List of the best Luchino Visconti movies: Rocco and His Brothers(1960), The Leopard(1963), Bellissima(1951), Ludwig(1973), Death in Venice(1971), Sandra(1965), Boccaccio '70(1962), Ossessione(1942), We the Women(1953), The Wanton Contessa(1954) ... ...
Drama
Italy|France
1960
155 Minutes
Director
Alain Delon Renato Salvatori Annie Girardot Katina Paxinou Roger Hanin Paolo Stoppa Suzy Delair Claudia Cardinale Spiros Focas Max Cartier Rocco Vidolazzi
widow son boxer wife prostitute student melodramatic moving sad italy train station milan tenement house church boxing ring city vs. country brother relationship poverty relocation infidelity
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Drama, History
Italy|France
1963
165 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Claudia Cardinale Alain Delon Paolo Stoppa Rina Morelli Romolo Valli Terence Hill Pierre Clémenti Lucilla Morlacchi Giuliano Gemma Evelyn Stewart
prince nephew beautiful woman mayor soldier wife spectacular confident sicily mansion ballroom family home class distinctions civil war politics family wealth marriage transformation love
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860's Sicily.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1951
112 Minutes
Director
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.
Biography
Italy|France|West Germany|Monaco
1973
257 Minutes
Director
Helmut Berger Romy Schneider Trevor Howard Silvana Mangano Helmut Griem Gert Froebe Marc Porel Nora Ricci
emperor king ludwig i cousin artist musician composer melodramatic emotional engaging heartwarming sad charming austria castle luxury luxury living wealth music mental illness ambition
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Italy|France
1971
130 Minutes
Director
Dirk Bogarde Björn Andrésen Silvana Mangano Marisa Berenson Mark Burns Romolo Valli Nora Ricci Carole André Masha Predit Leslie French Franco Fabrizi
composer teen boy family member governess mother brooding intense venice, italy resort vacation beauty obsession cholera outbreak artistic struggle unrequited love forbidden love temptation 1910s
While recovering in Venice, sickly Composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Drama
Italy|France
1965
100 Minutes
Director
Claudia Cardinale Michael Craig Jean Sorel Renzo Ricci Fred Williams Marie Bell Renato Moretti Paola Piscini
Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.
Comedy
1962
165 Minutes
Sophia Loren Federico Fellini Luchino Visconti Anita Ekberg Romy Schneider Marisa Solinas Germano Gilioli Tomas Milian Luigi Giuliani
Tales of women (Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider) by Italy's leading filmmakers. Stories include "The Raffle," "The Job" and "The Temptation of Dr. Antonio."
Crime, Drama
1942
135 Minutes
Director
Massimo Girotti Clara Calamai Juan de Landa Dhia Cristiani Vittorio Duse Michele Riccardini Michele Sakara Elio Marcuzzo
young man wife husband lawyer detective drifter dark tense sultry italy diner highway car courtroom infidelity murder greed crime trials betrayal
A drifter (Massimo Girotti) helps a beauty (Clara Calamai) kill her husband (Juan de Landa) in Italy.
Comedy
1953
95 Minutes
Director
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.
Drama
1954
125 Minutes
Director
Alida Valli Farley Granger Heinz Moog Massimo Girotti Rina Morelli Christian Marquand Sergio Fantoni Tino Bianchi
A wanton contessa (Alida Valli) loves and betrays an unscrupulous Austrian officer (Farley Granger) in 1860s Venice.