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History of Italian Cinema

Italian cinema has influenced world filmmaking for more than a century. This collection follows its development from the first Italian studios and silent historical epics through Fascist-era cinema, neorealism, postwar auteurs, comedy, spaghetti westerns, political films, horror and contemporary directors.

Italian Futurist Cinema and the Avant-Garde (1911–1919)

Italian Neorealism: History, Directors and Essential Films

Modern Italian Film Directors: From the 1980s to Today

Italian Cinema in the New Millennium: From 2000 to Today

The Golden Age of Italian Silent Cinema: From the Kolossal to Cabiria

Italian Cinema in the 1980s: Crisis, Television and Creative Survival

The Great Crisis of Italian Cinema: Decline and Renewal, 1919–1929

Italian Animation: History, Artists, Studios and Essential Films

Italian Film Divas, Stars and Wartime Cinema, 1914–1918

Telefoni Bianchi: Italian Cinema under Fascism

Masters of Postwar Italian Cinema: Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti, Rossellini and De Sica

Italian Horror and Thriller Cinema: Gothic, Giallo and Splatter

The Spaghetti Western: Directors, Essential Films and Lasting Influence

Italian Cinema in the 1990s: Crisis, Renewal and International Success

Commedia all’Italiana: History, Directors and Essential Films

Italian Political Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s

Cinecittà and the Foreign-Film Monopoly, 1937–1939

The Beginning of the Italian Film Industry: Origins of Italian Cinema, 1895–1909

Cult and Exploitation Cinema in Italy: Splatter, Erotic Comedy and Genre Film