# Marco Bellocchio's best films

From Fists in the Pocket to Kidnapped: sixty years of Bellocchio's cinema according to Sky TG24, ComingSoon and Film.it, between family, politics and the Church.

- 41 votes · 14 items
- Jun 17, 2024 · Roberta D.
- https://even.best/en/l/3305/marco-bellocchio-s-best-films

## Top 14

1. **Fists in the Pocket (1965)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — His debut at 26, with Lou Castel; Silver Sail at Locarno.
2. **Good Morning, Night (2003)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — The Moro kidnapping seen by a Red Brigades member.
3. **Kidnapped (2023)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The case of Edgardo Mortara, taken from his Jewish family.
4. **My Mother's Smile (2002)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Sergio Castellitto and his mother's canonisation.
5. **In the Name of the Father (1972)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A religious boarding school in the 1950s.
6. **The Traitor (2019)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Pierfrancesco Favino as Tommaso Buscetta; David di Donatello for best film.
7. **China Is Near (1967)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A family and political satire; Special Jury Prize in Venice.
8. **The Conviction (1991)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Silver Bear, Grand Jury Prize in Berlin.
9. **Vincere (2009)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Ida Dalser, Mussolini's hidden wife.
10. **Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gian Maria Volonté as a newspaper editor.
11. **Sweet Dreams (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From Massimo Gramellini, with Valerio Mastandrea.
12. **Dormant Beauty (2012)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Englaro case and end-of-life choices.
13. **Marx Can Wait (2021)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A documentary about his twin brother Camillo.
14. **A Leap in the Dark (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée, both awarded at Cannes.

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