List of films about Years of Lead (Italy)
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Years of Lead (Italy). This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
1960s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Italy | The Wildcat | Il gatto selvaggio | Andrea Frezza | |
| 1969 | Italy | Mother's Heart | Cuore di mamma | Salvatore Samperi | Drama. |
1970s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Italy | Let's Have a Riot | Contestazione generale | Luigi Zampa | Comedy. |
| 1970 | Italy | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Elio Petri | Crime, Drama. |
| 1972 | Italy France |
Slap the Monster on Page One | Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina | Marco Bellocchio | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Murder of Milena Sutter |
| 1972 | Italy West Germany Monaco |
Execution Squad | La polizia ringrazia | Steno | Crime, Drama. |
| 1972 | Italy | Chronicle of a Homicide | Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente | Mauro Bolognini | Crime, Drama. |
| 1973 | Italy | Life at stake | La vita in gioco | Gianfranco Mingozzi | Drama. |
| 1973 | Italy | We Want the Colonels | Vogliamo i colonnelli | Mario Monicelli | Comedy. Piano Solo, Golpe Borghese |
| 1973 | Italy France |
Dirty Weekend | Mordi e fuggi | Dino Risi | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1973 | Italy | The Great Kidnapping | La polizia sta a guardare | Roberto Infascelli | Action, Crime, Thriller. |
| 1974 | Italy | A normal day of violence | Un normale giorno di violenza | Giorgio Francesco Rizzini | Drama. Antonio Annarumma |
| 1974 | Italy France |
Quick trial | Processo per direttissima | Lucio De Caro | Crime, Drama. Giuseppe Pinelli, Italicus Express bombing |
| 1975 | Italy | Killer Cop | La polizia ha le mani legate | Luciano Ercoli | Action, Crime, Drama. Piazza Fontana bombing |
| 1975 | Italy | The Left Hand of the Law | La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere | Giuseppe Rosati | Crime, Drama. |
| 1975 | Italy | Silent Action | La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide | Sergio Martino | Action, Crime, Drama. Golpe Borghese |
| 1976 | Italy France |
Illustrious Corpses | Cadaveri eccellenti | Francesco Rosi | Crime, Mystery, Thriller. |
| 1976 | Italy | San Babila-8 P.M. | San Babila ore 20: un delitto inutile | Carlo Lizzani | Crime, Drama. Murder of Alberto Brasili |
| 1976 | Italy | Caro Michele | Mario Monicelli | Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Caro Michele. | |
| 1977 | Italy | An Average Little Man | Un borghese piccolo piccolo | Mario Monicelli | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Un borghese piccolo piccolo. |
| 1977 | Italy | I Am Afraid | Io ho paura | Damiano Damiani | Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1977 | Italy | Could It Happen Here? | Italia: ultimo atto? | Massimo Pirri | Action. |
| 1977 | Italy | The... Beautiful Country | Il... Belpaese | Luciano Salce | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1979 | Italy France Canada |
Dear Father | Caro papà | Dino Risi | Drama. |
1980s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Italy | To Love the Damned | Maledetti vi amerò | Marco Tullio Giordana | Drama. |
| 1981 | Italy | The lost party | La festa perduta | Pier Giuseppe Murgia | Drama, Romance. |
| 1981 | Italy | Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man | La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo | Bernardo Bertolucci | Comedy, Crime, Drama. |
| 1981 | Italy France |
Three Brothers | Tre fratelli | Francesco Rosi | Drama. Based on a novel Third son. |
| 1981 | Italy | The Fall of the Rebel Angels | La caduta degli angeli ribelli | Marco Tullio Giordana | Drama. |
| 1982 | Italy France |
Blow to the Heart | Colpire al cuore | Gianni Amelio | Drama. |
| 1984 | Italy | The boy from Ebalus | Il ragazzo di Ebalus | Giuseppe Schito | Drama. |
| 1985 | Italy | Secrets Secrets | Segreti segreti | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Drama. |
| 1986 | Italy France |
Devil in the Flesh | Il diavolo in corpo | Marco Bellocchio | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Le Diable au corps. |
| 1986 | Italy | The Moro Affair | Il caso Moro | Giuseppe Ferrara | Crime, Drama, History. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 1987 | Italy | Il grande Blek | Giuseppe Piccioni | Drama. | |
| 1988 | Italy | The Invisible Ones | Gli invisibili | Pasquale Squitieri | Drama. Based on a novel Gli invisibili. |
| 1989 | Italy | Roma-Paris-Barcelona | Paolo Grassini Italo Spinelli |
Drama. | |
| 1989 | Italy | About That Strange Girl | A proposito di quella strana ragazza | Marco Leto | Drama, Mystery. |
1990s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Italy | A cold May morning | Una fredda mattina di maggio | Vittorio Sindoni | Drama. |
| 1991 | United States | Year of the Gun | John Frankenheimer | Action, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel Year of the Gun. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro | |
| 1992 | Italy France |
The End Is Known | La fine è nota La fin est connue |
Cristina Comencini | Thriller. Based on a novel The End Is Known. |
| 1993 | Italy | The time of return | Il tempo del ritorno | Lucio Lunerti | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1995 | Italy France |
Who Killed Pasolini? | Pasolini, an Italian Crime | Marco Tullio Giordana | Crime, Drama. Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| 1995 | Italy France |
The Second Time | La seconda volta | Mimmo Calopresti | Drama. Based on an autobiography Colpo alla nuca. |
| 1996 | Italy | My Generation | La mia generazione | Wilma Labate | Drama. |
| 1997 | Italy | The Grey Zone | Le mani forti | Franco Bernini | Drama. Piazza della Loggia bombing |
2000s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Italy | Reconciled | Riconciliati | Rosalía Polizzi | Drama. |
| 2002 | Italy | The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | I banchieri di Dio | Giuseppe Ferrara | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller. Clearstream affair |
| 2003 | Italy Spain United Kingdom |
I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura | Gabriele Salvatores | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Based on a novel I'm Not Scared. |
| 2003 | Italy | The Fugitive | Il fuggiasco | Andrea Manni | Drama. Based on an autobiography Il fuggiasco. Massimo Carlotto |
| 2003 | Italy | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù | Marco Tullio Giordana | Drama, Romance. |
| 2003 | Italy United Kingdom Germany |
Five Moons Square | Piazza delle Cinque Lune | Renzo Martinelli | Drama, Thriller. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2003 | Italy | Good Morning, Night | Buongiorno, notte | Marco Bellocchio | Drama. Based on the book Il prigioniero. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2004 | Italy | If it is light it will be beautiful | Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo | Aurelio Grimaldi | Drama. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2004 | Italy France |
Working Slowly | Lavorare con lentezza | Guido Chiesa | Drama. Radio Alice |
| 2005 | Italy | Contributory negligence | Concorso di colpa | Claudio Fragasso | Thriller. |
| 2005 | Italy France United Kingdom |
Criminal Novel | Romanzo Criminale | Michele Placido | Crime, Drama. |
| 2006 | Italy France |
The Goodbye Kiss | Arrivederci amore, ciao | Michele Soavi | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Arrivederci amore, ciao. |
| 2007 | Italy | Guido who challenged the Red Brigades | Guido che sfidò le Brigate Rosse | Giuseppe Ferrara | Crime, Drama. Guido Rossa |
| 2007 | Italy France |
My Brother Is an Only Child | Mio fratello è figlio unico | Daniele Luchetti | Comedy, Crime, Drama, History. Based on a novel Il fasciocomunista. |
| 2009 | Italy Belgium United Kingdom France |
The Front Line | La prima linea | Renato De Maria | Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on the book Miccia corta. Sergio Segio |
2010s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Italy France |
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Romanzo di una strage | Marco Tullio Giordana | Crime, Drama, Mystery. Based on the book Il segreto di piazza Fontana. Piazza Fontana bombing |
| 2014 | Italy | Bologna 2 August... The days of anger | Bologna 2 agosto... I giorni della collera | Giorgio Molteni Daniele Santamaria Maurizio |
Drama. Bologna massacre |
| 2015 | Italy | The yellow line | La linea gialla | Francesco Conversano Nene Grignaffini |
Drama. Bologna massacre |
| 2017 | France Italy |
After the War | Après la guerre | Annarita Zambrano | Crime, Drama. Marco Biagi |
2020s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Italy | The Mattarella crime | Il delitto Mattarella | Aurelio Grimaldi | Crime, Drama, History. Piersanti Mattarella |
| 2020 | Italy | Our father | Padrenostro | Claudio Noce | Drama. Prisco Palumbo |
| 2022 | Italy | I was at war but I didn't know it | Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo | Fabio Resinaro | Drama. Based on the book Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo. Murder of Pierluigi Torregiani |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Italy | The Dozier case | Il caso Dozier | Carlo Lizzani | Thriller. Kidnapping of James Dozier |
| 2010 | Italy | The draw | Il sorteggio | Giacomo Campiotti | Drama. Red Brigades |
TV Series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Italy | Words and blood | Parole e sangue | Damiano Damiani | Crime. |
| 1984 | Italy France |
Nucleo zero | Carlo Lizzani | Drama, Thriller. | |
| 2008 | Italy | Aldo Moro - The president | Aldo Moro - Il presidente | Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Biography, Drama. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2008-10 | Italy | Criminal Novel – The Series | Romanzo criminale – La serie | Stefano Sollima | Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 2014 | Italy | The broken years | Gli anni spezzati | Graziano Diana | Drama. Luigi Calabresi, Mario Sossi |
| 2022 | Italy France |
Exterior Night | Esterno notte | Marco Bellocchio | Crime, Drama, History. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
References
- ISBN 978-8849816891.
- ISSN 2239-804X.
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