The best Paolo Villaggio movies
The top 3 according to 180 votes from people: The Second Tragic Fantozzi (1976) · Fantozzi (1975) · Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976). (Updated Feb 29, 2024.)
Much more than accountant Fantozzi: from Brancaleone at the Crusades to Fellini and Lina Wertmüller, the Paolo Villaggio films that Sky TG24, Movieplayer and Il Messaggero remember as his most important.
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Top 12
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1
The Second Tragic Fantozzi (1976)
The battleship, Countess Serbelloni Mazzanti Viendalmare and the company film club.
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2
Fantozzi (1975)
Luciano Salce brings Italy's unluckiest accountant, born in Villaggio's books, to the screen.
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3
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
An anthology film by Comencini, Loy, Magni, Monicelli and Scola.
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4
Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970)
Mario Monicelli and Vittorio Gassman, with Villaggio as Thorz.
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5
The Voice of the Moon (1990)
Fellini's last film, alongside Roberto Benigni; David di Donatello for best actor.
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6
Fracchia the Human Beast (1981)
Neri Parenti: shy Fracchia mistaken for a ruthless criminal.
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7
The Secret of the Old Woods (1993)
Ermanno Olmi adapts Dino Buzzati: a colonel and a talking forest.
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8
Il... Bel Paese (1977)
Luciano Salce: an engineer returns to Italy after years abroad.
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9
Ciao, Professore! (1992)
Lina Wertmüller: a Ligurian primary teacher sent to a school near Naples.
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10
Dear Goddamned Friends (1994)
Mario Monicelli: a ragtag team of boxers touring postwar Tuscany.
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11
I pompieri (1985)
Neri Parenti, with Lino Banfi and Massimo Boldi: three reserve firefighters.
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12
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
The Coppa Cobram bicycle race and a diet clinic.
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13
Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (1972)
Directed by Vittorio Gassman, who stars alongside Villaggio.
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Comments (1)
Il secondo tragico Fantozzi resta il migliore, la scena del cineforum la conoscono tutti anche senza averlo visto