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The 100 Italian Films to Be Saved — Venice International Film Festival

The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved (Italian: 100 film italiani da salvare) 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 Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

At the end of the list are added the documentaries by Vittorio De Seta shot between 1954 and 1959.

The most present directors:
(8) Federico Fellini
(6) Luchino Visconti
(5) Vittorio De Sica • Francesco Rosi • Mario Monicelli
(4) Roberto Rossellini • Dino Risi

L'elenco…

  • 8½
  • La Dolce Vita
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • The Leopard
  • Bitter Rice
  • Miracle in Milan
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • I Vitelloni
  • The Battle of Algiers
  • Umberto D.
  • La Strada
  • 1900
  • Amarcord
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
  • L'Eclisse
  • Rocco and His Brothers
  • The Great War
  • Four Steps in the Clouds
  • Obsession
  • Rome, Open City
  • Shoeshine
  • Paisan
  • Angelina
  • La Terra Trema
  • City of Pain
  • Heaven Over the Marshes
  • Chains
  • Sunday in August
  • Stromboli
  • First Communion
  • Story of a Love Affair
  • The Path of Hope
  • Variety Lights
  • Cops and Robbers
  • La famiglia Passaguai
  • Bellissima
  • The Little World of Don Camillo
  • Totó in color
  • Two Cents Worth of Hope
  • The White Sheik
  • Europa '51
  • The Wayward Wife
  • Eager to Live
  • Neopolitans in Milan
  • Empty Eyes
  • Bread, Love and Dreams
  • Neapolitan Carousel
  • The Boarder
  • The Gold of Naples
  • An American in Rome
  • Senso
  • The Art of Getting Along
  • A Free Woman
  • A Hero of Our Times
  • Abandoned
  • Poor But Beautiful
  • Il Grido
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street
  • You're on Your Own
  • The Swindlers
  • Il bell'Antonio
  • Long Night in '43
  • Everybody Go Home!
  • Girl with a Suitcase
  • Il Posto
  • Accattone
  • Divorce Italian Style
  • Leoni al sole
  • A Difficult Life
  • Salvatore Giuliano
  • Mafioso
  • Il Sorpasso
  • Hands Over the City
  • The Monsters
  • Who Works Is Lost
  • The Ape Woman
  • Love Meetings
  • It's a Hard Life
  • Fists in the Pocket
  • I Knew Her Well
  • The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
  • The Hawks and the Sparrows
  • China Is Near
  • The Violent Four
  • Be Sick… It's Free
  • Dillinger Is Dead
  • The Conformist
  • The Mattei Affair
  • In the Name of the Father
  • The Audience
  • The Scopone Game
  • Diary of a School Teacher
  • Bread and Chocolate
  • We All Loved Each Other So Much
  • Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
  • Illustrious Corpses
  • An Average Little Man
  • A Special Day
  • Padre Padrone
  • The Tree of Wooden Clogs