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8½ ( ) is a 1963 avant-garde comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on famous Italian film director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from writer's block as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film. Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale portray the various women in Guido's life. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film was shot in black and white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo and features a score by Nino Rota, with costume and
La Dolce Vita
1960 film directed by Federico Fellini
Nights of Cabiria
1957 film by Federico Fellini
Black Orpheus
1959 film by Marcel Camus
La Grande Bouffe
1973 film by Marco Ferreri
Perfect Strangers
2016 Italian film directed by Paolo Genovese
Bellissima
1951 film by Luchino Visconti
Roma
1972 film by Federico Fellini
The Tiger and the Snow
2005 film by Roberto Benigni
Ginger and Fred
1986 film by Federico Fellini
The Angels' Share
2012 film by Ken Loach
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 film by Ettore Scola
The Idiots
1998 film by Lars von Trier
La Traversée de Paris
1956 film by Claude Autant-Lara
We Have a Pope
2011 film directed by Nanni Moretti
Il Posto
1961 film by Ermanno Olmi
The Source
2011 film by Radu Mihăileanu
Seven Beauties
1975 film by Lina Wertmüller
¡Ay, Carmela!
1990 film by Carlos Saura
The Voice of the Moon
1990 film by Federico Fellini
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025 film directed by Jim Jarmusch
Bread and Chocolate
1974 film by Franco Brusati
Where Do We Go Now?
2011 film by Nadine Labaki
Baarìa
2009 film by Giuseppe Tornatore
Bye Bye Monkey
1978 film by Marco Ferreri
The Conjugal Bed
1963 film by Marco Ferreri
Man of La Mancha
1972 film by Arthur Hiller
They Call Me Jeeg
2015 Italian film by Gabriele Mainetti
Together
2000 Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson
Rose Island
2020 film directed by Sydney Sibilia
Woman Times Seven
1967 film by Vittorio De Sica
Four Steps in the Clouds
1942 film
God's Thunder
1965 film by Denys de La Patellière
Romanzo popolare
1974 film by Mario Monicelli
The Scientific Cardplayer
1972 film by Luigi Comencini
Days of Love
1954 Italian comedy film
El Lazarillo de Tormes
1959 film by César Fernández Ardavín
Saturn in Opposition
2006 film by Ferzan Özpetek
Made in Italy
2020 film directed by James D'Arcy
A Dog's Life
1950 film by Mario Monicelli and Stefano Vanzina
Fasten Your Seatbelts
2014 film by Ferzan Özpetek
In the Name of the Italian People
1971 Italian film by Dino Risi
The Beach
1954 film by Alberto Lattuada
A Brighter Tomorrow
2023 film directed by Nanni Moretti
Love at the Top
1974 film directed by Michel Deville
Il Commissario Pepe
1969 film by Ettore Scola
Where Is Freedom?
1952 film by Roberto Rossellini
Vodka Lemon
2003 film by Huner Saleem
Caro Michele
1976 film by Mario Monicelli
Todo modo
1976 film by Elio Petri
Traffic Jam
1979 film by Luigi Comencini
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
2013 film directed by Pif
Bits and Pieces
1996 film by Antonello Grimaldi
Rosebush Pruning
2026 film directed by Karim Aïnouz
Serafino
1968 film by Pietro Germi
Tickets
2005 film by Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Ermanno Olmi
Three Girls from Rome
1952 film
France
2021 film directed by Bruno Dumont
Lost Embrace
2004 film by Daniel Burman
My Big Gay Italian Wedding
2018 film directed by Alessandro Genovesi