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Ben-Hur (1959)

Epic

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Jack Hawkins  •  Haya Harareet  •  Stephen Boyd

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Jack Hawkins  •  Haya Harareet  •  Stephen Boyd

Star Pilot (1966)

Aliens from the constellation Hydra crash-land on the island of Sardinia. A prominent scientist, his daughter, several young technicians, and a pair of Oriental spies are taken hostage by the beings so they can use them to repair their spaceship's broken engine. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pietro Francisci
CAST:  Leonora Ruffo  •  Mario Novelli  •  Roland Lesaffre  •  Kirk Morris

Aliens from the constellation Hydra crash-land on the island of Sardinia. A prominent scientist, his daughter, several young technicians, and a pair of Oriental spies are taken hostage by the beings so they can use them to repair their spaceship's broken engine. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pietro Francisci
CAST:  Leonora Ruffo  •  Mario Novelli  •  Roland Lesaffre  •  Kirk Morris

Gladiator of Rome (1962)

A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Costa
CAST:  Gordon Scott  •  Wandisa Guida  •  Roberto Risso  •  Eleonora Vargas

A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Costa
CAST:  Gordon Scott  •  Wandisa Guida  •  Roberto Risso  •  Eleonora Vargas

Five Branded Women (1960)

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Ritt
CAST:  Silvana Mangano  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Vera Miles  •  Barbara Bel Geddes

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Ritt
CAST:  Silvana Mangano  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Vera Miles  •  Barbara Bel Geddes

Attack of the Normans (1962)

An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Vari
CAST:  Geneviève Grad  •  Philippe Hersent  •  Piero Lulli  •  Franca Bettoia

An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Vari
CAST:  Geneviève Grad  •  Philippe Hersent  •  Piero Lulli  •  Franca Bettoia

Redhead (1962)

Bored with her marriage, Franziska decides to travel to Venice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmut Käutner
CAST:  Ruth Leuwerik  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Harry Meyen  •  Richard Münch

Bored with her marriage, Franziska decides to travel to Venice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helmut Käutner
CAST:  Ruth Leuwerik  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Harry Meyen  •  Richard Münch

Policewoman (1974)

A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Mariangela Melato  •  Orazio Orlando  •  Mario Carotenuto  •  Armando Brancia

A young policewoman discovers an ecological scandal and must face the corruption in the Milan Police department.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Mariangela Melato  •  Orazio Orlando  •  Mario Carotenuto  •  Armando Brancia

Son of the Red Corsair (1959)

Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Primo Zeglio
CAST:  Lex Barker  •  Sylvia Lopez  •  Vira Silenti  •  Saro Urzì

Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Primo Zeglio
CAST:  Lex Barker  •  Sylvia Lopez  •  Vira Silenti  •  Saro Urzì

A Devil Under the Pillow (1968)

Anselmo is a young anthropologist who is tormented by jealousy, and although his wife Camilla does not give reasons, keeps a close eye on her. After consulting a psychiatrist, the doctor says the problem is him and not his wife. So he plots to verify, once and for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Forqué
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Maurice Ronet  •  Amparo Soler Leal

Anselmo is a young anthropologist who is tormented by jealousy, and although his wife Camilla does not give reasons, keeps a close eye on her. After consulting a psychiatrist, the doctor says the problem is him and not his wife. So he plots to verify, once and for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Forqué
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Maurice Ronet  •  Amparo Soler Leal

Execution Squad (1972)

Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Mario Adorf  •  Franco Fabrizi

Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Enrico Maria Salerno  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Mario Adorf  •  Franco Fabrizi

Il generale dorme in piedi (1974)

A colonel in the Army has a problem: when resting lying starts screaming anarchist and antimilitarist phrases. Because of his fitful sleep is therefore forced to sleep standing up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Massaro
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Mario Scaccia

A colonel in the Army has a problem: when resting lying starts screaming anarchist and antimilitarist phrases. Because of his fitful sleep is therefore forced to sleep standing up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Massaro
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Mariangela Melato  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Mario Scaccia

Adultery Italian Style (1966)

To get her husband more interested in her, the wife invents a lover. The husband will collect every hint trying to figure out who is the lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Catherine Spaak  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Maria Grazia Buccella

To get her husband more interested in her, the wife invents a lover. The husband will collect every hint trying to figure out who is the lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Festa Campanile
CAST:  Nino Manfredi  •  Catherine Spaak  •  Vittorio Caprioli  •  Maria Grazia Buccella

The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)

How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Mario Adorf  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Vittorio De Sica

How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florestano Vancini
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Mario Adorf  •  Riccardo Cucciolla  •  Vittorio De Sica

The Two Gladiators (1964)

The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Caiano
CAST:  Richard Harrison  •  Moira Orfei  •  Giuliano Gemma  •  Mimmo Palmara

The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Caiano
CAST:  Richard Harrison  •  Moira Orfei  •  Giuliano Gemma  •  Mimmo Palmara

The Centurion (1961)

A Roman soldier falls in love with the daughter of a Greek city's anti-Roman leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Costa
CAST:  Jacques Sernas  •  John Drew Barrymore  •  Geneviève Grad  •  Gianna Maria Canale

A Roman soldier falls in love with the daughter of a Greek city's anti-Roman leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Costa
CAST:  Jacques Sernas  •  John Drew Barrymore  •  Geneviève Grad  •  Gianna Maria Canale

Untamable Angelique (1967)

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Michèle Mercier  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Bruno Dietrich

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Michèle Mercier  •  Roger Pigaut  •  Bruno Dietrich

Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold (1967)

Giovanna and Franco are lovers pretending to be brother and sister in order to con unsuspecting marks while staying in the most luxurious locales throughout Europe. In their travels, they come across the beautiful Christina, a girl who is being threatened by her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Maselli
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Jean Sorel  •  Daniela Surina  •  Roberto Bisacco

Giovanna and Franco are lovers pretending to be brother and sister in order to con unsuspecting marks while staying in the most luxurious locales throughout Europe. In their travels, they come across the beautiful Christina, a girl who is being threatened by her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Maselli
CAST:  Monica Vitti  •  Jean Sorel  •  Daniela Surina  •  Roberto Bisacco

Last Feelings (1978)

Italian tearjerker about an up and coming swimming star struggling with a serious illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruggero Deodato
CAST:  Luigi Diberti  •  Jacques Sernas  •  Fiorenza Fiorentini  •  Carlo Lupo

Italian tearjerker about an up and coming swimming star struggling with a serious illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruggero Deodato
CAST:  Luigi Diberti  •  Jacques Sernas  •  Fiorenza Fiorentini  •  Carlo Lupo

M.M.M. 83 (1966)

A secret agent works with a scientist to recover documents outlining a new formula to make fuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Bergonzelli
CAST:  Fred Beir  •  Gérard Blain  •  Alberto Dalbés  •  Pier Angeli

A secret agent works with a scientist to recover documents outlining a new formula to make fuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Bergonzelli
CAST:  Fred Beir  •  Gérard Blain  •  Alberto Dalbés  •  Pier Angeli

Hercules the Avenger (1965)

Reg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove undertakes another journey into the nether realms battling zombies and monsters in order to rescue his son, allowing goddess Gia an opportunity to place her own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Lucidi
CAST:  Reg Park  •  Gia Sandri  •  Giovanni Cianfriglia  •  Adriana Ambesi

Reg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove undertakes another journey into the nether realms battling zombies and monsters in order to rescue his son, allowing goddess Gia an opportunity to place her own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Lucidi
CAST:  Reg Park  •  Gia Sandri  •  Giovanni Cianfriglia  •  Adriana Ambesi
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