This three-part romantic comedy illustrates that people are never too old to fall in love and often act too old when they are...
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1988
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This is an Italian comedy about a runaway, incognito Pope who makes his way to a village for a temporary stay and tries to...
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1986
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Dr. Poirret
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1979
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The steely-mouthed Jaws, a character previously featured in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, receives...
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1979
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1978
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In this drama an Italian lawyer comes back home to a real surprise concealed in his closet. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1976
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When the Germans take 20 men from his village for possible execution in reprisal for the bombing death of a German soldier,...
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Major
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1975
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A young med student is doing his grad work at the local morgue when a series of mysterious and unexplained deaths (ascribed...
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1975
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This raw Italian political melodrama investigates the underbelly of Rome in the early '70s, exposing drugs, crime and sexual...
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1973
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A married couple is haunted by a series of mysterious occurrences after the death of their young daughter in this enigmatic...
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Bishop Barbarigo
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1973
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This drama tells the tale of union woes at a French factory, and of the single mom who gives her all for the union cause....
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1972
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American entrepreneur Jerry Warren is credited with the direction of Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why. Judging by Warren's...
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1972
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Filmed in Greece and Italy, Cool Million was the pilot film for a shortlived 1972 TV series which ran as a recurring feature...
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1972
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1971
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Here the director adapts his own novel about Mira (Romy Schneider), a firebrand of a woman, who moves from being a ferocious...
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1970
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1970
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A wealthy shipbuilding family falls apart in the wake of labor unrest and economic crisis. Lorenzo (Mathieu Carriere) is the...
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1969
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Rooney (Don Gordon) is the career card shark who is set up by Del Isolla (Massimo Serato) for a big loss in this fast-paced...
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1969
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Vittorio Gassman stars in this uneven blend of sex and comedy where animals attempt to take over the world. Satirical jabs...
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Agent
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1967
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Aldo (Giulio Platone) is a henpecked husband who takes time off from his business ventures to enjoy a night in Rome in this...
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1967
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In this campy Italian sci-fi adventure wicked aliens from outer space abduct and miniaturize Earth's leaders to make it...
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Nels Nurmi
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1966
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In this low-budget sci-fi adventure, Martian light creatures employ mind control to overtake the Earth. Fortunately,...
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1966
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Award-winning Italian writer/director Mario Camerini, who successfully bucked the "neorealist" movement of the 1940s,...
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1966
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Set in fourth century Italy, this sword and sandal adventure retells the story of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai as it follows...
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Axel
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1966
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Hypnosis is a psychological thriller reminiscent of themes found in Magic and Dead of Night. Erik (Jean Sorel) is the...
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1966
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That old phrase "you always hurt the one you love" takes on a new meaning in this satiric comedy. In the 21st Century,...
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Lawyer
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1965
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In this western, Wyatt Earp helps a young woman thwart the evil plans of a greedy mine owner. To do so, Earp masquerades as...
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1965
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1964
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This is an interesting entry in the Italian muscleman genre of the early '60s. Set in the wake of the destruction of Troy,...
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1964
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Though "Maciste" is a popular muscleman character in Italy, his name doesn't always bring in the crowds in other countries....
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1964
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1963
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In this epic adventure set in the 15th century, King Navarre dies and leaves his two nieces to fight over the throne....
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1963
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This is an Italian-French period costume piece retelling the Zorro legend, convincingly set in 1600s Spain. Pierre Brice...
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1963
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This film features a colossal clash between a mass of invaders and the faithful Roman soldiers who must fight to defend the...
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1963
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1963
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Hero of Rome is not to be confused with Heroes of Rome, so don't. Ex-Tarzan Gordon Scott plays the title character Leading...
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1963
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1963
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Four writers are to credit for this unsuccessful sword-and-sandal feature starring Richard Harrison. Set in the 1st century...
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1962
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This Italian drama tells the story of Christ's crucifixion from the viewpoint of the Roman emperor's procurator in Israel who...
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1962
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One of the many Italian sword-and-sandal adventure stories roughly depicting historical events -- sometimes too graphically...
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1962
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1962
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The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan borrows a handful of the characters and little else from the works of Dumas. Like many Italian...
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1962
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When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo...
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1961
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In this 16th-century swashbuckler, the trouble begins when a sea captain is unjustly sentenced to hang by the evil ruler of...
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1961
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In this romantic comedy, a ship load of the rich and horny embark on a cruise aboard a millionaire's yacht. Included in the...
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1960
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This chilling swashbuckler set in the 16th-century follows the exploits of a daring swordsman who must brave the horrors of...
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1960
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Very loosely based on its Biblical source, this standard Italian sword-and-sandal action film stars Orson Welles as an...
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Abner
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1960
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Brennus, Enemy of Rome (Brenno, il nemicodi Roma) is what it says it is. The loinclothed hero battles sinister forces that...
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1960
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In this high-seas adventure set in the 15th century, a dashing hero is released from prison and assigned to save the...
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1959
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The slow pacing of this fanciful tale about the life and one reputed love of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya makes for an...
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1959
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Director and co-writer Luigi Zampa, best known for his earlier works as a satirist of favorite targets like bureaucratic...
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Ugo
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1959
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American film actor Lex Barker spent the bulk of his professional career hunting up jobs in Europe. In Captain Falcon,...
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1958
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1958
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The Silent Enemy is based on Commander Crabb, a book by Marshall Pugh. This is the true story of young Lieutenant Crabb...
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1958
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The grim, drab life of a man who labors in a Po Valley sugar refinery in northern Italy provides the center of this...
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1957
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Tormento D'Amore was the last film of Swedish actress Marta Toren, who died in 1957 at the age of 31. Also known as Torrent...
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Pietro
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1957
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Bouncing back and forth between American and European productions in the 1950s, director Steve Sekely settled in Italy long...
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1957
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His last film involving his own writing, Lewis Milestone directs the romantic drama The Widow, based on the novel La Vedova...
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1955
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Beautiful Hedy Lamarr finds herself faced with a difficult decision when she must choose an appropriate costume for an...
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1954
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This upteenth film version of the life of royal courtesan Madame Du Barry stars Martine Carol in the title role. Starting out...
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Choisoul
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1954
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1954
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It's hardly a coincidence that George Raft made so many films outside the U.S. when he began to have income-tax problems in...
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Basil Constantine
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1954
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Blonde French sex symbol Martine Carol is incongruously cast as the title character in Lucrece Borgia. The bloody excesses of...
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Duke of Aragon
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1953
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Even allowing for its translation into modern French, this is a remarkably unfaithful adaptation of William Shakespeare's...
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Antonio
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1953
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Leopoldo Trieste's stage play Cronaca was the basis for the Italian drama Febbre di Vivere (Eager to Live). Though virtually...
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Massico
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1953
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The time is 1860: the place, northern Italy. The hero (Massimo Serato) is a young nobleman by day, a masked bandit by night....
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Conte de Sant' Elmo
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1953
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1952
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1952
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Incantesimo Tragico (Tragic Spell) is a sombre Italian vehicle for the magnificent Mexican film luminary Maria Felix. The...
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Berto
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1951
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The title of this Italian wartime drama translates to Without a Flag. Set during WW I, the story concentrates on a group of...
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1951
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Maria Montez made her final screen appearance in the Italian-American co-production Thief of Venice. Montez is cast as Tina,...
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Scarpa the Inquisitor
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1950
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Janis Paige stars as Fugitive Lady Barbara Clementi in this internationally produced melodrama. When Italian millionaire...
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Gene
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1950
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Disciples of "B"-picture stylist Edgar Ulmer will not be disappointed with Pirates of Capri. Lensed in Italy, the film stars...
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1949
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Domenica D'Agosto was the first feature-length effort from Italian documentary filmmaker Luciano Emmeri. The film keeps...
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1949
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1949
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The Lost One is the English-language title for the 1948 adaptation of Giueseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. Departing somewhat...
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Alexander Dumas, Jr.
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1948
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1941
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