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- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriA motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakJean-Louis TrintignantAn impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsUgo TognazziGastone MoschinPhilippe NoiretFour inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanBernard BlierThe Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsMarcello MastroianniDaniela RoccaStefania SandrelliA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsNino ManfrediVittorio GassmanStefania SandrelliThree partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo GiuffrèStories about three very different women and the men they attract.
- DirectorStenoStarsAlberto SordiMaria Pia CasilioIlse PetersonNando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. He tries to speak American-English, to wear clothes he thinks Americans wear, to walk like John Wayne, and to eat cornflakes with ketchup - His life is a parody of the real American way of life that he could not get. Nando's not-so-secret dream is to visit the USA, so he climbs up to the Coliseum and threats to commit suicide if the American Embassy does not give him the visa. But at this point Nando is very well known as a 'crazy-for-USA' boy and the troubles he provoked will not help him.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsStefania SandrelliMario AdorfJean-Claude BrialyAdriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsSaro UrzìStefania SandrelliAldo PuglisiA desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter's fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family's honor.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakFolco LulliA group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
- DirectorMassimo TroisiStarsMassimo TroisiFiorenza MarchegianiLino TroisiGaetano, a young Neapolitan, decides to leave home, work and friends, to look for other moments of life and meet other people. He goes to Florence, to his aunt's home. In a clinic, where he goes by chance, he meets Martha and falls in love with her. After a series of funny situations (an old friend from the relentless chatter coming from Naples and the mature aunt and her elderly lover, a young American priest who wants to involve him in his visits to evangelical force, the encounter with Riccardino, a young man frustrated by an oppressive mother and the father waiting for the miracle of re-growth of an amputated hand, etc.) Gaetano decides to stay in Florence and to act as father to Martha's incoming son, even if the girl does not want to disclose the exact name of the father.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsPaolo VillaggioAnna MazzamauroGigi RederA good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly getting into difficult situations, but never loses his positive mood.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsUgo TognazziCatherine SpaakBéatrice AltaribaA middle-aged and slightly conservative businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one named Francesca. He is pursuaded to join their party and even pay for most of it, as he finds himself strangely attracted to Francesca, who seems his complete opposite.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiPaolo StoppaCaroline BergA mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiPaolo BonacelliA kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaMarisa MerliniAn unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
- DirectorStenoStarsGigi ProiettiEnrico MontesanoCatherine SpaakBruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is always at the track together with his friends Armando Pellicci, known as "Er Pomata" cause his use of hair gel, and Felice. They always bet on the wrong horses and they always end up being penniless.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAlberto SordiFranca ValeriLivio LorenzonA mediocre businessman who's married to a much more successful businesswoman relies heavily on her financial support for his bad business ideas, and to pay off his mounting debt, but both of them have had enough of each other.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsMarisa AllasioMaurizio ArenaRenato SalvatoriRomulus and Salvatore are two Roman boys, engaged respectively with Anna Maria and Marisa, the first sister of Salvatore and the second of Romulus.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsMarisa AllasioMaurizio ArenaRenato SalvatoriRomolo and Salvatore are two young men who are neighbors and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna.
- DirectorCarlo Ludovico BragagliaStarsTotòSilvana PampaniniAdriana BenettiThe story is set in a small town near Naples in early 1900. Baron Antonio Peletti is a stingy, cruel man who lives in a luxurious house, but only spends the bare minimum on the needs of his son and future daughter-in-law.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsFernandelGino CerviVera TalchiA determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsAldo FabriziTotòAve NinchiEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsTotòIsa BarzizzaGiuditta RissoneTotò Casamandrei sells his soul to a demon to win the Tour of Italy.
- DirectorEduardo De FilippoStarsEduardo De FilippoLeda GloriaDelia ScalaA combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis, then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens are Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo), who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto). The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in: a corpse used to conceal contraband; serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time; a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker.
- DirectorCarlo BorghesioStarsErminio MacarioVera CarmiNando Bruno
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsWalter ChiariLucia BosèAroldo TieriThe young Walter, anything but sporty, falls in love with Clara, a ski instructor.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAlberto SordiMarisa AllasioIngeborg SchönerThe "casanova" gondolier Bepi struggles to accept his future monogamous life, being Venice a hub of attracting tourists.
- DirectorGianni FrancioliniStarsAlberto SordiMichèle MorganMarcello MastroianniIt is Summer. It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio. Different stories: Dorina looking for a rich lover; Clara who takes a fancy to the young Walter while her daughter Lina tries to save her; Aristarco who gave up his career to follow Ada's, but who likes Jacqueline; Renata who is offered by her husband to Ferrari to get money; Marcello who, extraditing Micheline to France, misses the train and falls in love with her.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsVittorio De SicaGino CerviCarla GravinaAn industrialist tries to corrupt the deputy mayor by exploiting his oratory vanity, to prevent the panoramic view of his villa from being disfigured by a hospice.
- DirectorNanni LoyFernando PalaciosGianni PucciniStarsAlberto SordiAurora BautistaLuigi TosiAlberto's marriage is a complete failure: his wife Elena is a hard woman influenced by her mother and sister who live with the married couple. Alberto is also experiencing financial problems and hopes for the help of a rich widow who is however interested in his sexual favours. Naturally Elena puts obstacles in his way and everything goes wrong. Alberto decides to change job then and becomes a sweets sales representative. Disillusioned with marital life he also changes his attitude towards women: he tells every woman he meets he is single.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsSylva KoscinaRenato SalvatoriDorian GrayFederico, Bruno, Pirro and Benny are married. The first three have beautiful wifes, Benny instead is married to a ugly woman. Ornella is Bruno's wife, she is very jealous and maintains that all men are deceitful, granted the opportunity, while Claudine, Federico's wife, maintains the contrary point of view. So they bet that Tosca, a former dancer, will succeed in seducing Federico. Troubles for everyone.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsMarisa AllasioRenato SalvatoriFrancisco RabalMarisa is a young girl who sells drinks at the Civitavecchia station. Her beauty makes all the boys fall in love with her.
- DirectorCarlo Ludovico BragagliaStarsAlessandra PanaroTerence HillRossella ComoLuciano teaches mathematics to Sandra to help her in school and they fall in love. Sandra has another suitor--Nicola, who is also rich. Then Luciano meets the French Brigitte and she wants him to come with her to Paris. Sandra's father is in financial straits and he is obliged to flee abroad.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsVittorio De SicaIsabelle CoreyAntonio CifarielloIntersecting lives on an island holiday: A lawyer anxious he caused a youth's death.An engineer suspecting his wife after being teased by pranksters.A young man falling for a nurse.A Frenchman seeing his wife wooed by a local.
- DirectorGiorgio BianchiStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaAnne VernonAlberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsMarcello MastroianniFranca ValeriGiovanna RalliA traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsVittorio De SicaSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniLuca runs a mill and is married to Carmela, a beautiful wife. But his wife's beauty catches the eye of Don Teofilo the Governor.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsAlberto SordiSandra MiloNino ManfrediPaolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGina LollobrigidaVittorio GassmanRobert AldaRome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques". Sergei finds Lina back in the French capital and, as a play and game, makes her his mistress. When she understands the truth Lina runs away with tenor Silvani. Mad with jealousy, Doria kills Silvani and the young singer who thinks Sergei is responsible for Silvani's death, decides to devote her life to her career. Going from success to success, Lina arrives one day in Saint Petersburg where she is to sing before the Tsar. There she meets Sergei again...
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsFernandelGino CerviClaude SylvainBewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.