1. The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury)
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
2. Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi (Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi)
Portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini and his literary and cinematographic activity in the proletarian Rome.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia)
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. The Assassin (L'assassino)
Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is all about-- that he is the main suspect in the killing of his wealthy ex-lover. Is he guilty, or is he just a sleaze?
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle Mille e una notte)
The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. Dante's Inferno (L’Inferno)
The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
7. The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la Putain)
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
8. Oedipus Rex (Edipo re)
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo , and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
It has an average vote of 6.772 on TMDB.
9. 4x4 (4x4)
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does not respond: the van has become an armored box and he is trapped like a mouse.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
10. Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia)
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
It has an average vote of 7.028 on TMDB.
11. Jokes & Cigarettes (Saben aquell)
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.
It has an average vote of 7.041 on TMDB.
12. The Gospel According to Matthew (Il vangelo secondo Matteo)
This biblical drama from the Catholic Marxist director focuses on the teachings of Jesus, including the parables that reflect their revolutionary nature. As Jesus travels along the coast of the Sea of Galilee, he gradually gathers more followers, leading him into direct conflict with the authorities.
It has an average vote of 7.431 on TMDB.
13. The Devils
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.
It has an average vote of 7.48 on TMDB.
14. Land and Freedom
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.
It has an average vote of 7.405 on TMDB.
15. Taxidermia (Taxidermia)
Grotesquely surreal offering charting three male generations of the same bizarre family, including a pervert who constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater, and a passionate embalmer.
It has an average vote of 6.594 on TMDB.
16. Il Divo (Il Divo)
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
It has an average vote of 7.625 on TMDB.
17. Weekend (Week End)
A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
It has an average vote of 7.021 on TMDB.
18. Room 237
A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.
It has an average vote of 6.195 on TMDB.
19. Theorem (Teorema)
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
20. Everything You Want (Tutto quello che vuoi)
An aimless young troublemaker, Alessandro, squanders his days gambling and getting into fights, and he often spends his nights in jail. With few prospects, he begrudgingly accepts a job as a companion to Giorgio, an elderly poet suffering from Alzheimer’s. On their daily walks, the two banter and become friends, and Alessandro quickly learns more about this forgotten poet as the old man’s memory drifts. After learning a secret from Giorgio’s past, Alessandro and his friends work to uncover the mystery of this tale, an unexpected history lesson and a touching coming-of-age adventure.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
