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1970-1979 Best Italian Film Production Movies. by andrea-ventura91 | created - 29 Nov 2020 | updated - 26 Dec 2021 | Public. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. 142 titles. 1. Serpico (1973) R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama. 7.7. Rate. 83 Metascore.
- Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion (1970) Director: Elio Petri. There’s little doubt that the work of Elio Petri is still extremely undervalued, especially outside of Italy.
- Amarcord (1973) Director: Federico Fellini. In 1975, Federico Fellini’s Amarcord came away with the Academy Award for best foreign film ahead of pictures such as Louis Malle’s Lacombe, Lucien (1974) and Károly Makk’s Cat’s Play (1974).
- We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) Director: Ettore Scola. Often referred to as the director’s masterpiece, Ettore Scola’s comedy drama We All Loved Each Other So Much follows the fortunes of three male friends, Gianni (Vittorio Gassman), Antonio (Nino Manfredi) and Nicola (Stefano Satta Flores), from their time as partisans during the Second World War through to the boom years of the 1950s and 60s and beyond.
- The Passenger (1975) Director: Michelangelo Antonioni. Shot in the UK, Germany, Spain and North Africa, with a screenplay co-written by film theorist and filmmaker Peter Wollen (author of the influential 1969 book Signs and Meaning in the Cinema), The Passenger features New Hollywood cinema icon Jack Nicholson as a jaded TV journalist working in the Sahara who assumes the identity of a dead man.
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1. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) R | 115 min | Crime, Drama. 8. Rate. 89 Metascore. A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime. Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando.
Feb 12, 2024 · 6. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Director: Sergio Leone. Sill the best film with a ‘Once Upon a Time in…’ prefix (sorry Midlands, Hollywood), Sergio Leone’s takes everything you love ...
Feb 18, 2019 · Dario Argento’s hugely influential thriller, about a murder witness who becomes amateur detective, added sex and style to the murder-mystery and kick-started Italy’s ‘giallo’ genre. Watch The Bird with the Crystal Plumage on BFI Player. City of the Living Dead (1980) Director: Lucio Fulci.
Italian films (from 80's) 1. Don't Move (2004) 125 min | Drama, Romance. A destitute woman (Cruz) becomes involved with an upper-crust physician (Castellitto). Director: Sergio Castellitto | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Natalia Barcelò. Votes: 8,510.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Italian filmmakers Mario Bava, Riccardo Freda, Antonio Margheriti and Dario Argento developed giallo (plural gialli, from giallo, Italian for "yellow") horror films that become classics and influenced the genre in other countries.
