100 film italiani da salvare


The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". The project was established in 2008 by the Venice Days festival section of the 65th Venice International Film Festival, in collaboration with Cinecittà Holding and with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
The list was edited by Fabio Ferzetti, film critic of the newspaper Il Messaggero, in collaboration with film director Gianni Amelio and the writers and film critics :it:Gian_Piero_Brunetta|Gian Piero Brunetta, :it:Giovanni_De_Luna|Giovanni De Luna, Gianluca Farinelli, Giovanna Grignaffini, :it:Paolo_Mereghetti|Paolo Mereghetti, Morando Morandini, Domenico Starnone and Sergio Toffetti.

The films

In chronological order:
  1. Four Steps in the Clouds by Alessandro Blasetti
  2. Ossessione by Luchino Visconti
  3. Rome, Open City by Roberto Rossellini
  4. Paisà by Roberto Rossellini
  5. Shoeshine by Vittorio De Sica
  6. L'onorevole Angelina by Luigi Zampa
  7. Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica
  8. La terra trema by Luchino Visconti
  9. Bitter Rice by Giuseppe De Santis
  10. City of Pain by Mario Bonnard
  11. Heaven over the Marshes by Augusto Genina
  12. Stromboli, terra di Dio by Roberto Rossellini
  13. Chains by Raffaello Matarazzo
  14. Path of Hope by Pietro Germi
  15. Sunday in August by Luciano Emmer
  16. Story of a Love Affair by Michelangelo Antonioni
  17. Variety Lights by Alberto Lattuada and Federico Fellini
  18. Father's Dilemma by Alessandro Blasetti
  19. Bellissima by Luchino Visconti
  20. Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
  21. Cops and Robbers by Steno e Mario Monicelli
  22. Miracle in Milan by Vittorio De Sica
  23. La famiglia Passaguai by Aldo Fabrizi
  24. Umberto D. by Vittorio De Sica
  25. Europa '51 by Roberto Rossellini
  26. The White Sheik by Federico Fellini
  27. Toto in Color by Steno
  28. Little World of Don Camillo. by Julien Duvivier
  29. Bread, Love and Dreams by Luigi Comencini
  30. I vitelloni by Federico Fellini
  31. Neapolitans in Milan by Eduardo De Filippo
  32. Eager to Live by Claudio Gora
  33. The Wayward Wife by Mario Soldati
  34. Neapolitan Carousel by Ettore Giannini
  35. Empty Eyes by Antonio Pietrangeli
  36. The Beach by Alberto Lattuada
  37. The Gold of Naples by Vittorio De Sica
  38. An American in Rome by Steno
  39. The Art of Getting Along by Luigi Zampa
  40. Senso by Luchino Visconti
  41. La strada by Federico Fellini
  42. A Free Woman by Vittorio Cottafavi
  43. The Abandoned by Francesco Maselli
  44. A Hero of Our Times by Mario Monicelli
  45. Poveri ma belli by Dino Risi
  46. Il grido by Michelangelo Antonioni
  47. Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini
  48. Big Deal on Madonna Street by Mario Monicelli
  49. You're on Your Own by Mauro Bolognini
  50. The Great War by Mario Monicelli
  51. I magliari by Francesco Rosi
  52. Everybody Go Home by Luigi Comencini
  53. La dolce vita by Federico Fellini
  54. Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti
  55. Girl with a Suitcase by Valerio Zurlini
  56. Long Night in 1943 by Florestano Vancini
  57. Il bell'Antonio by Mauro Bolognini
  58. A Difficult Life by Dino Risi
  59. Divorce Italian Style by Pietro Germi
  60. Il posto by Ermanno Olmi
  61. Accattone by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  62. Leoni al sole by Vittorio Caprioli
  63. Il sorpasso by Dino Risi
  64. Salvatore Giuliano by Francesco Rosi
  65. L'eclisse by Michelangelo Antonioni
  66. Mafioso by Alberto Lattuada
  67. I mostri by Dino Risi
  68. Hands over the City by Francesco Rosi
  69. 8½ by Federico Fellini
  70. The Leopard by Luchino Visconti
  71. The Ape Woman by Marco Ferreri
  72. Chi lavora è perduto d by Tinto Brass
  73. La vita agra by Carlo Lizzani
  74. Fists in the Pocket by Marco Bellocchio
  75. I Knew Her Well by Antonio Pietrangeli
  76. Love Meetings by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  77. The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi
  78. The Hawks and the Sparrows by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  79. The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo
  80. China Is Near by Marco Bellocchio
  81. Dillinger Is Dead by Marco Ferreri
  82. Bandits in Milan by Carlo Lizzani
  83. Be Sick... It's Free by Luigi Zampa
  84. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
  85. The Conformist by Bernardo Bertolucci
  86. L'udienza by Marco Ferreri
  87. :it:Diario di un maestro|Diario di un maestro by Vittorio De Seta
  88. The Mattei Affair by Francesco Rosi
  89. The Scientific Cardplayer by Luigi Comencini
  90. :it:Nel nome del padre |Nel nome del padre by Marco Bellocchio
  91. Amarcord by Federico Fellini
  92. We All Loved Each Other So Much by Ettore Scola
  93. Bread and Chocolate by Franco Brusati
  94. Fantozzi by Luciano Salce
  95. 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci
  96. Illustrious Corpses by Francesco Rosi
  97. A Special Day by Ettore Scola
  98. An Average Little Man by Mario Monicelli
  99. Padre padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  100. The Tree of Wooden Clogs'' by Ermanno Olmi