Italian Cinema

Neorealism, Fellini and Antonioni, the commedia all’italiana, Leone and Argento, the political thrillers, Moretti and Sorrentino, and the new arthouse of Rohrwacher and Garrone. Movies only, in order.

70 titles

  1. Rome, Open City (1945), Roberto Rossellini
  2. Paisan (1946)
  3. Shoeshine (1946)
  4. Bicycle Thieves (1948), Vittorio De Sica
  5. Bitter Rice (1949)
  6. Umberto D. (1952)
  7. I Vitelloni (1953)
  8. La Strada (1954)
  9. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  10. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
  11. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
  12. La Dolce Vita (1960), Federico Fellini
  13. L'Avventura (1960)
  14. Divorce Italian Style (1961)
  15. Accattone (1961)
  16. Il Sorpasso (1962)
  17. L'Eclisse (1962)
  18. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
  19. 8½ (1963), Federico Fellini
  20. The Leopard (1963), Luchino Visconti
  21. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965), Pier Paolo Pasolini
  22. Red Desert (1964)
  23. Fists in the Pocket (1965)
  24. The Battle of Algiers (1966), Gillo Pontecorvo
  25. Blow-Up (1966)
  26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Sergio Leone
  27. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Sergio Leone
  28. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
  29. The Conformist (1970)
  30. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
  31. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
  32. Death in Venice (1971)
  33. Amarcord (1973)
  34. Bread and Chocolate (1974)
  35. The Night Porter (1974)
  36. Deep Red (1975)
  37. Seven Beauties (1975)
  38. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
  39. Suspiria (1977)
  40. Padre Padrone (1977)
  41. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
  42. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
  43. Cinema Paradiso (1988), Giuseppe Tornatore
  44. Caro Diario (1993)
  45. Il Postino: The Postman (1994)
  46. Life Is Beautiful (1997), Roberto Benigni
  47. The Son's Room (2001)
  48. The Best of Youth (2003)
  49. Gomorrah (2008), Matteo Garrone
  50. Il Divo (2008)
  51. I Am Love (2010), Luca Guadagnino
  52. We Have a Pope (2011)
  53. Caesar Must Die (2012)
  54. The Great Beauty (2013), Paolo Sorrentino
  55. Youth (2015), Paolo Sorrentino
  56. Call Me by Your Name (2017), Luca Guadagnino
  57. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
  58. Dogman (2018)
  59. Pinocchio (2019)
  60. The Traitor (2019)
  61. Martin Eden (2019)
  62. Bad Tales (2020)
  63. The Hand of God (2021), Paolo Sorrentino
  64. Nostalgia (2022)
  65. The Eight Mountains (2022)
  66. La Chimera (2023)
  67. Io Capitano (2023)
  68. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)
  69. Vermiglio (2024)
  70. Parthenope (2024)