Released Date:
1976-02-12
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy, France
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (1067 Reviews)
Director:
Francesco RosiFrancesco Rosi (screenplay)
Tonino Guerra (screenplay)
Lino Iannuzzi (screenplay)
Leonardo Sciascia (novel)
A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party
Released Date:
1985-01-25
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
127 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (20 Reviews)
Director:
Lino Del FraGenres:
BiographyPier Giovanni Anchisi
Lino Del Fra
Cecilia Mangini
Released Date:
1978-10-06
Languages:
English, Maltese, French, Turkish
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
121 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (49941 Reviews)
Director:
Alan ParkerBilly Hayes (book)
William Hoffer (book)
Oliver Stone (screenplay)
On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.
Released Date:
1981-09-09
Languages:
Italian, German
Countries:
Italy, West Germany
Runtime:
129 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (524 Reviews)
Director:
Michelangelo AntonioniJean Cocteau (play)
Michelangelo Antonioni (adaptation)
Tonino Guerra (adaptation)
A hunted man breaks into the castle at Oberwald to kill the Queen, but faints before doing so. He is Sebastian, the splitting image of the King who was assassinated on his wedding day. The Queen discovers that Sebastian once wrote a subversive poem that she liked, even though it was attacking her. The Queen dares Sebastian to kill her, otherwise she vows to kill him.
Released Date:
1991-10-24
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (7308 Reviews)
Director:
Roberto BenigniRoberto Benigni
Vincenzo Cerami
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.
Released Date:
1999-01-29
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (63 Reviews)
Director:
Mario MonicelliGenres:
ComedySuso Cecchi D'Amico
Masolino D'Amico
Margherita D'Amico
Mario Monicelli
The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market brings to a string of fatal mistakes that will ultimately doom their wealth.
Released Date:
1999-01-29
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (63 Reviews)
Director:
Mario MonicelliGenres:
ComedySuso Cecchi D'Amico
Masolino D'Amico
Margherita D'Amico
Mario Monicelli
The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market brings to a string of fatal mistakes that will ultimately doom their wealth.
Released Date:
1985-01-25
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
127 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (20 Reviews)
Director:
Lino Del FraGenres:
BiographyPier Giovanni Anchisi
Lino Del Fra
Cecilia Mangini
Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.