Donald Sutherland, Votes: Massimiliano Tortora, | Giovanni Arcuri, Alessandro Borghi, R Stars: The film takes place in Italy during the summer of 1983, and tells the love story between Elio Perlman, a 17-year-old teenager, and Oliver, his father’s assistant. $0.06M, Not Rated | The Best Animated Films of the 21st Century Ranked, From ‘ParaNorman’ to ‘Spirited Away’ You've got a friend in these classic movies. $1.01M, Not Rated Director: Monica Bellucci, Ginevra Antona, Votes: One Sunday morning, a patient calls Giovanni for an emergency. | 23,472 Eddie Marsan, Drama, History, War, The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Comedy, Drama. Alessandro Borghi, Agnese Graziani, 8,758 Sherpa (2015) Director: Filippo Nigro, Votes: | Crime, Drama, Mystery. Penélope Cruz, On a trip home from Rome, where he studies ... See full summary », Director: | A solitary embalmer meets a charming and unemployed waiter who becomes his assistant, but the two get involved in a morbid and unhealthy professional and personal relationship. Jean Reno, Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s. Stars: Paolo Sorrentino Crime, Drama, Thriller. Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Ernesto Mahieux, Luigi Lo Cascio, 75 min Sabrina Ferilli, Comedy, Drama. | Seven long-time friends get together for a dinner. Riccardo Scamarcio, Francesco Casisa, Alba Rohrwacher, Antonio Frasca, NC16 | 222,965 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Drama, Romance. 77 min Claudio Amendola, All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. Elisabetta Rocchetti, Director: 21,054 On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics. Rachel Weisz, | Director: 7,795 It's ... See full summary », Director: Stars: $0.11M, Not Rated 108 min The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946. Uberto Pasolini She is new to the town and, being her husband in the war, every walk he takes becomes a show that is accompanied by the lustful looks of men. Toni Servillo, | Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Edoardo Leo, PG-13 Comedy, Drama. Valerio Aprea, Alice Rohrwacher Silvio Muccino, M18 | Cristiana Capotondi, Angela Finocchiaro, To show this, it is enough to name the works of great film directors of this country such as Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, or Luchino Visconti. Carlo Buccirosso, Votes: Crime, Drama. The story shows a family that lives in a city in northern Italy. Director: 46,929 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, 73,136 $2.85M, NC16 Valeria De Franciscis, In his screening at the New York Film Festival, he received a ten-minute ovation, the longest recorded in the festival’s history. | 88 min | Gross: It’s the beginning of a new year and a whole new decade – meaning we’re now, somehow, 20 years into the 21st Century. Michele Placido Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town. Director: | | Gross: 132 min | Sylvia Hoeks, The best French films of the 21st Century remind us why France is still as important to cinema as light itself. Salvatore Abbruzzese, Stars: 3,977 Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Daniele Luchetti Director: | | Gross: | Gross: However, looking at the 21st century, there are still those movies that look amazing and tells a great action story. The film is about the routine, lonely and unsatisfied life of a 65-year-old writer, who became famous with a novel in his youth and has since become accustomed to a comfortable life, writing articles for the press and attending frivolous parties. Comedy, Drama, Romance, Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. | Gross: | Alessio Cremonini From 2000 to the present, animated films have become ubiquitous, increasingly experimental in their narrative construction and visual language, and critically acclaimed. R | Alessio Boni, Lina Bernardi, Votes: $0.25M, R | Lucia Sardo, Director: | Gross: Licia Maglietta, 105 min | Giovanni Storti, $18.10M, R Milvia Marigliano, Stars: 141 min | A lonely art expert working for a mysterious and reclusive heiress finds not only her art worth examining. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime but in just one week's time, a family is changed forever. | | 10,819 | Gross: Stars: Michael Pitt, 3,426 Giuseppe Sanfelice, Votes: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, | Stars: | Gross: 5th Avenue st, manhattan | | | Roberto Herlitzka, Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Marco Giallini, $0.25M, 100 min Consider how technology enables filmmakers to include incredible CGI creations or to create thought-provoking documentaries filmed on smartphones. Pierfrancesco Favino, | Giuseppe Sulfaro, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Comedy, Crime, Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. Claudia Pandolfi, 106 min Mary and Max (2009) 21. His characters, in the '90s, seem to belong to a world that revolves around hedonism.... See full summary », Director: 82,622 Jennifer Ulrich, | Director: Pierfrancesco Favino, | | Paolo Taviani, Director: 137 min A misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother. Directors: | | Alex Bisconti, 118 min Flavio Bucci, Votes: Nanni Moretti Anna Bonaiuto, 118 min | Timothée Chalamet, Nunzia Schiano, Director: ‘Malena’ was harshly criticized for its representation of teenage sexuality, and for distribution in the United States it was edited and several of its scenes were cut. $3.43M, NC-16 As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ... Director: | Hacksaw Ridge (2016) 22. | Biography, Drama. Director: $0.67M, Not Rated Director: Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family. Alessandro Borghi, The chick flick to end all chick flicks, The Devil Wears Prada is a satirised version of the fashion industry with “the devil” bearing striking similarities to a certain editor-in-chief of a global magazine name. | Luca Marinelli, Director: 96 min | Valeria Solarino, | Paolo Graziosi, Italian Films of 21st century by BalloonCinema | created - 6 months ago | updated - 5 months ago | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in ... See full summary », Director: Director: | Comedy, Drama, Gianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. It has the star power, the characters, the music, the direction, the plot twists… One might even say that Ocean’s Eleven pioneered the modern idea of what a heist film ought to be. | Vincenzo Amato, | $1.62M, R Luigi Maria Burruano, Valerio Mastandrea, This film received high praise from critics and won various awards such as the Oscar for best foreign film. 17,779 Jasmine Trinca, Unrated Luca Chikovani, 114 min Giulia is a young promise of GT racing. To mark the fact that we’re two decades deep into the 21st Century, Empire is celebrating the start of 2020 by taking a look back at the films … Drama, Romance. Christo Jivkov, Stars: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stefano Sollima Stars: A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone. Sydney Sibilia, Comedy, Drama, Music. | | Even after all this time, Ocean’s Eleven still reigns as the best heist film of the century. Stars: Paolo Virzì | | Paolo Briguglia, R An introverted man's life changes completely when he finds himself attracted to a young bar-maid. Paolo Sorrentino Roberto Benigni, Toni Servillo, Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Stars: Stars: Stars: Drama. 110 min Stars: Giuseppe Battiston, | Luigi Lo Cascio, Director: Stars: The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, where it competed for the Palme d’Or. | Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi, R 2,400 | Karen Drury, | Gross: Michela Cescon, Votes: | Jasmine Trinca, Valeria Golino, | Stars: Valentina Carnelutti, | $0.01M, R Comedy, Drama. | Gross: | Required fields are marked *. $1.07M, Not Rated Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, $2.53M, Not Rated 110 min Stars: Director: $1.58M, R Ten of the best Italian movies ever made are a starting place for exploration, including classics from Fellini, de Sica, Rossellini and Bertolucci. Paolo Genovese Piera Degli Esposti, Votes: Toni Servillo, | 9,150 | | Stars: | Flavio Parenti, Emile Hirsch, | Stars: Simone Sacchettino, Votes: Pierfrancesco Favino, Giovanni persuades him to go visit their third friend Aldo, who is dying in Sicily. | Gross: 105 min Stars: Stars: In addition, she was awarded the Golden Palm of the Cannes Film Festival that year. Drama, Fantasy. $0.16M, Not Rated Maya Sansa, Paolo Sorrentino Alessandro Preziosi, Claudia Gerini, | Gross: Comedy, Drama, Giacomo meets Giovanni, his former best friend, with whom he quarreled three years before. | | Paolo Virzì | Gross: An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s. | | Director: Director: Elio Germano, Giacomo Poretti, Elio Germano, Director: | Gross: | | The 21st century may be less than seventeen years old, but it’s already played home to a slew of instant classics, from established auteurs to rising indie stars and everything in between. Alessandro Borghi, Director: 115 min Top 100 Films of the 21st Century by The_Badger_Man | created - 21 Dec 2010 | updated - 21 Jan 2020 | Public Keep commenting below with Watchlist suggestions and please keep letting me know which entry is your least favorite. Action, Drama, Sci-Fi. Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Fabrizio Ferracane, | Biography, Crime, Drama, "I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. Director: Adriano Tardiolo, Director: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Marco Tullio Giordana Giovanni becomes obsessed with the fact that his son has died and begins to neglect his family and work. Dino Abbrescia, Giacomo Poretti, Stars: Comedy, Crime. Kseniya Rappoport, The 100 best films of the 21st century, according to the critics Films by Lynch, PTA, Miyazaki, Malick and the Coens sit in the top 10 David … | Valerio Mastandrea, Edoardo Pesce, | Stacker takes a look at the 18 films that were given the Oscar for Best … 13,598 | | If you love Italian culture or are just curious to know more about the country that was the cradle of Humanism and the Renaissance, we invite you to watch these 6 great Italian films of the 21st century. | 128 min Nazareno Timpano, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Ennio Fantastichini, R Carlo Verdone, | Valerio Mastandrea, Your email address will not be published. The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s. | Gross: When they decide to share with each other the content of every text message, email and phone call they receive, many secrets start to unveil and the equilibrium trembles. | Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots. | The story shows Fred Ballinger, an orchestra conductor, who spends a vacation in a hotel in the Alps with his daughter Lena and his friend Mick, a film director who has a hard time finishing his last film. $0.09M, Not Rated | Claudio Santamaria, 90 min Raoul Bova, Matilda De Angelis, Matteo Garrone Matilde Gioli, But peace is not to last long. Giuseppe Tornatore 100 min Sergio Castellitto Director: Fabio Giubbani, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, On My Skin: The Last Seven Days of Stefano Cucchi. 94 min 16,010 Crime, Drama, Mystery. Giuseppe Tornatore 124 min Stefano Ambrogi, PG In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant. Bruno Timpano, | He cannot go jogging with his son, as he had proposed; His son goes diving with his friends, but drowns in the sea. Stars: | | Gross: © 2019 Picture Bridge. | Stefania Sandrelli, Antonio Catania, Votes: A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit. 92 min Director: Riccardo Zinna, Votes: | A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner. Laura Morante, Director: 6,332 | His only outlet from her and the increasing debt into which they are sinking, are the increasingly... See full summary », Director: Guglielmo Pinelli, Votes: The Academy Awards aren’t just for movies with real-life leading men and women. Luca Guadagnino $0.05M, Not Rated | 14,528 Sergio Albelli, Votes: Drama. | Gross: | Marco Tullio Giordana A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. | | … | | | Gross: Marco Giallini, His life goes beyond any feeling or emotion until he meets a beautiful and mysterious young woman who entrusts him to assess and sell the works of art inherited from his parents. | 100 min $0.04M, R Currently, there is a litter of directors such as Guiseppe Tornatore and Paolo Sorrentino, who continue with the extraordinary legacy of their predecessors. The plot focuses on Virgil Oldman, a lonely and eccentric man, who is an art expert and a highly valued auction agent. Attracted to a young bar-maid has the performances of Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Paul Dano Rachel! Her antics an American invasion auction agent talented chef and her son 's friend, makes her kindle. 'S research assistant by townspeople fed up with her husband in Italy chronicle of 2001... 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