The best Italian films of the 1970s
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: A Special Day (1977) · Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976) · Amarcord (1973). (Updated May 9, 2022.)
From A Special Day and Amarcord to 1900, My Friends, Suspiria and The Working Class Goes to Heaven: the 1970s films in Yanez Magazine's ranking of the best Italian films.
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Top 14
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1
A Special Day (1977)
Ettore Scola. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni on the day of Hitler's visit to Rome.
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2
Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976)
Luciano Salce. Paolo Villaggio and the 'Battleship Kotiomkin'.
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3
Amarcord (1973)
Federico Fellini. A year in Rimini under Fascism. Oscar winner.
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4
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Elio Petri. Gian Maria Volonté as a murderous police chief. Oscar winner.
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5
1900 (1976)
Bernardo Bertolucci. De Niro and Depardieu as landowner and peasant in 20th-century Emilia.
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6
My Friends (1975)
Mario Monicelli. The pranks of five Florentine friends.
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7
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Marquis de Sade transposed to the Republic of Salò.
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8
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Elio Petri. Volonté as a piecework factory worker. Palme d'Or.
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9
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
Giuliano Montaldo. The two Italian anarchists executed in the United States.
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10
Down and Dirty (1976)
Ettore Scola. A shantytown family on the outskirts of Rome. Best director at Cannes.
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11
Suspiria (1977)
Dario Argento. A dance academy in Freiburg and a coven of witches.
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12
Todo modo (1976)
Elio Petri. Politicians on a spiritual retreat and a series of murders, from Sciascia.
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13
The Night Porter (1974)
Liliana Cavani. Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling in postwar Vienna.
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14
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
Pupi Avati. A restorer and a cursed fresco in the Po valley.
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