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
Evilenko (
2004) | IMDb:
6.2
For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will live, die and kill as a communist.
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell
,
Marton Csokas
,
Ronald Pickup
,
Frances Barber
,
John Benfield
,
Evgeniya Gladiy
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
Heaven (
2002) | IMDb:
7
Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.
Starring:
Cate Blanchett
,
Giovanni Ribisi
,
Remo Girone
,
Stefania Rocca
,
Alessandro Sperduti
,
Mattia Sbragia
Directed by:
Tom Tykwer
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
Stealing Beauty (
1996) | IMDb:
6.5
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
Little Buddha (
1993) | IMDb:
6.1
After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher.
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
The Godfather Part II (
1974) | IMDb:
9
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.