Movies like Marcello
If Marcello's mix of short film, cinema and cinecittà stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Marcello's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Bellissima
1952 · Directed by Luchino Visconti · 115 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star.
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If Anything Happens I Love You
2020 · Directed by Will McCormack · 12 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film · From the same decade (2020s)
Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.
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Paisan
1946 · Directed by Roberto Rossellini · 125 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign…
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Reservoir Dogs
1991 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 12 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
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Red Desert
1964 · Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni · 117 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.
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The Goddess of Fortune
2019 · Directed by Ferzan Özpetek · 114 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis.
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The Swan
2023 · Directed by Wes Anderson · 17 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: short film · From the same decade (2020s)
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
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Loro
2018 · Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 157 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title –…
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Bad Tales
2020 · Directed by Damiano D'Innocenzo · 98 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama · From the same decade (2020s)
In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and…
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Euphoria
2018 · Directed by Valeria Golino · 109 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from.