1. One Hamlet Less (Un Amleto di meno)
The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the Shakespeare play and the 1877 story by Jules Laforgue. In the story, Hamlet is a would-be playwright. He suffers from inept Freudian analysis by Polonius , and Ophelia and Gertrude are women conjured up in his erotic imagination.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
2. The Surprises of Love (Le sorprese dell'amore)
This is a very light comedy involving multiple love triangles of confused, mismatched, or ambivalent lovers. The script includes witty dialogue and humorous situations; most of all on display is the ridiculousness of the human compulsion to pair up. - timlin-4
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
3. Serpentine Dance by Lina Esbrard (Miss Lina Esbrard, danseuse cosmopolitaine et serpentine)
(Miss Lina Esbrard, danseuse cosmopolitaine et serpentine)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna)
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.
It has an average vote of 7.447 on TMDB.
5. The Lost Letter (Пропала грамота)
Folk comedy that tells the adventures of Ukrainian cossacks Vasyl and Andriy as they set out on a long journey to deliver a letter from their leader to the Russian empress in St. Petersburg.
It has an average vote of 7.796 on TMDB.
6. The Dark Mirror
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
7. The Path of Hope (Il cammino della speranza)
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
8. A Taste of Honey
Jo is a neglected 16-year-old girl whose promiscuous mother marries a dandy. Jo gets pregnant after a tryst with a black cook, who leaves her over his impending responsibilities of fatherhood, and she only finds support in a gay male friend.
It has an average vote of 6.941 on TMDB.
9. Europe '51 (Europa '51)
A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
10. 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.
11. Ghosts of Rome (Fantasmi a Roma)
An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
12. Two English Girls (Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent)
At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman, befriends Ann, an Englishwoman. While spending time in England with Ann’s family, Claude falls in love with her sister Muriel, but both families lay down a year-long separation without contact before they may marry.
It has an average vote of 6.887 on TMDB.
13. Ay, Carmela! (¡Ay, Carmela!)
Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
14. Over the Edge
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.
It has an average vote of 7.231 on TMDB.
15. Quiet Chaos (Caos calmo)
Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns home he finds that his wife has died. Now Pietro has to take care of his daughter, Claudia. When he drives her to school soon after, he decides to wait for her all day in front of the school, and soon that's what he does every day.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
16. Senso (Senso)
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
It has an average vote of 7.173 on TMDB.
17. The Leopard (Il gattopardo)
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
It has an average vote of 7.708 on TMDB.
18. Le Notti Bianche (Le notti bianche)
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
It has an average vote of 7.435 on TMDB.
19. Coriolanus
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius. Together, the pair vow to destroy the great city.
It has an average vote of 5.851 on TMDB.
20. Don't Torture a Duckling (Non si sevizia un paperino)
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
It has an average vote of 7.356 on TMDB.
