Soundtrack: Riz Ortolani

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Riz Ortolani. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Il sorpasso (The Easy Life)

1962 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Direction Dino Risi

Cast Vittorio Gassman · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Catherine Spaak · Claudio Gora

Synopsis 'Il sorpasso' starts on a summer's day in Rome where Roberto (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a withdrawn young scholar who encounters Bruno (Vittorio Gassman), a middle-aged man driving a stylish convertible. This chance meeting leads to drinks and eventually to an extended...

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

Direction Fariborz Kamkari

Synopsis A look at the life and work of Italian cinematographer, Carlo di Palma.

7.4

23 votes

7.4

23 votes

Africa addio

1966 · Documentary · 140 min. · Italy

Direction Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Cast Sergio Rossi · Gualtiero Jacopetti · Ian Yule

Synopsis The second official sequel to the original shockumentary, displaying cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.

7.3

106 votes

7.3

106 votes

I Am Afraid

1977 · Movie · 120 min. · Italy

7.2

56 votes

7.2

56 votes

The Assassin of Rome

1972 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

Direction Damiano Damiani

Cast Nino Manfredi · Gabriele Lavia · Orso Maria Guerrini · Guido Leontini

Synopsis This film attempts to mix suspense and comedy as it details the efforts of Mussolini's Italy to deal with the public outcry over a series of child sex murders.

7.1

73 votes

7.1

73 votes

6.9

53 votes

I ragazzi di via Panisperna

1989 · Movie · 125 min. · Italy

6.7

22 votes

6.7

22 votes

Goodbye, Uncle Tom

1971 · Documentary · 136 min. · Italy

Direction Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Synopsis Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

6.7

85 votes

6.7

85 votes

6.7

149 votes

Mondo Cane No. 1

1962 · Documentary · 108 min. · Italy

Direction Paolo Cavara · Gualtiero Jacopetti · Franco Prosperi

Cast Rossano Brazzi · Stefano Sibaldi

Synopsis Nominally a documentary, this film combines a number of unrelated sequences (both real and staged) -- including a South Pacific "cargo cult", the ritual slaughter of a bull, tribal dances and rituals, and a visit to an ornate pet cemetery...

6.5

552 votes

6.5

552 votes

The Octopus (TV Miniseries)

1984 · Series · 400 min. · Italy

Direction Damiano Damiani

Cast Michele Placido · Barbara De Rossi · Nicole Jamet · Angelo Infanti

Synopsis Corrado Cattani is a police inspector whose life is devoted to fighting the Italian mafia (known here as "La Piovra" or "The Octopus"). Even as his family and life are being destroyed by ruthless criminals, the intrepid comissar keeps fighting...

6.5

153 votes

6.5

153 votes

Day of Anger

1967 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Tonino Valerii

Cast Lee Van Cleef · Giuliano Gemma · Walter Rilla · Christa Linder

Synopsis First-class Italian frontier saga starring Lee Van Cleef as a master gunslinger who joins forces with an orphan to take over a small town. After teaching the youngster everything he knows, Van Cleef finds himself facing his student in a...

6.5

838 votes

6.5

838 votes

Don't Torture Donald Duck

1972 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy

Direction Lucio Fulci

Cast Barbara Bouchet · Tomas Milian · Marc Porel · Florinda Bolkan

Synopsis In Sicily, Italy, a psycho killer is going around hacking up young boys. There are several suspects, including a gypsy witch, a local prostatute, and a priest. Early slasher film from director Lucio Fulci.

6.4

773 votes

6.4

773 votes

Castle of Blood

1964 · Movie · 87 min. · Italy

Direction Antonio Margheriti · Sergio Corbucci

Cast Barbara Steele · Jorge Rivier · Margarete Robsahm · Arturo Dominici

Synopsis A writer accepts a bet that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul's Eve. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking...

6.4

406 votes

6.4

406 votes

Christmas Rematch

2004 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Diego Abatantuono · Gianni Cavina · Carlo Delle Piane · George Eastman

Synopsis 17 years after Regalo di Natale the same 5 players for a new challange. Who can trust who?

6.3

24 votes

6.3

24 votes

Ghost of Love

1981 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Dino Risi

Cast Romy Schneider · Marcello Mastroianni · Eva Maria Meineke · Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis After witnessing the brutal murder of an elderly lady, a man has an encounter with a bizarre woman who claims to be an old lover of his... A lover who apparently died years ago.

6.3

202 votes

6.3

202 votes

Giovanna's Father

2008 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Silvio Orlando · Francesca Neri · Ezio Greggio · Alba Rohrwacher

Synopsis Bologna 1938. Michele Casali has a serious problem. His only daughter, Giovanna, has just killed her best friend in a bout of jealousy. The girl, who is still an adolescent, is declared to be non compus mentis and is committed...

6.3

143 votes

6.3

143 votes

The Mckenzie Break

1970 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lamont Johnson

Cast Brian Keith · Helmut Griem · Ian Hendry · Jack Watson

Synopsis A British intelligence agent investigates an impending escape by a group of unruly German prisoners of war.

6.2

330 votes

6.2

330 votes

6.2

319 votes