Direction: Umberto Lenzi

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


The Kidnap of Mary Lou (Almost Human)

1974 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Tomas Milian · Henry Silva · Laura Belli · Gino Santercole

Plot A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't making him all that much money, so he figures to hit the "big time" by...

6.8

102 votes

6.8

102 votes

Violent Naples (Death Dealers) (Violent Protection)

1976 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Maurizio Merli · John Saxon · Barry Sullivan · Elio Zamuto

Plot Commissario Betti is a typical disgruntled cop that favours violence over proper police procedure. He's fed up with the way that Naples is being run by the criminals, and so...

6.2

57 votes

6.2

57 votes

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Tomas Milian · Maurizio Merli · Arthur Kennedy · Giampiero Albertini

Plot A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

6.0

103 votes

6.0

103 votes

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

1977 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

5.8

34 votes

5.8

34 votes

Final Payment

1975 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Tomas Milian · Joseph Cotten · Maria Fiore · Mario Piave

Plot A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding...

5.7

27 votes

5.7

27 votes

Paranoia

1970 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Carroll Baker · Jean Sorel · Luis Dávila · Alberto Dalbés

Plot Helen, after recovering from a near fatal car crash that took place during a professional race, discovers she is broke. She decides to accept an invitation to stay at her...

5.5

108 votes

5.5

108 votes

Orgasm

1969 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Carroll Baker · Lou Castel · Colette Descombes · Tino Carraro

Plot A glamorous American widow, arrives in Italy several weeks after the death of her older, extremely wealthy husband. With the help of Brian, her lawyer, Kathryn moves into a luxurious...

5.4

101 votes

5.4

101 votes

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

1972 · Movie · 88 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Antonio Sabato · Uschi Glas · Pier Paolo Capponi · Rossella Falk

Plot A woman is a survivor of a failed attempted murder and it is up to her husband who must find the connecting thread between her wife and the other six...

5.4

199 votes

5.4

199 votes

The Death Dealer (Spasmo)

1974 · Movie · 94 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Robert Hoffmann · Suzy Kendall · Ivan Rassimov · Adolfo Lastretti

Plot Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying. A closer look proves that she's alive. The next...

5.4

116 votes

5.4

116 votes

Catherine of Russia

1963 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Hildegard Knef · Sergio Fantoni · Giacomo Rossi-Stuart · Angela Cavo

Plot Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and...

5.3

31 votes

5.3

31 votes

Knife of Ice

1972 · Movie · 87 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Carroll Baker · Alan Scott · Ida Galli · Eduardo Fajardo

Plot As a thirteen year old, Martha Caldwell witnessed the death of her parents in a terrible railway accident. Barely surviving the tragedy herself, Martha was struck dumb due to the...

5.3

62 votes

5.3

62 votes

A Gun for One Hundred Graves

1968 · Movie · 83 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast John Ireland · Peter Lee Lawrence · Gloria Osuna · Julio Peña

Plot Returning from the civil war Jim Slade discovers his parents dead at their farm. It is said that the gang under the lead of Corbett has committed the crime. Jim...

5.3

58 votes

5.3

58 votes

So Sweet... So Perverse

1969 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Carroll Baker · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Erika Blanc · Horst Frank

Plot Jean and Danielle are a couple with marital problems. When Jean hears a woman screaming in the upstairs apartment one day, he immediately decides to investigate. There he finds Nicole;...

5.3

22 votes

5.3

22 votes

An Ideal Place to Kill

1971 · Movie · 83 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Irene Papas · Raymond Lovelock · Ornella Muti · Michel Bardinet

Plot A young free loving hippy couple Dick (Ray Lovelock) and Ingrid (Ornella Muti) buy a car load of porn in Copenhagen to help fund their holiday in Italy. Once in...

5.1

46 votes

5.1

46 votes

From Hell to Victory

1979 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast George Peppard · George Hamilton · Horst Buchholz · Anny Duperey

Plot On August 24, 1939, at a small French cafe, six friends are about to go their separate ways. They vow to reunite on that day each year at the cafe....

5.1

191 votes

5.1

191 votes

Eyeball

1975 · Movie · 97 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Martine Brochard · John Richardson · Ines Pellegrini · Andrés Mejuto

Plot Although mostly known for his bloody jungle-set cannibal films (Cannibal Ferox; Mangiati Vivi) and the splattery zombie-adventure Incubo sulla Citta Contaminata, Italian filmmaker Umberto Lenzi also made a number of...

5.0

156 votes

5.0

156 votes

Kriminal

1966 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

4.9

67 votes

4.9

67 votes

Ghosthouse

1988 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Lara Wendel · Greg Scott · Mary Sellers · Ron Houck

Plot Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house.

4.7

188 votes

4.7

188 votes

Nightmare Beach

1988 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Nicolas De Toth · Sarah Buxton · Rawley Valverde · Lance LeGault

Plot Diablo is a biker gang leader executed for the murder of a young woman. A year after his death, it's time for Spring Break. Football players Skip and Ronnie head...

4.7

158 votes

4.7

158 votes

La legione dei dannati

1969 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Umberto Lenzi

Cast Curd Jürgens · Jack Palance · Thomas Hunter · Wolfgang Preiss

Plot Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of twenty-eight slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next, along...

4.6

57 votes

4.6

57 votes