Anna Magnani Movies

Rome, Open City

81/100

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Mamma Roma

79/100

After many years working in the streets of Roma, the middle-age whore Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) saves money to buy an upper class apartment, a fruit stand and retires from the prostitution.... See full summary »

The Fugitive Kind

72/100

Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.

Beautiful

79/100

A woman from the low class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.

The Rose Tattoo

72/100

An Italian-American neighborhood in Louisiana is disturbed when truck driver Rosario Delle Rose is killed by police while smuggling. His buxom widow Serafina miscarries, then over a period ... See full summary »

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

75/100

During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans

The Golden Coach

72/100

Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.

L'amore

71/100

In the first episode, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In the second, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.

Wild Is the Wind

71/100

An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Actor.

Dieb aus Leidenschaft

74/100

On New Year's Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. When a colleague invites her to a New Year's party, she jumps at the opportunity. Accidentally she runs ... See full summary »

...and the Wild Wild Women

73/100

A harsh study about the grim realities of life in a non-coed, totally female prison environment. Story...

Siamo donne

68/100

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

Angelina

68/100

A rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse...

Der Bandit

70/100

Ernesto ritorna dalla prigionia in Germania, alla fine della Seconda Guerra mondiale. E' solo, la casa distrutta, la mamma morta, la sorella scomparsa. La ritrova in un bordello, durante la... See full summary »

Volcano

68/100

While awaiting Production Code seal approval in the USA this Italian-made production went through three...

Peddlin' in Society

69/100

Thanks to wartime smuggling Gioconda Perfetti, a roman fruit vendor, becomes very rich. She leaves her...

Down with Misery

67/100

The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market...

Tre donne - La sciantosa

78/100

During the great war, Flora Bertuccioli, a diva no more young than the café-chantant on the avenue of sunset and at risk of being evicted from her house in Turin, received the offer to sing... See full summary »

La vita è bella

78/100

1870

70/100

Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Some of the exhausted prisoners are asking for the mercy of Pope. Others, like Augusto Parenti, prefer to fight for their... See full summary »

Josefa's Loot

54/100

Comedy of the complications caused by a young man passing cheques on the strength of his mother, a village grocer, being rich.

Anita Garibaldi

70/100

The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination. Although the defence of Rome has become impossible, Garibaldi declares his intent to continue the ... See full summary »

Before Him All Rome Trembled

62/100

The story intertwines the actions of the underground movement in Rome in 1944 against the Germans by a group of opera performers who are part of the Italian resistance, with their ... See full summary »

Woman Trouble

69/100

The Last Wagon

64/100

The roman coachman Totò doesn't want his coach being replaced by cars and doesn't want his daughter Nannarella to go out with the taxi driver Roberto...