
7.0
/4456/
68
/230/
73
/342/
3.5
/17194/
86
/70/
71
/8/
75
/17/

Kidnapped (2023)
The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
poster
75
7.1
/14222/
72
/788/
76
/1397/
3.6
/23357/
86
/106/
73
/24/
64
/22/
cc age 16+

The Traitor (2019)
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/6076/
66
/92/
67
/159/
3.6
/3718/
91
/93/
68
/173/
85
/24/

Vincere (2009)
The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.
poster
Kanopy
79
71
7.5
/5460/
70
/113/
78
/204/
3.9
/9721/
93
/14/
81
/71/

Fists in the Pocket (1965)
A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
poster
70
62
7.1
/4235/
71
/73/
70
/206/
3.7
/4227/
67
/21/
71
/46/
69
/11/

Good Morning, Night (2003)
The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.
poster
79
57
7.3
/751/
72
/19/
73
/39/
3.6
/2735/
100
/15/
84
/6/

Marx Can Wait (2021)
"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met before the former died at a young age in the heated days of 1968. This documentary is dedicated to his memory.
poster
74
57
7.0
/2105/
68
/32/
71
/73/
3.8
/1839/
83
/24/
80
/23/
74
/14/

My Mother's Smile (2002)
A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.
poster
51
5.6
/2122/
51
/61/
55
/74/
3.2
/1279/
44
/10/

Devil in the Flesh (1986)
An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in court providing moral support. At first she resists the student's advances, but eventually begins an affair with him. Their situation is condemned by her family and his father, who is the woman's psychologist.
poster
63
49
6.1
/1309/
61
/32/
57
/70/
3.3
/1813/
75
/8/
41
81
/6/

Blood of My Blood (2015)
In the Middle Ages, Federico, a soldier, visits the convent in Bobbio, where Sister Benedetta is facing charges of witchery for seducing Fabrizio, Federico’s twin brother, and making him betray his priestly mission. Federico hopes to secure his brother a burial on consecrated grounds. In modern times, Federico Mai, a Minister inspector, knocks on the doors of the very same convent, in order to broker a sale of the property to a Russian millionaire. Unbeknownst to him, a mysterious "Count" lives there.
poster
Kanopy
64
46
6.3
/1824/
67
/49/
63
/70/
3.3
/1348/
81
/26/
41
/12/
72
/12/

Dormant Beauty (2012)
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.
poster
76
42
7.4
/1927/
69
/59/
76
/179/
3.8
/5687/
85
/3/

Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
Days before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape, the editor-in-chief of a conservative tabloid tries to derail the police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his bosses.
poster
57
39
6.5
/2074/
62
/70/
65
/218/
3.4
/2122/
50
/26/
32
/3/

Sweet Dreams (2016)
Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…
poster
56
31
5.8
/906/
51
/9/
51
/27/
3.4
/1222/
54
/707/

Love and Anger (1969)
Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his identity, dies in bed with actors expressing his agony. A cheerful, innocent young man walking a city street in a time of war pays a price for this innocence. A couple talks about cinema while it watches another couple talk of love and truth on the eve of one character's return to Cuba. Striking students take over a university classroom; an argument follows about revolution or incremental change.
poster
65
28
6.7
/750/
65
/13/
62
/30/
3.4
/1212/

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.
poster
59
28
6.2
/878/
70
/8/
59
/43/
3.4
/484/
60
/10/
36
/16/

The Wedding Director (2006)
Franco Elica is a film director casting a remake of a pious melodrama in Rome. He's melancholy, heading south for a break. On a beach, he meets a man who films weddings and is roped into helping film the wedding of the daughter of a severe and imperious prince. The wedding is one of convenience - the prince needs money, the groom is a mama's boy. Elica is attracted to the bride, Boda, and tries to convince her not to marry. No matter how outrageous his behavior, the prince keeps Elica on as the wedding director. As the wedding approaches, what's real blurs with Elica's imagination. Is he mad?
poster
66
24
6.7
/368/
62
/14/
64
/40/
3.6
/559/

In the Name of the Father (1971)
In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
poster
65
24
6.8
/477/
60
/8/
59
/25/
3.5
/614/
60
/5/
75
/3/

China Is Near (1967)
A pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry.
poster
60
22
6.4
/458/
61
/7/
64
/22/
3.4
/471/
44
/68/

Henry IV (1984)
Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.
poster
58
20
6.1
/361/
47
/4/
53
/22/
3.7
/947/

The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)
A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover.
poster
61
19
6.1
/224/
59
/14/
62
/17/
3.1
/1050/

All for a Rose (2017)
Elena has just turned 18 and this is her first day working in a coffee bar in Bobbio, a town in the north of Italy. It's summer and the coffee bar is very busy. The first day at work is a chance for Elena to meet lots of different people. Each person has a different story to tell - not just in words but also through simple gestures and actions. These characters can sometimes be quite odd and reflect the countless nuances of the human soul.
poster
54
17
5.3
/441/
45
/10/
58
/22/
3.2
/646/

The Witches' Sabbath (1988)
The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena, who's on trial for murdering a hunter. She claims she's a witch and acted on behalf of the devil.
poster
54
16
5.6
/199/
47
/12/
56
/13/
2.9
/1158/

The Fight (2018)
It is a sunny day on the river Trebbia. In the distance a patrol of German soldiers is approaching : they are nazis, guns blazing. It seems like they are chasing somebody. Tonino is the fugitive, a partisan with nothing left to do but dive into the river. This river will bring him to his real life.
poster
58
16
6.1
/260/
60
/4/
60
/13/
3.4
/204/
43

Sorelle Mai (2011)
The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old Elena being brought up by her aunts (Marco Bellocchio's sisters) because her mother Sara is trying to succeed as an actress in Milan. Her uncle Giorgio has a difficult relationship with his sister and judges her for not taking care of her daughter. But as soon as Sara can afford it, she offers to take Elena with her, leaving the village and her aunts, perhaps for ever - while Giorgio, up to his eyeballs in debt, takes refuge in Bobbio. His sister will help him and sell a house.
poster
52
15
5.5
/210/
40
/15/
60
/12/
2.7
/1101/

Clowns (2016)
In the theater of a small village, rehersals are taking place for a show based on the opera I Pagliacci. There is no orchestra, just a piano and the singers. Amongs the few people in the audience there is the mother of the singer, a rich local lady and financer of the project, the sister, and a few other people involved in the show. During a dinner party at this rich lady’s house, a hiposis session takes place, where rancor and pain emerge from the brother and sister towards their mother and their impossibility of overcoming them.
poster
54
12
6.6
/519/
56
/6/
63
/19/
3.4
/311/
20
/1/

The Prince of Homburg (1997)
The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled however for disobeying orders and sentenced to death. His love who is now to be betrothed to the King of Sweden, following his execution appeals to the Elector, her uncle, on his behalf, as do his comrades in battle. He must also contend with his own desire to live and conflicting sense of honour.
poster
57
10
6.1
/346/
50
/5/
52
/16/
3.3
/239/

The Conviction (1991)
A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innocence.
poster
66
10
6.7
/365/
71
/6/
59
/13/
3.5
/262/

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
66
?
6.8
/17/
3.2
/304/

If I May - Chapter II (2024)
Over the course of a day, Fausto, invincible in his inertia, watches a paradoxical procession of visitors pass by: the mellifluous parish priest of the town; a mysterious man with his absurd ghost-themed business idea; the captain of the Carabinieri who proposes a shotgun wedding to his daughter, who has become pregnant by a stranger. Finally, late at night, a couple of thieves enter the house with Barbara's complicity. Fausto surprises them, impassive and bored as always, and reassures them: there is nothing left, neither gold nor paintings, everything has been sold. The three do nothing but chat until the sun rises, when the thieves leave and Barbara puts the coffee on the fire.
poster
?
4.9
/18/
20
/1/

The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002)
N/A
poster
?
6.0
/8/
10
/1/

Rome, November 12, 1994 (1995)
Francesco Maselli pitched this documentary to the CGIL, CISL, and UIL trade unions as part of the 1.5 million-strong protest march on November 12, 1994 against Silvio Berlusconi's projects on social security and the reform of the pension system. A large number of directors, cinematographers, camera operators and technicians from all over the country worked for free in 22 different crews, chronicling one of largest political gatherings ever held in Italy.
poster
?
20
/1/

Today is a Beautiful Day (2002)
A child in anaphylactic shock after an insect sting is brought by her father to a doctor, a foreigner who doesn't speak the language well and is looked at by the town with diffidence.
poster
?
20
/1/

Notes for a Movie About Uncle Vania (2002)
An encounter between two women: Sonia confesses to Elena that she would like to escape her town and her friend promises to help her.
poster
?
20
/1/

The Choir Master (2000)
A young maestro conducts rehearsals with a male chorus. He is frustrated and feels that a female voice is missing.
poster
?
20
/1/

Fresco (2000)
A young man lives as a recluse in a monastery. In a sort of ecstasy, he begins to talk to nature and recite the gospels.
poster
?
20
/1/
55
/1/

Nina (2000)
Based on Anton Chekhov's play.
poster
?
20
/1/

A Thread of Passion (2000)
A short film.
poster
?
7.2
/16/
40
/2/

Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium (1995)
Using archival footage and interviews with ex-Red Brigade activists and the ex-leader of the Italian Marxist-Leninists, this documentary explores the topics terrorism and the "broken dream" of the communist revolution.
poster
?
20
/1/

Elena (1997)
A two year old girl, surprised and moved, watches her past materialize via amateur footage on the family TV set. She watches without regrets or nostalgia: it's normal. But it's her own story which began two years before. A short film by Marco Bellocchio.
poster
?
4.8
/14/
10
/1/

Ginepro Became a Man (1962)
At the centre of the narrative, which continues and deepens the themes of blame and punishment, the fall of a leader, Juniper.
poster
?
10
/1/

Long Live the 1st Red and Proletarian May (1969)
Milan, 1 May 1969. A propaganda film produced by the communist organization Servire il popolo.
poster
?
5.5
/14/
10
/1/

Culpability and Punishment (1961)
For trying to seduce the boss's wife, a young delinquent is punished by gangsters.
poster
?
6.5
/33/

Sorelle (2007)
An early version of Marco Bellocchio's Sorelle Mai
poster
?
20
/1/

Celebrate Cinema 101 (1996)
This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.
poster
77
?
76
/24/
79
/93/

Esterno Notte (part II) (2022)
The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
poster
?
6.3
/10/
10
/1/

The Calabrian People Raised Their Heads (1969)
A documentary set in Paola, in Calabria, about the fight to occupy housing.
poster
?
90
/1/

The Cinema Machine (1979)
Directed by a group of avant-garde filmmakers, the film is an investigation of the less edifying aspects of film industry.
poster
?
40
/2/
68
/3/

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (1993)
In a train station caffè, a man ill with cancer and an indifferent customer converse. Based on a play by Luigi Pirandello.
poster
?
6.4
/25/
20
/1/
72
/2/

Farewell to the Past (2002)
It is a unusual documentary that mixes the music of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi with places, faces and voices from Piacenza, a nice place in the north of Italy where Verdi lived and composed his music. Probably it could have been more interesting if the musical part was not so preminent...recommended for Verdi's fans


mdblist.com © 2020 | Contact | Reddit | Discord | API