Soundtrack: Riz Ortolani
The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Riz Ortolani. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.
Titles found: 187
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Synopsis 'Il sorpasso' starts on a summer's day in Rome where Roberto (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a withdrawn young scholar who encounters Bruno (Vittorio Gassman), a middle-aged man driving a stylish convertible.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
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colors of Life
2016 · Documentary · 90 min. · Italy
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
Direction Damiano Damiani
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Erland Josephson · Mario Adorf · Angelica Ippolito
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
Christmas Present
1986 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy
Direction Pupi Avati
Cast Carlo Delle Piane · Diego Abatantuono · Gianni Cavina · George Eastman
6.9
53 votes
6.9
53 votes
I ragazzi di via Panisperna
1989 · Movie · 125 min. · Italy
Direction Gianni Amelio
Cast Andrea Prodan · Mario Adorf · Ennio Fantastichini · Laura Morante
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
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy
Direction Damiano Damiani
Cast Franco Nero · Martin Balsam · Marilú Toló · Claudio Gora
6.7
149 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
Valentina. Crónica del alba. 1ª Parte
1982 · Movie · 86 min. · Spain
Direction Antonio Betancor
Cast Jorge Sanz · Paloma Gómez · Anthony Quinn · Saturno Cerra
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K 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
Il cuore altrove
2003 · Movie · 107 min. · Italy
Direction Pupi Avati
Cast Neri Marcorè · Giancarlo Giannini · Vanessa Incontrada · Nino D'Angelo
6.2
319 votes
6.2
319 votes