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7.3

The Monsters

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

NR

7.3

1963 Comedy 115 min Play

7.4

March on Rome

March on Rome (Italian: La marcia su Roma) is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi, aimed at describing the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini's black shirts from the point of view of two newly recruited, naïve black shirts

NR

7.4

1962 Comedy 94 min Play

8.2

Il Sorpasso

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

NR

8.2

1962 Comedy 105 min Play

8.3

A Difficult Life

Silvio Magnozzi is a man so dedicated to his high moral standards that he loses out on most of the things he wants in life -including his wife. He watches while others march up the ladder of success way ahead of him, sometimes by hypocritically licking the boots of their superiors or doing just anything at all to attain advancement. After his death grip on his principles causes his wife to walk out, Silvio relents and starts to live like others. Now he is supposedly happily residing on Easy ...

NR

8.3

1961 Comedy 118 min Play

7.1

Love and Larceny

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.

NR

7.1

1960 Comedy 101 min Play

5.9

Poor Millionaires

After a series of misunderstandings and other unfortunate incidents, the honeymoon of two young couples ends sooner than planned. Back at their starting point, the ensuing conflict leads to one of the couples separating. Salvatore, who moves away, is hit in the street by a car and loses his memory: he has lost his memories of his friends and family - until he meets his wife Marisa, in which he falls in love again ...

NR

5.9

1959 Comedy 0 min Play

7.5

The Widower

Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) tethers perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi (Franca Valeri) who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money. Alberto tries to "keep up" with his wife and her rich and successful ...

NR

7.5

1959 Comedy 87 min Play

5.8

Venice, the Moon and You

The "casanova" gondolier Bepi struggles to accept his future monogamous life, being Venice a hub of attracting tourists.

NR

5.8

1958 Comedy 107 min Play

6.7

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl

Romolo and Salvatore look for jobs to impress their girlfriends, but things get complicated when their old flame Giovanna reappears.

NR

6.7

1957 Comedy 99 min Play

7.4

Oh! Sabella

Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.

NR

7.4

1957 Comedy 85 min Play

6.9

Poor But Beautiful

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with Giovanna.

NR

6.9

1956 Comedy 101 min Play

6.9

The Sign of Venus

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

NR

6.9

1955 Comedy 101 min Play

6.9

Scandal in Sorrento

Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to settle and take care of the local traffic police. Since his seafront house is rented by the beautiful widowed fishmonger Donna Sofia, Antonio arranges to rent a room at Donna Violante's house. Donna Violante secretly falls in love with Antonio. At the same time, Donna Sofia is not willing to vacate Antonio's house, and uses her charms to convince him to let her stay and make Nicolino, her love interest, jealous.

NR

6.9

1955 Comedy 106 min Play

6.5

Love in the City

Five stories of life, love and tears in Rome by five of Italy's best film directors. Each of them take his turn at showing how love is found, lost, and nurtured in the Eternal City.

NR

6.5

1953 Drama 105 min Play