By Vlad Zakh · December 25, 2025
Italy Action intensethought provoking
Italian crime cinema rarely separates the mob from the state, its strongest films treat organized crime and political corruption as the same rotten system, whether the setting is a 1960s construction scandal or present-day Naples. In Hands Over the City (1963): A building collapse exposes the corrupt deals behind Naples’ construction boom. Worth seeking out is One Hundred Steps (2000): A young activist publicly names the mafia boss controlling his Sicilian hometown.
01 A quietly disciplined man's hidden connection to the mob surfaces after years of self-imposed isolation.
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 1h 40m
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02 A mild-mannered dog groomer is repeatedly bullied by a violent neighborhood enforcer.
Directed by Matteo Garrone · 1h 43m
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03 A high-ranking mafia insider becomes the first to break the code of silence to prosecutors.
Directed by Marco Bellocchio · 2h 31m · Rated R
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04 A fragmented, documentary-style account of a real Sicilian bandit's rise and assassination.
Directed by Francesco Rosi · 1h 59m
05 A young activist publicly names the mafia boss controlling his Sicilian hometown.
Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana · 1h 54m
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06 A building collapse exposes the corrupt deals behind Naples' construction boom.
Directed by Francesco Rosi · 1h 41m · Rated NR
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07 Politicians, mobsters, and the Vatican collide over a corrupt real-estate deal in Rome.
Directed by Stefano Sollima · 2h 10m
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08 A gang of childhood friends rises from petty crime to controlling all of Rome.
Directed by Michele Placido · 2h 32m
32 wins & 25 nominations
09 A stylized portrait of Giulio Andreotti, Italy's most powerful and most implicated postwar politician.
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 1h 53m · Rated NR
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10 Five interlocking stories expose the Camorra's grip on ordinary life around Naples.
Directed by Matteo Garrone · 2h 17m · Rated NR
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award34 wins & 42 nominations
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