Marcello Mastroianni – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 18, 2026

Italy Drama

Marcello Mastroianni became the face of Italian cinema’s golden age, Fellini’s favorite leading man and the definition of continental cool for a generation of moviegoers.

City of Women (1980) 01

City of Women (1980)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A man's train-journey daydream turns into a surreal gauntlet through his own anxieties about women.

Ginger and Fred (1986) 02

Ginger and Fred (1986)

IMDb ★ 7.0

Two aging dance partners reunite decades later for one bittersweet television special.

Dark Eyes (1987) 03

Dark Eyes (1987)

IMDb ★ 7.4

An aging Italian man recounts a lost Russian love to a stranger aboard a ship.

Marriage Italian Style (1964) 04

Marriage Italian Style (1964)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A long-term mistress schemes to finally force her wealthy lover into marrying her.

A Special Day (1977) 05

A Special Day (1977)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A housewife and her gay neighbor share one quiet day while Rome celebrates a fascist parade outside.

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) 06

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A crew of hapless small-time crooks plans a jewelry heist that goes wrong at every step.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) 07

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

IMDb ★ 7.6

Three loosely connected stories pair Mastroianni and Sophia Loren across very different Italian lives.

Divorce Italian Style (1961) 08

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A Sicilian nobleman schemes to engineer his wife's infidelity so he can legally kill her.

La Dolce Vita (1960) 09

La Dolce Vita (1960)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A tabloid journalist drifts through Rome's high society, chasing a happiness he never quite reaches.

8½ (1963) 10

(1963)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A blocked filmmaker's creative and romantic crises blur into surreal fantasy sequences.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.