Award-Winning Italian-Language Films
201 films in Italian were recognised at the Oscars, the Golden Globes, Cannes or the Berlinale. The language is each film's original spoken language.
The most awarded is Life Is Beautiful (1997), with 4 wins, followed by Divorce Italian Style (4) and Cinema Paradiso (3). Among the 100 shown here, 18 won at least one Oscar, 14 won a Golden Globe, 46 won a prize at Cannes and 38 won a prize at the Berlinale. They were released between 1948 and 2025.
Here are the 100 with the most wins. See all languages.
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Life Is Beautiful
1997 · 1h 56m
Comedy · Drama
Divorce Italian Style
1961 · 1h 44m
Comedy · Crime
Cinema Paradiso
1988 · 2h 4m
Drama · Romance
Two Women
1960 · 1h 40m
Drama · War
La Dolce Vita
1960 · 2h 54m
Comedy · Drama
8½
1963 · 2h 19m
Drama
Il Divo
2008 · 1h 53m
Drama
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970 · 1h 51m
Drama · Thriller
Bicycle Thieves
1948 · 1h 29m
Drama
Green Magic
1953 · 1h 25m
Lost Continent
1955 · 2h
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 · 1h 35m
Drama · History
To Bed or Not to Bed
1963 · 1h 43m
Comedy
A Leap in the Dark
1980 · 1h 54m
Drama
Ascensor
1978 · 11m
Canone effimero
2025 · 2h
Music
In continuo
1971 · 11m
Incroci
2023 · 13m
Drama · Romance
La lunga raccolta
1958 · 22m
Lobster Dinner
2018 · 15m
Drama
Mistertao
1990 · 3m
Ominide
1976 · 35m
The Great Beauty
2013 · 2h 22m
Drama
The Terrace
1980 · 2h 40m
Drama
Tides
2004 · 15m
Family · Drama
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963 · 1h 59m
Comedy · Romance
Amarcord
1973 · 2h 3m
Comedy · Drama
Face to Face
1976 · 1h 52m
Western
Marriage Italian Style
1964 · 1h 42m
Drama · Romance · Comedy
The Postman
1994 · 1h 54m
Comedy · Drama · Romance
A Special Day
1977 · 1h 46m
Drama · Romance
The Life Ahead (The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se))
2020 · 1h 34m
Drama
Juliet of the Spirits
1965 · 2h 28m
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Scent of a Woman
1974 · 1h 43m
Comedy · Drama
The Leopard
1963 · 3h 6m
Drama
A Conspiracy Man
2022 · 19m
Comedy
Bread, Love and Dreams
1953 · 1h 27m
Romance · Comedy
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1954 · 1h 45m
Drama · Romance
Cops and Robbers
1951 · 1h 45m
Comedy
Death in Venice
1971 · 2h 11m
Drama
Distant People
1957 · 0m
Dogman
2018 · 1h 43m
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Fellini's Casanova
1976 · 2h 28m
Drama · History
Fire at Sea
2016 · 1h 54m
Happy as Lazzaro
2018 · 2h 8m
Drama · Fantasy
L'Eclisse
1962 · 2h 6m
Drama · Romance
La Strada
1954 · 1h 55m
Drama
Lucky (Fortunata)
2017 · 1h 43m
Drama
Metello
1970 · 1h 47m
Drama
On Sunday
1963 · 10m
Drama
Our Life
2010 · 1h 38m
Drama
Padre Padrone
1977 · 1h 54m
Drama
Parthenope
2024 · 2h 17m
Drama
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959 · 1h 43m
Comedy
Reality
2012 · 1h 57m
Drama · Comedy
The Conjugal Bed
1963 · 1h 32m
Drama · Comedy
The Eight Mountains
2022 · 2h 27m
Drama
The Path of Hope
1950 · 1h 40m
Drama
The Wonders
2014 · 1h 52m
Drama
The Year Long Road
1958 · 2h 42m
Drama
Two Cents Worth of Hope
1952 · 1h 33m
Comedy · Romance
Two Youths Died
2017 · 27m
Drama · Romance
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970 · 1h 45m
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Arabian Nights
1974 · 2h 11m
Adventure · Fantasy
Bad Tales
2020 · 1h 38m
Drama
Between Miracles
1971 · 2h 2m
Comedy
Bread and Chocolate
1974 · 1h 55m
Comedy · Drama
Bye Bye Monkey
1978 · 1h 53m
Comedy · Drama
Caesar Must Die
2012 · 1h 16m
Drama
Dear Father
1979 · 1h 41m
Comedy
Dear Goddamned Friends
1994 · 1h 58m
Comedy · Drama
Dear Michele
1976 · 1h 48m
Comedy · Drama
Donatella
1956 · 1h 36m
Comedy
Ernesto
1979 · 1h 38m
Drama · Music · Romance
Fathers and Sons
1957 · 1h 39m
Comedy
First Love
2004 · 1h 40m
Drama · Romance · Horror
Flirt
1983 · 1h 36m
Comedy
Giuseppina
1960 · 32m
Drama · Comedy
Hidden Away
2020 · 2h
Drama
I vecchi
1960 · 11m
Identification of a Woman
1982 · 2h 8m
Drama · Romance
Intervista
1987 · 1h 48m
Drama · Comedy
L'Avventura
1960 · 2h 24m
Drama · Mystery · Romance
La Notte
1961 · 2h 2m
Drama · Romance
Law of Courage
1994 · 1h 32m
Drama · Crime · History
Love and Anarchy
1973 · 2h 6m
Romance · Drama · Comedy
Mediterraneo
1991 · 1h 36m
Comedy · Romance · War
Miracle in Milan
1951 · 1h 37m
Comedy · Fantasy · Drama
Moon Shadow
1995 · 1h 28m
Drama
Neapolitan Carousel
1954 · 2h 3m
Music · Comedy
Nights of Cabiria (The Nights of Cabiria)
1957 · 1h 50m
Drama · Comedy
Piranhas
2019 · 1h 51m
Drama · Crime
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · 2h 58m
Drama · Romance · Crime
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971 · 2h 5m
Drama · History
Salvatore Giuliano
1962 · 1h 59m
Crime · Drama · History
Scandal in Sorrento
1955 · 1h 46m
Romance · Comedy
Seeking Asylum
1979 · 1h 50m
Comedy · Drama
Strangled Lives
1996 · 1h 48m
Drama
The Best of Youth
2003 · 6h 7m
Drama · History · Romance
The Canterbury Tales
1972 · 1h 51m
Comedy · History · Drama