Movies: Italian

An honest cop named Joshua Marino is transferred to the city of Plainview, New York, where the streets run dirty with crime and corruption. Meanwhile, an aging crime boss pressures his eldest son to carry on his legacy while a washed up detective is ...

Based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another ...

This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios with different actors portray realistic situations where divorce is clearly warranted but, because marri...

During a Halloween weekend, Carmen and Samuel decide to spend a few peaceful days in a secluded villa, but their getaway soon turns into a nightmare. Three mysterious masked youngsters show up at the door with the classic question, "Trick or treat?",...

A businessman swims away from time and reality......

Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This dram...

A look at the life of chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich both on and off the screen as she celebrates 25 years on public television....

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The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety....

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In a ski center of Apennines lives young Paolo Antonelli and the rich Daniela. Paolo feels constrained by his marriage to Daniela as he was only interested in her for her money, so he begins an affair between two tourists who have come to visit the s...

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A man named Leo has the ability to speak to his dog, Beo. He falls in love with a single mother named Sabrina....

2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one of the most controversial Italian genres every created. Starting with Deep River Savages arriving to the infamous Cannibal Ferox....

An Italian teacher who revalidated her title in Argentina is assigned to a school in Jujuy....

A group of friends come up with the brilliant idea of testing the non-existent drink known as "Tea Coffee"....

Two mob guys have to take out one of the boss's mistresses....

"Despite the multitude of characters and situations, the plot is simple: the eternal flow of life. It is based on Les contes fantastiques d’Hoffmann, a play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who were inspired by some of the stories of the German E.T...

The owner of a cheese factory fears communists and mistakes a meek youth who works for him for one of them. He invites him to his house to win his confidence and the youth falls in love with his daughter....

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