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Plot Summary:
Angelo Caronia (Riccardo Scamarcio, Burnt) is an arrogant cop who returns to his hometown after years in Rome, reuniting with his estranged brother Blasco (Michele Riondino, The Young Montalbano). When a string of murders surrounding a water crisis terrorizes the city, the heat is on for Caronia and his team to catch the culprits. But can the brothers break free from their father's Mafia past?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
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Harga (2021)
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Harga, a word that defines the illegal one-way journey by death boats, from Tunisia across the Mediterranean sea, to Europe the safe haven in the eyes of these illegal immigrants, who dream of a better life and a promising future, filled with hope and determination when they leave home and their loved ones behind to battle the waves.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Italy
Duration: 40 min
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A Golden Boy (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets a publisher who wants to release his dad's autobiography.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: depressing, melancholic, psychological, bad ending, sad, moody
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The Vertical Line (2018)
Plot Summary:
Heartfelt Italian comedy-drama about the patients and staff of a hospital oncology ward.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration:
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Pompeii (2007)
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Epic drama of Pompeii at the city’s height of glory, up to the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, this film is one of titanic proportions, recounting on the grandest scale, its untimely destruction which killed 20,000 people in a matter of hours.Pompeii was a world where men and women had slaves, where gladiators fought to the death to provide entertainment to the bloodthirsty crowds. Helpless against a succession of apocalyptic events (a great earthquake,tidal waves, thunder and lightning), the inferno continued for three days and then all was silent.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, contemplative, tense, suspense, disturbing, historical drama
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Three Floors (2021)
Plot Summary:
Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 119 min
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Longlasting Youth (2010)
Plot Summary:
After the death of its youngest son, the lives of a Roman family take separate paths.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
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Nudes (2021)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration:
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1993 (2017)
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Rome, 30 April 1993. A crowd throws coins at Italian politician Bettino Craxi - as if the Civil War has begun. Be quick if you want a place in the new system. Now, it's every man for himself. 1993 is the last chance to set up the Second Republic. Everyone fights their own battles.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration:
Plot tags: political
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The Lying Life of Adults (2023)
Plot Summary:
Young Giovanna navigates her passage from childhood into adolescence as she experiences the different sides of Naples during the 1990s. A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided Naples: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: period drama
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The Right Distance (2007)
Plot Summary:
The arrival of an attractive young teacher in a small town in the Po valley disturbs the drowsy life of the place, leading eventually to a murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Eden Is West (2009)
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Elias (Riccardo Scamarcio) is an immigrant in his twenties who tries to get to Europe by a boat along with other illegal immigrants. When the boat is near the Greek shores and they hope they will soon disembark, a marine patrol approaches and Elias jumps into the sea in order to avoid arrest. So do the other people in the boat. He wakes up next morning in a shore with nudists, which is not so bad after all, since he has lost some of his clothes while he was swimming for quite a few hours. He pretends to be a nudist himself, steals some clothes and he pretends he is an employee of the hotel “Eden Club-Paradise”.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Greece, Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, political, humorous, sexual, sexy, political drama
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The Promised Life (2018)
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The story unfolds in a scenario during the twenties of the last century, interweaving the events, in Italy first and then in New York, of Carmela, the "courage mother" always ready to fight for the life promised to herself and her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, period drama
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1994 (2019)
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After the breakdown of the old government, and with it the First Republic, Italy changed for good in 1994. Spinster Leo is all too aware of this. He pushed hard to see Berlusconi get elected Prime Minister. He knows it's not easy to win power, but holding on to it verges on the impossible. By the same token, it seems equally impossible for populist politician Pietro to change. Even now that he has an office at the Prime Minister's premises in Rome, he still can't cast off his old bad habits. Nor can he forget the only woman he has ever loved. A former TV starlet now turned politician and Congresswoman, Veronica has to decide who the man of her life is going to be. She has realized she no longer wants to be just a woman on the arm of powerful men. It is the start of her own push for power.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 883
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration:
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The Big Dream (2009)
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Italian Revolution, 1968. Police officer, Nicolas, wants to become an actor. He goes out in plain clothes and meets Laura who is among students against the government, Vietnam War and who seek sexual freedom. One day, his identity gets exposed and she leaves him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, realistic, tense, suspense, touching, contemplative, hot
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L’Ora: Ink Over Bullets (2022)
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In October 1958, the Sicilian newspaper L’ORA coins the term “MAFIA” for the very first time to denounce the endemic organized crime in the region. Shortly thereafter, a bomb detonates in front of the editorial offices; only two days later the daily reappears with the headline: ‘The Mafia may threaten us, our investigation continues.’ Inspired by true events, L’ORA takes place in Palermo of the late 50 ́s and early 1960s. Newly minted Editor-in-Chief with his group of fearless journalists focus their investigation on organized crime and its reach into every corner of church and society.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration:
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Hearts (2021)
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Follows a pioneer of Italian cardiology and a specialist who returns from America and has to struggle with male stereotypes. The challenge of research and above all the fervent and driving atmosphere of the progressive Italy of the sixties.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min
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Prisma (2022)
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An exploration of the relationships and identities of Marco and Andrea, 2 twins who look identical but approach life in a very different way. The twins begin a journey of discovery and transition from what they should be to what they want to be, which will also involve their group of friends, all united by the search for their place in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 44 min
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Homemade (2020)
Plot Summary:
Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile, Italy
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: anthology, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, disaster movie
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The Lady with the Black Veil (2015)
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Clara is a young and noblewoman with a free and rebellious spirit who was separated from her twin brother and forced into an arranged marriage. Despite this, she falls in love with her husband and fights to win his love. Clara however, falls victim to her aunt’s and cousin’s conspiracies, as they are determined to steal her inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Red and the Blue (2012)
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The story of a teacher and his students, set in an Italian high school.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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The Diamond Hunters (2001)
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Set against the background of South Africa's emerald coast and diamond mines, Diamond Hunters traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget. Johnny, a successful diamond hunter, gets sucked back into a family that had been his own, before the patriarch, Jacob Van der Byl, abandoned him 20 years ago. Painful memories of an unjust father and a long lost love come back to reality as Johnny is pitted against his own half-brother Benedict in a fight over two women, a diamond empire and ultimately, his very survival. Played out over two episodes, Diamond Hunters describes Johnny's thwarted attempts to win the approval of Jacob, and the under-hand schemes by which the inimical Benedict plans to defeat him. Tracey, Benedict's sister and Johnny's true love, further complicates the fraternal rivalry, as all attempt to overcome the demons that survive from their troubled childhood.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Drama
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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1992 (2015)
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Set in Rome, Milan and different Italian cities, the TV series offers a thrilling story following six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape in the early 1990s, during which Italy was gripped by the Clean Hands investigation into political corruption. Subsequently, this led to the termination of the First Republican Party as well as the termination of several other Italian parties. This controversial period in Italy resulted in the suicide of various political figures.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, serious, atmospheric, psychological, erotic, political, sensual, tense, thought provoking
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Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
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Story of Moses. Originally a TV Miniseries recut for theaters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 360 min
Plot tags: biblical, epic, atmospheric, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
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We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021)
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Six teenagers fight for their dream of happiness and freedom, leaving behind all the problems with parents, teachers and others. Christiane, Stella, Babsi, Benno, Axel and Michi throw themselves into the heady nights of Berlin, without limits or rules, and celebrate life, love and temptation - until they have to realize that this rush will not only destroy their friendship, but can drive them into the abyss.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, thought provoking
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Baby (2018)
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Inspired by a true story, this series follows a group of Roman teenagers as they defy society in their search for identity and independence.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: erotic, romantic, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, intellectual
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We Are Who We Are (2020)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 462 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, sentimental, uplifting, touching, sweet, funny, educational, cute
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The Red Band Society (2014)
Plot Summary:
Braccialetti Rossi is a story of friendship, values and life, a modern tale about the power of sharing, where protagonists are six young guys that the destiny brings together within a hospital. While laughing, playing, crying and gets excited, as only young people can do, a group is created taking the center of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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DOC - Nelle tue mani (2020)
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Professor Andrea Fanti, a brilliant Head of Internal Medicine, has his life turned upside down when the father of a patient who has died in his ward shoots him in the head. Andrea survives the shooting, but loses his memory of the last twelve years of his life. When he wakes up, he struggles to recognise his colleagues, his family and the man he had become.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychological, clever, intellectual, captivating, realistic, disturbing, medical drama
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Euphoria (2018)
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Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from. They’re brothers but with two very different personalities. A dramatic event will force them to live together in Rome for a few months, bringing up the opportunity to face their differences with sympathy and tenderness, in a climax of fear and euphoria.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, romantic, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic
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My Brilliant Friend (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, suspense, exciting, rough, captivating, erotic, aesthetic