List of the best Anna Magnani movies: Bellissima(1951), The Passionate Thief(1960), The Rose Tattoo(1955), Mamma Roma(1962), 1870(1972), The Secret of Santa Vittoria(1969), The Fugitive Kind(1960), We the Women(1953) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1951
112 Minutes
Maddalena Cecconi
Anna Magnani Walter Chiari Tina Apicella
mother daughter father celebrity child actor talent scout emotional heartwarming amusing hilarious lighthearted melodramatic italy talent agency ambition hope dream vs. reality childhood relationships mother/daughter relationship
A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
Comedy
Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Anna Magnani Ben Gazzara Totò Gina Rovere Dori Dorika Mac Ronay Peppino De Martino Fanfulla
On New Year's Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. When a colleague invites her to a New Year's party, she jumps at the opportunity. Accidentally she runs ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1955
117 Minutes
Serafina Delle Rose
Anna Magnani Burt Lancaster Marisa Pavan Ben Cooper Virginia Grey Jo Van Fleet Sandro Giglio Mimi Aguglia Florence Sundstrom Dorrit Kelton
widow truck driver daughter boyfriend husband melodramatic passionate brooding louisiana house church truck romance grief betrayal secret deception love transformation fall
A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
Drama
1962
110 Minutes
Anna Magnani Ettore Garofalo Franco Citti Silvana Corsini Luisa Loiano Paolo Volponi
mother son pimp criminal police officer moving dark italy village family home mother/son relationship crime social standing prostitution violence transformation quest 1960s
A prostitute (Anna Magnani) tries to go straight and help her son (Ettore Garofalo), but the past and corruption catch up with them.
Drama, History
1972
116 Minutes
Teresa Parenti
Anna Magnani Marcello Mastroianni Mario Carotenuto Osvaldo Ruggeri Duilio Cruciani Aldo Cecconi Ermelinda De Felice Winni Riva Fiona Florence Eugenio Cappabianca
Comedy
USA
1969
140 Minutes
Rosa
Anthony Quinn Anna Magnani Virna Lisi Hardy Kruger Sergio Franchi Renato Rascel Giancarlo Giannini Valentina Cortesa Edward Ciannelli Leopoldo Trieste
mayor townsperson captain nazi drunk endearing inspiring amusing italy small town vineyard wine nazi occupation deception courage resistance quest underdog 1940s
During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans
Drama
USA
1960
119 Minutes
Lady Torrance
Marlon Brando Anna Magnani Joanne Woodward Maureen Stapleton Victor Jory R. G. Armstrong Emory Richardson Sally Gracie Lucille Benson John Baragrey Ben Yaffee
drifter sick person alcoholic housewife bleak emotional uneasy deep south general store small town new life adultery love triangle lust xenophobia forbidden love discovery rivalry 20th century
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
Comedy
1953
95 Minutes
Anna
Ingrid Bergman Roberto Rossellini Gianni Franciolini Alida Valli Anna Magnani Isa Miranda
Five directors contribute to an episodic look at the personal and professional lives of several actresses.