Italian-language American films

1.

Malena

2000 film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Overview: Malèna is a 2000 erotic drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. It stars Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2001 ...

Release date: 27 October 2000

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

Cast: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica

Producer: Carlo Bernasconi, Mario Cotone

Writer: Giuseppe Tornatore, Luciano Vincenzoni

Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town ...

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2000s Italian films 326T

2000s American films 7,187T

2000s Italian-language films 328T

2.

EuroTrip

2004 film by Jeff Schaffer

Overview: EuroTrip is a 2004 American teen sex comedy film directed by Jeff Schaffer and written by Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Schaffer. It stars Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester ...

Release date: 20 February 2004

Genre: Comedy, Adventure

Director: Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg

Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Kristin Kreuk, Cathy Meils, Nial Iskhakov, Michelle Trachtenberg

Producer: Alec Berg, Daniel Goldberg

Writer: Alec Berg, David Mandel

Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.

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French-language American films 10T

Twins in American films 12T

2000s English-language films 4,264T

3.

Bugsy Malone

1976 gangster musical comedy film

Overview: Bugsy Malone is a 1976 gangster musical comedy film written and directed by Alan Parker (in his feature film directorial debut). A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features an ensemble ...

Release date: 1 May 1976

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical

Director: Alan Parker

Cast: Scott Baio, Florence Garland, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy

Producer: Alan Marshall, David Puttnam

Writer: Alan Parker

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

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1970s Italian-language films 404T

1970s English-language films 3,267T

1970s multilingual films 141T

4.

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968 film directed by Sergio Leone

Overview: Once Upon a Time in the West (Italian: C'era una volta il West, "Once upon a time (there was) the West") is a 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, who co-wrote it with Sergio Donati ...

Release date: 21 December 1968

Genre: Action, Drama, Western

Director: Sergio Leone

Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paolo Stoppa

Producer: Bino Cicogna, Fulvio Morsella

Writer: Sergio Donati, Sergio Leone

A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad ...

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1960s Italian-language films 624T

1960s English-language films 3,110T

English-language Italian films 705T

5.

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 film directed by Sergio Leone

Overview: Once Upon a Time in America (Italian: C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film ...

Release date: 17 February 1984

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Sergio Leone

Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young

Producer: Claudio Mancini, Arnon Milchan

Writer: Harry Grey, Leonardo Benvenuti

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and ...

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1984 crime drama films 12T

English-language Italian films 705T

1984 drama films 307T

6.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999 film by Michael Hoffman

Overview: A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 fantasy romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Michael Hoffman, based on the 1600 play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The ensemble cast f ...

Release date: 26 April 1999

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Michael Hoffman

Cast: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel

Producer: Rick Dallago, Nigel Goldsack

Writer: William Shakespeare, Michael Hoffman

Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.

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1999 romantic comedy films 49T

1999 comedy films 298T

Films about fairies and sprites 83T

7.

Under the Tuscan Sun

2003 American romantic comedy-drama film by Audrey Wells

Overview: Under the Tuscan Sun is a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama written, produced, and directed by Audrey Wells and starring Diane Lane. Based on Frances Mayes' 1996 memoir of the same name, the film is ...

Release date: 20 September 2003

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Audrey Wells

Cast: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova, Vincent Riotta, Mario Monicelli

Producer: Katie DiMento, Laura Fattori

Writer: Frances Mayes, Audrey Wells

A writer impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to change her life.

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2000s English-language films 2,128T

2003 romantic comedy-drama films 28T

8.

The Brothers Grimm

2005 film by Terry Gilliam

Overview: The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Terry Gilliam. The film stars Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Lena Headey in a heavily fictional reimagining of the Brothers Grimm as traveling ...

Release date: 26 August 2005

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller, Action

Director: Terry Gilliam

Cast: Petr Ratimec, Barbora Lukesová, Anna Rust, Jeremy Robson, Matt Damon, Heath Ledger

Producer: Daniel Bobker, Michel Cheyko

Writer: Ehren Kruger

Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms ...

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British werewolf films 21T

American werewolf films 108T

2000s English-language films 4,262T

9.

The Barefoot Contessa

1954 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Overview: The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart ...

Release date: 29 September 1954

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi

Producer: Robert Haggiag, Franco Magli

Writer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral ...

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Spanish-language American films 65T

1954 romantic drama films 29T

1954 drama films 319T

10.

Summer of Sam

1999 US crime-drama film directed by Spike Lee

Overview: Summer of Sam is a 1999 American crime thriller film about the 1977 David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) serial murders and their effect on a group of fictional residents of an Italian-American neighborhood in ...

Release date: 20 May 1999

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Director: Spike Lee

Cast: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Saverio Guerra

Producer: Jeri Carroll-Colicchio, Michael Imperioli

Writer: Spike Lee, Victor Colicchio

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast ...

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1990s Italian-language films 240T

1990s English-language films 3,889T

Films produced by Jon Kilik 31T

11.

My Own Private Idaho

1991 film directed by Gus Van Sant

Overview: My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 American independent adventure drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant, loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V. The story ...

Release date: 12 September 1991

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Gus Van Sant

Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Chiara Caselli

Producer: Anthony Brand, Solomon J. LeFlore

Writer: Gus Van Sant, William Shakespeare

Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way ...

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LGBT-related buddy drama films 5T

1990s buddy drama films 10T

1990s English-language films 3,887T

12.

Mother of Tears

2007 film directed by Dario Argento

Overview: Mother of Tears (Italian: La Terza madre; lit. 'The Third Mother') is a 2007 supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento, and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias ...

Release date: 6 September 2007

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Director: Dario Argento

Cast: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias, Valeria Cavalli, Philippe Leroy

Producer: Claudio Argento, Dario Argento

Writer: Dario Argento, Jace Anderson

An American art student in Rome accidentally triggers the return of Mater Lachrymarum - the Third Mother - and must use her latent magical powers to end ...

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2007 LGBT-related films 80T

Films about cannibalism 253T

Films about Satanism 114T

13.

I Love You to Death

1990 film by Lawrence Kasdan

Overview: I Love You to Death is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring an ensemble cast featuring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, and ...

Release date: 6 April 1990

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Cast: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves

Producer: Michael Grillo, Lynn Isenberg

Writer: John Kostmayer

Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman). He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she ...

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1990s Italian-language films 237T

1990s English-language films 2,199T

American crime comedy-drama films 119T

14.

Eat Pray Love

2010 American film directed by Ryan Murphy

Overview: Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's 2006 memoir of the same name. Ryan Murphy co-wrote and directed the film ...

Release date: 13 August 2010

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Ryan Murphy

Cast: Julia Roberts, I. Gusti Ayu Puspawati, Hadi Subiyanto, Billy Crudup, Viola Davis, A. Jay Radcliff

Producer: Dede Gardner, Gary L. Hayes

Writer: Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes ...

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2010s Italian-language films 229T

2010s English-language films 5,792T

2010 multilingual films 56T

15.

Youth Without Youth

2007 fantasy drama film by Francis Ford Coppola

Overview: Youth Without Youth is a 2007 fantasy drama film written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novella of the same name by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. The film is a co-production ...

Release date: 20 October 2007

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, André Hennicke, Marcel Iures, Alexandra Pirici

Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Anahid Nazarian

Writer: Mircea Eliade, Francis Ford Coppola

A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in World War II Europe, a professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.

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2000s Romanian-language films 25T

2007 multilingual films 37T

English-language Romanian films 60T

16.

The Story of Us

1999 film by Rob Reiner

Overview: The Story of Us is a 1999 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer as a couple married for 15 years.

Release date: 13 October 1999

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director: Rob Reiner

Cast: Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Colleen Rennison, Jake Sandvig, Casey Boersma, Tim Matheson

Producer: Frank Capra III, Tammy Glover

Writer: Alan Zweibel, Jessie Nelson

Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.

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1999 romantic comedy-drama films 23T

1999 multilingual films 26T

1990s American films 4,774T

17.

The Night Before Christmas

1994 Italian film

Overview: Troublemakers (Italian: Botte di Natale, also known as The Fight Before Christmas) is a 1994 spaghetti Western comedy film. It is the last pairing of Terence Hill (who also directed) and Bud Spencer.

Release date: 25 November 1994

Genre: Comedy, Western, Family

Director: Terence Hill

Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Boots Southerland, Ruth Buzzi, Neil Summers, Michael Huddleston

Producer: Willy Egger, Giuseppe Pedersoli

Writer: Jess Hill, Ozgur Uzum

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.

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1990s Italian-language films 195T

1990s English-language films 1,900T

English-language German films 814T

18.

The International

2009 action thriller film

Overview: The International is a 2009 action thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer and written by Eric Warren Singer. Starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, the film follows an Interpol agent and an American district ...

Release date: 5 February 2009

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action, Mystery

Director: Tom Tykwer

Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Brían F. O'Byrne, Michel Voletti

Producer: Gloria Fan, Christoph Fisser

Writer: Eric Singer

An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.

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2009 multilingual films 33T

2000s Danish-language films 59T

2000s Italian-language films 160T

19.

Swept Away

2002 film by Guy Ritchie

Overview: Swept Away is a 2002 adventure romantic comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie; it is a remake of Lina Wertmüller's 1974 Italian film of the same name. The film stars Ritchie's then-wife Madonna ...

Release date: 8 October 2002

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Guy Ritchie

Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Madonna, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Beattie, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Thornton

Producer: Adam Bohling, Michael Morgan

Writer: Guy Ritchie, Lina Wertmüller

A snooty socialite is stranded on a Mediterranean island with a communist sailor.

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SKA Films films 1T

Golden Raspberry Award winning films 242T

2000s Italian-language films 160T

20.

Scarface

1932 film by Howard Hawks

Overview: Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The scr ...