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1. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 174,988 | Gross: $0.33M
2. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,130 | Gross: $0.07M
3. Rome, Open City (1945)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico
Votes: 28,935
4. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Totò
Votes: 11,506
5. Paisan (1946)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, War
American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs, Robert Van Loon
Votes: 9,537
6. Stromboli (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo
Votes: 7,951
7. Germany Year Zero (1948)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger
Votes: 13,696
8. Shoeshine (1946)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortensi
Votes: 8,107
9. Obsession (1943)
TV-14 | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Votes: 8,268
10. La Terra Trema (1948)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama
In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono
Votes: 5,588
11. Bellissima (1951)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli
Votes: 5,378
12. Miracle in Milan (1951)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò
Votes: 8,530
13. Bitter Rice (1949)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone
Votes: 4,870
14. Love (1948)
69 min | Drama
In part one, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In part two, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Peparuolo, Amelia Robert
Votes: 1,941
15. In the Name of the Law (1949)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the Mafia.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Charles Vanel, Jone Salinas, Camillo Mastrocinque
Votes: 710
16. Fate's Shadow: The Whole Story (2021)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A rich player emotionally abuses his girlfriend until she discovers the bond of multiple past lives that ties them into present day and turns the tables.
Director: Michelle Arthur | Stars: Michelle Arthur, Kevin Caliber, Patrick Stalinski, Kathleen Randazzo
Votes: 25
17. Desire (1946)
77 min | Drama
Paola, a Rome call girl, returns home to her village in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support.
Directors: Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Carlo Ninchi, Elli Parvo, Roswita Schmidt
Votes: 244
18. The Path of Hope (1950)
105 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families, and their hardships as they decide to illegally cross the border to France.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Saro Urzì, Franco Navarra
Votes: 679
19. Rome 11:00 (1952)
107 min | Drama
Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women who answer a want ad for a modest secretarial position one rainy morning ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Carla Del Poggio, Maria Grazia Francia, Lea Padovani
Votes: 854
20. Under the Olive Tree (1950)
107 min | Drama
Francesco Dominici has just returned from the front, fought for three years and was a prisoner for another three years.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosè, Folco Lulli, Maria Grazia Francia
Votes: 282
21. Achtung! Banditi! (1951)
90 min | Drama, War
About a group of Italian resistance fighters from Genoa and led by Commander Vento. They must seize a shipment of weapons destined for the German occupation.
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Andrea Checchi, Vittorio Duse, Lamberto Maggiorani
Votes: 326
22. The Bandit (1946)
83 min | Crime, Drama
A contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Anna Magnani, Amedeo Nazzari, Carla Del Poggio, Carlo Campanini
Votes: 489
23. Days of Glory (1945)
71 min | Documentary
The first documentary on the German occupation of Rome and Italian resistance in the waning years of World War II. Shot over two years covering the trial of Fascist police chief Pietro ... See full summary »
Directors: Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Umberto Barbaro, Umberto Calosso, Donato Carretta, Pietro Caruso
Votes: 187
24. Without Pity (1948)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An African-American soldier stationing in Italy refuses to make a deal with local gangsters. However, when a girl he loves turns desperately to prostitution, Jerry is forced to change his mind to save her.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Giulietta Masina, Folco Lulli
Votes: 407
25. Roma città libera (1946)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Against the background of Rome freed from Nazi-fascism in 1945, two personal dramas interweave between a young man, reduced to despair by his girlfriend and a still underage girl, who tries to prostitute herself to survive.
Director: Marcello Pagliero | Stars: Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno, Marisa Merlini
Votes: 195
26. Lost Youth (1948)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A psychopath leads students into crime. He is shot by the police after a detective has become involved with his sister.
Director: Pietro Germi | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas, Franca Maresa
Votes: 193
27. Tragic Hunt (1947)
89 min | Action, Drama
Immediately after the war, bandits attack a truck that is transporting newlyweds Michele and Giovanna and the accountant of an agricultural cooperative charged with bringing four million lire into office.
Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi, Carla Del Poggio, Vittorio Duse
Votes: 264
28. The Gates of Heaven (1945)
88 min | Drama
A group of pilgrims embark on a long train journey to the sanctuary of Loreto, where they hope to receive a miracle.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Marina Berti, Elettra Druscovich, Giuseppe Forcina, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 150
29. Anni difficili (1948)
90 min | Drama, War
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro, Ave Ninchi, Enzo Biliotti
Votes: 228
30. Sotto il sole di Roma (1948)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A story of teenager from Rome during World War II.
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Oscar Blando, Liliana Mancini, Francesco Golisano, Ennio Fabeni
Votes: 339
31. Mwnabili
Drama | Post-production
Set in a small village on the India-Bhutan border, this Boro language film is a story of resilience, hope and love, told through the eyes of Mwnabili, a single mother navigating a patriarchal society.
Director: Bishal Swargiary | Stars: Renu Basumatary, Sharat Gayari, Abhijit Gayari, Benu Basumatary
32. Chilsu and Mansu (1988)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.
Director: Park Kwang-su | Stars: Bae Jong-ok, Park Joong-hoon, Kang Shin-il, Ahn Sung-ki
Votes: 252
33. Appunti su un fatto di cronaca (1953)
5 min | Documentary, Short
A 12-year-old girl, Annarella Bracci, was raped and killed in the popular borough of Primavalle, Rome, one of the age-old cross-roads of Italy, at the time it was going through major construction and road development projects.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Star: Vasco Pratolini
Votes: 237
34. Cinéma et réalité (1967)
58 min | Documentary
In this feature-length documentary directed by Georges Dufaux and Clément Perron, giants of Italian cinema such as Rosselini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini evoke the importance of cinema ... See full summary »
Directors: Clément Perron, Georges Dufaux | Stars: Sergio Amidei, Michelangelo Antonioni, Marco Bellocchio, Renato Castellani
Votes: 66
35. L'ultimo sciuscià (1946)
13 min | Animation, Short
Story of a kid, whose only friends are a dog and the stars, as the incipit says. The kid without name, together with his beloved dog Matteo, tries to sell cigarettes at a street corner; he ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Maurizio Guido
Votes: 10