Top 10 Italian Films of All Time

De Sica's neorealist heartbreaker about a father and son searching post-war Rome for a stolen bike.

Fellini's autobiographical fantasia about a director lost in creative block remains endlessly inventive.

A love letter to movies told through a Sicilian boy's friendship with his village projectionist.

Leone's epic spaghetti western defined a genre and gave cinema one of its greatest scores.

Benigni's tragicomedy about a father shielding his son from the Holocaust won three Oscars.

Visconti's sumptuous adaptation captures the twilight of Sicilian aristocracy during unification.

Argento's neon-drenched horror about a haunted ballet academy is Italian genre cinema at its peak.

Fellini's nostalgic portrait of small-town Romagna life is funny, bawdy, and deeply personal.

Sorrentino's modern riff on La Dolce Vita won the Oscar and reinvigorated Italian arthouse cinema.

De Sica's neorealist heartbreaker about a father and son searching post-war Rome for a stolen bike.

Fellini's autobiographical fantasia about a director lost in creative block remains endlessly inventive.

A love letter to movies told through a Sicilian boy's friendship with his village projectionist.

Leone's epic spaghetti western defined a genre and gave cinema one of its greatest scores.

Benigni's tragicomedy about a father shielding his son from the Holocaust won three Oscars.

Visconti's sumptuous adaptation captures the twilight of Sicilian aristocracy during unification.

Argento's neon-drenched horror about a haunted ballet academy is Italian genre cinema at its peak.

Fellini's nostalgic portrait of small-town Romagna life is funny, bawdy, and deeply personal.

Sorrentino's modern riff on La Dolce Vita won the Oscar and reinvigorated Italian arthouse cinema.