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poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/8304/
72
/120/
69
/157/
3.8
/7550/
100
/10/
85
/86/

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/21443/
75
/471/
75
/355/
4.1
/20045/
94
/18/
89
/207/
80
/16/

The Train (1964)
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.5
/11530/
70
/263/
70
/206/
3.8
/13196/
94
/18/
86
/173/
7.1
/5136/
cc age 18+

Murmur of the Heart (1971)
This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
81
7.9
/15528/
75
/271/
78
/516/
4.0
/23722/
100
/18/
93
/229/

Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
79
7.9
/12642/
76
/298/
81
/757/
4.0
/18760/
89
/9/
90
/85/

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
73
7.7
/10044/
74
/148/
74
/243/
4.0
/19664/
89
/9/
88
/110/

Le Notti Bianche (1957)
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
68
7.4
/7313/
69
/126/
72
/159/
3.8
/7473/
82
/11/
82
/89/

And the Ship Sails On (1983)
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
66
7.9
/4272/
72
/67/
75
/162/
3.9
/4264/
89
/637/

Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
66
7.3
/5871/
72
/78/
75
/114/
3.9
/5014/
100
/14/
66
/33/

Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
64
7.7
/4866/
75
/62/
70
/91/
4.0
/3467/
90
/10/
76
/26/

Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
63
8.0
/3712/
75
/73/
75
/123/
4.1
/5868/
90
/10/
89
/18/

The Organizer (1963)
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.
poster
57
6.3
/738/
43
/14/
62
/19/
3.4
/418/
74
/1/

Live for Life (1967)
Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.
poster
77
53
7.1
/2480/
69
/26/
69
/78/
3.7
/2730/
100
/6/
84
/9/

Sandra (1965)
Sandra returns to her hometown to take care of family business, but childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
51
7.6
/2910/
70
/42/
69
/80/
3.7
/2424/
57
/7/
84
/17/

Kapo (1960)
Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.
poster
72
51
7.0
/1709/
65
/43/
68
/85/
3.6
/3079/
87
/34/

The Assassin (1961)
Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is all about-- that he is the main suspect in the killing of his wealthy ex-lover. Is he guilty, or is he just a sleaze?
poster
60
50
6.3
/4360/
64
/65/
59
/104/
3.3
/3467/
60
/5/
47
/38/

Viva Maria! (1965)
1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.
poster
68
49
6.8
/2634/
62
/41/
60
/65/
3.5
/1096/
89
/9/
67
/18/
64
/5/

The Red Tent (1969)
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
poster
76
48
7.6
/2782/
75
/52/
74
/111/
3.9
/4354/
79
/9/

The Mattei Affair (1972)
Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.
poster
Kanopy
64
46
6.2
/2645/
66
/71/
70
/187/
3.3
/2185/
56
/24/

Up to His Ears (1965)
A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
45
7.0
/819/
67
/22/
70
/54/
3.5
/1064/
91

Café Express (1980)
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
poster
77
43
6.8
/734/
78
/15/
72
/66/
3.5
/1256/
100
/29/

Ghosts of Rome (1961)
An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.
poster
59
43
6.6
/3389/
63
/80/
69
/126/
3.5
/2270/
33
/6/
54
/9/

The Burglars (1971)
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to set off.
poster
73
41
6.9
/613/
63
/10/
63
/49/
3.6
/697/
100

Bebo's Girl (1964)
At the end of World War II, shallow, self-centered Mara is the prettiest girl in her small Italian village; Bebo is a Communist partisan who is finding it difficult to adjust to the dull banalities of life in peacetime. When Mara’s father, a passionate Communist, declares that his daughter will marry the returning hero, her reactions range from joy to bitter resentment.
poster
69
39
7.1
/1223/
64
/46/
69
/43/
3.6
/1490/

Operation Ogre (1979)
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.
poster
69
37
6.8
/699/
65
/18/
67
/45/
3.5
/750/
75
/62/

A Hero of Our Times (1955)
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marcella; she is under age and he is awaiting her birthday to declare his love. His greater traits are to be fearful of everything and to be selfish. This nature will get him into trouble..
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
37
6.9
/1326/
70
/41/
68
/110/
3.5
/1114/

Fiasco in Milan (1959)
The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.
poster
60
34
6.4
/1723/
60
/35/
63
/67/
3.4
/1519/
49
/11/

Lucky Luciano (1973)
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.
poster
63
34
6.6
/1733/
66
/61/
60
/90/
3.1
/854/

Mr. Robinson (1976)
A shipwreck strands a modern Italian businessman on a desert island. Like Robinson Crusoe he must find a way to return to civilization; unlike him--he's a 20th-century man, a totally different case.
poster
65
28
7.0
/508/
63
/6/
68
/28/
3.5
/546/
57

Ratataplan (1979)
Misadventures of Colombo, an engineer in Milano. He is the only winner of an admission test for a job, and just for this reason he isn't hired. So he becomes a barman, and he discovers a special formula that turns simple water into the "Immortality drink". He is robbed of the magic water copyright. So he tries to set up a theatrical company, but the first show is a fiasco. Since finding a normal job seems a mission impossible, he tries to set the sentimental side of his life. He targets the most beautiful girl of his building, and for her he builds a robot able to dance like Tony Manero (John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever (1977)). The robot gets drunk (!). It is another fiasco. So he targets an ugly girl and finally with her succeeds to live his surreal world for ever.
poster
73
28
7.3
/1188/
71
/26/
72
/69/
3.5
/455/
80
/8/

The Law Is the Law (1958)
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.
poster
58
26
6.3
/869/
48
/6/
57
/22/
3.4
/557/
57
/169/

Come Dance with Me! (1959)
The wife of an accused murderer embarks on a dangerous masquerade to find the real culprit behind a dancer's death.
poster
66
24
6.7
/371/
62
/14/
63
/42/
3.6
/602/

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
/478/
60
/8/
59
/25/
3.5
/636/
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
Plex
52
23
5.3
/1530/
55
/35/
55
/52/
3.1
/891/
36
/3/

The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.
poster
63
22
6.8
/828/
62
/9/
65
/37/
3.5
/827/
50
/2/

The Audience (1972)
Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve the audience with the Pope.
poster
60
20
6.7
/688/
72
/7/
55
/21/
3.5
/306/
40
/5/

Wifemistress (1977)
A vineyard's manager marries the owner's very young daughter; father dies. Deceit, infidelity. The husband is forced to watch from a distance as his wife blossom socially in his absence; then the plot thickens.
poster
67
19
6.7
/649/
52
/15/
61
/34/
3.5
/475/
89
/3/

The Swindlers (1959)
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
poster
65
18
6.5
/555/
64
/11/
63
/28/
3.4
/300/

The Baron of the Locks (1960)
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.
poster
68
16
5.9
/646/
60
/6/
67
/9/
3.2
/298/
90
/15/

Misunderstood (1983)
A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.
poster
51
15
6.7
/512/
41
/6/
61
/22/
3.4
/571/
20
/13/

Time of Indifference (1964)
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
poster
63
15
6.8
/410/
50
/9/
65
/19/
3.5
/371/

The Challenge (1958)
Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
poster
68
14
7.0
/370/
70
/13/
62
/16/
3.6
/425/

Omicron (1963)
An alien takes over the body of a factory worker in order to learn about Earth so his race can take it over.
poster
60
13
5.5
/281/
48
/7/
73
/14/
3.3
/412/

Blonde in Black Leather (1975)
Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure.
poster
50
12
5.6
/809/
50
/25/
47
/14/
3.2
/425/
36
/5/

Hearts and Armour (1983)
Love blossoms between crusader Bradamante—a woman knight wearing an invincible suit of armor—and Moorish prince Ruggero. But a sorceress predicts to Bradamante her beloved will die in battle at the hand of fellow Christian paladin Rolando, whom in turn is in love with Isabella, Ruggero's sister.
poster
60
12
6.1
/215/
55
/4/
58
/19/
3.3
/312/

My Loves (1978)
Annalisa is married to Marco, a journalist too busy with her career, who neglects her even though she loves him deeply. He therefore decides to find another husband, the university professor Antonio, who marries without the first being able to notice it. Until she gets pregnant.
poster
56
12
5.6
/586/
40
/8/
53
/20/
3.3
/421/
67
/1/

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
poster
35
10
5.5
/609/
40
/4/
55
/14/
17
/6/
12
/6/

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
poster
?
4.9
/13/
10
/1/

Ladies & Gentlemen (1984)
Catello Coppola is a journalist dreaming a scoop to revive his career. Unexpected help comes following the death of a friend, who appears to him in a dream, promising to give him advance notice of the next day's news.


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