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Top Italian Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Bicycle Thief 1948 Vittorio De Sica 67
2 8 1/21 1963 Federico Fellini 80
3 Once Upon a Time in the West2 1968 Sergio Leone 107
4 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly3 4 1966 Sergio Leone 118
5 La Dolce Vita1 1960 Federico Fellini 134
6 Don't Look Now5 1973 Nicolas Roeg 162
7 The Conformist1 3 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci 169
8 Doctor Zhivago2 1965 David Lean 191
9 Cinema Paradiso1 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore 192
10 L'Avventura1 1960 Michelangelo Antonioni 196
11 Open City 1945 Roberto Rossellini 205
12 Once Upon a Time in America2 1984 Sergio Leone 207
13 The Battle of Algiers6 1966 Gillo Pontecorvo 215
14 Dawn of the Dead2 1978 George A. Romero 216
15 The Wages of Fear1 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot 230
16 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 238
17 La Strada 1954 Federico Fellini 243
18 Blow-Up2 5 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 266
19 Belle de Jour1 1967 Luis Buñuel 274
20 Roman Holiday2 1953 William Wyler 300
21 The Earrings of Madame De…1 1953 Max Ophüls 308
22 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1 4 1972 Luis Buñuel 312
23 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 327
24 The Leopard1 1963 Luchino Visconti 332
25 Amarcord1 1973 Federico Fellini 365
26 Playtime1 1967 Jacques Tati 378
27 Jean de Florette1 7 1986 Claude Berri 386
28 Umberto D. 1952 Vittorio De Sica 391
29 Last Tango in Paris1 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci 397
30 Day for Night1 1973 François Truffaut 414
31 Contempt1 1963 Jean-Luc Godard 422
32 Last Year at Marienbad1 1961 Alain Resnais 439
33 Nights of Cabiria1 1957 Federico Fellini 440
34 Le Samouraï1 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 504
35 Au Revoir, les Enfants1 3 1987 Louis Malle 534
36 The Last Emperor1 5 8 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci 546
37 Pierrot le Fou1 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 551
38 Downfall3 9 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 600
39 Week End1 1967 Jean-Luc Godard 613
40 Manon of the Spring1 7 1986 Claude Berri 617
41 A Fistful of Dollars3 4 1964 Sergio Leone 653
42 Alphaville1 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 658
43 The Gospel According to St. Matthew1 1964 Pier Paolo Pasolini 660
44 Eyes without a Face1 1960 Georges Franju 662
45 Barbarella1 1968 Roger Vadim 734
46 Army in the Shadows1 1969 Jean-Pierre Melville 736
47 Dancer in the Dark1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 2000 Lars von Trier 780
48 The Others1 2 4 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 803
49 La Femme Nikita1 1990 Luc Besson 810
50 Death in Venice1 1971 Luchino Visconti 821
51 Hidden1 2 3 9 2005 Michael Haneke 836
52 Mon Oncle1 1958 Jacques Tati 850
53 Paisan 1946 Roberto Rossellini 871
54 Gosford Park2 5 2001 Robert Altman 886
55 Monsoon Wedding1 2 3 13 2001 Mira Nair 940
56 Romeo and Juliet5 1968 Franco Zeffirelli 948
57 The Eclipse1 1962 Michelangelo Antonioni 967
58 19001 3 1976 Bernardo Bertolucci 970
59 The Tree of Wooden Clogs 1978 Ermanno Olmi 976
60 Il Postino1 14 1994 Michael Radford 977
61 Voyage in Italy1 1954 Roberto Rossellini 992
62 Black Sunday 1960 Mario Bava 995
63 Rocco and His Brothers1 1960 Luchino Visconti 1008
64 Le Boucher1 1970 Claude Chabrol 1030
65 The Train1 2 1964 John Frankenheimer 1043
66 Seven Beauties 1975 Lina Wertmüller 1049
67 Serpico2 1973 Sidney Lumet 1057
68 Hotel Rwanda2 5 15 2004 Terry George 1060
69 The Passenger1 4 1975 Michelangelo Antonioni 1063
70 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis3 1970 Vittorio De Sica 1082
71 The Red Desert1 1964 Michelangelo Antonioni 1101
72 Black Orpheus1 16 1959 Marcel Camus 1103
73 Cleo from 5 to 71 1962 Agnès Varda 1136
74 Lacombe Lucien1 3 1974 Louis Malle 1151
75 Tristana1 4 1970 Luis Buñuel 1191
76 La Terra Trema 1948 Luchino Visconti 1220
77 Ossessione 1943 Luchino Visconti 1248
78 Two Women1 1960 Vittorio De Sica 1262
79 Gangs of New York2 2002 Martin Scorsese 1276
80 La Notte1 1961 Michelangelo Antonioni 1299
81 Salò1 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini 1310
82 King of New York2 5 1990 Abel Ferrara 1333
83 Le Cercle rouge1 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville 1335
84 Senso 1954 Luchino Visconti 1346
85 Land and Freedom3 4 5 1995 Ken Loach 1377
86 Werckmeister Harmonies1 3 17 2000 Béla Tarr 1414
87 The Sea Inside1 4 2004 Alejandro Amenábar 1431
88 I Vitelloni1 1953 Federico Fellini 1438
89 Swept Away ... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August 1974 Lina Wertmüller 1522
90 Shoeshine 1946 Vittorio De Sica 1524
91 For a Few Dollars More1 3 1965 Sergio Leone 1533
92 Juliet of the Spirits1 1965 Federico Fellini 1546
93 Open Your Eyes1 4 1997 Alejandro Amenábar 1597
94 Lancelot of the Lake1 1974 Robert Bresson 1607
95 The Barefoot Contessa2 1954 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1612
96 La Femme Infidèle1 1969 Claude Chabrol 1628
97 No Man's Land1 5 13 18 2001 Danis Tanovic 1630
98 Time of the Gypsies5 19 1988 Emir Kusturica 1637
99 The Queen1 5 2006 Stephen Frears 1639
100 Nostalgia20 1983 Andrei Tarkovsky 1675
101 Le Trou1 1960 Jacques Becker 1680
102 Together10 2000 Lukas Moodysson 1705
103 King of Hearts1 1966 Phillippe de Broca 1723
104 Salvatore Giuliano 1962 Francesco Rosi 1737
105 The Best of Youth 2003 Marco Tullio Giordana 1747
106 Orlando1 5 11 20 1992 Sally Potter 1748
107 Beat the Devil2 5 1953 John Huston 1767
108 Lamerica1 7 1994 Gianni Amelio 1771
109 Othello1 2 21 1952 Orson Welles 1790
110 The Trial1 3 1962 Orson Welles 1794
111 Teorema 1968 Pier Paolo Pasolini 1801
112 The Idiots1 4 10 11 1998 Lars von Trier 1825
113 Cannibal Holocaust 1980 Ruggero Deodato 1857
114 The Son's Room1 2001 Nanni Moretti 1862
115 Miracle in Milan 1951 Vittorio De Sica 1881
116 Lola1 1961 Jacques Demy 1882
117 Fellini Satyricon 1969 Federico Fellini 1885
118 La Cage aux Folles1 1978 Edouard Molinaro 1900
119 Deep Red 1975 Dario Argento 1906
120 The Firemen's Ball22 1967 Milos Forman 1956
121 Accattone 1961 Pier Paolo Pasolini 1984
122 The Golden Coach1 1952 Jean Renoir 1997
123 Purple Noon1 1960 René Clément 1998
124 El Cid2 1961 Anthony Mann 2004
125 And God Created Woman1 1956 Roger Vadim 2010
126 Cabiria 1914 Giovanni Pastrone 2020
127 Avanti!2 1972 Billy Wilder 2028
128 Chaplin1 2 23 1992 Richard Attenborough 2072
129 Queen Margot1 3 1994 Patrice Chéreau 2095
130 Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958 Mario Monicelli 2100
131 The Damned3 1969 Luchino Visconti 2123
132 The Phantom of Liberty1 1974 Luis Buñuel 2145
133 Caro Diario1 1993 Nanni Moretti 2152
134 The Name of the Rose1 3 1986 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2184
135 The Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 2190
136 Germany, Year Zero 1948 Roberto Rossellini 2199
137 Fat Girl1 2001 Catherine Breillat 2210
138 Murmur of the Heart1 3 1971 Louis Malle 2215
139 Divorce - Italian Style 1961 Pietro Germi 2243
140 20461 3 8 24 2004 Kar Wai Wong 2244
141 Landscape in the Mist1 25 1988 Theodoros Angelopoulos 2262
142 Winged Migration1 3 4 7 2001 Jacques Perrin 2302
143 Frailty2 3 2001 Bill Paxton 2389

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