The best Pier Paolo Pasolini films
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Mamma Roma (1962) · Oedipus Rex (1967) · The Canterbury Tales (1972). (Updated Feb 19, 2026.)
From Accattone to Salò: Pasolini's films in critics' and audiences' rankings (PopcornTV, Collider, Films Fatale).
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 12
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1
Mamma Roma (1962)
Anna Magnani as a mother and prostitute.
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2
Oedipus Rex (1967)
Sophocles between Morocco and Lombardy.
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3
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Chaucer and the Golden Bear at Berlin.
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4
Arabian Nights (1974)
The final chapter of the Trilogy of Life.
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5
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The Gospel filmed with non-professional actors in southern Italy.
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6
The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
Totò, Ninetto Davoli and a talking crow.
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7
Theorem (1968)
A mysterious guest upends a bourgeois family.
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8
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
His last film, and his most extreme.
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9
La ricotta (1963)
The Ro.Go.Pa.G. segment with Orson Welles as a director.
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10
The Decameron (1971)
Boccaccio in Naples, first of the Trilogy of Life.
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11
Medea (1969)
Maria Callas in her only film role.
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12
Accattone (1961)
His debut, in Rome's slums.
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