Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Gomorrah (2008)

Summary: Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.

Release Date: April 10, 2009

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Matteo Garrone

Writers: Roberto Saviano

, Maurizio Braucci

, Ugo Chiti

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Fandango, Rai Cinema, Sky

Distributor: IFC Films, The Criterion Collection

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 1,579,146

International: $ 33,282,383

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Summary: In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.

Release Date: January 10, 1976

Genres: Drama, Horror

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini

, Sergio Citti

, Pupi Avati

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA), Les Productions Artistes Associés

Distributor: Peppercorn-Wormser Film Enterprises, Zebra Films, The Criterion Collection, Water Bearer Films, HBO Max, The Voyager Company

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Black Sabbath (1963)

Summary: Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

Release Date: May 06, 1964

Genre: Horror

Director: Mario Bava

Writers: Anton Chekhov

, Aleksei Tolstoy

, Guy de Maupassant

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Emmepi Cinematografica, Societé Cinématographique Lyre, Galatea Film

Distributor: American-International Television (AIP-TV), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Kino Lorber, Shudder, SGL Entertainment, Image Entertainment, Network Enterprises, Something Weird Video (SWV), Thorn EMI/HBO Video

Countries: Italy, France, United States

Language: Italian

Maciste in Hell (1925)

Summary: The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.

Release Date: June 26, 1931

Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Guido Brignone

Writers: Riccardo Artuffo

, Stefano Pittaluga

, Dante Alighieri

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

Production: Fert Studios, Società Anonima Stefano Pittaluga (SASP), Itala Film

Distributor: Excelsior Pictures Corp., Grapevine Video, Rare Films and More

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Strike Commando (1987)

Summary: In the Vietnam war, an American soldier survives a botched mission, with help from a group of locals who perceive him as a hero. He's sent back for a reconnaissance mission, only to find his helpers massacred by a brutal Russian s...

Release Date: August 26, 1987

Genres: Action, Adventure, War

Director: Bruno Mattei

Writers: Bruno Mattei

, Claudio Fragasso

, Rossella Drudi

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Flora Film

Distributor: International Video Entertainment (IVE), Avid Home Entertainment, Cinefear

Countries: Italy, Philippines

Language: Italian

Hercules (1958)

Summary: The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.

Release Date: July 22, 1959

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, History

Director: Pietro Francisci

Writers: Apollonios Rhodios

, Pietro Francisci

, Ennio De Concini

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: G

Production: Embassy Pictures, Galatea Film, O.S.C.A.R., Urania Film

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Countries: Italy, Spain

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Tale of Tales (2015)

Summary: From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

Release Date: April 22, 2016

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Matteo Garrone

Writers: Edoardo Albinati

, Ugo Chiti

, Matteo Garrone

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: Archimede, Le Pacte, Rai Cinema, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT), Eurimages, Apulia Film Commission, Regione Lazio, Gamenet, Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Morato Pane & Idee, Amer

Distributor: IFC Films, Shout! Factory

Countries: Italy, France, United Kingdom

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 118,925

International: $ 5,381,352

The Monster (1994)

Summary: After a series of bizarre actions, Loris is mistaken for a serial killer. Jessica, a policewoman in undercover, will try to induce him to commit a murder.

Release Date: April 19, 1996

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Director: Roberto Benigni

Writers: Roberto Benigni

, Vincenzo Cerami

, Michel Blanc

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Canal+, IRIS Films, La Sept Cinéma, Iris Films, Melampo Cinematografica, Sofinergie 2, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Distributor: Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 638,645

A Dog's Life (1962)

Summary: A "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.

Release Date: March 30, 1962

Genres: Documentary, Horror

Directors: Paolo Cavara

, Gualtiero Jacopetti

, Franco Prosperi

Writers: Paolo Cavara

, Gualtiero Jacopetti

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Cineriz

Distributor: Times Film Corporation, Cinemation Industries, Vidcrest, Simitar Entertainment, Intermedia Video, Woodhaven Entertainment, Blue Underground, Full Moon Streaming, 10:10 Global Entertainment

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 4,360,000

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

Summary: During a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.

Release Date: June 21, 1985

Genres: Adventure, Horror

Director: Ruggero Deodato

Writers: Gianfranco Clerici

, Giorgio Stegani

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: F.D. Cinematografica

Distributor: Trans American Films, Grindhouse Releasing, Indie Rights, Shudder

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 100,000

Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

Summary: A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.

Release Date: July 07, 1972

Genres: Drama, War, Western

Director: Sergio Leone

Writers: Sergio Leone

, Sergio Donati

, Luciano Vincenzoni

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Rafran Cinematografica, Euro International Films, San Marco

Distributor: United Artists, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

The House by the Cemetery (1981)

Summary: A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.

Release Date: June 01, 1984

Genre: Horror

Director: Lucio Fulci

Writers: Elisa Briganti

, Dardano Sacchetti

, Giorgio Mariuzzo

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Fulvia Film

Distributor: Levy Films, Almi Television, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blue Underground, Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG), Mill Creek Entertainment, Miracle Pictures, Reel Media International, St. Clair Vision, TGG Direct, Vestron Video

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

The Church (1989)

Summary: An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.

Release Date: March 10, 1989

Genre: Horror

Director: Michele Soavi

Writers: Dario Argento

, Franco Ferrini

, Michele Soavi

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: ADC Films, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Reteitalia

Distributor: Shriek Show, Media Blasters, Blue Underground, Southgate Entertainment, Full Moon Streaming, Scorpion Releasing

Countries: Italy, Hungary

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

Zombie (1979)

Summary: Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Release Date: July 18, 1980

Genre: Horror

Director: Lucio Fulci

Writers: Elisa Briganti

, Dardano Sacchetti

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Variety Film Production

Distributor: The Jerry Gross Organization, Wizard Video, Magnum Entertainment, Starmaker Entertainment, Edde Entertainment, T-Z Video, Anchor Bay Entertainment, The Roan Group, Blue Underground, Media Blasters, Shriek Show

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 410,000,000

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)

Summary: On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.

Release Date: December 10, 1981

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Sergio Corbucci

Writers: Mario Amendola

, Sergio Corbucci

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: El Pico S.A., Take 1 Productions

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: Italian

Cannibal Ferox (1981)

Summary: Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.

Release Date: November 11, 1983

Genres: Adventure, Horror

Director: Umberto Lenzi

Writer: Umberto Lenzi

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

Production: Dania Film, Medusa Distribuzione, National Cinematografica

Distributor: Aquarius Releasing, Tubi TV

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Umberto D. (1952)

Summary: An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

Release Date: November 07, 1955

Genre: Drama

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Writer: Cesare Zavattini

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Dear Film, Rizzoli Film, Produzione Films Vittorio De Sica, Amato Film

Distributor: Janus Films, Joseph Burstyn, IntraMovies, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Embassy Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Rialto Pictures

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 71,816

International: $ 617

The White Sheik (1952)

Summary: During a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.

Release Date: April 25, 1956

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Michelangelo Antonioni

, Federico Fellini

, Tullio Pinelli

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: OFI, P.D.C.

Distributor: The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, Rialto Pictures

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 50,850

International: $ 18,090