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7.1

Ettore Scola Director

Marina Vlady as Chantal Duvivier

Vernon Dobtcheff as Don Arno

Marcello Mastroianni as Jordan

Paolo Panelli as Signor Paolo

Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady). However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio (Piperno), which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time (the very first scene), he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.

Dark Eyes

1987

Russian

7.3

♡ 4

89%

Nikita Mikhalkov Director

Isabella Rossellini as La Signora

Marcello Mastroianni as Romano

Oleg Tabakov as Sua Grazia

Francesco De Rosa as Un ospite

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.

Gabriela

1983

Portuguese

6.2

♡ 12

33%

based on novel or book

Bruno Barreto Director

Nuno Leal Maia as Eng. Rômulo

Marcus Vinícius as Fagundes

Sonia Braga as Gabriela

Marcello Mastroianni as Nacib

In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.

Three Lives and Only One Death

1996

French

6.8

♡ 5

70%

Raoul Ruiz Director

Anna Galiena as Maria Gabri-Colosso, "Tania la Corse"

Melvil Poupaud as Martin

Marcello Mastroianni as Mateo Strano / Georges Vickers / Butler / Luc Allamand

Nanni Moretti as (uncredited)

Four intertwining stories of bizarre occurrences in Paris featuring a man who was stolen away by fairies, a professor who becomes a tramp, the lovers who inherit a chateau – and the last tale that connects all that has gone before.

Caccia all'uomo

1948

6.9

♡ 5

Riccardo Freda Director

Marcello Mastroianni as A revolutionary

Nino Marchetti as Courfeyrac

Valentina Cortese as Fantina

Gino Cervi as Jean Valjean

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Tempesta su Parigi

1948

6.7

♡ 5

Riccardo Freda Director

Valentina Cortese as Cosetta

Nino Marchetti as Courfeyrac

Jone Romano as La Thenardier

Marcello Mastroianni as Un rivoluzionario

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.

1, 2, 3, Freeze

1993

French

6.3

♡ 2

Bertrand Blier Director

Jean-Jérôme Esposito as

Marcello Mastroianni as Constantin Laspada, le père

Myriam Boyer as Daniela Laspada, la mère

Olivier Martinez as Petit Paul

A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.

Diamonds for Breakfast

1968

English

4.7

♡ 3

Christopher Morahan Director

Marcello Mastroianni as Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch Goduno

Hugh Futcher as Museum visitor with bananas

Corin Redgrave as Museum Visitor with Trilby Hat

Warren Mitchell as Popov

Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember

1997

7.8

♡ 4

100%

Anna Maria Tatò Director

Marcello Mastroianni as Self

Manoel de Oliveira as Self

Diogo Dória as Self

Leonor Silveira as Self

In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious of a man "of a certain age" looking back. He tells stories about Fellini and De Sica's direction, of using irony in performances, of constantly working (an actor tries to find himself in characters). He's diffident about prizes, celebrates Rome and Paris, salutes Naples and its people. He answers the question, why make bad films; recalls his father and grandfather, carpenters, his mother, deaf in her old age, and his brother, a film editor; he's modest about his looks. In repose, time's swift passage holds Mastroianni inward gaze.

Wifemistress

1977

6.7

♡ 3

40%

husband wife relationship

hiding

mistress

Romance

sexual awakening

Marco Vicario Director

Annie Belle as Clara

William Berger as Count Brandini

Hélène Chanel as Landlady

Marcello Mastroianni as Luigi De Angelis

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.

A Place for Lovers

1968

5.5

♡ 2

17%

Vittorio De Sica Director

Esmeralda Ruspoli as Attorney's Wife

Faye Dunaway as Julia

Mirella Pamphili as Party Guest

Marcello Mastroianni as Valerio

Globe-trotting clothes-horse Julia, who's harboring a secret, embarks on a 10-day fling with Valerio in Italy.

The Divine Nymph

1975

5.8

♡ 6

female nudity

italy

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Director

Anna Melita as

Terence Stamp as Dany di Bagnasco

Michele Placido as Martino Ghiondelli

Marcello Mastroianni as Michele Barra

In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.

City of Women

1980

6.9

♡ 18

68%

man woman relationship

train ride

Federico Fellini Director

Donatella Damiani as Donatella

Karina Verlier as Mock Bride

Marcello Mastroianni as Snàporaz

Bernice Stegers as Woman on train

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Ginger & Fred

1986

7.2

♡ 4

dance act

Federico Fellini Director

Giulietta Masina as Amelia Bonetti / Ginger

Marcello Mastroianni as Pippo Botticella / Fred

Rolando De Santis as Santa Claus

Luciano Bonanni as TV Assistant with Megaphone

Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.

The Children Are Watching Us

1943

7.7

♡ 7

87%

innocence

Vittorio De Sica Director

Emilio Cigoli as Andrea - il padre

Marcello Mastroianni as Extra

Lina Marengo as La signora sul treno

Adriano Rimoldi as Roberto - l'amante di Nina

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.

Stay as You Are

1978

older man younger woman relationship

6.2

♡ 9

65%

pregnancy

Romance

Alberto Lattuada Director

Ania Pieroni as Cecilia

Nastassja Kinski as Francesca

Marcello Mastroianni as Giulio Marengo

Francisco Rabal as Lorenzo

A May-December romance. Roué Giulio Marengo, a Roman landscape architect unhappy in his marriage, meets Francesca, a young and beautiful Florentine, and then learns she might be his daughter. He resolves to keep his hands off but can't seem to stay away, and she's eager for a lover who's a father figure.

Salut l'artiste

1973

French

6.1

♡ 1

Yves Robert Director

Jean Rochefort as Clément Chamfort

Hélène Vallier as La script-girl à Versailles

Marcello Mastroianni as Nicolas Montei

Françoise Fabian as Peggy

Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Nicolas is doomed to disillusionment and failure.

Fellinopolis

2020

6.5

♡ 2

portrait of an artist

rome, italy

Silvia Giulietti Director

Federico Fellini as Self

Giulietta Masina as Self - Interviewee

Marcello Mastroianni as Self - Interviewee

Anthony Quinn as Self - Interviewee

Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy inventions.

The 10th Victim

1965

6.6

♡ 16

82%

Elio Petri Director

George Wang as Chinese attacker

Massimo Serato as Lawyer Rossi

Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Poletti

Anita Sanders as Relaxatorium Girl

In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.

Allonsanfan

1974