Best from Italy, 1990-1999, no particular order
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- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsTim RothPruitt Taylor VinceMélanie ThierryA baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiPaolo BonacelliA kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.
- DirectorMarco RisiStarsFrancesco BenignoAlessandra Di SanzoRoberto MarianoYoung men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he's met by Vita, a girl who's come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsSilvio OrlandoSabrina FerilliEnnio FantastichiniThe political and cultural controversies between two Italian families during their summer holidays in the Tirrenian sea.
- DirectorDaniele LuchettiStarsSilvio OrlandoAnna GalienaFabrizio BentivoglioIt is the last day of school in a run-down technical institute in the Roman suburbs: the pupils are not really diligent and the teachers give their worst both from a working and personal point of view.
- DirectorLeone PompucciStarsPaolo VillaggioDiego AbatantuonoMarco MesseriFour waiters and a cook working at a seaside restaurant hate one another but still keep working together for lack of better opportunities. One day the old owner sells the restaurant to a wealthy industrialist who must decided whether to keep it or turn it into a furniture showroom. During a luncheon for the new owner, the waiters must prove their worth to save their jobs.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsSergio CastellittoAnna GalienaAlessia FugardiAn epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured.
- DirectorGuido ManuliMaurizio NichettiStarsMaurizio NichettiAngela FinocchiaroMariella ValentiniMartina is a professional lady whose clients are harmless if eccentric; she sees herself as a social worker. Shy Maurizio dubs sound for cartoons while his outgoing brother dubs more saucy material and gets the girls. After Maurizio accidentally helps Martina on some of her assignations she decides to find out if he wants to help regularly. Whether or not it's the possibility of romance, Maurizio is horrified to find on their first date that his hands have been replaced by cartoon ones with minds of their own.
- DirectorEmidio GrecoStarsGian Maria VolontèEnnio FantastichiniRicky TognazziReturning from abroad to Sicily, a former diplomat informs the police about a strange discovery he has just made. The next day, police inspector Lepri comes to the man's place and finds him dead. Has he committed suicide? While conducting his investigation, Lepri happens to suspect his own commissioner - Meanwhile, a train comes to a stop somewhere in the countryside because of a malfunctioning signal. A motorist decides to alert the station master but he too is found dead, as well as another railway agent. For the police, the driver cannot but be linked to those mysterious deaths.
- DirectorDavide FerrarioStarsValerio MastandreaCaterina CaselliBenedetta MazziniWalter is 20. He hasn't got a job, a girlfriend or any clear convictions. He rejects conventional values, notably his father's submissive acceptance of a life working in a factory as well as a social life, including sex (he is, self-consciously, a virgin). An on-and-off philosophy student, he'd like to be a committed nihilist but is too insecure. 'All Fall Down' paints a picture of Walter as he weakly tries to find his independence.
- DirectorCarlo MazzacuratiStarsDiego AbatantuonoRoberto CitranMarco MesseriItalia, 1994. Franco e Loris are two friends that decide to steal a stud bull. The bull is worth a lot. Their idea is to immediately leave Italy and try to sell the bull in Hungary. But east Europe is not exactly what they were expecting. The troubles, the miseries and the reality of the countries they are crossing change step by step their minds. The new way of thinking will drive them to a new kind of friendships.
- DirectorDaniele CiprìFranco MarescoStarsMarcello MirandaCarlo GiordanoPietro ArciadiaconoPaletta steals from a shrine to pay a prostitute. Fefè, an aging homosexual, attends his lover's wake and steals his ring. Lazzaro is killed by the mafia. Totò, a humble messiah, resurrects the man, who rushes off to take his revenge.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJeremy IronsLiv TylerCarlo CecchiAfter her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsDiego AbatantuonoLaura MoranteFabrizio BentivoglioTwo actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.
- DirectorCarlo MazzacuratiStarsSilvio OrlandoAdrianna BiedrzynskaMonica ScattiniDentist Saverio is smitten with Russian patient Alia, but she leaves without paying. While tracking her down, he meets Mauro who turns out to be Alia's ex-lover, but the two men become friends. Still Saverio continues his search for Alia.
- DirectorWilma LabateStarsClaudio AmendolaSilvio OrlandoFrancesca NeriA terrorist is taken from South to North of Italy to meet his woman. What is happening in his mind? Could he betray and speak? It's what the Army official who's taking him to the woman is thinking. And will the woman meet him? She's not sure of her own will.
- DirectorAldo BaglioGiacomo PorettiGiovanni StortiStarsAldo BaglioGiovanni StortiGiacomo PorettiThree friends cross Italy by car in order to deliver their boss his dog and a wooden leg.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsMassimo BoldiIsabelle PascoGianni Cavina
- DirectorMaurizio ZaccaroStarsMichele PlacidoStefano AccorsiMariangela MelatoIn June 1983, journalist and TV presenter Enzo Tortora is arrested on charges of drug trafficking and belonging to the Camorra.
- DirectorFulvio OttavianoStarsDaniele LiottiFrancesca SchiavoValerio MastandreaSergio has a degree in botanics but he cannot find a job. While he tries to get one, following the techniques written in a 'mistake-free' book, his life gets shaken by his noisy room-mate Enzo and the announcement that his former girlfriend Rita is getting married.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsTommaso BiancoRenato CecchettoMarina ConfaloneDuring the Christmas celebrations, a surprising announcement takes a family by surprise and threatens to break the delicate balance that regulates the familial relationships.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsFrancesco PaolantoniMassimo GambaccianiPiero GremigniThree factory workers who lose their jobs when their employer closes shop decide to join forces and open an ostrich ranch, in hopes that ostrich meat will find favor on Italian dinner tables.
- DirectorGiuseppe PiccioniStarsGiulio ScarpatiGene GnocchiMargherita BuyThree young people, three stories. Stefano is a jobless graduate and has recently lost his girlfriend. Giulio is a divorced plumber, has a fifteen year-old daughter and he's seeing Martina, younger than him. Lucia is a waitress in a pub and lives with a two bit singer. One night Giulio saves Stefano from suicide and takes him home. Lucia is betrayed by her man and gets the sack. Stefano stays at Giulio's home and tries to learn to be a plumber; while Lucia decides to become a call girl. One day Lucia calls up the other two to repair a broken tap and Stefano begins to think of her and falls in love, not knowing about her "job", while Giulio is abandoned by Martina.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- DirectorAlessandro D'AlatriStarsBurt YoungFabrizio BentivoglioValeria MililloItaly 1935: Vittorio works in a matrimonial agency, and although the agency is closed for summer vacations, he tries to find an Italian wife for an American man. At last he finds a suitable girl, but a surprise is awaiting for him.