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Alberto Sordi's best movies

The top 3 according to 56 votes from people: An Average Little Man (1977) · The Great War (1959) · A Difficult Life (1961). (Updated Mar 5, 2023.)

Italy's great comic actor from Fellini to Monicelli: his best films according to Il Sorpasso, Cinematografo and Sapere.it, from The White Sheik to The Marquis del Grillo.

Roberta D. · · 15 items · 56 votes · 0 comments

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Top 15

  1. 1

    An Average Little Man (1977)

    From Mario Monicelli; for many his finest performance.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  2. 2

    The Great War (1959)

    With Vittorio Gassman; Golden Lion in Venice.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  3. 3

    A Difficult Life (1961)

    An ex-partisan in postwar Italy, from Dino Risi.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    An American in Rome (1954)

    Nando Mericoni dreams of America.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  5. 5

    Mafioso (1962)

    A Sicilian who moved north goes home, from Alberto Lattuada.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  6. 6

    Why (1971)

    A surveyor jailed by mistake; Silver Bear for Sordi.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  7. 7

    I Vitelloni (1953)

    Five small-town young men, from Federico Fellini.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  8. 8

    Everybody Go Home (1960)

    8 September 1943, from Luigi Comencini.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  9. 9

    The Marquis del Grillo (1981)

    In papal Rome, from Monicelli.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 2

    2
  10. 10

    The Traffic Policeman (1960)

    An unemployed man becomes a traffic cop, from Luigi Zampa.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  11. 11

    The White Sheik (1952)

    The photo-novel star, from Fellini.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  12. 12

    The Scientific Cardplayer (1972)

    With Silvana Mangano and Bette Davis, from Comencini.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  13. 13

    The Taxi Driver (1983)

    A Roman cabbie and his passengers; he also directed.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    Stardust (1973)

    A variety troupe, with Monica Vitti; he also directed.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 2

    -1
  15. 15

    Be Sick… It's Free (1968)

    A social-climbing doctor in public health care.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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