Art, literature, culture and, most importantly, the renaissance… Italy is a country where all these things we count melt in one pot. When this is the case, Italian films also have a unique atmosphere. active since the early 1900s italian cinema had its golden age from the 1960s to the late 1990s. But after the 2000s, many admirable Italian films managed to touch our hearts. In this content, we make selections from Italian cinema, which usually produces drama and love-filled films. If you’re ready, we include productions shot before and after the 2000s. Italian movies Let’s take a closer look at our list.
15) Miele – Honey (2013) | IMDb: 6.8
- Genre: Drama
Drama-laden Italian independent film Miele was awarded the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes, where it premiered. In the movie, we watch the story of a young girl named Irene, who helps dying people under the pseudonym Miele. One day, Irene, who injects the necessary medicine to her client, who says she is dying, realizes that her client is actually trying to commit suicide.
14) Io sono l’amore – My Name Is Love (2009) | IMDb: 7.0
- Genre: Drama, Romance
starring Tilda Swinton io sono l’amore brings the unique beauties of Milan to the big screen. Screened at the Venice International Film Festival, Io sono l’amore actually belongs to a trilogy of themes by the director. Io sono l’amore is the first movie of the trilogy with the theme of desire, the second is A Bigger Splash and the third is the famous movie of recent times, Call Me By Your Name. The film tells the experiences of Emma, who immigrated from Russia to Italy to live with her husband. Although they are actually wealthy, the emptiness inside Emma is growing day by day. Until she meets her son’s friend Antonio…
13) Gomorrah (2008) | IMDb: 7.0
- Genre: Crime , Drama
Gomorrah It is a very realistic and violent production. The film, which shows the real face of the Italian mafia, is adapted from the novel of the same name by Roberto Saviano, who was threatened after being threatened because of his writings. 61. Gomorra, who won the second grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival, tries to reveal the whole reality and brutality of the event without romanticizing the mafia.
12) La prima cosa bella – The Most Beautiful Woman I’ve Ever Seen (2010) | IMDb: 7.1
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
La prima cosa bella is a very drama-laden film that gives appropriate sections from life. The film, which manages to make you laugh and cry like life, can sometimes even do this at the same time. In the movie, we watch sections from the life of Anna, a young and beautiful mother. After leaving home with her children because of her husband’s bad behavior, Anna tries to start a new life. This decision of Anna, who wants to enter the acting world by relying on her beauty, also affects her children. The film also shows sections from the 40-year life story of Anna and her children.
11) Dogman (2018) | IMDb: 7.2
- Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
dogman One of the first productions that come to mind when it comes to Italian films. In the movie directed by Matteo Garrone, we are the guests of the dangerous back quarters of Rome. In the movie, a modest man named Marcello is a dog hairdresser. But Marcello’s work is actually a cover. Because Marcello actually makes a living by selling drugs. Marcello’s monotonous life is turned upside down when his childhood friend Simone is released from prison. Marcello Fonte receives the Best Actor award at Cannes for his performance. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the BAFTA.
10) La stanza del figlio – Son’s Room (2001) | IMDb: 7.3
- Genre: Drama
La stanza del figlio, written, directed and starring by Nanni Moretti, is a production selected among the 500 best films by Empire magazine. The film, which won the Palme d’Or, deals with the tragic series of events experienced by a successful psychoanalyst, Giovanni. Losing his son, Giovanni’s relationship with his wife also falls apart and everything goes wrong in his happy life. Because no matter how successful Giovanni is at his job, he cannot get over his son’s death.
9) Cesare camel morire – Caesar Must Die (2012) | IMDb: 7.3
- Genre: Drama
Cesare camel morire is a very interesting movie. In the semi-documentary style, all of the actors playing in the movie are prisoners. The movie, which has a plot that does not look like the movie Commissioner Shakespeare, takes place in prison. The Taviani Brothers film the rehearsals of inmates at Rebibbia prison to stage Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. This interesting film , which was shot half in color and half in black and white, was also awarded the Golden Bear.
8) La sconosciuta – The Mysterious Woman (2006) | IMDb: 7.4
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
La sconosciuta Known for Cinema Paradiso Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore bears his signature. La sconosciuta, which has high tension and arouses more curiosity at every minute, tells the story of Irena, who escaped from Ukraine and came to Italy. Abused by being forced into prostitution in Ukraine, Irena finds the solution by escaping to Italy. Irena’s main purpose of coming to Italy is to find her adopted child. Finding the location of the child in line with the information she gathered, Irena starts to work as a cleaner in the apartment where her daughter lives.
7) La grande bellezza – Gorgeous Beauty (2013) | IMDb: 7.8
- Genre: Drama
Director Paolo Sorrentino, who has made successful films in Italian cinema, La grande bellezza He manages to hit the jackpot with his eye. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, La grande bellezza tells the life of a Roman writer. Jep Gambardella had a fast time in Roman society with the works he wrote, but he is now 65 years old. The writer, whose longing for his youth is increasing, is also tired of the people around him and the tragedy. For Jep, it’s time to step aside and rewrite.
6) 8½ – Eight and a Half (1963) | IMDb: 8.0
- Genre: Drama
8½ is one of the most acclaimed metafiction films of Italian cinema with a film-within-a-film. We witness a director’s effort to make a film in the film, where imagination and reality blend together like a Salvador Dali painting. Guido Anselmi, who is planning to make a science fiction movie, is struggling with a sudden blockage. Guido, who suddenly lost his interest in cinema and art, cannot find peace in his vacation. The director takes on a mood where he is lost in his memories and surreal fantasies.
5) La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano – The Legend of 1900 (1998) | IMDb: 8.1
- Genre: Music, Romance, Drama
Giuseppe Tornatore Italian movies One of the first directors that comes to mind when it comes to mind. La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano is another production of our list that bears Tornatore’s signature. Danny Boodman, who lives on the transatlantic where he works on the film, finds a box on the ship one day. A tiny baby comes out of the box. Naming the baby Novecento, Danny begins to raise Novecento in his own room until he dies. Orphaned at the age of 8, Novecento has a musical talent that will astonish the whole ship. Later, Novecento lives on the ship all his life and refuses to set foot on land.
4) La meglio gioventù – The Best of Youth (2003) | IMDb: 8.5
- Genre: Romance, Drama
La meglio gioventù, similar to many of the films on our list, conveys sections from the lives of individuals. The film, which exaggerates this section of sharing, takes a little longer than 6 hours. But the aim of the film is to examine the history of the last 40 years of Italy through the life story of two brothers. Therefore, the duration of the movie is somewhat understandable. In this life story stretching from 1960 to 2000; We follow the changes in Italy through individuals.
3) Nuovo Cinema Paradiso – Cinema of Paradise (1988) | IMDb: 8.5
- Genre: Drama, Romance
Oscar and BAFTA winner for Best Foreign Language Film Nuovo Cinema Paradiso is the famous semi-autobiographical film by Giuseppe Tornatore. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, which is almost a nostalgia journey, tells the story of a director’s meeting with cinema. In the movie, Salvatore, a famous director, returns to his native town after the death of his friend. Here, as a child, he remembers his relationship with the projectionist of the town and the years of his acquaintance with the cinema.
2) La vita è bella – Life is Beautiful (1997) | IMDb:8.6
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
La vita e bella is a period film that won three Oscars, especially Best Foreign Language Film. The first half of the movie takes place a few years before the Second World War and is usually romantic/comedy. The second half of the movie is about the Second World War. The atmosphere darkens and we witness the tragic events that happened to the Italian Jew Guido, whose story we watched.
1) Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | IMDb: 8.8
- Genre: Western
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is actually an Italian movie, although it is a Western movie . Many famous western films shot in this period are also Italian productions like this one. The reason why these films, called spaghetti westerns, were shot in Italy, is primarily because of the budget. The intertwined stories of three cowboys named Tuco, Blondie and Sentenza are handled in the film. Although the film is the last of the Fistful of Dollars trilogy, there is no connection between the first two films. But you can visit other movies later to get to know the universe better.
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