Best Italy Drama Movies

1997 • Rating 8.4 • comedy, drama

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Dying And Death, Bookshop, Love Of One'S Life, Nazi, Self Sacrifice, Loss Of Loved One, Italy, Riddle, Mass Murder, Concentration Camp

Time: Year 1997, 1990S, 1997-12-20

Place: Italy

Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes

1988 • Rating 8.4 • drama, romance

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Style:

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Parent Child Relationship, Sicily, Italy, Movie Business, Kiss, Coming Of Age, Flashback, Magic Realism, Haunted By The Past, Censorship, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Time: Year 1988, 1980S, Past, 1988-11-17

Place: Italy, France, Italian

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano, Antonella Attili