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1. The American (2010)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund
Votes: 102,184 | Gross: $35.61M
2. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Johnny Blaze, tortured by the Ghost Rider's curse, gets a chance of redemption through protecting the Devil's son, whose father is pursuing him.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido
Votes: 126,325 | Gross: $51.77M
3. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )
30 min | News, Talk-Show
"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.
Stars: Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Nancy O'Dell
Votes: 2,770
4. The Transporter (2012–2014)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime
Frank Martin is an ex special ops, who now spends his life as a transporter on the other side of the law. With three rules, he always completes his contracts. One way, or the other.
Stars: Chris Vance, François Berléand, Charly Hübner, Violante Placido
Votes: 7,668
5. And They Call It Summer (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
Dino and Anna are a couple in their forties. Their relationship is hardly conventional: in fact, it is unconsummated.
Director: Paolo Franchi | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Isabella Ferrari, Filippo Nigro, Caterina Valente
Votes: 448
6. Moana (2009)
210 min | Biography, Drama
Mini-series about the life and death of Italian adult movie star Moana Pozzi.
Stars: Violante Placido, Cosimo Fusco, Elena Bouryka, Augusto Zucchi
Votes: 211
7. War and Peace (2007)
394 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of five aristocratic families in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars of 1812
Stars: Clémence Poésy, Alessio Boni, Alexander Beyer, Malcolm McDowell
Votes: 2,100
8. Enrico Piaggio - Un sogno italiano (2019 TV Movie)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of Enrico Piaggio and the story of the most famous scooter in the world "VESPA"
Director: Umberto Marino | Stars: Alessio Boni, Enrica Pintore, Beatrice Grannò, Moise Curia
Votes: 3,829
9. Karol, un uomo diventato Papa (2005 TV Movie)
186 min | Biography, Drama
The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Malgorzata Bela, Ken Duken, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 2,823
10. La Dolce Villa
Comedy, Romance | Filming
A successful businessman travels to Italy to stop his daughter from spending all her money to restore an old villa, but Italy has other romantic plans.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Violante Placido, Scott Foley, Maia Reficco, Giuseppe Futia
11. Pinocchio (2008– )
179 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The enchanted story of Pinocchio.
Stars: Bob Hoskins, Joss Ackland, Robbie Kay, Violante Placido
Votes: 479
12. Evelyn in the Cloud (2023)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Anna Di Francisca | Stars: Violante Placido, Antonio Catania, Claire Nebout, Gilbert Melki
Votes: 39
13. Estômago 2: O Poderoso Chef (2024)
Comedy, Crime, Drama | Post-production
Director: Marcos Jorge | Stars: Violante Placido, Vincent Riotta, Guenia Lemos, Francesco La Mantia
14. Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
99 min | Comedy
Mattia, a 32 year old building contractor in Perugia has lots of style, nice suits, nice car, gorgeous looking girlfriend but behind this facade is cutting corners with site safety and ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Cupellini | Stars: Luca Argentero, Violante Placido, Neri Marcorè, Hassani Shapi
Votes: 959
15. Les rois maudits (2005)
500 min | Drama, History
Based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits (The Cursed Kings) is the second television adaptation of this seven-volume book which is widely agreed to be an ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Torreton, Claude Rich, Line Renaud
Votes: 570
16. Fade to Black (2006)
R | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
Attempting to recover from his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, Orson Welles travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega, Christopher Walken
Votes: 915
17. L'anima gemella (2002)
98 min | Comedy
Tonino and Maddalena live very much in love in a small village in southern Italy. Maddalena's great beauty makes her the victim of the envy of her cousin Teresa, who even resorts to witchcraft to win Tonino.
Director: Sergio Rubini | Stars: Valentina Cervi, Violante Placido, Michele Venitucci, Sergio Rubini
Votes: 350
18. Improvvisamente Natale (2022)
105 min | Comedy
Grandfather tries to save his daughter's marriage, his hotel and his granddaughter's love.
Director: Francesco Patierno | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Violante Placido, Lodo Guenzi, Nino Frassica
Votes: 222
19. The Lookout (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A detective hunts for the marksman who foiled the plan to catch a notorious team of bank robbers.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Kassovitz, Olivier Gourmet, Francis Renaud
Votes: 2,917
20. Restiamo amici (2018)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
Director: Antonello Grimaldi | Stars: Michele Riondino, Alessandro Roja, Libero De Rienzo, Violante Placido
Votes: 253
21. Ginostra (2002)
R | 139 min | Crime, Drama
An F.B.I. Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra, to solve the murder of a key witness.
Director: Manuel Pradal | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell, Francesca Neri, Stefano Dionisi
Votes: 800
22. Another Life (2004)
85 min | Drama
A young couple, Matteo and Emma, work in a hospital. He is working in the ambulance and she is a surgeon. In one night, their lives will change.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Barbora Bobulova, Violante Placido, Stefano Dionisi
Votes: 336
23. Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo (2023)
105 min | Comedy, Family
Ten-year-old Chiara whose parents are separating, her grandfather is tasked with breaking the news of her parents' divorce to her.
Director: Francesco Patierno | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Violante Placido, Carol Alt, Elio
Votes: 21
24. Vite strozzate (1996)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to ... See full summary »
Director: Ricky Tognazzi | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Sabrina Ferilli, Luca Zingaretti, Ricky Memphis
Votes: 185
25. Barah Aana (2009)
97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three impoverished room-mates kidnap middle-classed men and demand small ransoms to improve their respective lifestyles.
Director: Raja Menon | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz, Arjun Mathur, Violante Placido
Votes: 1,320
26. Femminile Singolare (2022)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven episodes, seven stories of women that make up a mosaic of a multifaceted reality.
Directors: Elena Beatrice, James Bort, Rafael Farina Issas, Kristian Gianfreda, Daniele Lince, Adriano Morelli, Matteo Pianezzi, More Raca | Stars: Agnese Claisse, Dorothée Gilbert, Monica Guerritore, Violante Placido
Votes: 7
27. 7 Minutes (2016)
88 min | Drama
The owners of an Italian textile factory sell majority of property to a multinational company.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Cristiana Capotondi, Ambra Angiolini, Fiorella Mannoia, Maria Nazionale
Votes: 618
28. Questo è il mio paese (2015– )
Drama
Anna moved to Calura, an imaginary village of Aspromonte and her hometown, where her childhood friend Emilia takes the place of mayor. The latter chooses the same Anna for the office of deputy mayor.
Stars: Violante Placido, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Marco Leonardi
Votes: 13
29. At the Movies (2004–2014)
30 min | News, Talk-Show
Following the 18-year success of their reviews on The Movie Show (1991), renowned Australian critics and film supporters David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz take to a new show, where each ... See full summary »
Stars: David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Judith Lucy, Jason di Rosso
Votes: 239
30. Revenge Room (2020)
20 min | Short, Drama
Director: Diego Botta | Stars: Alessio Boni, Luca Chikovani, Eleonora Gaggero, Manuela Morabito
Votes: 20
31. Che ne sarà di noi (2004)
100 min | Drama, Comedy
A coming-of-age comic tale about three eighteen-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Silvio Muccino, Violante Placido, Giuseppe Sanfelice, Elio Germano
Votes: 1,316
32. Emigratis (2016–2018)
Adventure, Comedy, Reality-TV
Narrator Francesco Pannofino tells the exuberant and latching holidays of the two Foggian comedians starting from Ibiza and Formentera via Paris, New York and other large cities where they meet and bother various VIPs.
Stars: Pio D'Antini, Amedeo Grieco, Francesco Pannofino, Raffaella Zardo
Votes: 81
33. Il giorno più bello (2022)
90 min | Comedy
A middle-aged wedding organiser on the brink of failure in business and in love has one last chance to sell his business, based in a fabulous villa in Piedmont, Italy. He must impress the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrea Zalone | Stars: Luca Bizzarri, Paolo Kessisoglu, Violante Placido, Valeria Bilello
Votes: 157
34. Any Reason Not to Marry? (2006)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Massimo Cappelli | Stars: Fabio Troiano, Violante Placido, Carla Signoris, Shel Shapiro
Votes: 167
35. A Dinner for Them to Meet (2007)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Amid glittering Christmas decorations of modern-day Rome, actor Sandro Lanza is experiencing most painful moment of his existence.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Vanessa Incontrada, Violante Placido, Inés Sastre
Votes: 531
36. Fino all'ultimo battito (2021– )
Drama
Diego Mancini is an heart surgeon irreproachable that commits a crime to save his son, being extorted by mob.
Stars: Violante Placido, Francesco Foti, Marco Bocci, Bianca Guaccero
Votes: 37
37. Ora o mai più (2003)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
David, a student in Pisa who is about to pass his final exam, gets involved in an anti-globalist group.
Director: Lucio Pellegrini | Stars: Jacopo Bonvicini, Violante Placido, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Elio Germano
Votes: 403
38. Modalità Aereo (2019)
100 min | Comedy
Diego is a wealthy, successful entrepreneur who is also unscrupulous and uncaring about others. His whole life is contained inside his latest-generation mobile phone--and his bad attitudes ... See full summary »
Director: Fausto Brizzi | Stars: Pasquale Petrolo, Paolo Ruffini, Violante Placido, Dino Abbrescia
Votes: 768
39. A Deadly Compromise (2000)
Thriller
In Genoa, Anna Merisi, the wife of the unconventional professor of the local university Paolo Merisi, decides to hire a babysitter for their son because she wants to work again to help to ... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Robbiano | Stars: Nicola Farron, Violante Placido, Elzhana Popova, Massimo Olcese
Votes: 44
40. Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band (1996)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Alex, a high-school boy fond of rock and punk music, falls in love with Adelaide, who shares his feelings but doesn't want to get too involved because she will soon leave for studying in ... See full summary »
Director: Enza Negroni | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Violante Placido, Alessandro Zamattio, Barbara Livi
Votes: 705
41. Ciao America (2002)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Italian-American travels back to his ancestors' land to coach a colorful team in Italy's fledgling American Football League. A beautiful young girl forces him to face the same decision as his immigrant grandfather had, 70 years earlier.
Director: Frank Ciota | Stars: Eddie Malavarca, Maurizio Nichetti, Violante Placido, Nathaniel Marston
Votes: 91
42. Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori (2018–2024)
100 min | Documentary, History
A journey through Italy's most beautiful and important UNESCO World Heritage sights.
Stars: Alberto Angela, Francesco Pannofino, Gianna Nannini, Massimo Wertmüller
Votes: 59
43. The Mona Lisa Mystery (2006 TV Movie)
187 min | Adventure
Are there two versions of The Mona Lisa? Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or had Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait?
Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Alessandro Preziosi, Violante Placido, Frédéric Pierrot, Cécile Cassel
Votes: 34
44. Che tempo che fa (2003– )
80 min | Talk-Show
Every week Fabio Fazio interviews famous people, Italians and international ones.
Stars: Fabio Fazio, Luciana Littizzetto, Filippa Lagerback, Nino Frassica
Votes: 96
45. Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993)
Drama
When rich brat Giorgio joins Rene's gang of juvenile thieves he ups the ante by introducing excessive violence in their nocturnal roamings. Rene loses control over the group, and soon they are arrested for assault and car theft.
Director: Claudio Camarca | Stars: Corrado Bega, Lorenzo Bianchi, Luigi Maria Burruano, Cesare Capitani
Votes: 55
46. Quelli che... il calcio (1993– )
125 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
Live sport, comedy and music TV show that announces in real time goal of Italian Soccer Championship.
Stars: Simona Ventura, Max Giusti, Massimo Caputi, Gene Gnocchi
Votes: 243
47. Sweetheart (IV) (2017)
8 min | Short
A man dressed as Elvis Presley lookalike meets a woman dressed as Marilyn Monroe on the edge of a Roman Bridge. She apparently is tempting to commit suicide, but are things really as they seem?
Director: Marco Spagnoli | Stars: Marco Giallini, Violante Placido
48. Sospetti 2 (2003– )
Crime, Drama
Stars: Sebastiano Somma, Irene Ferri, Romina Mondello, Mirko Casaburo
49. The Undesirables (2003)
94 min | Crime, Drama
USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.
Director: Pasquale Scimeca | Stars: Antonio Catania, Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese, Franco Scaldati
Votes: 81
50. Casa famiglia (2001– )
100 min
Stars: Ettore Bassi, Massimo Dapporto, Jacopo Venturiero, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 12