# The best Italian films of the 1960s

From 8½, Il Sorpasso and La Dolce Vita to L'Eclisse, The Leopard and A Fistful of Dollars: the 1960s films in Yanez Magazine's ranking of the best Italian films, in order.

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- Jan 13, 2022 · trattoria_notturno
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## Top 12

1. **La Dolce Vita (1960)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Federico Fellini. Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain. Palme d'Or.
2. **L'Eclisse (1962)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Michelangelo Antonioni. Monica Vitti and Alain Delon in Rome.
3. **Il Sorpasso (1962)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Dino Risi. Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant in a Lancia Aurelia on the August holiday.
4. **L'Avventura (1960)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Michelangelo Antonioni. A young woman vanishes on a trip to the Aeolian Islands.
5. **8½ (1963)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Federico Fellini. Marcello Mastroianni as a director in crisis. Second overall.
6. **Mamma Roma (1962)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Pier Paolo Pasolini. Anna Magnani as a former prostitute who dreams of respectability for her son.
7. **A Fistful of Dollars (1964)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sergio Leone. Clint Eastwood in Leone's first spaghetti western.
8. **Hands over the City (1963)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Francesco Rosi. Property speculation in Naples. Golden Lion.
9. **The Leopard (1963)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Luchino Visconti. Burt Lancaster, Delon and Cardinale, from Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel. Palme d'Or.
10. **The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Sergio Leone. Three gunmen and a buried treasure, with Morricone's score.
11. **Everybody Go Home (1960)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Luigi Comencini. Alberto Sordi after 8 September 1943.
12. **La Notte (1961)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Michelangelo Antonioni. Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau, one night in Milan. Golden Bear.

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