There are quite a few Italian movies that you can still get in disc form from Netflix. These are most of them since 2000; if it’s not here I didn’t think it was worth mentioning for a variety of reasons, but if you think an important one is missing, let me know!
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2011
Gianni e le Donne (The Salt of Life)
Gianni retires and finds himself a little invisible in his new existence. (Read My Review)
Sean Penn plays an aging rock star (alla Cure) who takes a mid-American road trip to find his father’s Nazi tormentor. (Read My Review.)
Habemus Papam (We Have A Pope)
The new Pope has cold feet. (Read My Review)
2010
Vallanzasca Gli Angeli del Male (Angel of Evil)
The true story of a criminal turned folk hero. (Read My Review)
Extra-marital affairs aren’t always so glamorous. (Read My Review)
La Prima Cosa Bella – The First Beautiful Thing
A man comes home to be with his dying mother. (Read My Review)
Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times)
I fell asleep several times watching this one. (Read My Review)
2009
A semi-autobiographical and sentimental memory of Guiseppe Tornatore’s hometown. (Read My Review)
Il Compleanno (David’s Birthday)
David’s so handsome that everybody wants him. (Read My Review)
La Doppia Ora (The Double Hour)
Slick thriller about a mysterious woman that a security guard meets speed dating. (Read My Review)
Giulia Non Esce La Sera (Giula Doesn’t Date At Night)
Prison makes dating a little harder for Giulia. (Read My Review)
A wealthy family in Milano comes apart at the seams. (Read My Review)
La Siciliana Ribelle (The Sicilian Girl)
The true story of Rita Atria, a girl who turned state’s witness in a Mafia trial. (Read My Review)
Vincere (Winning) How many wives did Mussolini have? Filippo Timi’s portrayal of him was called “one of the best of 2009 that wouldn’t win an Oscar. (Read My Review)
2008
Giorni e Nuvole (Days and Clouds)
An affluent couple suffers a fall from grace. (Read My Review)
Roberto Saviano had to go into hiding after writing the book that inspired this movie, a Mafia story from Matteo Garrone. (Read My Review)
7 time prime minister Giulio Andreotti was one bad dude. (Read My Review)
Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
This one’s a gem! Gianni babysits the neighborhood old ladies for the Ferragosto. (Read My Review)
2007
La Ragazza Del Lago (The Girl By The Lake)
Who killed the girl by the lake? (Read My Review)
Beautiful story of a family that travels from Sicily to the new world in the early 20th century. (Read My Review)
2006
La Sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman)
A mystery involving a Ukrainian sex slave on a mission. (Read My Review)
2005
Caterina Va In Città (Caterina In The Big City)
Caterina gets fed to the wolves, or rather, the Roman high school girls. (Read My Review)
Buongiorno, Notte (Good Morning, Night)
Marco Bellocchio’s fictional story of the kidnapping of Aldo Moro (Read My Review)
L’Ora Di Religione (My Mother’s Smile)
Is his mother a saint? It doesn’t seem like it to him. (Read My Review)
Nessun Messagio In Segreteria (Sorry, You Can’t Get Through)
Someone want to tell me why Netflix bothers to offer this silly comedy? (Read My Review)
La Tigre E La Neve (The Tiger And The Snow)
This time Roberto Benigni has to get himself to Iraq to save the woman he’s pining after. It’s a little political, but still funny in that Benigni way. (Read My Review)
2004
Agata E La Tempesta (Agata And The Storm)
Agata’s “electric” personality and her brother’s revelations about his origins make a funny movie from Silvio Soldini. (Read My Review)
This story of tainted love is one of Penelope Cruz’s finest performances. (Read My Review)
La Finestra Di Fronte (Facing Windows)
Ferzan Ozpetek’s love story about a Holocaust survivor who teaches a bored young wife how to live.(Read My Review)
Le Chiave Di Casa (The Keys To The House)
2003
La Meglio Gioventù (The Best Of Youth)
180 minutes, it was originally a TV miniseries about two brothers though 3 tumultuous decades in Italy.
Dillo Con Parole Mie (Ginger and Cinnamon)
Cute comedy about a girl and her aunt vacation together, one trying to find love and the other to forget it. (Read My Review)
Io Non Ho Paura (I’m Not Scared)
Based on a true stories, a young boy discovers a boy that’s been kidnapped, but the adults in his life don’t seem like the people to tell about it. (Read My Review)
Ricordati Di Me (Remember Me, My Love)
A Roman family falls apart. (Read My Review)
2002
Based on a true story, it’s about Angela, a Sicilian mob boss’s wife. (Read My Review)
Roberto Benigni’s Pinocchio.
On Lampadusa, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople.
2001
L’Ultimo Bacio (The Last Kiss)
A man finds out his girlfriend is pregnant, so he wants one last fling. (Read My Review)
Luce Dei Miei Occhi (Light Of My Eyes)
An isolated man falls for a woman with a lot of baggage. (Read My Review)
La Stanza Del Figlio (The Son’s Room)
The loss of a son is devasting for a family. (Read My Review)
2000
Pane E Tulipani (Bread And Tulips)
My favorite movie! An unappreciated housewife runs away from home, and finds out who she was meant to be. (Read My Review)
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