Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers 1960

8.06

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

1960

The Cat o' Nine Tails

The Cat o' Nine Tails 1971

6.70

A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.

1971

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case 1959

6.90

Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.

1959

Purple Noon

Purple Noon 1960

7.58

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

1960

The Leopard

The Leopard 1963

7.73

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

1963

Bread, Love and Dreams

Bread, Love and Dreams 1953

7.03

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

1953

Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah 1962

5.30

Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.

1962

The Naked Maja

The Naked Maja 1958

5.50

A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba

1958

Legs of Gold

Legs of Gold 1958

5.00

Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.

1958

An Ideal Adventure

An Ideal Adventure 1982

4.77

Patricia, a journalist, is fed up with all the stupid chores and being ridiculed by her colleagues. To show her talent, she challenges her director Eugenio to test her. She will write a good article, but if she fails she will sleep with him.

1982

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen 1976

6.70

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

1976

The Shortest Day

The Shortest Day 1963

5.80

Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

1963

The Old Guard

The Old Guard 1960

6.24

Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside

1960

Ferdinand I King of Naples

Ferdinand I King of Naples 1959

6.80

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous city premises in search of love adventures. With the De Filippo brothers to complete.

1959

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers 1953

6.33

The umpteenth adaptation of Dumas' novel finds d'Artagnan and his friends promoting the love affairs of Anne of Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, incurring the wrath of the Cardinal and exposing themselves to the cold cruelty of Milady de Winter. Also featured are the tender Mme Bonacieux, the hilarious Planchet, the Queen's ferrets and Bethune's executioner, against a backdrop of clanging swords.

1953

The Golden Arrow

The Golden Arrow 1962

4.80

Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.

1962

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins 1962

5.60

Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.

1962

Duel of the Titans

Duel of the Titans 1961

5.10

Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.

1961

Totò Double or Nothing?

Totò Double or Nothing? 1956

6.88

The penniless Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o raddoppia", a TV quiz show, in order to win five million lira. Then two gangsters bet between themselves on his success and, alas, the Duke is kidnapped.

1956