Death in Venice (1971)

Director: Luchino Visconti

Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Marisa Berenson, Mark Burns, Silvana Mangano

Author Thomas Mann's classic is splendidly brought to the screen in this study of an artist, his loves, his homosexuality and continuous search for be... Read more

Pinocchio (2008)

Director: Alberto Sironi

Starring: Robbie Kay, Alessandro Gassman, Violante Placido, Margherita Buy, Thomas Sangste...

A mini-series adaptation of Carlo Collodi's beloved children's story about a little wooden toy who became a real boy. Pinocchio is lovingly crafted by... Read more

Son of Samson / Son of Cleopatra (1961)

Director: Carlo Campogalliani

Starring: Mark Forrest, Mark Damon

Heeding an inner voice, the 'Son of Samson,' a loner from an outlying borough scourges the capital, using his high-caliber muscles to break up the Que... Read more

The Golden Coach (1952)

Director: Jean Renoir

Starring: Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli

Jean Renoir explores the complex relationship between theatre and life in this highly stylised account of the travels of a commedia dell'arte troupe i... Read more

Germinal (1993)

Director: Claude Berri

Starring: Anny Duperey, Bernard Fresson, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Henry, Laurent Terzieff,...

A sprawling adaptation of the classic 1884 Emile Zola novel, this manages to tell both the epic tale of a bleak rural community and the personal story... Read more

My Brother is an Only Child (2007)

Director: Daniele Luchetti

Starring: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio

Growing up in small-town Italy during the '60s and '70s, brothers Accio and Manrico embody and celebrate opposing political stances, but share an impa... Read more

Melissa P. (2005)

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Starring: Maria Valverde

Based on the sensational international best-seller, 'One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed', 'Melissa P.' is a steamy tale of raw emotions and f... Read more

The Stolen Children (1992)

Director: Gianni Amelio

Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Florence Darel

A wonderful story of the friendship that grows between a young carbiniere and the two abused children he is escorting from Milan to a foster home in P... Read more

Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)

Director: Frederic Forestier, Thomas Langmann

Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alain Delon, Vanessa Hess...

While out hunting, Asterix and Obelix run across a local Roman sports champion named Gluteus Maximus who is about to participate in the Olympic Games.... Read more

The Universe of Keith Haring (2008)

Director: Christina Clausen

An intimate portrait of one of the most popular and culturally significant artists of the 20th century, whose mantra was 'art is for everyone!'. Chris... Read more