1. We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam)
The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist. But the Pope's fear of his newfound responsibility is one he must face alone. Winner Best Film at the Italian Golden Globes.
It has an average vote of 6.813 on TMDB.
2. The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio)
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
It has an average vote of 7.087 on TMDB.
3. Besieged (L'assedio)
When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, gifts, and music, declaring passionately that he loves her, would go to Africa with her, would do anything for her. "What do you know of Africa?," she asks, then, in anguish, shouts, "Get my husband out of jail!" The rest of the film plays out the implications of this scene and leaves Shandurai with a choice.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
4. In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! (Le garde-champêtre mène l'enquête)
Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
5. The Sparrow
A teenager lies about his brother's death and struggles to face the consequences that unfold until his domineering father offers the possibility of forgiveness.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
6. The Stonebreaker (Spaccapietre)
After a serious accident Giuseppe is out of work. His son Antò dreams of being an archaeologist and thinks his father's glass eye is a sign he has superpowers. It's just the two of them now, since their beloved wife and mother Angela collapsed and died while working in the fields. Now they've lost their home, too, and have taken shelter in a tent city with other seasonal workers. Through all this, Giuseppe still summons up the strength to hug his son every night and tell him a story. He's promised Antò he will have his mother back, one day, and will do anything to keep his promise.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
7. Piccoli crimini coniugali (Piccoli crimini coniugali)
Gilles is suffering from amnesia as the result of a mysterious accident.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
8. Sworn Virgin (Vergine giurata)
Years after declaring her eternal virginity and opting to live life as a man in the mountains of Albania, Hana looks to return to living as a woman as she settles into a new existence in modern-day Milan.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
9. Sweet Dreams (Sogni d'oro)
Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
It has an average vote of 7.068 on TMDB.
10. We Were Young (On voulait tout casser)
Five long-term pals confront ageing and mortality as they enjoy their last weeks together before taking different paths.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
11. Magical Nights (Notti magiche)
Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.
It has an average vote of 6.098 on TMDB.
12. Ecce Bombo (Ecce Bombo)
Michele, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four friends who have participated in the battles of the student in Sixties. Now in the Seventies, the four friends don't know what to do, though young and with so many possibilities to find a job in life. Intellectuals marginalized and misunderstood, the four friends find themselves when they can in a restaurant to discuss their outlandish theories. A girl named Olga disrupts their life, but Michele is her favorite, although he does not know what to do with the girl.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
13. Aprile (Aprile)
Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming national elections.
It has an average vote of 7.411 on TMDB.
14. Palombella Rossa (Palombella Rossa)
Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.
It has an average vote of 7.192 on TMDB.
15. To the Wonder
After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
It has an average vote of 5.777 on TMDB.
16. A Magnificent Haunting (Magnifica presenza)
An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.
It has an average vote of 6.476 on TMDB.
17. The Legend of the Christmas Witch (La befana vien di notte)
When six elementary school students suspect their missing teacher is Befana, a Christmas witch who delivers presents to good children, they set off on a magical journey to save her.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
18. Bianca (Bianca)
Eccentric and full of manias, Michele is a young high school professor who defines himself as “not used to happiness”. He realizes his life is meaningless if he doesn’t have a woman by his side but, after a series of rather disastrous experiences, he feels more alone than ever. Then, out of the blue, a new French teacher called Bianca arrives at school. Amongst uncertainties and contradictions, the two start dating. In the meantime, a series of homicides take place and a police officer begins to suspect that Michele is involved. Bianca will save him providing an alibi at the right moment, but then, everything goes wrong again.
It has an average vote of 7.538 on TMDB.
19. Three Floors (Tre piani)
Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.
It has an average vote of 6.356 on TMDB.
20. Caro diario (Caro diario)
Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.
It has an average vote of 7.395 on TMDB.