Italian movies about a desert island

List of the best Italian movies about an uninhabited island, selected by visitors to our site: Swept Away, The Rite, Basilicata coast to coast, Welcome to the South, Tatanka, Ultras, I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass, I Am Tempesta, E fu sera e fu mattina, Perfect Strangers.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 3.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy
Duration01:29

Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Hungary, Italy
Duration01:54

Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, musical
CountryItaly
Duration01:45

A music group and a journalist cross the region of Basilicata by foot to attend a music festival.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly, Germany
Duration01:42

Alberto (Claudio Bisio), post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia (Angela Finocchiaro), is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, crime, sport
CountryItaly

Clemente Russo portrays himself in the story of a promising boxer who grew up in the Neapolitan mob heartland.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama
CountryItaly

An aging soccer fanatic faces down the reality of his past while struggling to give himself and a young follower very different futures.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryItaly
Duration02:36

Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly
Duration01:41

Numa Tempesta is a fascinating, charismatic, businessman at the top of his game. Driven by a ruthless, relentless need to succeed, Numa will stop at nothing to close a deal even if it means bending the law. That's until the law catches up to him and to avoid prison, Numa is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter. While there, Numa cannot conduct any business but he must close the deal of the century or lose his fortune. It will take Numa every crafty bone in his body to find a solution and he may just find it where he least expects it.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama
CountryItaly
Duration01:49

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Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly
Duration02:08

During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever text message or phone call they will receive during the evening - and all hell breaks loose.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly

Two lovers are stuck in stale relationships due to lean finances. But when one is duped into thinking he's suddenly rich, he takes very drastic action.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryItaly, France
Duration01:35

An accident involving a 16-years old prompts private eye Corso to an investigation that will unearth a deep web of corruption in today's Rome.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly

Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly
Duration02:28

Paolo and his wife are waiting a baby and deciding his name, but it seems that Paolo's family and friends don't really like the chosen name.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly

A 22 year-old Bangladeshi-Italian Muslim boy meets a beautiful, exciting Italian girl who makes him re-analyze his beliefs and culture.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly, France
Duration01:39

Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s in intimacy with world leaders. Donatella is a young quiet tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial measures.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama
CountryItaly
Duration01:50

Elena (Kasia Smutniak) and Antonio (Francesco Arca) seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to. This dramedy on relationships also gets a very credible performance from Paola Miraccione, who plays the tragic, albeit funny, character Egle.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryFrance, Italy
Duration01:47

A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryItaly
Duration01:40

The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryDenmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany
Duration01:51

Romantic comedy from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrebiography
CountryItaly
Duration01:21

Discover Leonardo da Vinci, the man, the painter, the scientist and the inventor, through a unique, engaging and fascinating journey in the mind of Leonardo.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly

A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama
CountryItaly, Luxembourg, France

After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she encounters there do not nearly satisfy her interest in faith. Struggling to find her place, Marta pushes the boundaries of the class, the priest, and the church.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrethriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Spain, USA
Duration01:41

Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, history
CountryItaly, Belgium
Duration01:42

Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly

A wealthy broker, his loyal butler, and a poor unauthorized seller all see their social positions change in a twist of fate.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly

The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, another son, takes the car out and damages the car door.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, melodrama
CountryUSA, Italy
Duration01:49

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom
Duration02:17

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly
Duration01:36

Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is elected as mayor.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly

A man dedicated to religion and very faithful husband suddenly finds himself single. The new shop assistant in his shop will overwhelm his life.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama
CountryItaly
Duration01:42

Riko is an honest man, who can count on a group of real friends and a wife who, between highs and lows, he loves forever. But he is also a very angry man with his time, which seems to be punctuated only by backlashes and false starts.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryItaly, France
Duration01:50

Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta the accountant uses all the tricks of his art to cook the books, but catastrophe awaits.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly

Mussolini reappears in Rome 72 years after his death, finding a Country still full of problems like racism and hate for politicians. Misguised for an actor, he sides with a young filmmaker and starts traveling along Italy to reconquer it.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryItaly

Guido and Antonia are a young couple with opposing characters and working schedules: he works a night job as a doorman in a hotel, and she works as an employee for a rental car service. This is the story of what happens to Guido and Antonia when they decide to have a child.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly, France
Duration02:21

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryItaly
Duration01:37

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryItaly

In a Naples suspended between magic and superstition, madness and rationality, a mystery envelops the existence of Adriana (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), overwhelmed by a sudden love and a violent crime.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly
Duration01:27

The story of a father and a son. An on the road trip from South to North.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryItaly, Germany, France
Duration02:08

Based on the bestselling novel by Donato Carrisi, THE GIRL IN THE FOG is a gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where enigmatic Detective Vogel is investigating on the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old Anna Lou. But with the case at the heart of a media storm, the fine line between the police and criminals begins to blur and soon everyone becomes a suspect.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy
CountryItaly
Duration01:25

As a solar storm unfolds, causing power surges and blackouts, a storm of emotions rages within Regina, a spinster referred to as Fräulein, when a childlike sexagenarian checks into her hotel. What should be one night becomes a stormy coexistence all its own.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly, France, Belgium
Duration01:18

A summer day in Italy. The camera follows the deaf-mute Giacomo and a childhood girlfriend Stefi closely – in the woods, by the river – without wanting to disrupt the mystery of their relationship, between restrained sensuality and childhood games.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryGermany, Italy
Duration01:57

The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly
Duration01:38

Anna and Piero fighting routine of a long marriage, when Piero loses his memory, Anna reconstructs his way. For its part, the concierge Rocco and his friend Michele play in a group that emulates the Beatles and face opposition from their partners. Finally, Marcello and Paola are a divorced couple who, from time to time, pretend they are still together to avoid problems. They are victims of a relentless war of sexes.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryItaly
Duration02:05

Roberto is a young and ambitious lawyer who is going to marry Sara. His whole life is perfectly planned out. During a expropriation which he is in charge of, he meets Micol, a gorgeous and provocative young woman from a small village in Tuscany. This is when things start to get complicated... Fabio, a famous anchorman, has been the perfect husband for twenty five years. At a party one night, he meets Eliana, a femme fatale full of surprises. This one-night stand proves to be more than what he bargained for when she refuses to leave... Adrian is an American art history professor who moved to Rome after his divorce. He is friends with Augusto, the building's concierge, whose ebullient daughter Viola is about to disrupt his peaceful existence and relight his fire

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, adventure, family
CountryGermany, Italy
Duration01:55

A girl struggling with asthma is taken to a clinic in South Tyrol to be cured. After some time she decides to get out of this hell (that's how she feels about it) and soon she'll meet a new friend. Together they try to reach the peak of a mountain where, according to an old custom, she can be healed.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountryItaly

The story of four friends Giulio, Gemma, Paolo, Riccardo, told over forty years, from 1980 to today, from adolescence to adulthood. Their hopes, their disappointments, their successes and failures are the intertwining of a great story of friendship and love through which Italy and the Italians are also told. A large fresco that tells who we are, where we come from and also where they will go and who our children will be. It is the great circle of life that repeats itself with the same dynamics despite the fact that years and even different periods pass in the background.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryItaly, Romania, France
Duration02:07

A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly, Argentina
Duration01:36

An ambitious soccer referee ends up handling a crucial match between two small Sardinian teams




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