Italian Movies on Netflix
Last updated June 06, 2023
Life Is Beautiful
1997 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsA Jewish Italian waiter named Guido is sent to a Nazi concentration camp, along with his wife and their young son. Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is an elaborate game.
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Maria Di Nazaret
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMary, Mother of God. Mary is an ordinary young woman who works in the olive groves and spends time with her friends. If she only knew that these three little words -- Mother of God -- would one day be synonymous with her name. Humbled by the role she is asked to play as the mother of the Messiah, she unwaveringly fulfills the mission assigned to her. An ordinary girl chosen for an extraordinary role unlike any other.
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Maria Di Nazaret
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this biographical drama, the young Mary of Nazareth grows up as just another young Israelite working in the olive groves under Roman occupation. Following her life, the film captures the weight of Mary's fated role as the Mother of God.
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Cinema Paradiso
1988 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsGiuseppe Tornatore's Oscar-winning film follows Salvatore, a Sicilian boy who is mesmerized by the movies shown at the local theater. He befriends projectionist Alfredo, who mentors him and ultimately tells him to leave home to pursue his dreams. Now a famous film director, Salvatore returns home for the first time 30 years later for Alfredo's funeral and is overcome with warm memories of his childhood even as the town has changed.
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIrish immigrant Mark Muir works on construction of the doomed RMS Titanic while hiding his Catholic heritage from the project's Protestant financiers. As the ship is built, Muir falls in love amid the tensions of the period and Muir's own past.
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIrish immigrant Mark Muir works on construction of the doomed RMS Titanic while hiding his Catholic heritage from the project's Protestant financiers. As the ship is built, Muir falls in love amid the tensions of the period and Muir's own past.
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The Holy Family
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHumble carpenter Joseph and his younger wife, Mary, guide their son, Jesus, through a sometimes difficult childhood in this miniseries that explores the family's everyday life -- including how Mary met Joseph, the Virgin birth and Jesus as a boy.
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Perlasca
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhile on a business trip in Budapest in the midst of World War II, Italian cattle dealer Giorgio Perlasca risks his own life to pose as a Spanish diplomat and save more than 5,000 Jews from deportation.
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The Holy Family
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis miniseries follows the everyday lives of humble carpenter Joseph and his young wife, Mary, as they guide their son, Jesus, through a sometimes difficult childhood. The drama explores how Mary met Joseph, the Virgin birth and Jesus as a boy.
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The Best of Youth
2003 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis sprawling drama sweeps from the 1960s to the 21st century, tracking two brothers who strain family bonds by taking totally different paths and ending up on opposite sides of the political spectrum.
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A Child Called Jesus
1987 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsRe-creating Jesus's life from age 3 to age 12, this miniseries fills in what happened after his birth, when his family moved near Egypt to evade King Herod's persecution. Produced for Italian television, the drama was filmed in Tunisia.
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8 1/2
1963 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDog-tired movie director Guido Anselmi retreats to thoughts of yesteryear when his producers, his wife and his mistress all pressure him to start making another movie in director Federico Fellini's rumination on the joys and rigors of filmmaking.
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A Child Called Jesus
1987 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsProduced for Italian television, this drama envisions the childhood of Jesus Christ, combining evidence from Bible passages with conjecture. Re-creating Jesus' life through age 12, the miniseries explores a period when the family moved near Egypt.
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Pope Pius XII
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis controversial miniseries explores the German occupation of Rome during World War II, and the Vatican's reaction to the Nazis' treatment of Jews. James Cromwell stars as Pope Pius XII, as he struggles to save Vatican City from destruction.
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Pope Pius XII
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis controversial miniseries explores the German occupation of Rome during World War II, and the Vatican's reaction to the Nazis' treatment of Jews. James Cromwell stars as Pope Pius XII, as he struggles to save Vatican City from destruction.
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Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDirected by Sergio Leone, this classic spaghetti Western stars Henry Fonda as a sadistic gunslinger hired by a cutthroat railroad tycoon to kill anyone who stands in the way of his trans-American iron horse.
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Shun Li and the Poet
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAn unlikely friendship forms in a Venetian pub between a Chinese immigrant working as a bartender and a transplanted Yugoslavian known as The Poet. But the local fishermen who like to drink there aren't nearly as accepting of their differences.
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Malèna
2000 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen 12-year-old Renato catches a glimpse of beautiful new bride Malèna, his heart skips a beat. But when jealous town busybodies begin spreading vile rumors about her, Renato must incorporate those falsehoods with what he knows to be true.
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Looking for Fidel
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn a follow-up to his controversial documentary, Comandante, filmmaker Oliver Stone interviews Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, challenging him to explain the Communist state's crackdown on political dissidents -- actions which were condemned worldwide.
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My Name Is Nobody
1974 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSpaghetti Western regular Terence Hill stars as Nobody, a man who's been chosen to take out established bandit Jack Beauregard but who strikes up a friendship with the seasoned outlaw instead.
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The Bicycle Thief
1948 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPoverty-stricken Antonio needs his bicycle to do his new job. But the same day he buys it back from a pawnshop, someone steals it, prompting him to search the city in vain with his young son.
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The Sicilian Girl
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this taut drama based on a true story, 17-year-old Rita (Veronica D'Agostino) is leading a privileged life when her father and brother are slain by rival Mafiosi. Bent on revenge, she turns to a sympathetic magistrate (Gérard Jugnot) and breaks the code of silence. In her journey from self-centered teenager to fearless advocate for justice, Rita enrages Sicily's most powerful men, putting her life in jeopardy.
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Marriage Italian Style
1964 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDomenico Soriano (Marcello Mastroianni) is about to marry, but when he learns that his mistress Filumena Marturano (Sophia Loren) is ill, he stays by her side, learning later that it was a ploy by her to get him to marry her instead.
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War and Peace
1956 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith great attention to detail and historical accuracy, personal stories, love affairs and philosophies are woven throughout this massive, intricate tapestry of Russia during Napoleon's invasion at the turn of the 19th century. A decade of preparation and two years of filming went into the making of this engaging version of Leo Tolstoy's 20th-century masterpiece, an epic drama starring Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda.
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Bread and Tulips
2000 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA cosseted, unhappy housewife (Licia Maglietta) who's taken for granted by her philandering, self-centered husband (Antonio Catania) finds "bella fortuna" when she hitchhikes to Venice and starts to construct a brand-new life for herself.
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