Drama
List of Italian drama movies: posters, images, info, trailers, actors, directors, and more.
Death in Venice
Gustav von Aschenbach, an ill composer, gets dangerously fascinated by youngster Tadzio while recuperating in Venice. Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 … Read more
The Leopard
During the dramatic social upheavals of 1860s Sicily, the Prince of Salina, a noble nobleman of spotless morality, struggles to maintain his family and station. … Read more
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and his four brothers have recently moved to Milan and are looking for a new way of life until a prostitute comes between Rocco … Read more
Bitter Rice
Two on-the-run robbers wind up laboring in a rice field and plan to recruit more laborers for their next crime. Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro) is … Read more
The Conformist
A weak-willed Italian guy joins the fascists and travels overseas to organize the killing of his former instructor, who is now a political rebel. The … Read more
Christ Stopped at Eboli
For his political beliefs, a doctor in Fascist Italy is banished to a rural village. Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato an Eboli), … Read more
The Mattei Affair
An aircraft disaster killed an Italian industrialist. Is it an accident or a murder? Francesco Rosi directed the 1972 film The Mattei Affair (Il Caso … Read more
Hands over the City
The collapse of a building just before a city council election forces a land developer and his political supporters to defend themselves against a scandal. … Read more
Seven Beauties
The defense of honor, a prominent value in Neapolitan society, and its implications for everyday existence Frafuso, Pasquale. Lina Wertmüller‘s 1975 Italian language picture Seven … Read more
Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
A vacation to the Mediterranean sea becomes a journey into the discovery of how society’s frames of the affluent and poor are fragile and transient. … Read more
Love and Anarchy
When a friend is assassinated by the Fascists, a depressed farmer seeks refuge in a Roman brothel, where he and an anarchist prostitute plot to … Read more
A Special Day
During Hitler’s visit to Italy in May 1938, two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet. The film A Special Day (Italian: Una … Read more