Roberto Benigni — Actor (22)
Life Is Beautiful (1997) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB WikiData
La vita è bella
8.6 (30 ratings) director: Roberto Benigni actor: Roberto Benigni / Nicoletta Braschi
other title: La vita è bella / Livet er smukt
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
To Rome with Love (2012) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB WikiData
To Rome with Love
director: Woody Allen actor: Woody Allen / Roberto Benigni
other title: Para Roma, Com Amor / A Roma con amor
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.
The Tiger and the Snow (2005) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
La tigre e la neve
director: Roberto Benigni actor: Roberto Benigni / Jean Reno
other title: La tigre e la neve / O Tigre e a Neve
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
Night on Earth (1991) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Night on Earth
director: Jim Jarmusch actor: Winona Ryder / Gena Rowlands
other title: Taxisti di notte / Noite na Terra
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Down by Law (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Down by Law
director: Jim Jarmusch actor: Tom Waits / John Lurie
other title: Daunbailò / Vencidos Pela Lei
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Coffee and Cigarettes (1986) [Movie] TMDB
Coffee and Cigarettes
director: Jim Jarmusch actor: Roberto Benigni / Steven Wright
In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.
The Singing Priest: Fr Rob Galea (2026) [Movie] IMDb
The Singing Priest: Fr Rob Galea
director: Artin John actor: Matteo Bocelli / Roberto Benigni
In 2015, Roman Catholic priest Rob Galea joined the Australian version of The X Factor but, due to his holy duties, had to withdraw. But this didn't stop him from becoming a widely beloved contemporary Christian singer-songwriter.
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999) [Movie] TMDB
Astérix & Obélix contre César
director: Claude Zidi actor: Christian Clavier / Gérard Depardieu
other title: Asterix & Obelix contro Cesare / Asterix & Obelix i kamp mod Cæsar
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.
Womanlight (1979) [Movie] TMDB
Clair de femme
director: Costa-Gavras actor: Yves Montand / Romy Schneider
other title: Chiaro di donna / Clair de femme
Having both suffered extreme losses, a man and a woman try to form a relationship.
Johnny Stecchino (1991) [Movie] TMDB
Johnny Stecchino
other title: Zahnstocher-Johnny / Johnny Palillo
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.
Pinocchio (2019) [Movie] TMDB
Pinocchio
director: Matteo Garrone actor: Federico Ielapi / Roberto Benigni
other title: Pinóquio / Pinocho
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.
Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984) [Movie] TMDB
Non ci resta che piangere
director: Massimo Troisi / Roberto Benigni actor: Massimo Troisi / Roberto Benigni
other title: Non ci resta che piangere / Non Ci Resta Che Piangere
Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.
Untouchable (2019) [Movie] TMDB
Untouchable
director: Ursula Macfarlane actor: Rosanna Arquette / Hope Exiner D'Amore
other title: Unantastbar - Der Fall Harvey Weinstein / L'Intouchable, Harvey Weinstein
The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquired and protected his power even when scandal threatened to engulf him. Former colleagues and accusers detail the method and consequences of his alleged abuse, hoping for justice and also to inspire change.
Cinématon (1978) [Movie] TMDB
Cinématon
director: Gérard Courant actor: Gérard Courant / Alain-Alcide Sudre
Cinématon est une série cinématographique de portraits filmés montrant une personnalité des arts, de la culture ou du spectacle, en un seul gros plan fixe et muet de 3 minutes et demie, dans lesquels elle est libre de faire ce qu'elle veut.
Luna (1979) [Movie] TMDB
La Luna
director: Bernardo Bertolucci actor: Jill Clayburgh / Matthew Barry
other title: La Luna / La luna
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
Berlinguer: I Love You (1977) [Movie] TMDB
Berlinguer ti voglio bene
director: Giuseppe Bertolucci actor: Roberto Benigni / Alida Valli
other title: Berlinguer ti voglio bene
A young poet falls in love with a sophisticated woman who hates poetry. But the poet wants to win her with poetry — and a bit of help from his mum.
Caterina in the Big City (2003) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Caterina va in città
director: Paolo Virzì actor: Sergio Castellitto / Margherita Buy
other title: Caterina va in città / Caterina va en ville
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.