Films set in Sicily

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

1990 film by Francis Ford Coppola

2005 film by Ridley Scott

2018 film directed by James Wan

2018 film directed by David Leitch

1988 film by Giuseppe Tornatore

1970 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

2023 film directed by James Mangold

2004 American film directed by Steven Soderbergh

2003 animated film by Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore

2000 film by Giuseppe Tornatore

1961 Italian film

'''''L'Avventura''''' (; ) is a 1960 drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman (Lea Massari) during a boating trip in the Mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her by her lover (Gabriele Ferzetti) and her best friend (Monica Vitti). It was filmed on location in Rome, the Aeolian Islands, and Sicily in 1959 under difficult financial and physical conditions. The film is noted for its unusual pacing, which emphasizes visual composition, mood, and c

1971 film by Pier Paolo Pasolini

thumb|thumbtime=12|Cabiria (full video) Cabiria is a 1914 Italian epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). It follows the story of an abducted little girl, Cabiria, and features an eruption of Mount Etna, religious rituals in Carthage, the alpine trek of Hannibal, Archimedes' defeat of the Roman fleet at the Siege of Syracuse and Scipio maneuvering in North Africa. Apart from being a classic on its own terms, the film is also notable for being the first film

1988 film directed by Luc Besson

2023 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

1948 film by Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli, Francesco Rosi

1961 Italian film by Richard Fleischer

2015 film directed by Luca Guadagnino

Paisan () is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and received numerous national and international prizes.

1993 film by Kenneth Branagh

1950 film by Roberto Rossellini

1957 American thriller film directed by Nathan H. Juran

1980 film by Samuel Fuller

2023 film by Matteo Garrone

1973 Italian film directed by Salvatore Samperi

2021 film directed by John Madden

1977 film by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola

1964 film by Pietro Germi

1962 Italian film by Francesco Rosi

1993 film by Nanni Moretti

2009 film by Giuseppe Tornatore

1960 film by Mauro Bolognini

2008 film by Wim Wenders

1967 film by 5 different directors: Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini, Franco Rossi

1984 film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani

Allonsanfàn () is a 1974 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The title of the film, which is also the name of a character, comes from the first words () of the French Revolutionary anthem La Marseillaise.

1992 film by Gianni Amelio

1962 film by Alberto Lattuada

1968 film by Mario Monicelli

1971 film by Damiano Damiani

1995 film by Giuseppe Tornatore

1968 film by Damiano Damiani

2006 film by Emanuele Crialese

1972 film by Lina Wertmüller

1990 film by Gianni Amelio

1993 anime film directed by Tsutomu Shibayama

2019 film directed by Marco Bellocchio

2019 film directed by Justine Triet

1948 film by Pietro Germi

1980 film by Édouard Molinaro

2025 film directed by Julian Schnabel

1970 film by Damiano Damiani

1974 film by Vittorio De Sica

1964 film by Ettore Scola

1974 film by Luigi Comencini

1973 film by Sergio Martino

2022 film directed by Sara Dosa

1962 film by Jean Negulesco