10. The Leopard, 1963
The Leopard is a 1963 Italian film by director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of the same name.
9. Roma, citta aperta, 1945
Rome, Open City is a 1945 Italian drama film, directed by Roberto Rossellini. In its English subtitled release it was named, Open City.
8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 1966
In the last and the best installment of his so-called Dollars trilogy of Sergio Leone-directed spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood reprised the role of a taciturn, enigmatic loner. Here he searches for a cache of stolen gold against rivals the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless bounty hunter, and the Ugly (Eli Wallach), a Mexican bandit. Though dubbed the Good, Eastwood's character is not much better than his opponents
7. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, 1988
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, internationally released as Cinema Paradiso, is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
6. 8 1/2, 1963
Director Federico Fellini's autobiographical fantasy is a portrait of the filmmaker as a circus ringmaster.
5. la vita e' bella, 1997
Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian tragicomedy comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni.
4. La Strada, 1954
Acclaimed Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini drew on his own circus background for the 1954 classic La Strada. Set in a seedy travelling carnival, this symbolism-laden drama revolves around brutish strongman Zampano (Anthony Quinn), his simple and servile girlfriend Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, Fellini's wife), and clown/aerialist Matto (Richard Basehart).
3. Ladri di biciclette, 1948
This landmark Italian neorealist drama became one of the best-known and most widely acclaimed European movies, including a special Academy Award as most outstanding foreign film seven years before that Oscar category existed. Written primarily by neorealist pioneer Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio DeSica, also one of the movement's main forces, the movie featured all the hallmarks of the neorealist style: a simple story about the lives of ordinary people, outdoor shooting and lighting, non-actors mixed together with actors, and a focus on social problems in the aftermath of World War II.
2. Umberto D, 1952
Umberto D. is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti, who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari
1. La Dolce Vita, 1960
La Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini.
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