Direction: Michele Placido

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Michele Placido. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Suburra: Blood on Rome (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 55 min. · Italy

Direction Daniele Cesarano · Barbara Petronio · Michele Placido · Andrea Molaioli

Cast Filippo Nigro · Francesco Acquaroli · Alessandro Borghi · Adamo Dionisi

Synopsis TV Series (2017-2020). 3 Seasons. 24 Episodes. The affairs of the Church, politicians, organised crime, local gangs and real-estate developers become intertwined in a tangle of activities teetering between the lawful and the unlawful, spawning a crime-thriller in which the...

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

Crime Novel

2005 · Movie · 147 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Stefano Accorsi · Kim Rossi Stuart · Pierfrancesco Favino · Jasmine Trinca

Synopsis A master criminal has his sights on conquering Rome's underworld in this exciting gangster epic, spanning more than 25 years of criminal activity in Italy.

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Angels of Evil

2010 · Movie · 125 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Kim Rossi Stuart · Filippo Timi · Moritz Bleibtreu · Valeria Solarino

Synopsis The life, the crimes, the arrests and the prison break of Renato Vallanzasca and his group is a cinematic story that also gives a broader picture of our recent history. Milan, the seventies. The underworld is dominated by the unchallenged...

6.5

139 votes

6.5

139 votes

7 Minutes

2016 · Movie · 88 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Ambra Angiolini · Cristiana Capotondi · Fiorella Mannoia · Maria Nazionale

Synopsis The owners of an Italian textile factory sell the majority of the property to a multinational company. No layoffs are planned, but there's a special clause in the agreement that the new owner wants the council to sign. Eleven women...

6.4

379 votes

6.4

379 votes

The Big Dream

2009 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Riccardo Scamarcio · Laura Morante · Michele Placido · Luca Argentero

Synopsis Il grande sogno is a film set in Italy in ’68 when young people were dreaming they could change the world, when rules were broken, love was free and everything seemed possible. Nicola, a handsome young man from Puglia is...

6.0

106 votes

6.0

106 votes

A Journey Called Love

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Laura Morante · Stefano Accorsi · Alessandro Haber · Galatea Ranzi

Synopsis The life and scandalous loves of early 20th century poet Sibilla Aleramo.

5.8

29 votes

5.8

29 votes

Ovunque sei

2004 · Movie · 85 min. · Italy

5.6

23 votes

5.6

23 votes

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013 · Documentary · 120 min. · Italy

Direction Hala Abdallah · Karim Aïnouz · John Akomfrah · Catherine Breillat

Cast Bernardo Bertolucci · Tygh Runyan · Shannyn Sossamon · Michele Placido

Synopsis 70 short movies about cinema and its future.

5.4

74 votes

5.4

74 votes

The Lookout

2012 · Movie · 89 min. · France

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Daniel Auteuil · Mathieu Kassovitz · Olivier Gourmet · Francis Renaud

Synopsis A detective hunts for the marksman who foiled the plan to catch a notorious team of bank robbers.

5.1

985 votes

5.1

985 votes

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Tomato

1990 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy

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Close Friends

1992 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy

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Caravaggio´s Shadow

2022 · Movie · 120 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Riccardo Scamarcio · Louis Garrel · Isabelle Huppert · Micaela Ramazzotti

Synopsis Italy circa 1610. At this point in time, Caravaggio is one of the greatest painters alive, but he’s also a rebel when it comes to the laws of a church tasked with deciding which religious subjects are fit for depiction....

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The Choice

2015 · Movie · 86 min. · Italy

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Del perduto amore

1998 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Placido

Cast Giovanna Mezzogiorno · Fabrizio Bentivoglio · Rocco Papaleo · Enrico Lo Verso

Synopsis Priest Don Gerardo (Placido), at age 50, reflects on his life, looking back to 1958, his childhood, and the discipline of his father (Fabrizio Bentivoglio). Outspoken leftist Liliana (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) is in her twenties when Gerardo takes an interest in...

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