Films about Italian-American culture

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).

Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.

2018 film by Peter Farrelly

1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese

1987 film directed by Brian De Palma

1979 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1955 film directed by Delbert Mann

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1977 film directed by John Badham

1993 film directed by Robert De Niro

Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It stars Cher as a widowed Italian American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger brother, played by Nicolas Cage. The supporting cast includes Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, and Danny Aiello.

1989 film directed by Spike Lee

1955 film directed by Daniel Mann

1991 film directed by John Flynn

1991 film directed by Spike Lee

1999 film directed by Spike Lee

1967 film by Martin Scorsese

1996 film by Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott

2006 film by Emanuele Crialese

1915 film by Reginald Barker

1976 film by Alfred Sole

Nonnas is a 2025 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky, written by Liz Maccie, and starring Vince Vaughn, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro with Linda Cardellini and Susan Sarandon. The film is based on the life of Joe Scaravella, who created the Staten Island (New York City) restaurant Enoteca Maria. He risks everything to honor his recently deceased, beloved mother by opening an Italian restaurant with actual grandmothers as chefs.

1991 film by Lasse Hallström

1986 television film directed by Brian De Palma

2023 film directed by Laura Terruso

1978 film by Robert Mulligan

1999 film directed by Nicholas Meyer

1989 film by Dominique Deruddere

1993 film by Nancy Savoca

2002 film by Vanessa Parise

2009 film by Evgeny Afineevsky

1964 film by Lucio Fulci

1967 film by Alberto Sordi

2007 film by Jason Todd Ipson