List of Italian films of 1920

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A list of films produced in Italy in 1920 (see 1920 in film):

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1920
A piedigrotta
L' Affresco di Pompei
Al di là della vita
Alba rossa
The Monster of Frankenstein Eugenio Testa Luciano Albertini, Aldo Mezzanotte Horror
On with the Motley Carmine Gallone Soava Gallone
The Sack of Rome Enrico Guazzoni, Giulio Aristide Sartorio Livio Pavanelli, Raimondo Van Riel Historical

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