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Mario Monicelli

Director · 78 credits · 41 in highly-rated films

Best known for My Friends (1975)

Frequent collaborators: Steno, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio, Lina Wertmüller, Dino Risi

Best Mario Monicelli movies by genre

Directed movies (61 total, ranked by score)

  1. My Friends

    1975 · ★ 8.1 (744 votes)

    Comedy

    1

  2. Big Deal on Madonna Street

    1958 · ★ 8.1 (779 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    2

  3. The Great War

    1959 · ★ 8.1 (371 votes)

    Comedy, War, Drama

    3

  4. For Love and Gold

    1966 · ★ 7.7 (402 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    4

  5. An Average Little Man

    1977 · ★ 8.0 (248 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    5

  6. My Friends Act II

    1982 · ★ 7.6 (371 votes)

    Comedy

    6

  7. The Marquis of Grillo

    1981 · ★ 7.8 (498 votes)

    Comedy

    7

  8. Boccaccio '70

    1962 · ★ 6.9 (160 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    8

  9. The Organizer

    1963 · ★ 7.5 (127 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Comedy

    9

  10. Come Home and Meet My Wife

    1974 · ★ 7.2 (46 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    10

  11. The New Monsters

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (233 votes)

    Comedy

    11

  12. Brancaleone at the Crusades

    1970 · ★ 7.2 (165 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    12

  13. Cops and Robbers

    1951 · ★ 7.5 (183 votes)

    Comedy

    13

  14. Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

    1992 · ★ 7.4 (376 votes)

    Comedy

    14

  15. The Girl with a Pistol

    1968 · ★ 6.9 (153 votes)

    Comedy

    15

  16. Let's Hope It's a Girl

    1986 · ★ 7.0 (71 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    16

  17. We Want the Colonels

    1973 · ★ 6.6 (35 votes)

    Comedy

    17

  18. The Passionate Thief

    1960 · ★ 6.9 (54 votes)

    Comedy

    18

  19. Caprice Italian Style

    1968 · ★ 6.1 (42 votes)

    Comedy

    19

  20. Toto and the Kings of Rome

    1952 · ★ 7.0 (67 votes)

    Comedy

    20

  21. Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno

    1984 · ★ 6.9 (37 votes)

    Comedy

    21

  22. A Hero of Our Times

    1955 · ★ 6.9 (47 votes)

    Comedy

    22

  23. Totò Looking for a House

    1949 · ★ 6.8 (81 votes)

    Comedy

    23

  24. The Couples

    1970 · ★ 6.9 (16 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. Looking for Paradise

    1995 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    25

  26. Forbidden

    1955 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    1976 · ★ 6.7 (89 votes)

    Comedy

    27

  28. Doctor and the Healer

    1957 · ★ 7.1 (28 votes)

    Comedy

    28

  29. Toto and the Women

    1952 · ★ 6.8 (48 votes)

    Comedy

    29

  30. Letters from Palestine

    2003

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.