List of the best Vittorio De Sica movies: Shoeshine(1946), Two Women(1960), Miracle in Milan(1951), Marriage Italian Style(1964), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1971), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow(1964), A Brief Vacation(1975), Bread, Love and Dreams(1953), The Condemned of Altona(1963), Frisky(1954), Scandal in Sorrento(1955), After the Fox(1966) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
Italy
1946
93 Minutes
Director
Rinaldo Smordoni Franco Interlenghi Annielo Mele Bruno Ortenzi Emilio Cigoli Pacifico Astrologo Maria Campi Enrico De Silva Antonio Lo Nigro Anna Pedoni
shoeshine boy orphan brother con artist police officer bleak emotional racetrack rome juvenile detention boat troubled youth corruption poverty freedom friendship underdog fall escape 1940s
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy, save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison where the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
7.8/10
Drama
Italy|France
1960
99 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Jean-Paul Belmondo Eleanora Brown Carlo Ninchi Andrea Checchi Pupella Maggio Emma Baron Bruna Cealti
widow daughter soldier intense powerful rome small town italy church war rape survival mother/daughter relationship love rise 1940s
In the Italy of WWII, a widow and her lonely daughter seek for distance between them and the horrors of war.
7.7/10
Fantasy
Italy
1951
96 Minutes
Director
Emma Gramatica Francesco Golisano Paolo Stoppa Guglielmo Barnabò Brunella Bovo Anna Carena Arturo Bragaglia Erminio Spalla
homeless person orphan adoptive mother capitalist uplifting charming quirky junkyard milan, italy shantytown office cabbage patch orphanage poverty miracles fantasy capitalism underdog 1940s
An open hearted and unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best out of his life on the streets of Milan.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France
1964
102 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni Aldo Puglisi Tecla Scarano Marilù Tolo Pia Lindström Gianni Ridolfi Vito Moricone Generoso Cortini Raffaello Rossi Bussola Enzo Aita
mistress businessman cashier son amusing sultry charming naples, italy household restaurant romance marriage deception social standing love rivalry discovery 1960s
The rich man Domenico and Filumena, a penniless prostitute, share great part of their lives in the immediate post WWII Italy.
7.3/10
War, Drama
Italy|West Germany
1971
95 Minutes
Director
Helmut Berger Lino Capolicchio Dominique Sanda Fabio Testi Romolo Valli Camillo Cesarei Inna Alexeieff Barbara Pilavin Katina Morisani Ettore Geri Camillo Angelini-Rota
brother sister friend lover passionate spirited italy estate countryside fascism friendship love triangle wealth young love world war ii growing up forbidden love discovery fall 1940s
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
7.3/10
Comedy
Italy|France
1964
119 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni Armando Trovajoli Aldo Giuffré Agostino Salvietti Tina Pica Gianni Ridolfi Gennaro Di Gregario Lino Mattera Tecla Scarano Silvia Monelli
wife husband lover grandchild neighbor prostitute airy amusing cool rome milan naples, italy love infidelity infatuation parenthood love forbidden love 1960s
Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.
7.3/10
Drama
Italy|Spain
1975
106 Minutes
Director
Florinda Bolkan Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud
factory worker husband child patient doctor love interest sad powerful uplifting milan factory slum alps sanatorium poverty health care culture clash vacation underdog transformation
Clara, diagnosed with tubercolosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps, where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.
7.0/10
Comedy
Italy
1953
90 Minutes
Il maresciallo Antonio Carotenuto
Vittorio De Sica Gina Lollobrigida Marisa Merlini Virgilio Riento Tina Pica Roberto Risso Vittoria Crispo Maria-Pia Casilio
police chief bombshell cop midwife priest mother amusing passionate italy village mountain police station love triangle secret romance love rivalry quest 1950s
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
6.8/10
Drama
Italy|France
1963
114 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Maximilian Schell Fredric March Robert Wagner Françoise Prévost
A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact.
6.6/10
Comedy
Italy
1954
98 Minutes
Maresciallo Carotenuto
Vittorio De Sica Gina Lollobrigida Roberto Risso Marisa Merlini Tina Pica Virgilio Riento Maria-Pia Casilio Memmo Carotenuto Vittoria Crispo Tecla Scarano Nino Vingelli
police officer young woman midwife priest maid young man amusing tender winsome cheery italy small town police station house marriage gossip small-town life love triangle social standing love
The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.
6.5/10
Comedy
Italy|France
1955
106 Minutes
Comandante Carotenuto
Vittorio De Sica Sophia Loren Lea Padovani Antonio Cifariello Tina Pica Mario Carotenuto Joka Berretty Antonio La Raina
Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|Italy|USA
1966
103 Minutes
Director
Peter Sellers Victor Mature Britt Ekland Martin Balsam Akim Tamiroff Paolo Stoppa Tino Buazzelli Mac Ronay
director criminal fan movie star police chief sister amusing lighthearted thrilling italy village prison court movies smuggling impersonation scam guilt prison break quest
An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
6.2/10
Romance
Italy|USA
1953
63 Minutes
Director
Jennifer Jones Montgomery Clift Gino Cervi Richard Beymer Paolo Stoppa Nando Bruno
wife lover professor italian nephew passionate tense rome train station affair infidelity romantic dilemma vacation difficult decision forbidden love temptation 1950s
Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.
6.0/10
Comedy
Italy|France|USA
1967
99 Minutes
Director
Shirley MacLaine Peter Sellers Rossano Brazzi Elspeth March Vittorio Gassman Robert Morley Catherine Samie Judith Magre Clinton Greyn Lex Barker Elsa Martinelli
woman amusing dark emotional united states life story marriage discovery 1960s
Seven portraits of different types of women.
5.7/10
Romance
Italy|France
1969
90 Minutes
Director
Marcello Mastroianni Faye Dunaway Caroline Mortimer Karin Engh Esmeralda Ruspoli Enrico Simonetti Mirella Pamphili
Julia, a fashion designer harboring a secret, spends ten days of passion in the Alps with Valerio, a race car driver, in what will be their last vacation together.
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Vittorio De Sica Raquel Welch Robert Wagner Godfrey Cambridge Davey Kaye Edward G. Robinson Francesco Mulé Victor Spinetti Yvonne Sanson Mickey Knox Femi Benussi
Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch, and some incompetent European gangsters kidnap an American gangster who they think has a lot of money.
Drama
1952
91 Minutes
Director
Carlo Battisti Maria-Pia Casilio Lina Gennari Alberto Albani Barbieri Elena Rea Ileana Simova
elderly person landlady maid police officer dog bleak emotional moving rome boardinghouse hospital park street aging poverty fall quest 1950s
A lonely old man struggles to maintain his dignity while leading a meager existence with his dog as his only companion.
Comedy
1962
165 Minutes
Director
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."
Romance
1937
86 Minutes
Gianni , Max Varaldo
Vittorio De Sica Assia Noris Rubi D'Alma Lilia Dale Umberto Melnati Mario Casaleggio Virgilio Riento Caterina Collo
Vittorio makes enough money at his newspaper stall to go on vacation, and during his stay, he falls in love with a maid.
Comedy, Drama
1963
85 Minutes
Director
Alberto Sordi Gianna Maria Canale Elena Nicolai Ettore Geri Mariolina Bovo Glory Deer Sandro Merli Gloria Cervi Alceo Barnabei
Drama
1973
95 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Richard Burton Ian Bannen Barbara Pilavin Renato Pinciroli Daniele Vargas Sergio Bruni Ettore Geri Isabelle Marchall Riccardo Mangano Annabella Incontrera
husband widow brother father love interest doctor spectacular melodramatic gondola family home venice, italy sicily car accident disapproval terminal illness mourning love triangle marriage proposal forbidden love rivalry
A woman (Sophia Loren) loves one man (Richard Burton) but marries his brother (Ian Bannen) in circa-1900 Sicily.
Drama
1948
90 Minutes
Director
Lamberto Maggiorani Lianella Carell Enzo Staiola Elena Altieri Vittorio Antonucci Gino Saltamerenda Fausto Guerzoni Giulio Chiari
peasant son wife thief psychic bleak endearing powerful rome italy apartment theft poverty family justice bicycles underdog quest 1940s
A poor man (Lamberto Maggiorani) and his son (Enzo Staiola) search postwar Rome for the stolen bicycle he needs to work as a bill poster.
Drama
1959
139 Minutes
Victorio Emanuele Bardone, Grimaldi
Vittorio De Sica Hannes Messemer Sandra Milo Vittorio Caprioli Guiseppe Rossetti Giovanna Ralli Anne Vernon Baronessa Bazzani Kurt Polter Kurt Selge Mary Greco
criminal nazi military officer engaging gutsy milan, italy prison deception leadership mistaken identity nazism patriotism world war ii transformation 1940s
A petty crook forced to impersonate an Italian general identifies with the role and becomes a martyr for his country.
5.8/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy|USA
1957
99 Minutes
gambler count widower valet wealthy man beautiful woman melodramatic amusing monte carlo, monaco casino household romance money gambling addiction engagement forbidden love fall 1950s
A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless.
5.6/10
Fantasy
France|Italy|USA
1961
93 Minutes
Genie
Henry Levin Donald O'Connor Vittorio De Sica Noëlle Adam Aldo Fabrizi Michèle Mercier Milton Reid Terence Hill Fausto Tozzi Marco Tulli
A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.
Comedy
1955
100 Minutes
Sophia Loren Vittorio De Sica Marcello Mastroianni Walter Bartoletti Mario Passante Giacomo Furia Giulio Cali
con artist thief taxi driver father police officer beautiful woman amusing sultry witty police station family home italy scams theft family marriage reform pursuit love 1950s
A cabdriver (Marcello Mastroianni) encounters a thieving, fast-talking woman (Sophia Loren) and her seemingly respectable father (Vittorio De Sica).
8.0/10
Drama
France|Italy
1953
105 Minutes
Baron Fabrizio Donati
Charles Boyer Danielle Darrieux Vittorio De Sica Jean Debucourt Jean Galland Mireille Perrey Paul Azais Hubert Noël
general wife mistress jeweler aristocrat unrestrained passionate paris constantinople opera house infidelity affair aristocracy betrayal jewelry forbidden love transformation 19th century
When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1955
101 Minutes
Alessio Spano
Sophia Loren Franca Valeri Vittorio De Sica Raf Vallone Virgilio Riento Tina Pica Lina Gennari Eloisa Cianni
Agnese has many men who woo her and lives with her cousin Cesira Franca Valeri, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1960
100 Minutes
Mario Vitale
Clark Gable Sophia Loren Vittorio De Sica Marietto Paolo Carlini Claudio Ermelli Giovanni Filidoro
lawyer sister-in-law nephew brother italian american charming melodramatic heartwarming amusing naples, italy island family home village office capri reunion funeral custody battle may-december romance
Days before his wedding, a Philadelphia lawyer travels to Naples in Southern Italy to settle the estate of his late brother, only to find that he has an Italian nephew who is being cared for by his maternal aunt, a cabaret singer.
5.9/10
Romance
USA
1957
150 Minutes
Major Alessandro Rinaldi
Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones Vittorio De Sica Alberto Sordi Mercedes McCambridge Elaine Stritch Oscar Homolka Kurt Kaszner
american nurse friend german soldier italian lieutenant emotional dark italy switzerland world war i romance pregnancy execution war injury tragic death love rescue escape 1910s
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
6.2/10
Horror
Italy|France
1974
93 Minutes
Il Marchese Di Fiore
Udo Kier Joe Dallesandro Arno Juerging Vittorio De Sica Maxime McKendry Roman Polanski
count dracula assistant father mother daughter manservant campy disturbing outlandish hedonistic romania family estate castle italy inn courtyard vampires virginity sexual taboo lust
An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.
5.5/10
Comedy
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Joe
Sophia Loren Peter Sellers Alastair Sim Vittorio De Sica Dennis Price Gary Raymond Miriam Karlin Noel Purcell Virginia Vernon
heiress rich girl doctor boss philanthropist tennis player charming amusing london office hospital river thames marriage trading places money wealth opposites attract sacrifice transformation 1960s
A Millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set-up by their respective parents.
Romance
1970
95 Minutes
Carlo Di Seta - The Commadatore
Sharon Tate Orson Welles Vittorio Gassman Vittorio De Sica Terry-Thomas Gregoire Aslan Mylène Demongeot John Steiner
young man beautiful woman stranger heir love interest amusing madcap london antique shop new york city rome paris search inheritance road trip romance money adventure quest love
Interested parties search London, Paris and Rome for an antique chair, one of a set, stuffed with a family fortune.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Cardinal Rinaldi
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
5.7/10
Comedy
UK
1965
125 Minutes
The Count
Kim Novak Richard Johnson Angela Lansbury Leo McKern Vittorio De Sica George Sanders Lilli Palmer Peter Butterworth
orphan young woman mayor son lady husband banker petty criminal thief ship captain priest prison guard amusing brash campy cheeky confident engaging frenetic gutsy
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
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