Franco Citti

An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich... (imdb)

Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini's sexually explicit retelling of "The Canterbury Tales" take Chaucer's famous stories into the realm of wild expressionism and beyond. Filmed on location in England, Pasolini's "Canterbury Tales" brings the bawdy world of Chaucer vividly to life, complete with a rendering of hell that would have made Hieronymus Bosch proud. (rottentomatoes.com)

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity... (imdb)

Mamma Roma is a middle-aged whore of Roma. Now she can quit her job to become a fruit seller. And she can take back her 16-year-old son... (imdb)

Pasolini's first film is a painfully realistic study of a pimp in Rome. Vittorio Accattone has never worked a day in his life... (imdb)

In this film inspired by the ancient erotic and mysterious tales of the Middle East, the main story... (imdb)

Two dramatic stories. In an undeterminated past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julius, the young son of a post-war German industrialist, is on the way to lie down with his farm's pigs, because he doesn't like human relationships. (imdb)

Don Gaetano (Marcello Mastroianni) is a priest who is supervising a group of Christian Democrats on a religious retreat. The objective is to help these politicians purify their past wrongdoings, no matter how large or small, and live closer to God. The retreat takes place in a concrete bunker with plenty of small rooms for contemplation and icons set here and there to offer inspiration... (All Movie Guide)

Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy whom are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops whom thrive on living dangerously. (imdb)

A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the murderer is and stop him, he begins to find out that there is much more to the murder than the ordinary killing it first appeared to be. (imdb)

The son of a Mexican bandit comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged former Confederate officer, who is--among other things--stealing land from the locals with phony land grants. (imdb)

In this spaghetti western, the head of a band of desperadoes steals the gold from a Union fort and hides it before the leader is captured by Yankee soldiers. In captivity, the outlaw is tortured by a sadistic Army officer, formerly the trader who conned him into the heist. The torture will not stop until the thief reveals the location of the gold. (allmovie.com)

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi. (imdb)

Relates the story of a young man, Tommaso, caught up with his friends in a life of drinking, crime, delinquency, and prostitution. After a spell in prison and having witnessed many of those friends' lives come to sad and violent ends, Tommaso tries to change the direction of his life when he meets a young girl, Irene, but life has other plans for him. (homecinema.thedigitalfix.co.uk)

A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers. (imdb)

A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies... (imdb)

The comic adventures of a Martian in Rome.

This farce features Jodi Foster, Catherine Deneuve, and Ugo Tognazzi. Tersina (Foster) is a pregnant teen whose parents want her married, pronto. Cerquette (Tognazzi) is an insurance man who wears a chastity belt to keep him from ravishing the two women he desires. A pair of bachelors liven up the action (Michele Placido and Luigi Proietti) which is not easy. Except for the introductory scenes, all of the action takes place in the dressinig (and undressing) room of a beach house. (allrovi.com)

Two hungry men become friends in adversity, but are thrown into gaol when they cause a traffic jam by looking at the sky. In gaol, they meet a sophisticated but hungry con-man, whose trick is to dine in restaurants without paying... (bfi)

Tale of two anarchistic brothers whose close ties are sometimes equivocal. They end up fighting over a prostitute who has moved in with them and who they at first do not touch but then covet. (bfi)

Set in Papal Rome in the middle of the nineteenth century. Four Roman stories told by two good-for-nothings travelling together who accidentally kill an old man. This provides the fifth and final story (bfi)

Series of plays written by Sergio Citti, David Grieco. (bfi)

Four bandits kidnap a villa: the maid calls the police and Commissioner Ferreri immediately warns Commissioner Carli, who orders the patrols to chase the four. (imdb)

Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (A story of brothers and knives) is a 1973 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Mario Amendola (wikipedia)