List of the best Elio Petri movies: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), Todo Modo(1976), Property Is No Longer a Theft(1973), We Still Kill the Old Way(1967), High Infidelity(1964), A Quiet Place in the Country(1970), The Tenth Victim(1965) ... ...
Crime, Drama
Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Director
Gian Maria Volonte Florinda Bolkan Salvo Randone Gianni Santuccio Arturo Dominici Orazio Orlando Sergio Tramonti
police detective mistress police officer murderer victim colleague dark gutsy engaging crime scene italy police station corruption crime police work investigation law enforcement murder wretched excess mystery
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1976
135 Minutes
Director
Gian Maria Volante Marcello Mastroianni Mariangela Melato Ciccio Ingrassia Franco Citti Cesare Gelli Tino Scotti
Party leader and power broker Aldo Moro, holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansings.
Comedy
Italy|France
1973
130 Minutes
Director
Ugo Tognazzi Flavio Bucci Mario Scaccia Daria Nicolodi Orazio Orlando Gigi Proietti
A bank cashier, who's allergic to banknotes, quits his job after an armed robbery. He decides to start a new life, as a thief. He starts by targeting a popular former client, a butcher. But being a neurotic Marxist has its drawbacks.
Crime, Drama
Italy
1967
92 Minutes
Director
Gian Maria Volonte Irene Papas Gabriele Ferzetti Salvo Randone Laura Nucci Franco Tranchina Luigi Pistilli Luciana Scalise
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Comedy
Italy|France
1964
120 Minutes
Nino Manfredi Elio Petri Luciano Salce Fulvia Franco John Phillip Law Charles Aznavour Claire Bloom Monica Vitti Jean-Pierre Cassel Sergio Fantoni
Four episodes satirising modern marriages, and the lack of affection which leads to infidelity.
Horror
1970
105 Minutes
Director
Franco Nero Vanessa Redgrave Georges Geret Gabriella Grimaldi Madeleine Damien Rita Calderoni Renato Menegotto John Francis Lane David Maunsell Mirta Simionato Graziella Simionato
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An Italian painter (Franco Nero) has bizarre dreams, rents a haunted country house with his lover (Vanessa Redgrave) and goes mad.
Sci-Fi
1965
92 Minutes
Director
Marcello Mastroianni Ursula Andress Elsa Martinelli Milo Quesada Luce Bonifassy Salvo Randone Massimo Serato Walter Williams
hunter man mistress lawyer professor wild outlandish witty sultry rome beach airplane temple reality television dystopia murder competition blood sport unlikely romance rivalry
A lusty man (Marcello Mastroianni) and a cold woman (Ursula Andress) play victim and hunter in a 21st-century TV game of life and death.