Filming Location Matching "Palermo, Sicily, Italy" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Godfather: Part III (1990)
R | 162 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire
Votes: 388,084 | Gross: $66.67M
2. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
R | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 205,607 | Gross: $81.30M
3. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 155 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 255,053 | Gross: $11.99M
4. The Amazing Race (2001– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Game-Show
Multiple teams race around the globe for $1,000,000 to 'amazing' locations.
Stars: Phil Keoghan, Joyce Agu, Uchenna Agu, Jet McCoy
Votes: 14,409
5. Samsara (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 102 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Director: Ron Fricke | Stars: Balinese Tari Legong Dancers, Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika
Votes: 35,582 | Gross: $2.67M
6. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 25,631
7. L'Avventura (1960)
Not Rated | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar
Votes: 29,432
8. The Best of Youth (2003)
R | 366 min | Drama, Romance
An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti
Votes: 21,882 | Gross: $0.25M
9. The Brotherhood (1968)
PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler
Votes: 985
10. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 4,526
11. La piovra (1984–2001)
TV-14 | 402 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer
Votes: 3,608
12. 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: 17,741 | Gross: $0.24M
13. Caught by a Wave (2021)
TV-14 | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A summer adventure under the Sicilian sun soon becomes a painful love story
Director: Massimiliano Camaiti | Stars: Elvira Camarrone, Roberto Christian, Donatella Finocchiaro, Corrado Invernizzi
Votes: 1,273
14. The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
122 min | Adventure, Romance
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Caspar Zafer, Esther Nubiola, Leonor Watling, Ingrid Rubio
Votes: 942
15. 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: 7,493 | Gross: $0.00M
16. The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
118 min | Drama
When Annamaria, a longtime friend of Alessandro and Arturo, asks the couple to take care of her children, the relationship between the two men reaches a point of no return.
Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Jasmine Trinca, Edoardo Leo, Serra Yilmaz
Votes: 2,237
17. The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
108 min | Crime, Drama
A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Alessio Orano, Ornella Muti, Tano Cimarosa, Joe Sentieri
Votes: 828
18. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. It's ... See full summary »
Director: Pif | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Pif, Alex Bisconti, Ginevra Antona
Votes: 8,328 | Gross: $0.04M
19. The Macaluso Sisters (2020)
89 min | Drama
Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.
Director: Emma Dante | Stars: Alissa Maria Orlando, Susanna Piraino, Anita Pomario, Eleonora De Luca
Votes: 1,042
20. Love Meetings (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Lello Bersani, Alberto Moravia, Cesare Musatti, Peppino Di Capri
Votes: 2,044
21. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
PG | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A police captain realizes that the whole city is rotten with corruption.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora
Votes: 1,503
22. One Hundred Steps (2000)
114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo, Paolo Briguglia
Votes: 5,823
23. Johnny Stecchino (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi
Votes: 10,789 | Gross: $0.57M
24. Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999 TV Movie)
170 min | Crime, Drama
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Martin Landau, Guido Grasso Jr., Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi
Votes: 1,022
25. 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: 2,467
26. Waves of Lust (1975)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
A young couple becomes embroiled with the personal problems of another couple on a yacht moored off Sicily during a turbulent weekend of fun, games, sex games, betrayal, spouse abuse, and murder.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Al Cliver, Silvia Dionisio, John Steiner, Elizabeth Turner
Votes: 471
27. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History
The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Pippo Agusta
Votes: 3,318
28. Palermo Shooting (2008)
124 min | Drama
After the wild life-style of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman help him calm himself down?
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Campino, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper, Inga Busch
Votes: 3,017
29. The Sicilian Connection (1972)
100 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
An American underworld up-and-comer relocates to Europe and immerses himself in the dangerous and mysterious world of heroin production.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Silvia Monti, Fausto Tozzi, Steffen Zacharias
Votes: 191
30. Falcone (1999 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading ... See full summary »
Director: Ricky Tognazzi | Stars: Chazz Palminteri, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Galiena, Andy Luotto
Votes: 1,201 | Gross: $0.01M
31. The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, History
Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell
Votes: 1,597
32. The Palermo Connection (1990)
PG-13 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A candidate for the Mayor of New York City promises to legalize drugs. The mafia, making insane money on illegal drug trade, is about to dissuade him - at all cost.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 514
33. Lucky Luciano (1973)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi
Votes: 1,378
34. Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
Biography, History | Completed
The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michele Placido
35. The Voyage (1974)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance
The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband's death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Ian Bannen, Barbara Pilavin
Votes: 598
36. The Boss (1973)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli
Votes: 1,963
37. Mafioso (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio
Votes: 2,624 | Gross: $0.40M
38. We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Laura Nucci
Votes: 1,507
39. A Sicilian Miracle (2005)
90 min | Comedy
One day in Palermo and in the life of young boy Toto who is madly in love with the beautiful teenager Lina.
Director: Beppe Cino | Stars: Tony Sperandeo, Vincent Schiavelli, Luigi Maria Burruano, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Votes: 61
40. The Future Is Woman (1984)
99 min | Drama
The story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for a while, the relationship between the three protagonists is strange, at the very least.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Niels Arestrup, Maurizio Donadoni
Votes: 377
41. The Cousin (1974)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A strong plot and mutual physical attraction binds the sensual Enzo since adolescence and her cousin Agata: the two are happy with amusement tricks erotic equivocally poised between ... See full summary »
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Massimo Ranieri, Dayle Haddon, Christian De Sica, Stefania Casini
Votes: 119
42. L'ora legale (2017)
92 min | Comedy
In a Sicilian town signed by countless problems provoked by a rampant dishonesty, the inhabitants elect a major which promises order and legality. But the truth is that the town (and Italy) is corrupted and dishonest beyond redemption.
Directors: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone | Stars: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Vincenzo Amato, Antonio Catania
Votes: 3,053
43. Shooting the Mafia (2019)
94 min | Documentary
Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia spends her career documenting the life and crimes of the Mafia.
Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Letizia Battaglia, Mariachiara di Trapani, Eduardo Rebulla, Santi Caleca
Votes: 632
44. Salvo (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Salvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man's blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.
Directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco, Giuditta Perriera
Votes: 1,260
45. The Stolen Caravaggio (2018)
110 min | Drama
Valeria is a ghostwriter for a screenwriter lacking inspiration. When she gets a plot of a new film by a mysterious character, an exciting intrigue starts.
Director: Roberto Andò | Stars: Jerzy Skolimowski, Alessandro Gassmann, Laura Morante, Gaetano Bruno
Votes: 604
46. How to Kill a Judge (1975)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
The latest success by film-maker Giacomo Solaris is a crime thriller about a judge who gets too friendly with the Mafia and is murdered. A resentful Sicilian magistrate orders the film ... See full summary »
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Françoise Fabian, Pierluigi Aprà, Giancarlo Badessi
Votes: 521
47. Cento giorni a Palermo (1984)
107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Ferrara | Stars: Lino Ventura, Giuliana de Sio, Arnoldo Foà, Lino Troisi
Votes: 636
48. Mafia (1968)
M | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Following a murder in a small Sicilian town, the new chief of the Carabinieri must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss in order to solve the case.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Lee J. Cobb, Tano Cimarosa
Votes: 1,469
49. Ordinary Happiness (2019)
93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
After a deadly accident, Paolo comes back on Earth just 92 minutes more, thanks to a calculation error made in a paradise office.
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Pif, Thony, Renato Carpentieri, Franz Cantalupo
Votes: 1,442
50. Italians (2009)
116 min | Comedy
Fortunato is a trucker who specializes in the transport of luxury vehicles, especially Ferraris, in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. Tired of a life away from home and in the process ... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Riccardo Scamarcio, Remo Girone, Makram Khoury
Votes: 1,176