# The best Italian films of the 2000s

From Gomorrah and Il Divo to My Mother's Smile, The Best of Youth and The Son's Room: OndaCinema's ranking of the best Italian films of 2000-2009.

- 4 votes · 11 items
- Nov 20, 2020 · Beatrice Coppola
- https://even.best/en/l/4600/the-best-italian-films-of-the-2000s

## Top 11

1. **My Mother's Smile (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Marco Bellocchio. An atheist painter and his mother's beatification.
2. **Il Divo (2008)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Paolo Sorrentino. Toni Servillo as Giulio Andreotti.
3. **The Profession of Arms (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ermanno Olmi. The last days of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere.
4. **The Son's Room (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nanni Moretti. A psychoanalyst and his son's death. Palme d'Or.
5. **Gomorrah (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Matteo Garrone. The Camorra, from Roberto Saviano's book. Cannes Grand Prix.
6. **Vincere (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marco Bellocchio. Ida Dalser, Mussolini's secret wife.
7. **The Embalmer (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Matteo Garrone. A taxidermist and the young man he takes under his wing.
8. **The Best of Youth (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marco Tullio Giordana. Two brothers and forty years of Italian history.
9. **The Dreamers (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bernardo Bertolucci. Three cinephiles in 1968 Paris.
10. **The Consequences of Love (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Paolo Sorrentino. Toni Servillo as a lonely man laundering Mafia money in Switzerland.
11. **His Secret Life (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ferzan Özpetek. A widow discovers her husband's double life.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.