Movies: Franco Cristaldi

  • 1988
    Cinema Paradiso

    Cinema Paradiso (1988)

    Cinema Paradiso

    8.41988HD

    A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist....

    Cinema Paradiso
  • 1986
    The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose (1986)

    The Name of the Rose

    7.41986HD

    14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and...

    The Name of the Rose
  • 1969
    The Red Tent

    The Red Tent (1969)

    The Red Tent

    5.91969HD

    Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia....

    The Red Tent
  • 1973
    Amarcord

    Amarcord (1973)

    Amarcord

    7.91973HD

    In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the ...

    Amarcord
  • 1961
    Divorce Italian Style

    Divorce Italian Style (1961)

    Divorce Italian Style

    7.91961HD

    Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would...

    Divorce Italian Style
  • 1958
    Big Deal on Madonna Street

    Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

    Big Deal on Madonna Street

    8.11958HD

    Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment...

    Big Deal on Madonna Street
  • 1983
    And the Ship Sails On

    And the Ship Sails On (1983)

    And the Ship Sails On

    7.21983HD

    In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace...

    And the Ship Sails On
  • 1957
    Le Notti Bianche

    Le Notti Bianche (1957)

    Le Notti Bianche

    7.41957HD

    A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return....

    Le Notti Bianche
  • 1965
    Sandra

    Sandra (1965)

    Sandra

    71965HD

    Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her....

    Sandra
  • 1977
    Wifemistress

    Wifemistress (1977)

    Wifemistress

    5.71977HD

    A vineyard's manager marries the owner's very young daughter; father dies. Deceit, infidelity. The husband is forced to watch from a distance as his wife blossom socially in his absence; then the plot thickens....

    Wifemistress
  • 1964
    Seduced and Abandoned

    Seduced and Abandoned (1964)

    Seduced and Abandoned

    7.61964HD

    The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to r...

    Seduced and Abandoned
  • 1959
    Come Dance with Me!

    Come Dance with Me! (1959)

    Come Dance with Me!

    5.91959HD

    The wife of an accused murderer embarks on a dangerous masquerade to find the real culprit behind a dancer's death....

    Come Dance with Me!
  • 1972
    Lady Caroline Lamb

    Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

    Lady Caroline Lamb

    5.81972HD

    Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron....

    Lady Caroline Lamb
  • 1964
    Bebo's Girl

    Bebo's Girl (1964)

    Bebo's Girl

    6.31964HD

    At the end of World War II, shallow, self-centered Mara is the prettiest girl in her small Italian village; Bebo is a Communist partisan who is finding it difficult to adjust to the dull banalities of life in peacetime. When Mara’s father, a passiona...

    Bebo's Girl
  • 1958
    The Law Is the Law

    The Law Is the Law (1958)

    The Law Is the Law

    7.21958HD

    Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was act...

    The Law Is the Law
  • 1975
    Blonde in Black Leather

    Blonde in Black Leather (1975)

    Blonde in Black Leather

    7.51975HD

    Two racy women decide to chuck their mundane lives and go on a wild adventure....

    Blonde in Black Leather
  • 1973
    Lucky Luciano

    Lucky Luciano (1973)

    Lucky Luciano

    6.31973HD

    Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins bec...

    Lucky Luciano
  • 1979
    Operation Ogre

    Operation Ogre (1979)

    Operation Ogre

    6.91979HD

    Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist ga...

    Operation Ogre
  • 1962
    My Son, the Hero

    My Son, the Hero (1962)

    My Son, the Hero

    5.61962HD

    Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother, earth-goddess Gaia, but is by far the smartest, and thus their natural leader. He arrives on Crete, the kingdom of the mighty kin...

    My Son, the Hero
  • 1963
    The Organizer

    The Organizer (1963)

    The Organizer

    7.51963HD

    In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory....

    The Organizer