2h07
With Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Giuseppe Ianigro, Nando Orfei, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Luigi Rossi, Gianfilippo Carcano, Magali Noël
A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
With Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Giuseppe Ianigro, Nando Orfei, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Luigi Rossi, Gianfilippo Carcano, Magali Noël
Recommended by Bong Joon-Ho, Laurent Cantet, Costa Gavras, Jacques Doillon, Hirokazu Kore-eda, James Gray, Agnès Varda, William Friedkin, Catherine Corsini, Jaco Van Dormael, Michel Ocelot, Elia Suleiman
1h32
With Luigi Fanfulla, Tino Scotti, Gigi Reder, Riccardo Billi
A ragout of real memories and mockumentary, as Fellini explores a childhood obsession: circus clowns.
With Luigi Fanfulla, Tino Scotti, Gigi Reder, Riccardo Billi
Recommended by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
2h52
With Anita Ekberg, Alain Cuny, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Annibale Ninchi, Laura Betti, Lex Barker, Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
With Anita Ekberg, Alain Cuny, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Annibale Ninchi, Laura Betti, Lex Barker, Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée
Recommended by Jutta Brückner, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Nadav Lapid, Cédric Klapisch, José Luis Guerín, Bertrand Blier, Maren Ade, Nanni Moretti, Paul Verhoeven, Clément Cogitore, Damien Chazelle, Corneliu Porumboiu, Joanna Hogg, Michael Haneke, David Cronenberg
1h54
With Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Madeleine Lebeau, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisù, Barbara Steele
Guido Anselmi, a film director, is stuck for inspiration in the middle of writing a screenplay. He withdraws to a health resort. His wife Louisa, his mistress Carla, his friends, his actors and his producer come to pay a visit. They all want him to finish writing the film. He takes refuge in endless daydreaming. Wandering between dream and reality, Fellini plays out his own anxiety toward creation.
With Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Madeleine Lebeau, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisù, Barbara Steele
Recommended by Martin Scorsese, François Truffaut, Jacques Doillon, James Gray, Jerry Schatzberg, Joachim Trier, Bertrand Blier, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes, John Woo, Nanni Moretti, Dario Argento, Clément Cogitore, Paul Schrader, Patrice Leconte, Saeed Roustaee, Rebecca Zlotowski, Michael Haneke, Payal Kapadia, Andreas Dresen
2h45
With Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta, Clara Algranti, Daniela Gatti
The myth of Giacomo Casanova, the notorious womanizer is presented as a pitiable and terrifying figure. A sex scandal lands him in prison, but an escape to Paris provides him a new lease of life.
With Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta, Clara Algranti, Daniela Gatti
Recommended by Agnès Jaoui
1h10
With Balduin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Ferdinando Villella
An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.
With Balduin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Ferdinando Villella
Recommended by Robert Guédiguian
2h12
With Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier, Elisa Mainardi
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
With Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier, Elisa Mainardi
Recommended by Christophe Honoré
2h18
With Salvo Randone, Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Luigi Fanfulla, Magali Noël
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.
With Salvo Randone, Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Luigi Fanfulla, Magali Noël
Recommended by Martin Scorsese, Robin Campillo, Riad Sattouf
1h43
With Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Interlenghi, Riccardo Fellini, Eleonora Ruffo, Lída Baarová, Jean Brochard, Claude Farell, Carlo Romano, Arlette Sauvage, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni
A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.
With Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Interlenghi, Riccardo Fellini, Eleonora Ruffo, Lída Baarová, Jean Brochard, Claude Farell, Carlo Romano, Arlette Sauvage, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni
Recommended by Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Christoph Hochhäusler, José Luis Guerín, Nanni Moretti, Peter Handke, Michael Haneke
2h17
With José Luis de Vilallonga, Giulietta Masina, Valentina Cortese, Valeska Gert, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisù
Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
With José Luis de Vilallonga, Giulietta Masina, Valentina Cortese, Valeska Gert, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisù
Recommended by Dario Argento
1h45
With Dorian Gray, Giulietta Masina, Aldo Silvani, Polidor, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Mario Passante, Ennio Girolami, Sandro Moretti, Pina Gualandri, María Luisa Rolando, Loretta Capitoli, Giovanna Gattinoni
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.
With Dorian Gray, Giulietta Masina, Aldo Silvani, Polidor, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Mario Passante, Ennio Girolami, Sandro Moretti, Pina Gualandri, María Luisa Rolando, Loretta Capitoli, Giovanna Gattinoni
Recommended by François Truffaut, Bong Joon-Ho, James Gray, Cédric Klapisch, Park Chan-wook, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, John Woo, Robert Guédiguian, Alice Rohrwacher, Dominique and Fiona Abel & Gordon, John Cameron Mitchell, Sean Baker
1h59
With Anna Magnani, Alberto Sordi, Gore Vidal, John Francis Lane, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Marne Maitland, Dante Cleri, Mimmo Poli, Alvaro Vitali, Feodor Chaliapine, Franco Magno, Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni
A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.
With Anna Magnani, Alberto Sordi, Gore Vidal, John Francis Lane, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Marne Maitland, Dante Cleri, Mimmo Poli, Alvaro Vitali, Feodor Chaliapine, Franco Magno, Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni
Recommended by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Gans, Cristian Mungiu, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
1h34
With Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovena, Livia Venturini
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
With Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovena, Livia Venturini
Recommended by Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, James Gray, Lynne Ramsay, Jerry Schatzberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Robert Guédiguian, Aki Kaurismäki, Jaco Van Dormael, Alice Diop, Felix Van Groeningen, Francis Veber, Andreas Dresen
1h25
With Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Brunella Bovo, Lilia Landi, Ernesto Almirante
During a day in their honeymoon, a couple is separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.
With Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Brunella Bovo, Lilia Landi, Ernesto Almirante
Recommended by Nanni Moretti