Best Italian movies of 1980s

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Klaus Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Christopher Plummer,

Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.

Actors : Piera Degli Esposti, Nanni Moretti, Remo Remotti, Laura Morante,
Directors : Nanni Moretti,

Nuovamente nei panni del suo alter-ego Michele Apicella, Nanni Moretti scrive la sua commedia apparentemente più ilare ma anche surreale ed inquietante... See full synopsis »

Actors : Richard Anthony Crenna, John Harper, Sherrie Rose, Pietro Genuardi,
Directors : Fabrizio De Angelis,

A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.

Actors : Claudio Amendola, Jerry Calà, Christian De Sica, Karina Huff,
Directors : Carlo Vanzina,

Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money, falls in love with the American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo,...

Actors : Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

In the Eighteenth Century, the "Traveling Company of Scenic Arts" composed of Tyrant, Lady Leonarde, Serafina, Isabella, Leandre, Zerbina, Matamore and Pulcinella gets lost while traveling ...

Actors : Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

A clone/mix of PREDATOR and ROBOCOP gone nuts jungle flick with an international cast, exotic locale and good electronic music.

Actors : Claudio Amendola, Jerry Calà, Christian De Sica, Antonella Interlenghi,
Directors : Carlo Vanzina,

A group of students from the San Crispino school for boys take a holiday in the United States, traveling from New York trough Utah all the way to Los Angeles. Young Father Don Buro (...

Actors : Manfred Lehmann, Lewis Collins, Cristina Donadio, Klaus Kinski,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

A cruel dictator rules a Latin American state. Corruption, brutality and exploitation are present every day. A few people begin to organise resistance. Under the leader "El Leopardo" a ...

Actors : Alessandro Haber, Janet Agren, Alida Valli, Paolo Villaggio,
Directors : Neri Parenti,

Paolo Coniglio (coniglio is the italian translaton of "rabbit") is a naive and clumsy writer in comics publishing, bullied by his manager and the terrible future mother-in-law. To escape ...

Actors : Deborah Moore, Franco Nero, Mary Stavin, William Berger,
Directors : Nello Rossati,

Author Ted Angelo discovers an UFO in the Columbian jungle. When he tries to spread the word, he earns more than the usual disbelief: suddenly he's hunted by almost every organization, like...

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Anthony Quinn, Valérie Kaprisky, Francesco Quinn,
Directors : Giacomo Battiato,

As a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin and he was fascinated by its voice. He tried to construct a violin and attracted the ...

Actors : Antonio Marsina, Paul Vance, Giancarlo Prete, Luciano Pigozzi,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

During the Vietnam war, an army sergeant rebels against his tyrant commanding officer, whilst they are cut off by the enemy in the jungle. Things get worse for all of them after that.

Actors : Clelia Rondinella, Giancarlo Giannini, Lina Sastri, Aldo Giuffrè,
Directors : Nanni Loy,

During a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 80s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who has recently lost his job, sets himself on fire in front of the Municipal Council.

Actors : Mattia Sbragia, Consuelo Ferrara, Bruno Zanin, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

The story of the infamous 1978 kidnapping of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro by the left-wing terrorists from the Red Brigades.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Claudia Ohana, Diane Lane, Francesco Quinn,
Directors : Charles Finch,

A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.

Actors : Bo Svenson, Brett Baxter Clark, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory,
Directors : Pierluigi Ciriaci,

Latin American revolutionaries invade a military base on Puerto Rico, and steal a nuclear bomb, killing a pregnant woman in the process. Captain Beck (Fred Williamson) is assigned to track ...

Actors : Gianfranco Manfredi, Gilla Novak, Lorenzo Lena, Monica Guerritore,
Directors : Salvatore Samperi,

The sexual relationship between a successful woman and her brother, an introvert, hypochondriacal youth, who is also a pornophile.