1. Kisses and Hugs (Baci e abbracci)
A bankrupt restaurateur on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with deference and kindness by a bizarre group of strangers — who welcome him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the tax man they're waiting for, desperate to save their floundering ostrich-breeding business.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
2. Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in città)
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
3. Rainbow: A Private Affair (Una questione privata)
Summer 1943, Piedmont, Italy. Milton loves Fulvia who plays with his love: she only likes the depth of his thought and the letters he writes to her. One year later, Milton has joined the Resistance and fights beside other partisans. He learns during a conversation that Fulvia was secretly in love with his best friend Giorgio, a partisan like him. Milton decides to go find Giorgio in the Langhe region of Italy with all its misty hills...But Giorgio has just been arrested by the Fascists.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
4. As God Commands (Come Dio comanda)
An 11-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad struggle with being outcasts in their suburban town.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
5. A Whole Life Ahead (Tutta la vita davanti)
25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, quickly rising through the ranks of the company, but experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio, and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.
It has an average vote of 6.597 on TMDB.
6. Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene)
Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.
It has an average vote of 7.226 on TMDB.
7. December Boys
For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. The Skin of the Wolf (Bajo la piel de lobo)
Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he’s convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to soften his calloused soul—but in some ways his real struggle is only just beginning.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
9. Hear Me Out (On est fait pour s'entendre)
Antoine, a history teacher in his early 50s, learns that he has become very hard of hearing. Unable to own up to his handicap, he resigns himself to living in his bubble, even though his entourage finds his behavior increasingly odd. His encounter with Claire, widow and mother of a young girl who has stopped speaking, will lead him to open up to the world.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
10. August Vacation (Ferie d'agosto)
Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house next door has been rented to a lower middle class family, whose crass nature and values soon clash with their own intellectual and progressive background.
It has an average vote of 6.775 on TMDB.
11. An Almost Ordinary Summer (Croce e delizia)
Two families meet for a marriage that neither want, and things take a turn when the respective patriarchs fall in love.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
12. Let Yourself Go (Lasciati andare)
Depressed Jewish shrink Elia one day meets Claudia, a young and eccentric personal trainer.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
13. Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso)
In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
It has an average vote of 6.806 on TMDB.
14. There Is a Light (Il padre d'Italia)
Paolo and Mia, an introverted clerk and a unconventional pregnant woman, go on a journey looking for the father of Mia’s unborn daughter.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
15. Ricordi? (Ricordi?)
A long love story, seen through the memories of one young couple. The journey through the years of two individuals, united, divided, happy, unhappy, deeply in love, or in love with others, in a single stream of emotions and shades of feeling. Over the course of the film, he learns that love can indeed last, while she learns to live with nostalgia.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
16. Slam (Slam - Tutto per una ragazza)
Samuele is 16 and has a passion for skateboarding. He has big dreams: going to university, move to California, and travel, but things change when he meets Alice, who could be the girl of his life.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
17. Out of the Blue (Buongiorno papà)
Andrea is a handsome and cocky 38-year old man with a successful business career. Shallow, womanizing and a confirmed bachelor, his life seems to be just perfect... until the day he comes home and finds there Layla, a teenage girl who claims to be his daughter. Alongside Layla is her grandfather Enzo, a former rockstar and the father of Andrea's first fleeting and forgotten conquest. And they've come to stay!
It has an average vote of 5.961 on TMDB.
18. Radiofreccia (Radiofreccia)
April 24, 1993: it's the last broadcast of Radiofreccia, an independent radio station closing after 18 years, barely one minute before coming of age. Bruno, one of its founders, begins to tell its story, the story of a group of friends—especially troubled Freccia's—and a period of their youth in their small hometown.
It has an average vote of 7.026 on TMDB.
19. Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (Totò, Peppino e la... malafemmina)
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" .
It has an average vote of 8.016 on TMDB.
20. Closet Monster
A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
It has an average vote of 7.094 on TMDB.