1. Splendor (Splendor)
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan , who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi and ushurette Chantale . However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio , which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time , he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa)
Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Theophile Gauthier. In the story, the company stops at a castle owned by the scruffy young Baron de Sigognac, who is deeply smitten with the charms of the middle-aged beauty Serafina. He decides to travel with the company, and Serafina perversely tries to get him to woo the youngest of the company, the newly bereaved Isabella.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
3. Macaroni (Maccheroni)
A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades only to discover that an old girlfriend of his, along with her brother, have involved him in a massive hoax.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
4. Faccio a pezzi il teatro! (Faccio a pezzi il teatro!)
(Faccio a pezzi il teatro!)
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
5. The Moralist (Il moralista)
The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
6. Le vie del Signore sono finite (Le vie del Signore sono finite)
Set in Italy during the 1920s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
7. Two of a Kind (Pappa e ciccia)
Italian comedy in two episodes starring a house painter who emigrated to Switzerland who pretends to be a millionaire and an employee on holiday in Kenya, the victim of catastrophic misadventures.
It has an average vote of 5.599 on TMDB.
8. Sorry for the Delay (Scusate il ritardo)
Vincenzo, a 30 years old apathetic and lazy man who still lives with his mother, has no job and no desire to improve. He meets Anna and fell in love with her but to keep the relationship alive he has to learn to accept more responsibility.
It has an average vote of 7.586 on TMDB.
9. No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous (No grazie, il caffè mi rende nervoso)
A mysterious killer eliminate the singers of a brand new music Festival in Naples. Some journalists will try to discover who is that murderer who seems to be obsessed by the song "Funiculi, Funicula".
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
10. Life Stinks
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
It has an average vote of 5.541 on TMDB.
11. Lenny
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.
It has an average vote of 7.262 on TMDB.
12. Monsieur Lazhar (Monsieur Lazhar)
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.
It has an average vote of 7.124 on TMDB.
13. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.
It has an average vote of 6.469 on TMDB.
14. Saving Grace
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.
It has an average vote of 6.534 on TMDB.
15. The Great War (La grande guerra)
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
It has an average vote of 8.143 on TMDB.
16. The Family Friend (L'amico di famiglia)
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Geremia falls in love at first sight with the bewitching creature and and soon indulges in a "beauty and the beast" relationship...
It has an average vote of 7.249 on TMDB.
17. You Can't Save Yourself Alone (Nessuno si salva da solo)
Gaetano and Delia, a separated couple, try to pick up the pieces of their broken love, recalling all the faults and the mistakes which led them to where they are now.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
18. Elvis & Nixon
In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.
It has an average vote of 5.97 on TMDB.
19. Orlando
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
It has an average vote of 6.945 on TMDB.
20. I Thought It Was Love (Pensavo fosse amore... invece era un calesse)
Tommaso goes incredible lengths to win back the love of his former girlfriend Cecilia, but sometimes things change in the most unexpected way.
It has an average vote of 7.103 on TMDB.