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Life in the village of Mendrisio continues as usual: Palmira keeps an eye on everything that happens in the village; her husband Eugenio doesn't exert himself any more than necessary, except to drink an extra glass of wine; and her sister Miglieta, a sprightly 90-year-old with slight hearing loss, pursues her dream of being able to read the sacred scriptures in church. This pleasant routine is interrupted when Circus Beck and its hilarious director arrive in town, promising an unforgettable show... and so it will be, because soon the balance that holds Palmira's family together is broken, changing the destiny of each of them.

Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and who was already planning to run away with his gay cop lover anyway, so this seems to him like a good opportunity to disappear and start over again: the kidnapped becomes the kidnapper, and things get even more complicated when the two are joined by Rita, Tommaso's beautiful daughter.

Abandoned by his wife, who leaves him their child, Michele, a former '68 student protester with little going on in his life, struggles to be a good father. In the meantime, he spends his time acting in an experimental theater company directed by his friend Fabio.

Rocky Giraldi, son of police officer Nico, followed in his father's footsteps and is now an agent in the police force's operational departments. He is currently working on a seemingly straightforward case: the murder of a burglar. In reality, behind the crime lies a dangerous network of drug dealers involved in money laundering, which also includes an important law enforcement official whom the man knows well.

Terrible pandemics can come from bats and pangolins, but the worst, the most deadly, is the one generated by the minds of a humanity that has lost its meaning

In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.

A guy is about to become the millionth citizen to buy a car in Rome. Frightened, he decides to remain pedestrian, and recalls several stories, with new car owners as protagonists. Episodic comedy.

No-budget satire on the bleak state of Italian film industry & distribution circa late-'80s-to-early-'90s. Mercurio, a down-to-earth, perennially underseen independent filmmaker, tries to get a distribution company to release his latest movie.

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.

A group of burlesque dancers arrives in a little town.

The story follows Riccardo, an Austrian pianist studying in Rome and engaged to local woman Fiorella, who has a brief encounter with French tourist Germaine, igniting a love triangle involving misunderstandings, a false arrest, and romantic schemes. Starring Barbara Laage as Germaine, Alberto Sordi as Alberto, Anna Maria Ferrero as Fiorella, and Erwin Strahl as Riccardo, the film blends humor with lighthearted drama set against the backdrop of Rome's iconic landmarks. Paul Hörbiger plays Professor Roth, serving as a stern mentor to the protagonist Riccardo and delivering comic relief via his rigid academic counsel amid the story's chaotic love triangle.

Passionate rock'n roll dancer, Rodolfo has his partner Ornella as a partner. Frozen by the frivolous behavior of the boy, however, the young girl no longer wants to learn to dance with him. Finally, when Rodolfo had lost all hope of replacing it, Ornella, who has meanwhile accepted the court of a ballroom impresario, returns to her decision.

In Pellizzano the town is in turmoil. There will be a casting for a horror film by director Rocco Siffredi and many are aspiring for 15 minutes of fame.

Ciccio Zannone, a insignificant little man, but who is very successful with women, wants to join the "family" of Don Calogero Lentini, the mafia "boss" of a small Sicilian town.

The film follows Vince, a dissatisfied young man from a Roman mountain village, who moves to Pescara to work as a cook. He falls for Genny, a waitress with a travel phobia, but his father Cenzo arrives, seeking Vince’s help to win back his ex-wife Paola.

Period mystery about a young cook who's accused of killing her wealthy husband.

Celia Berni is facing the possibility of receiving an inheritance and is forced pretend to be a virtue. But unfortunately her plans may be thwarted by zealous performer, who tries to expose her in any way.

Roberto Maldi, a young scientist, is trying to find a serum capable of giving courage but he unwittingly invents a serum which transforms any man in a womanizer. His boss scents a good business and wants to produce the serum on industrial basis, but Roberto does not agree.

Four homosexual men in their 40s have issues and no small degree of self hatred. Yet, can laugh at themselves and their comrades and often do.

Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his life.

Francesca and Marco are two young people looking for a job.

Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant, and trying to impress her, pretending to be rich, uses his employer’s car to took her on a trip to the lakes, but things don’t work as planned and to conquer Mariuccia’s hearth won’t be so easy…

Three episodes. In the first, Aurora lives in a luxurious apartment. Among some workers called to her house, she recognizes an old lover, who returns to courting her, but then empties her house. In the second, a boy released from reform school discovers that his mother is actually his father: a transvestite. In the third, a newsagent, suspecting her husband, who constantly pretends to be ill, is cheating on her, places a video camera in her room. She records his sexual encounters on a videotape that she sells at newsstands. In his directorial debut, Corsicato demonstrates a sharp and poetic talent (he was Almodovar's assistant) in creating three portraits of women that are also portraits of his city, Naples.

Despite being penniless, Antonino Scannapieco possesses a convincing eloquence. Having obtained money from friends to travel to Rome to consult a luminary about his dandruff problem, he sets off for the capital, where various misadventures await him.

Anton is a young Romanian worker who works illegally. Due to an heartbreak and his condition as an irregular foreigner, he decides to make an extreme gesture

This film depicts a series of landmark events in the life of hapless thespian Antonio Hutter (Alessandro Haber), the unfortunate fictional alter-ego of legendary actor Alessandro Haber. This surreal faux-biography begins with Hutter's birth in Bologna, Italy, and his early life in the Middle East and follows him through the highs and lows of his acting career, using a combination of interviews with real-life colleagues, archival footage and improvised scenes along the way.

An ambitious production in which a dystopian world is reproduced, where social differences are emphasized by choices of costumes and scenography. The theme is food, its reuse that generates wealth and conviviality, eliminating differences. The intent of the short is to metaphorically represent how waste, leftovers, can be reborn to new life.

In a massive department store the driver romances the shopgirl. The problem is that the manager also has his eye on her, and some employees seem to be pilfering goods from the place.

André is a loving and attentive husband, but when he agrees to plead his enamored brother's case with student Françoise Massard, he in turn becomes infatuated with the beautiful woman, who is perpetually in search of true love through a series of hazardous romantic relationships. When Françoise learns that the legitimate couple are expecting a child.

Vittorio, an employee of an insurance company, is the only witness to an incident where a thief called the golden chameleon dies. In his suitcase Vittorio finds the instructions to carry out a robbery. He decides to assume the identity of the golden chameleon and carry out the robbery.

Alberto is forced to face his wife and his two lovers at the same time.

Although this sounds like a weekend like many others, in the Prior house the atmosphere is rather tense because of some nervousness on the part of individual members of the family, especially the father, Peppino, who gets angry with anyone who happens to shoot: with their children, Juliana and Roberto, and his sister, aunt Meme. Meanwhile, his wife Rosa is dedicated to the preparation of the sauce, which she will serve for Sunday's lunch, to which she invited the neighbors, the accountant Ianniello and his wife.

Rome, 1870. On the eve of the breach of Porta Pia a kidnapping shakes the Jewish Ghetto: a child disappears.

Pina was born in Portugal but now lives in poor circumstances in Naples. Pina has two daughters, Rosa, who has been wearing a wedding dress since she was left stranded at the altar several years ago, and Caterina, who murdered a man who wronged her as he left the church following his wedding. Caterina winds up in prison alongside Maddalena, a prostitute who witnessed the murder and was inspired to kill a man in her own life who had hurt her. The incidents from these women's lives are interspersed with another story, set in 1929 and filmed in black-and-white, about a man who shoots his wife in a movie theater and must run to avoid the police.

A gay man and a lesbian, both having reasons to try going straight, end up as a couple!

Dante arrives at the castle of the recently deceased Marquis Zanetti to sell a book which contains a prophecy that the death of nine members of the Zanetti family will reveal a hidden treasure.

Len and Cody are two friends who can not spend more than two minutes without arguing. These crazy gunmen snatched a Confederate colonel charged an archaic machine gun sidecar soon becomes a coveted prize for all offenders in west Texas.

Mario, a student from a noble Milanese family, falls in love with Lulù, a young slender girl.

After stealing money transported in a train, Sacramento, Big Jim and Tequila arribe to "La Paz" town. They rent a room there in order to hide the money but Sacramento and Big Jim, while Tequila is sleeping, run away with the money. Tequila follow them...

José is a Neapolitan petty thief who escapes from the guards and hides himself in a barrel of Jamaican rum on the quay of the port of Naples.

Valerio is a famous advertising man who is going through a deep crisis of inspiration. His company is also going through a difficult time but the man gets the fundamental help of his sister Barbara and his brother-in-law Giulio, who offer him a considerable sum of money if he will take care of their son's dog, since they will be abroad for some time. Too bad Valerio can't stand dogs, but when he's forced to accept and starts taking care of Spugna: it will be the beginning of an experience that will change him in an unexpected way.

Young woman falsely suspected of murder, flees, adopts an alternate identity and tries to find the real killer.

Two wealthy Roman sisters, Marina and Sabrina, the first betrayed wife of a homosexual surgeon, the second left by her multi-horned husband, escape from their respective failures and take a vacation at Circeo, in a splendid villa by the sea. With them there is also Lorena, Marina's masseuse, who has also returned from a sentimental disappointment, and after a few days they are joined by Caterina, the third sister, costume designer for the cinema. She decided each of her in her own way to solve her problems with men, they will end up victims of a seducer and scoundrel writer, but they will always know how to get back on their feet.

Two spouses discover a corpse that mysteriously disappears and then reappear in their suitcase. This is stolen by a couple of teens who are suspected, like the first two, of murder.

The characters are two ruffians in various disguises: as false priests, they sell a rotten arm pretending it to be a relic of St. Luke; they cheat a stingy friar who abuses of the confessional to get rich and, once he finds out he's been cheated, gives himself sacramental absolution. They help the noble Filippo, disguised as a woman, in the alcove of the innkeeper's wife; they save from despair Fra Martino who had forgotten his underwear in his lover's house (one of them disguised as a cardinal retrieve the garment and expose it as a relic to the devotion of the faithful). To live with their lovers, Brother Jeronimo strives exorcisms and frà Partenope pretends to fight with the devil

Tango blu is a night club in Milan where various bizarre characters meet. Among them a womanizing photographer and a porter who works in a slaughterhouse.

The marriage of an actor and a freelance film editor breaks up unexpectedly in front of two filmmakers' camera.

A bartender finds himself crushed by debt after his father's death and decides to repay it by hiding everything from his wife and son, who in the meantime are busy planning his father's wedding.