Italian Cinema From "Cabiria" to "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" Italian Cinema trough ups and downs has offered the world many masterpieces. Italia-online has put together a collection of links to let you enjoy a "carrellata" of the best available on the net.

Italian Cinema Links

CINECITTA Official website of the world renown Rome's Studios Film Distributors Italian Neorealism Literature and Cinema movement originated during WW II. This site list movies, plots, directors and casts. Anica The Italian movie Association. Most comprehensive source of information on Italian cinema, actors, directors, studios, film festivals. Medusa Film Web site of one of the most successful Italian Studios Cecchi Gori Films Cecchi Gori Studios

Italian recent international best sellers

Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni's 1998 effort. Academy Award winning film for Best Actor, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Dramatic Score. Nuovo cinema Paradiso Oscar Award winning film for Best Foreign Language Film. Il Postino Starring Massimo Troisi, 1995 Oscar Winner for Best Original Score and Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture.

Spaghetti Western

Once Upon a Time in the West Directed by Sergio Leone, regarded as the best Spaghetti Western film. Lo Chiamavano Trinita' Directed by Enzo Borboni who effectively uses the charismatic duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer to create a comic western tale. Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) Directed by Sergio Leone. Starring in the lead role was Clint Eastwood, whose appearance in this and Leone's next two westerns won him international fame. Per qualche dollaro in più Directed by Sergio Leone. The sequel to A Fistful of Dollars continues what is called the "Dollars" trilogy. Clint Eastwood returns, and Lee Van Cleef also appears in his first of many Italian westerns. Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo Third western of the Dollars trilogy. This movie is the most famous of all of Leone's work, largely because of the incredible Ennio Morricone score featuring the modulated screaming in the main theme that is the most instantly recognizable western theme of all time. Django Directed by Sergio Corbucci, starring Franco Nero. A part the Dollar Trilogy, probably the most influential spaghetti western films. La Resa dei Conti First of three original Italian westerns by Sergio Sollima and along with Damiani's A Bullet for the General it is regarded as a seminal effort in the political subgenre of the Spaghetti Western. Starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian.

Fellini

La Dolce Vita Starring Anita Edberg and Marcello Mastroianni La Strada Starring Giulietta Masina and Anthony Quinn