Commedia all'italiana, or Italian-style comedy, is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street in 1958, and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style (1961). According to most of the critics, La Terrazza (1980) by Ettore Scola is the last work considered part of the commedia all'italiana.
Captain Phantom is a 1953 Italian historical adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio and starring Frank Latimore, Anna Maria Sandri, Maxwell Reed and Paola Barbara. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alberto Boccianti. It was distributed by the Italian subsidiary of the Rank Organisation.
Good Folk's Sunday is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Anton Giulio Majano.
Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno is a 1975 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Amendola. It is a parody of Death Wish.
The Lion of Thebes is a peplum film written and directed by Giorgio Ferroni.
Toto and Cleopatra is a 1963 Italian adventure-comedy film written and directed by Fernando Cerchio.
Toto in Paris is a 1958 Italian-French comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque.
Yvonne of the Night is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Totò, Olga Villi, and Frank Latimore.
Viuuulentemente mia is a 1982 Italian crime comedy film written and directed by Carlo Vanzina.
Venetian Honeymoon is a 1959 Italian-French romantic comedy film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It is loosely based on the Abel Hermant novel Les noces vénitiennes.
Armiamoci e partite! is a 1971 war comedy film directed by Nando Cicero and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio.
I pinguini ci guardano is a 1956 Italian comedy film written and directed by Guido Leoni and starring Renato Rascel and Carlo Croccolo.
An Italian in America is a 1967 Commedia all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alberto Sordi and starring the same Sordi opposite Vittorio De Sica. Screenwriter Rodolfo Sonego was inspired for the plot by the participation of one of his friends, the painter Salvatore Scarpitta, to the NBC program This Is Your Life.
How I Lost the War is a 1947 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario.
How I Discovered America is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario, Carlo Ninchi and Delia Scala.
The Intruder is a 1956 Italian melodrama film written and directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Lea Padovani. It is loosely based on the stage drama La moglie del dottore by Silvio Zambaldi.
Kerim, Son of the Sheik is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gordon Scott.
Bullet for Stefano is a 1947 Italian adventure-drama-crime film written and directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese. It is loosely based on real-life events of Stefano Pelloni (1824-1851), an Italian highwayman known as "Il Passatore". It grossed 146.2 million lire at the Italian box office.
Men and Noblemen is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Vittorio De Sica.
Mia nonna poliziotto is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Steno and starring Tina Pica.
