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
Directed movies (61 total, ranked by score)
31Donatella
1956 · ★ 5.2 (16 votes)
Comedy
32The Roses of the Desert
2006 · ★ 6.2 (16 votes)
War, Comedy
- 33
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
Drama, TV Movie
34The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985 · ★ 5.7 (22 votes)
Drama, Comedy
35Casanova '70
1965 · ★ 6.4 (53 votes)
Comedy
36Dear Goddamned Friends
1994 · ★ 6.8 (63 votes)
Comedy, Drama
37A Dog’s Life
1950 · ★ 6.8 (15 votes)
Comedy, Drama
38Lady Liberty
1971 · ★ 5.5 (25 votes)
Comedy
39I ragazzi della via Paal
1935
40Fathers and Sons
1957 · ★ 6.7 (26 votes)
Comedy
41Rossini! Rossini!
1991 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)
Drama, Music
42Toto and Carolina
1955 · ★ 6.5 (23 votes)
Comedy
43Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti
2008
Documentary
44Dirty Linen
1999 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)
Comedy
45Hotel Room
1981 · ★ 5.6 (4 votes)
Comedy
4612 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · ★ 5.0 (7 votes)
Documentary
47The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002
Documentary, History
48Esercizi di stile
1996
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
49The Unfaithfuls
1953 · ★ 5.7 (9 votes)
Comedy, Drama
50A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
1994 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
51High Infidelity
1964 · ★ 5.3 (13 votes)
Comedy
52Dear Michele
1976 · ★ 5.3 (12 votes)
Comedy, Drama
53The Knight is Here
1950 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Comedy
54Hurricane Rosie
1980 · ★ 4.4 (7 votes)
Action, Comedy, Romance
55I picari
1987 · ★ 5.5 (33 votes)
Comedy
56The Queens
1966 · ★ 5.1 (15 votes)
Comedy
57Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)
Comedy, Crime
58The New Brancaleone's Army
2010 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Drama
59Dark Illness
1990 · ★ 4.8 (6 votes)
Comedy, Drama
60Fame and the Devil
1949 · ★ 4.5 (3 votes)
Fantasy, Comedy
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.