Italian Movies on Netflix
Last updated May 16, 2024
We Have a Pope
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThe pope has died, and the congress of cardinals has chosen his successor. But what happens if the newly elected pontiff doesn't want the job? This comedy follows the Vatican's travails as it strives to make one cardinal accept his destiny.
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Taratabong: The World of the Meloditties: Season 1
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTaratabong is a wonderful place inhabited by musical creatures known as the Meloditties. Communicating through sound and rhythm, these characters create a new melody in every episode, introducing preschoolers to the magical world of music.
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Taratabong: The World of the Meloditties
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTaratabong is a wonderful place inhabited by musical creatures known as the Meloditties. Communicating through sound and rhythm, these characters create a new melody in every episode, introducing preschoolers to the magical world of music.
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Black Sunday
1960 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTwo centuries after her execution, condemned witch Princess Asa returns from the dead to wreak vengeance on her killer's family by possessing the body of a descendant who looks just like her.
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Black Sabbath
1964 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this 1963 trilogy of chilling tales, a beautiful woman's ex-lover terrorizes her, a father returns home a vampire, and a ghost haunts a nurse. The vampire story stars the legendary Boris Karloff, who also plays host for the anthology.
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Light of My Eyes
2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsEnraptured by a beautiful single mother struggling to save both her shop and custody of her little girl, a gentle young man possessed of a vivid imagination begins secretly paying her debts.
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Story of a Love Affair
1950 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsConsumed by the thought that his young wife, Paola, is cheating on him, Enrico hires a detective to tail her. Ironically, Enrico's actions result in Paola's reunion with an ex-lover in this stark tale of jealousy, passion and betrayal.
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Shadow
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThe horrors of combat pale in comparison to what awaits Iraq War veteran David (Jake Muxworthy) when he sets off on a European biking adventure, only to ride into a nightmare after crossing paths with a sadistic butcher named Mortis (Nuot Arquint). Taken captive by the bloodthirsty psycho -- who's eager to inflict atrocities more twisted than anything the soldier saw on the battlefield -- David soon finds himself in a desperate fight for his life.
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Videocracy
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIts promo ads banned by Italy's state broadcasting agency, this film reveals how salacious television productions enable the ongoing reign of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's three-time prime minister and top media mogul.
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Le Quattro Volte
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThis visual poem brings to life Pythagoras's theory that the soul moves from human to animal to vegetable to mineral in its evolutionary journey. Wordlessly, the film follows an elderly Italian goat herder as he makes the remarkable transition. Director Michelangelo Frammartino captures the essence of everyday life in the Italian countryside as the man transforms into a baby goat, a giant tree and a lump of coal.
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H.O.T. Human Organ Traffic
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDelving into the illegal international organ trade that funnels human body parts to corrupt medical officials and clinics, this shocking documentary exposes the players who claim they know nothing of the crimes they commit.
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Ginger and Cinnamon
2003 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsStill upset about a nasty breakup with her boyfriend, a 30-year-old woman grudgingly agrees to a vacation on a Greek isle with her teenage niece -- who's determined to lose her virginity during their trip.
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Golden Door
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this sweeping immigrant's tale from director Emanuele Crialese, Sicilian widower Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) leaves behind everything he knows to pursue a better life in America at the dawn of the 20th century. With his sons in tow, Mancuso survives the harrowing Atlantic crossing only to suffer more hardship and humiliation on Ellis Island. But along the way, he finds romance with a mysterious Englishwoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg).
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The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter rounding up musicians from a thriving immigrant neighborhood in Rome to create the eclectic Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, filmmaker Agostino Ferrente captured their heartwarming individual stories in this captivating documentary. The film reveals that, for many members of the group -- which is made up of Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus and atheists from 11 countries -- making music is as second nature as breathing.
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Escape by Night
1960 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn Nazi-occupied Rome, Esperia (Giovanna Ralli) reluctantly takes in three fugitive Allied POWs -- British Maj. Pemberton (Leo Genn), Soviet Sgt. Fyodor (Sergei Bondarchuk) and United States pilot Bradley (Peter Baldwin) -- at the peril of her Communist lover, Renato (Renato Salvatori). Tensions simmer as the soldiers begin to fight over their beautiful captor in this little-seen wartime melodrama from ace Italian director Roberto Rossellini.
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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsSuspicious deaths turn a peaceful Italian village upside down -- especially when residents learn that gold coins have been embedded in all the victims' hearts. The coroner discovers that the villagers are convinced a vengeful ghost is responsible.
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsNora and Edith are on vacation in Rome. But on their first night in Italy, Edith dies -- and Nora witnesses a murder on the Piazza di Spagna. The only person who will take Nora seriously is a doctor, as together they uncover killings from years ago.
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Cabiria
1914 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a young girl and her nurse are kidnapped in the midst of the Punic wars, she finds herself on her way to be sacrificed in the temple of Moloch, where her only hope for rescue is a Roman spy and his slave.
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Fellini's Casanova
1976 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsDonald Sutherland plays the legendary lover in Federico Fellini's visually stunning version of the Casanova story, which won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. After Casanova is imprisoned for practicing black magic, he escapes and wanders through Europe, mixing in the royal courts and having affairs with noblewomen as well as entertainers. But he's unable to find the answers he seeks on his quest for the meaning of life.
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My Mother's Smile
2005 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsPainter and illustrator Ernesto (Sergio Castellitto) -- a strident atheist -- finds his patience tried and his philosophy tested when his opportunistic family attempts to coerce him into false testimony to ensure his murdered mother's sainthood. Complicating matters is the fact that his son (Alberto Mondini) has begun to adopt spiritual beliefs. Director Marco Bellocchio delivers an incisive look at religious desolation in this provocative film.
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Boccaccio '70
1962 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsBased on the bawdy tales of Renaissance writer Boccaccio, this compendium of shorts from Italy's leading filmmakers offers a racy look at modern love, with Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg and Romy Schneider each starring in a segment.
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Passione
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsThe glorious metropolis of Naples, Italy, is the star of this unusual film directed by John Turturro, who employs a scintillating blend of historical footage, reenactments and music videos to explore the city's musical past, present and future.
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The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
1966 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsOld miser Phineas T. Prune, who holds the deed to the North Pole, threatens to evict Santa Claus and seize all the Christmas toys when he falls behind in the rent. Can kids from around the world help Santa and prevent the holiday from being canceled?
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Baron Blood
1972 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsIn search of his roots, American student Peter Kleist visits the Austrian castle of an ancestor. But some family histories are better left unknown, as Peter discovers when he resurrects the castle's former occupant, a sadistic 16th-century nobleman.
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Bay of Blood
1971 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhen a man murders his heiress wife, her relatives set out to narrow the field of inheritors by going on a killing spree. But when college kids take over an abandoned house on the property to hold a party, the body count really begins to soar.
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