| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1971 |
| Adiós, Sabata |
Gianfranco Parolini |
Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla |
Western |
|
| Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata |
Luigi Zampa |
Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone |
Commedia all'italiana |
David di Donatello best actress (Cardinale) |
| Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta) |
Nino Manfredi |
Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato |
Commedia all'italiana |
Cannes award best first work. 2 Nastro d'Argento. Special David di Donatello |
| The Cat o' Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code) |
Dario Argento |
James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak |
Giallo |
|
| I clowns |
Federico Fellini |
Federico Fellini, Alvaro Vitali, |
Comedy |
Made for TV |
| Confessions of a Police Captain |
Damiano Damiani |
Franco Nero, Martin Balsam |
Crime-Drama |
Won the Golden Prize at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) |
Luchino Visconti |
Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano, Björn Andrésen, Romolo Valli |
Drama |
Cannes Award. Gay interest. 4 BAFTA. 4 Nastro d'Argento. |
| Il Decameron |
Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Silvana Mangano |
Erotic |
Based on the novel Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio. First part of Pasolini's Trilogy of life, won prize at Berlin |
| The Deserter |
Burt Kennedy |
Ian Bannen
Richard Crenna |
Western |
|
| Four Flies on Grey Velvet (4 Mosche di velluto grigio) |
Dario Argento |
Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer, Francine Racette |
Giallo |
|
| Detenuto in attesa di giudizio |
Nanni Loy |
Alberto Sordi, Andrea Aureli |
Prison drama |
Berlin Award & David di Donatello for best actor (Sordi) |
| A Fistful of Dynamite (Giú la testa) |
Sergio Leone |
James Coburn, Rod Steiger, Romolo Valli |
Spaghetti western |
There're alternate versions |
| Hanno cambiato faccia |
Corrado Farina |
Adolfo Celi |
Horror |
|
| Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow |
Yuri Ozerov |
|
|
Won the 1972 All-Union Film Festival Grand Prix. |
| Liberation: Battle of Berlin/ The Last Assault |
Yuri Ozerov |
|
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|
| Questa specie d'amore |
Alberto Bevilacqua |
|
|
David di Donatello Best Film winner |
| Roma Bene |
Carlo Lizzani |
Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Senta Berger, Michele Mercier, Irene Papas |
Comedy |
|
| Sacco e Vanzetti |
Giuliano Montaldo |
Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello |
Bipoic, Politics |
Based on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Cannes Award for best actor (Cucciolla). 3 Nastro d'Argento |
| Secret Fantasy (Il merlo maschio) |
Pasquale Festa Campanile |
Laura Antonelli, Lando Buzzanca, Ferruccio De Ceresa |
Commedia all'italiana |
|
| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore |
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi |
Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias, Fabio Testi, Antonio Falsi |
Drama |
Based on 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford (dramatist) |
| Twitch of the Death Nerve (Ecologia del delitto) |
Mario Bava |
Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti |
Horror |
|
| The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) |
Elio Petri |
Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice |
Political drama |
Palme d'Or winner. David di Donatello winner |
