Here's my list, some I've seen, most I'm still trying to track down. If
I know where it's filmed or the year, I add that. Some are great, others are
completely cheesy, have fun viewing!
Directed by Franco Zefferelli |
| Romeo & Juliet |
filmed in Pienza, 1968, a classic |
| Brother Sun, Sister Moon |
1974, kind of cheesy, but tells the story
of St. Francis of Assisi fairly well |
| Tea with Mussolini |
1999, San Gimignano |
Directed by Lina Wertmuller |
| Ciao Professore |
1994 |
| Seven Beauties |
1976 |
| Swept Away |
1975, another classic! |
Directed by Rosselini |
| Amore |
1950 |
| Rogopag |
1962 |
| Cabiria |
1914 |
| Paisan |
1946 |
| Voyage in Italy |
1953 |
| Stromboli |
1950 |
| Open City |
1946 |
Directed by Fellini |
| Amacord |
1975, his autobiographical drama |
| La Strada |
1954 |
| 81/2 |
1964 |
| Satyricon |
very Caligula like |
| City of Woman |
1980 |
| Ginger and Fred |
|
| Intervista |
|
| La Dolca Vita |
1960 |
Recent Films - from the last 10 years or so |
| The English Patient |
filmed in Siena, Pienza, Montepulciano. The
abbey Sant Anna near Pienza was used for many of the scenes. The scene
with the frescoes was in Arezzo. |
| Malena |
2001 |
| The Night of the Shooting stars |
1982 |
| Gladiator |
2000, set in ancient Rome, filmed on a set
in Sicily |
| Stealing Beauty |
filmed in Tuscany, just north of Siena, near
Brolio castle, directed by Bertolucci |
| Big Night |
|
| Enchanted April |
set on the Ligurian coast |
| A Month by the Lake |
set in the northern Lakes district |
| Johnny Stecchino |
1992 - Farce by Roberto Benigni |
| The Monster |
1996 - Strictly for true Benigni fans |
| Talented Mr. Ripley |
2000, Venice, Rome, Ischia on the Amalfi Coast |
| Much Ado about Nothing |
filmed at Villa Vignamaggio near Greve |
| Life is beautiful |
filmed in Arezzo |
| A Room with a View |
Florence, Fiesole |
| Mediterraneo |
1992 - Wonderful! |
| Night Sun |
1990 |
| Elective Affinities |
1996 |
| Fiorile |
1994 |
| Farinelli- il Castrato |
1995 |
| Cinema Paradiso |
1990 |
| Only You |
Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi Coast |
| II Postinio |
1996 |
Older Films |
| Three Coins in the Fountain |
Rome |
| Everyone Says I Love You |
Venice |
| Miracle in Milan |
1951 |
| Malicious |
1973 |
| The Leopard |
1963 |
| Red Desert |
1964 |
| Summertime |
1955 Hepburn classic |
| It Started in Naples |
1960 |
| The Seduction of Mimi |
1972 |
| Divorce Italian Style |
1962 |
| The Decameron |
1970 |
| The Gospel According to St. Matthew |
1964 |
| Love and Anarchy |
1973 |
| The Godfather movies |
the three Godfather movies, Godfather II has
scenes in Sicily |
| Two Women |
Loren classic! |
| The Tree of Wooden Clogs |
1978 |
| The Innocent |
1976 |
| The last days of Pompeii |
1913 |
| St. Michael Had a Rooster |
1971 |
| Teorema |
1968 |
| II Testimone dello Sposo |
1998 |
| The Age of Medici |
1972 |
| Accatone |
1968 |
| Avanti |
1972 |
| Ben Hur |
1959 |
| The Canterbury Tales |
1971 |
| Dangerous Beauty |
Venice |
| Death in Venice |
|
| The Roof |
|
| Quo Vadis |
1951 |
| Yesterday, today and tomorrow |
1965 |
| Massacre in Rome |
|
| Mamma Roma |
1962 |
| Roma |
Liz - is this the name of a movie or a title
saying these movies are about Rome?? |
| Ghosts of Rome |
|
| Big Deal on Madonna Street |
1959 |
| The Pizza Triangle |
|
| Interview |
|
| We all loved each other so much |
|
| The Bicycle Thief |
1949, Rome, a classic |
| Marriage Italian Style |
1966 |
| Rocco and his Brother |
1960 |
| Pink Panther |
Venice Liz, I don't remember scenes in Venice?? |
| The Garden of the Fitzie-Continis |
1971 |
| The Comfort of Strangers |
Liz, I don't remember scenes in Italy?? |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone |
|
| Nights of Caberia |
1958 |
| Spartacus |
|
| Roman Holiday |
1953 |
Well that's my list, hope that it inspires us a little to see some more
of Italy!
