List of the best Bernardo Bertolucci movies: The Conformist(1971), The Last Emperor(1987), The Dreamers(2003), Last Tango in Paris(1972), The Sheltering Sky(1990), Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man(1981), Luna(1979), Besieged(1998), Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life(2017) ... ...
Drama
Italy|France|West Germany
1971
115 Minutes
Director
Jean-Louis Trintignant Stefania Sandrelli Dominique Sanda Pierre Clémenti Gastone Moschin Enzo Tarascio José Quaglio
assassin wife professor driver blind person priest dark somber paris rome church family home highway car assassination fascism marriage transformation 1940s
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Italy|France
1987
162 Minutes
Director
John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole Ying Ruocheng Victor Wong Dennis Dun Ryuichi Sakamoto Maggie Han Ric Young
emperor servant gardener tutor peasant war criminal engaging hedonistic spectacular powerful china palace prison forbidden city japan political coup revolution royal life exile leadership
The story of the final Emperor of China.
Drama
UK|France|Italy|USA
2003
116 Minutes
Director
Michael Carmen Pitt Eva Green Louis Garrel Robin Renucci Anna Chancellor Florian Cadiou Pierre Hancisse Valentin Merlet
foreign exchange student poet twin mother friend dreamy fiery sultry movie theater paris apartment isolation riots fantasy incest passion love triangle forbidden love wretched excess rivalry
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Drama
France|Italy
1972
130 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Maria Schneider Jean-Pierre Léaud Darling Legitimus Catherine Sola Mauro Marchetti Dan Diament Giovanna Galletti
man woman lover fiancé dark hedonistic paris apartment church nightclub sex abandonment suicide marriage anonymity wretched excess transformation fall 1970s
A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
UK|Italy
1990
137 Minutes
Director
John Malkovich Debra Winger Campbell Scott Jill Bennett Timothy Spall Eric Vu-An
couple woman man artist friend adventurer engaging emotional charming melodramatic desert sahara sahara desert relationships romance attraction danger happiness lovers love
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
Drama
Italy
1981
98 Minutes
Director
Ugo Tognazzi Anouk Aimée Laura Morante Victor Cavallo Olimpia Carlisi Ricky Tognazzi Gianni Migliavacca Vittorio Caprioli
An Italian businessman decides whether to pay a ransom for his abducted son or not.
Drama
Italy
1979
144 Minutes
Director
Jill Clayburgh Matthew Barry Veronica Lazar Renato Salvatori Fred Gwynne Alida Valli Elisabetta Campeti Roberto Benigni
mother opera singer husband stepfather son lover bleak profound disturbing italy rome apartment opera house suicide family dysfunction incest mother/son relationship drug addiction troubled youth growing up
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
Drama
1998
94 Minutes
Director
Thandie Newton David Thewlis Claudio Santamaria Massimo De Rossi Cyril Nri Paul Osul Veronica Lazar Alexander Menis
composer maid medical student political prisoner husband teacher melodramatic hedonistic brooding classroom africa apartment rome italy cross-cultural romance love triangle seduction music political intrigue quest
An African (Thandie Newton) whose husband is a political prisoner cleans house for a reclusive British pianist (David Thewlis) in Rome.
Documentary, Biography
2017
90 Minutes
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