Baaria (
2009) | IMDb:
6.9
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
Starring:
Francesco Scianna
,
Margareth Madè
,
Lina Sastri
,
Ángela Molina
,
Nicole Grimaudo
,
Salvatore Ficarra
Pinocchio (
2002) | IMDb:
4.3
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Starring:
Roberto Benigni
,
Nicoletta Braschi
,
Mino Bellei
,
Carlo Giuffrè
,
Peppe Barra
,
Franco Javarone
Life Is Beautiful (
1997) | IMDb:
8.6
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Starring:
Roberto Benigni
,
Nicoletta Braschi
,
Giorgio Cantarini
,
Giustino Durano
,
Sergio Bini Bustric
,
Lidia Alfonsi
The Last Emperor (
1987) | IMDb:
7.7
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Once Upon a Time in America (
1984) | IMDb:
8.3
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
James Woods
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Treat Williams
,
Tuesday Weld
,
Joe Pesci