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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.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanBernard BlierThe Italian Army fought against the Austrians during World War I.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAnna MagnaniTotòBen GazzaraTortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsMarcello MastroianniRenato SalvatoriGabriella GiorgelliA former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a late 19th Century textile factory.
- 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.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiShelley WintersVincenzo CrocittiA meek middle-aged man finally takes justice into his own hands.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsAlberto SordiPaolo StoppaCaroline BergA mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.
- 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 RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanEly GalleaniA judge investigates the death of a young woman, possibly a murder. He suspects a famous industry tycoon with high political connections. But to what extent do the latter's lies and frauds influence the magistrate's opinion?
- 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.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsDustin HoffmanStefania SandrelliCarla GravinaAlfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
- 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.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsNino ManfrediGino CerviMichèle MercierThe incognito visit of a fascist hierarch in a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and their lack of integrity.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo PuglisiWealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsAlberto SordiSerge ReggianiCarla GravinaWhen Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is disbanded and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsAlberto SordiAnnie GirardotFernando ReyA tremendous congestion hit the Roma highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen endures for more than 36 hours. People blocked in their cars react at the beginning normally. But the more the time advance the more we are witness of personal dramas, hysteric reactions and more. All the episodes are linked like one only plot. Cars and their hosts are a microcosm of stories part of a major universe: the congestion.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsAlberto SordiSilvana ManganoJoseph CottenEvery year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsFrancesco AnniballiMaria BoscoGiselda CastriniFour generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.
- 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.
- DirectorFranco BrusatiStarsNino ManfrediAnna KarinaPaolo TurcoItalian immigrant Nino steadfastly tries to become a member of Swiss Society no matter how awful his situation becomes.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniMariangela MelatoAgostina BelliForced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniFernando ReyShirley StolerThe defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsAlberto SordiElga AndersenLino BanfiThe surveyor Giuseppe Di Noi experiments the troubles of the Italian Justice System of the '70s while back in Italy for a vacation.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsGiancarlo GianniniLina SastriAldo GiuffrèDuring a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 1980s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who has recently lost his job, sets himself on fire in front of the Municipal Council.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanDorian GrayAnna Maria FerreroGerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAnita EkbergClaudio GoraFred ClarkThe movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of killing her husband, a wealthy financier. Both the defense and the prosecution have large dialectical skills for or against the defendant, but the evidence is rather mixed and therefore the President of the Court decides a visit in the island of Maratis, scene of the crime, for an additional investigations
- DirectorDino RisiStarsAlberto SordiLea MassariFranco FabriziSilvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.
- 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.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsEnrico Maria SalernoSandra MiloDaniela BianchiManager Marletti goes to the sea to meet his wife Giuliana to spend the weekend with her and many friends. After three days Marletti comes back driving his car to Rome. So he can sleep, alone and happy, with silence around him.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsNino ManfrediUgo TognazziPamela TiffinMarino decided to go to Rome to win back his girlfriend. After many hardships their paths eventually crossed but to his shock, he discovered that she is now married to a deaf and mute man.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsGiancarlo GianniniLaura AntonelliPaola BorboniExploring love, sex and marriage in contemporary mid-'70s Italy.
- DirectorMauro BologniniMario MonicelliPier Paolo PasoliniStarsTotòUgo D'AlessioRegina SeiffertThe film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
- 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.
- DirectorGianni PucciniStarsGian Maria VolontèLisa GastoniCarla GravinaThe true story of seven Italian brothers, farmers and Catholic, who became Communist and fought for justice and freedom against Fascism. Shot in December 1943 in Reggio Emilia, they are the first and most famous heroes in the Italian "Resistenza" (resistance against German Fascism).
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsVittorio GassmanSylva KoscinaAntonella LualdiVittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsMarcello MastroianniMonica VittiGiancarlo GianniniA three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsAlberto SordiMichel SimonCharles VanelA salesman chasing by car a beautiful female biker in order to flirt finds a castle where he is accused in a game trial for murder.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsVittorio GassmanFanny ArdantStefania SandrelliWith the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family.