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1. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Not Rated | 186 min | Drama, History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
Votes: 6,891
2. Il posto (1961)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Bursting with big dreams and plans, an Italian teen goes to Milan to work in a big impersonal corporate office, where he becomes disillusioned and drained of all his individualism.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Corrado Aprile, Guido Chiti
Votes: 6,737 | Gross: $0.01M
3. Tickets (2005)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
During a train journey from Central Europe to Rome, characters connect through casual encounters and set forth a story of love, chance and sacrifice. One single journey sparks many changes for many people.
Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Carlo Delle Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Silvana De Santis, Filippo Trojano
Votes: 2,857
4. The Fiances (1963)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama
Despite his fiancee's reluctance, a young man moves to Sicily for a better job, but soon starts questioning his decision.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Anna Canzi, Carlo Cabrini
Votes: 2,301
5. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Not Rated | 170 min | Documentary, Sport
Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Antonio Ambu, Gary Anderson, Gerry Ashworth, Polina Astakhova
Votes: 2,199
6. The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama
An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the cathedral.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 2,165
7. The Profession of Arms (2001)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, War
The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in ... See full summary »
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Christo Jivkov, Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Rachkov, Fabio Giubbani
Votes: 1,908
8. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Unrated | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.28M
9. Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017)
84 min | Drama, Romance, War
An Italian partisan torn between the resistance movement and his obsession with a young woman during World War II.
Director: Paolo Taviani | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Lorenzo Richelmy, Valentina Bellè, Francesca Agostini
Votes: 992
10. Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014)
80 min | Drama, History, War
A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war during one night at the Italian Front.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Camillo Grassi, Niccolò Senni, Andrea Di Maria
Votes: 975
11. One Hundred Nails (2007)
92 min | Drama
An Italian professor seeks refuge in the quiet, peaceful ruins of an old building.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Raz Degan, Luna Bendandi, Andrea Lanfredi, Amina Syed
Votes: 778
12. Around a Small Mountain (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Biopic based on the life of author Raymond Roussel.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon, Jacques Bonnaffé
Votes: 771 | Gross: $0.03M
13. Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)
Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sculpt mysterious shapes out of the ... See full summary »
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Paul Scofield, Annabi Abdelialil, Omero Antonutti, Sabir Aziz
Votes: 746
14. Singing Behind Screens (2003)
98 min | Drama, History, Music
A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni, Camillo Grassi
Votes: 570
15. Time Stood Still (1959)
83 min | Drama
Two workers at an isolated Alpine dam grow closer when an avalanche traps them in their hut without power or contact.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Natale Rossi, Roberto Seveso, Paolo Quadrubbi
Votes: 482
16. The Secret of the Old Woods (1993)
134 min | Family, Fantasy
It tells the story of a general who is about to cut down an old forest for the sake of financial gain, but discovers that the forest is inhabited by invisible spirits.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Giulio Brogi, Riccardo Zannantonio, Lino Pais Marden
Votes: 408
17. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
Seventy short films about cinema and its future.
Directors: Hala Abdallah, John Akomfrah, Wang Bing, Catherine Breillat, Júlio Bressane, Rama Burshtein, Antonio Capuano, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Isabel Coixet, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Claire Denis, Lav Diaz, Amit Dutta, Aleksey Fedorchenko, Frédéric Fonteyne, James Franco, Lluís Galter, Haile Gerima, Aleksey German Jr., Amos Gitai, Benoît Jacquot, Zhangke Jia, Kim Ki-duk, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Larraín, Tobias Lindholm, Guido Lombardi, Jazmín López, Samuel Maoz, Pietro Marcello, Brillante Mendoza, Celina Murga, Amir Naderi, Shirin Neshat, Nicolás Pereda, Franco Piavoli, Giuseppe Piccioni, João Pedro Rodrigues, Walter Salles, Paul Schrader, Ulrich Seidl, Luca Severi, Jean-Marie Straub, Tusi Tamasese, Tariq Teguia, Pablo Trapero, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Teresa Villaverde, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Andrew Wonder, Yonfan, Krzysztof Zanussi, Karim Aïnouz, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jan Cvitkovic, Atom Egoyan, Davide Ferrario, Monte Hellman, Semih Kaplanoglu, Marlen Khutsiev, Yorgos Lanthimos, Milcho Manchevski, Franco Maresco, Salvatore Mereu, Ermanno Olmi, Michele Placido, Edgar Reitz, Hong Sang-soo, Todd Solondz, Sion Sono, Kounosuke Tsukamoto, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Shekhar Kapur, Heeraz Marfatia | Stars: Jessica Alexander, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lola Créton, Haile Gerima
Votes: 395
18. The Cardboard Village (2011)
87 min | Drama
When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a soon-to-be-closed church, an elderly priest must choose between his calling and his orders.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Rutger Hauer, Massimo De Francovich, Alessandro Haber
Votes: 306
19. 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989)
90 min | Documentary
Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Mario Monicelli, Ermanno Olmi, Gillo Pontecorvo, Francesco Rosi, Mario Soldati, Lina Wertmüller, Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Tonino Accolla, Elio Bartolini, Amelia Martello, Giovanni Mauriello
Votes: 255
20. La cotta (1967 TV Movie)
49 min | Romance
Olmi's 1967 short about a young boy's first love.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Giovanna Claudia Mongino, Luciano Piergiovanni
Votes: 248
21. Long Live the Lady! (1987)
115 min | Drama
In this parable centering on a chateau dinner given by a grand old lady, a group of bankers, scientists and industrialists eat badly and misbehave monstrously.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Marco Esposito, Simona Brandalise, Stafania Busarello, Simone Dalla Rosa
Votes: 241
22. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
23. The Circumstance (1973)
90 min | Drama
Laura is a successful lawyer with fully grown children, who finds her life empty. Then a young motorcyclist has an accident in front of her. She takes him to the hospital, and he becomes the focus of her attention.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Ada Savelli, Gaetano Porro, Raffaella Bianchi, Mario Sireci
Votes: 184
24. One Fine Day (1968)
105 min | Drama
A middle-aged, middle-class man named Bruno gets his boss' job . The film examines his sensitivity toward his old boss, who he doesn't want to hurt, toward his employees, and toward his wife and mistress.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Brunetto Del Vita, Lidia Fuortes, Vitaliano Damioli, Giovanna Ceresa
Votes: 173
25. Walking, Walking (1983)
171 min | Drama, History
The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him, the duty of truth to increase the stature of people, all together: these are the important ... See full summary »
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè, Eligio Martellucci, Renzo Samminiatesi
Votes: 159
26. I recuperanti (1969 TV Movie)
101 min | Drama
The story of Gianni, returned from the front in his home village, who digs weapons and shells in the mountains and resells them to survive.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Antonio Lunardi, Andreino Carli, Alessandra Micheletto, Pietro Tolin
Votes: 148
27. Terra madre (2009)
78 min | Documentary
A documentary about the slow food movement.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Ampello Bucci, Stefano Gatti, Maurizio Gelati, Nicholas Paganessi
Votes: 104
28. A Man Named John (1965)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told. Rod Steiger, in the central role, ... See full summary »
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Rod Steiger, Adolfo Celi, Giorgo Fortunato, Ottone Candiani
Votes: 98
29. L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
104 min | Documentary
A documentary about the producer and Titanus president Goffredo Lombardo.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Renzo Arbore, Dario Argento, Pippo Baudo, Alberto Bevilacqua
Votes: 97
30. Dialogo di un venditore di almanacchi e di un passeggiere (1957)
10 min | Short
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Paolo Pampurini, Enzo Tarascio
Votes: 71
31. In the Summertime (1971)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A young man shares his fantasies with a young girl who is already on the threshold of disillusion. Will she respond to him?
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Renato Paracchi, Rosanna Callegari, Mario Barillà, Gabriele Fontanesi
Votes: 68
32. Peter Brook: The Tightrope (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Brook | Stars: Peter Brook, Hayley Carmichael, Jos Houben, Micha Lescot
Votes: 62 | Gross: $0.02M
33. Il pensionato (1958)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Piero Faconti, Mary Valente
Votes: 54
34. Metropolis (II) (1995– )
55 min | Documentary
Metropolis explores the arts and culture scene in Europe.
Stars: Philippe Sollers, Rebecca Manzoni, Nanni Moretti, Michel Houellebecq
Votes: 53
35. Il premio (2009)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Stefania Berselli, Maral Kinran, Matteo Bessone, Marco Costantini
Votes: 37
36. La valle di pietra (1992)
102 min | Drama
Director: Maurizio Zaccaro | Stars: Charles Dance, Aleksander Bardini, Fabio Bussotti, Klara Neroldova
Votes: 36
37. La pagella (2009)
12 min | Short, Drama
A mother takes her son to visit his father before leaving on vacation. Again this year the man won't be with his family and the child wants to show him his report card. The visiting ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Celli | Stars: Marco Giallini, Irene Ferri, Andrea Calligari, Lori Abadi
Votes: 35
38.
Capitali culturali d'Europa (1983– )
Episode:
Milano '83
(1983)
65 min | Documentary
Captures the sights and sounds of Milan, Italy, with a hand held camera.
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Votes: 35
40. La diga del ghiacciaio (1955)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Star: Silvano Rizza
Votes: 34
41. Manon: Finestra 2 (1956)
13 min | Short
The images show the hard work of the miners and their daily life against the backdrop of the splendid mountain landscapes of the Val di Fumo (Italy). The excavations for the construction of... See full summary »
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Star: Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 34
42. Vedete, sono uno di voi (2017)
76 min | Documentary, Biography
The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its vocation and ideals. Through dramatic events... See full summary »
Directors: Ermanno Olmi, Giacomo Gatti | Stars: Carlo Maria Martini, Ermanno Olmi
Votes: 32
43. Lungo il fiume (1992)
81 min | Documentary
The Po River is shown as dominating the world it creates on its banks - an ecological journey reflecting on man, nature, the supernatural, and the changing seasons with quotes from Konrad Lorenz and the Gospel of St. John.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Star: Francesco Carnelutti
Votes: 32
44. La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo (1954)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Votes: 32
45. Una storia milanese (1962)
94 min | Drama
Milan, one winter in the early sixties. Valeria, a free young woman who usually goes from one man to another, falls in love with Giampiero. This time, this is a serious relationship to the ... See full summary »
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: Danièle Gaubert, Enrique Thibaut, Romolo Valli, Lucilla Morlacchi
Votes: 31
47. Michelino 1A B (1956)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Sandro Beretta, Stefano Paroletti, Giovanni Pandocchi
Votes: 25
48. Rupi del vino (2009)
54 min | Documentary
"There are five reasons for drinking: a friend's arrival, the excellence of the wine, present and future thirst, and whatever else you care to add". Ermanno Olmi has returned to documentary... See full summary »
Directors: Ermanno Olmi, Giacomo Gatti | Stars: Daniele Romeri, Simone Murada, Alessandra Murada, Giulia Murada
Votes: 24
49. Racconti di giovani amori (1967)
101 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Caterina Barbero, Elsa Boni, Eugenio Cirelli Bruni, Giustino De Paoli
Votes: 24
50. Imago urbis (1987)
Documentary
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Damiano Damiani, Carlo Lizzani, Luigi Magni, Ermanno Olmi, Folco Quilici, Ettore Scola, Florestano Vancini, Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Pino Colizzi, Riccardo Cucciolla, Luca Ward
Votes: 22