| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1981 |
| Asso |
Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia |
Adriano Celentano, Edwige Fenech, Renato Salvatori, Sylva Koscina, Pippo Santonastaso, Gianni Magni, Elisabetta Viviani |
Comedy |
Also known under title "Ace" |
| Bianco, rosso e Verdone |
Carlo Verdone |
Carlo Verdone, Irina Sanpiter, Elena Fabrizi, Milena Vukotic, Mario Brega |
Comedy |
Produced by Sergio Leone and music by Ennio Morricone |
| Il Marchese del Grillo |
Mario Monicelli |
Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa |
Historical Comedy |
Best director Berlin Film Festival, 4 Nastro d'Argento, 2 David di Donatello |
| Il minestrone |
Sergio Citti |
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Entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival |
| Passion of Love |
Ettore Scola |
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Entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
| La Pelle |
Liliana Cavani |
Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Ken Marshall |
War drama |
Based on Curzio Malaparte polemic The skin, entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
| Tales of Ordinary Madness (Storie di ordinaria follia) |
Marco Ferreri |
Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti |
Drama |
4 David di Donatello. 2 Nastro d'Argento. Spoken in English. Shot in USA. Based on Bukowski |
| Tre fratelli (Three Brothers) |
Francesco Rosi |
Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Andréa Ferréol, Charles Vanel |
Drama |
4 David di Donatello. Academy Award nominee. 3 Nastro d'Argento |
| La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante, Ricky Tognazzi, Renato Salvatori |
Drama |
Cannes Award & Nastro d'Argento for best actor (Tognazzi) |
| L'ultimo harem |
Sergio Garrone |
George Lazenby, Corinne Cléry, Aldo Sambrell |
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