All Recommendations

Horse Fever
7.3

Horse Fever

1976

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.

A summer at the sea
4.6

A summer at the sea

2008

Set against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about life, love, loss, family, and friendship.

Yuppies
5.5

Yuppies

1986

Willy, Giacomo, Lorenzo and Sandro are 4 young yuppies rampant in the "Milano da bere" of the 80s, who live in the myth of Lawyer Gianni Agnelli and Silvio Berlusconi; their only purpose in life is to appear rather than be. Giacomo is an advertiser, Lorenzo is a notary, Sandro is a dentist, and Willy is a car salesman.

The Power of One
7.5

The Power of One

1992

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.

Ace
6.2

Ace

1981

Asso (Ace), the best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the "final" game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife (widow). Who is good enough for the wife of Asso ?

No problem
5.0

No problem

2008

The School Teacher
5.6

The School Teacher

1975

A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.

Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
5.8

Crime at the Chinese Restaurant

1981

The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the murderer in the course of the inquiry. In the end the case is worked out.

Piano, Solo
6.3

Piano, Solo

2007

A biopic of jazz pianist Luca Flores.

The Passionate Thief
6.9

The Passionate Thief

1960

On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.

Grand Hotel Excelsior
6.1

Grand Hotel Excelsior

1982

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.

Eccezzziunale... veramente
6.2

Eccezzziunale... veramente

1982

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the ultra Milanese Donato and the Franco inter.

S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
4.8

S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago

1994

In 71 BC in Rome, utter disorder reigns in the form of political corruption and bribery involving the senator Cynic (Leslie Nielsen). The situation is claimed to be similar to the “Tangentopoli” situation in Italy in the 1990s: one of the politicians involved was Bettino Craxi.

Body Guards
5.1

Body Guards

2000

Fabio Leone and Paolo Pecora are two police officers from Rome, who, together with the careless Neapolitan Ciro Marmotta, are fired from the barracks due their scuppering of a plan to capture a secret agent.

Grande, grosso e... Verdone
5.9

Grande, grosso e... Verdone

2008

A comic movie divided in three episodes.

A Beautiful Wife
5.7

A Beautiful Wife

2007

Mariano has been married for 10 years with Miranda, a woman way out of his league. Their small-town life is disrupted by womanizing photographer Andrea, who — struck by her good looks — offers Miranda a one-time modelling job. Albeit hesitant, the couple eventually accepts his invitation to the Seychelles...

Saturn in Opposition
6.9

Saturn in Opposition

2007

This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.

Boris: The Film
6.9

Boris: The Film

2011

A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
7.6

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

My Friends
8.1

My Friends

1975

Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.