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The Arena (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Arena
director: Steve Carver actor: Pam Grier / Margaret Markov …
other title: La rivolta delle gladiatrici / La Révolte des gladiatrices
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom.
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The Forbidden City (2025) NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
La città proibita
director: Gabriele Mainetti actor: Yaxi Liu / Enrico Borello …
other title: La città proibita / Kung Fu in Rome
In the suburbs of Rome two very different souls intersect. One is the son of a restaurant owner who disappeared with his lover. The other is a young mysterious woman who has arrived from China in search of her missing sister.
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The Adventures of Hercules (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Adventures of Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Milly Carlucci …
other title: Le avventure dell'incredibile Ercole / Die neuen Abenteuer des Herkules …
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
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Hercules (1983) IMDb WikiData
Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Sybil Danning …
other title: Herkules / Hercule …
Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.
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Avanti! (1972) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Avanti!
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Juliet Mills …
other title: Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? / Avanti - kom ind! …
A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
March 23, 2026 watched
Romcom spiced up with a little middle-aged nudity but still pretty mild and rather long.

Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
JulietMills BillyWilder USA Comedy JackLemmon
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Wrath of the Wind (1970) IMDb WikiData
La collera del vento
director: Mario Camus actor: Terence Hill / Maria Grazia Buccella …
other title: La collera del vento / Mission hævn …
A mute gunslinger takes on an oppressive landlord in 19th century Valencia and falls in love with a local woman.
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Compañeros (1970) TMDB
Vamos a matar, compañeros
director: Sergio Corbucci actor: Franco Nero / Tomas Milian …
other title: Vamos a matar, compañeros / Companheiros …
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
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Rome, Open City (1945) WikiData Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb
Roma città aperta
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Aldo Fabrizi / Marcello Pagliero …
other title: Roma città aperta / Aaben By …
In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.
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The Red Circle (1970) NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Le cercle rouge
8.1 (9 ratings) director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Alain Delon / Bourvil …
other title: Le cercle rouge / I senza nome …
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.