I, Leonardo

2019

Italian

5.5

Biography

Drama

Jesus Garces Lambert Director

Angela Fontana as Cecilia Gallerani

Luca Argentero as Leonardo da Vinci

Massimo De Lorenzo as Ludovico Sforza

Francesco Pannofino as Narrator

Discover Leonardo da Vinci, the man, the painter, the scientist and the inventor, through a unique, engaging and fascinating journey in the mind of Leonardo.

Kommando Leopard

1985

Italian

5.0

♡ 5

Action

Antonio Margheriti Director

Lewis Collins as Enrique Carrasco

Mike Monty as Major on Train

Cristina Donadio as Maria

John Steiner as Smithy

A cruel dictator rules a Latin American state. Corruption, brutality and exploitation are present every day. A few people begin to organise resistance. Under the leader "El Leopardo" a small group of guerillas fights against the violent government.

Totò diabolicus

1962

Italian

6.7

♡ 2

40%

Steno Director

Pietro De Vico as Il Paziente

Mario Castellani as Ispettore Scalarini

Veriano Ginesi as Nando 'Bellicapelli'

Peppino De Martino as Notaio Cocozza

The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.

The Scent of Blood

2004

Italian

5.5

♡ 1

based on novel or book

older man younger woman relationship

older woman younger man relationship

Thriller

Mario Martone Director

Riccardo Scamarcio as

Jon Voight as Luke Martin

Jane Fonda as Sally Hyde

Fanny Ardant as Silvia

A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of his time in the country house where he writes his books, openly living with his younger lover, Lù. In return, Carlo has long accepted that her wife may have lovers, but her volatile relationship with a young neo-fascist suddenly rekindles his jealousy.

Oedipus Rex

1967

Italian

7.2

♡ 15

89%

77%

Action

Drama

Pier Paolo Pasolini Director

Carmelo Bene as Creonte

Pier Paolo Pasolini as High Priest

Alida Valli as Merope

Julian Beck as Tiresia

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

Divorce Italian Style

1961

Italian

7.9

♡ 9

Pietro Germi Director

Stefania Sandrelli as Angela

Maria Grazia Spadaro as Bit part

Marcello Mastroianni as Il barone Ferdinando Cefalù

Lando Buzzanca as Rosario Mulè

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.

Stromboli

1950

Italian

7.2

♡ 11

67%

marriage of convenience

Roberto Rossellini Director

Mario Vitale as Antonio

Ingrid Bergman as Karin

Mario Sponzo as The Man from the Lighthouse

Renzo Cesana as The Priest

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.

Juliet of the Spirits

1965

Italian

7.4

♡ 22

79%

Federico Fellini Director

Carlo Pisacane as Friar

Giulietta Masina as Giulietta Boldrini

Mino Doro as Player

Anita Sanders as Susy's Guest

Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.

Le Quattro Volte

2010

Italian

7.2

♡ 6

92%

Michelangelo Frammartino Director

Peppe Cavallo as Il Pastore

Santo Cavallo as Il Pastore

Isidoro Chiera as Il Prete

Iolanda Manno as La Perpetua

An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.

The Children's Train

2024

Italian

7.4

♡ 9

92%

1940s

based on novel or book

Cristina Comencini Director

Dora Romano as

Monica Nappo as

Alistair McKenzie as Alicide

Barbara Ronchi as Derna

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.

Danger: Diabolik

1968

Italian

6.5

♡ 19

65%

Mario Bava Director

John Phillip Law as Diabolik

Michel Piccoli as Inspector Ginko

Carlo Croccolo as Lorry Driver

Adolfo Celi as Ralph Valmont

International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.

The Perfect Dinner

6.4

Davide Minnella Director

Salvatore Esposito as Carmine

Greta Scarano as Consuelo

Giampiero De Concilio as Margherita

Gianluca Colucci as Rosario

Carmine is a Neapolitan mafioso who isn’t cut out for the criminal life. Under the protection of his boss Pasquale, Carmine is sent north to run a money laundering operation through a restaurant. He simply needs to defrost frozen meals, issue receipts and dinner is served. But everything changes when he meets Consuelo, a chef who always pursues perfection and dreams of winning a Michelin star. Carmine hires her and decides to transform the establishment into a high-end restaurant. Could the love for food and dream of winning a Michelin star give them both a second chance?

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

1971

Italian

6.7

♡ 9

71%

Sergio Martino Director

Alberto de Mendoza as John Stanley

Ida Galli as Lisa Baumer

Tom Felleghy as Mr. Brenton

Giulio Massimini as Speaker TV

After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.

Intervista

1987

Italian

7.0

♡ 4

79%

Federico Fellini Director

Lara Wendel as Bride

Federico Fellini as Federico Fellini

Clarita Gatto as 'Fellinian' Woman

Ingrid Lill Høgtun as Girl at Casting

Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.

I'm for the Hippopotamus

1979

Italian

6.6

♡ 15

62%

Italo Zingarelli Director

Joe Bugner as Ormond

Hugh Rouse as Police Captain, arresting Slim and Tom

Terence Hill as Slim

Bud Spencer as Tom

In Africa, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian zoos. Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang.

Nuovo Olimpo

2023

Italian

7.2

♡ 12

80%

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Greta Scarano as

Luisa Ranieri as

Aurora Giovinazzo as

Andrea Di Luigi as

In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.

Emanuelle Around the World

1977

Italian

4.8

♡ 32

san francisco, california

Thriller

Joe D'Amato Director

Ivan Rassimov as Dr. Malcolm Robertson

George Eastman as Guru Shanti

Angelo Boscariol as Party guest

Paul Powell as (uncredited)

The increasingly politicised Emanuelle gets deeper into fighting an international trade composed of sex, violence and high profile players.

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

1978

Italian

4.4

♡ 28

15%

Joe D'Amato Director

Maria Letizia Serafino as

Anna Toffoli as

Laura Gemser as Emanuelle

Tom Felleghy as The Senator

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

Summer Temptations

1988

Italian

4.5

♡ 7

Piero Vivarelli Director

Alessandro Vivarelli as

Petra Scharbach as Kiki

Piero Vivarelli as Molinari

Marino Masé as Professor

In a villa on an island (St. Peter) a little out of season, inhabit Vanessa, a young widow, and stepdaughters Kikki and alive. Vanessa had married their father above all because it was very rich. After her husband's death, Vanessa decided to keep him Alive and Kikki and also call Roberto, her former lover, now a professor with the aim of preparing the two girls to the maturity examination. Shortly after his arrival, he establishes an atmosphere heavy with half-empty Island the villa that seems almost a luxury prison do understand immediately that the stepmother and stepdaughters will hate and despise each other.