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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.
- 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.
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsVittorio GassmanRenato SalvatoriClaudia CardinaleThe usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorAntonio PietrangeliStarsSimone SignoretMarcello MastroianniSandra MiloWhen a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.
- 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.
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsUgo TognazziGeorges WilsonMireille GranelliThe quest of a Fascist soldier, whose mission is to catch a political enemy during at the end of World War II.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsNicola Rossi-LemeniElli DavisFernandelIn Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack there of) to the announcement.
- 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.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaFederico FelliniMario MonicelliStarsAnita EkbergSophia LorenRomy SchneiderInspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
- 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.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsAlberto SordiNorma BengellGabriella ContiWhen a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanUgo TognazziRoger HaninAfter the 1st world war, two veterans, starving, but fools, are enlisted with the fascists, where they can eat. But when it comes to killing, they drop out.
- DirectorMarco FerreriStarsUgo TognazziMarina VladyWalter GillerA forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorGian Luigi PolidoroStarsAlberto SordiGunilla Elm-TornkvistAnne-Charlotte SjöbergSordi gives a deep and touching comic performance as an Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm. The movie depicts the clash between his fantasies about sex in Sweden with the reality of what he finds.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsAlberto SordiGianna Maria CanaleElena NicolaiDuring the economic boom of Italy a man tries desperately to maintain a high standard of living for his family.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo GiuffrèStories about three very different women and the men they attract.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsWalter ChiariFrancisco RabalLetícia RománTwo members of a former group of friends find themselves after many years by chance through the streets of Milan; after a moment, memories of the past resurface.
- DirectorMauro MorassiDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanAnouk AiméeJean-Louis TrintignantWith the desire to be rich gnawing at him, an arriviste pursues a golden real-estate opportunity at the expense of friends and family. Now, he has to renounce his dignity. What's the good of chasing success when you are left all alone?
- DirectorMario MonicelliElio PetriFranco RossiStarsNino ManfrediFulvia FrancoJohn Phillip LawFour episodes satirising modern marriages and the lack of affection which leads to infidelity.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo PuglisiWealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsSaro UrzìStefania SandrelliAldo PuglisiA desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter's fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family's honor.