# Italian neorealism — the rubble and the real

> Post-war Italy, 1943-1955. Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti shot in bombed streets with non-actors and natural light. Rome, Open City (1945) defined the movement. Bicycle Thieves (1948) is the blueprint every social-realist film since has copied. Umberto D. (1952) made Vittorio De Sica cry on set. Visconti's Ossessione (1943) predated it all. These films invented modern cinema's moral seriousness — Truffaut, Satyajit Ray, the Dardennes all pointed back here.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/italian-neorealism/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[Le Trou](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/le-trou-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 8.3 · 568 votes
- **[Bicycle Thieves](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/bicycle-thieves-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 8.2 · 2,646 votes
- **[Big Deal on Madonna Street](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/big-deal-on-madonna-street-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 8.1 · 775 votes
- **[The Wages of Fear](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-wages-of-fear-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 8.0 · 1,077 votes
- **[La Dolce Vita](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/la-dolce-vita-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 8.0 · 2,028 votes
- **[Nights of Cabiria](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/nights-of-cabiria-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 8.0 · 856 votes
- **[La Strada](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/la-strada-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.9 · 1,161 votes
- **[Umberto D.](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/umberto-d-1952/)** (1952) — ★ 7.9 · 739 votes
- **[La Terra Trema](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/la-terra-trema-1949/)** (1949) — ★ 7.7 · 174 votes
- **[I Vitelloni](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-vitelloni-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 7.7 · 736 votes
- **[Germany, Year Zero](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/germany-year-zero-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 7.6 · 423 votes
- **[Purple Noon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/purple-noon-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.6 · 594 votes
- **[Paisan](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/paisan-1946/)** (1946) — ★ 7.5 · 355 votes
- **[Obsession](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/obsession-1944/)** (1944) — ★ 7.5 · 268 votes
- **[The Earrings of Madame de...](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-earrings-of-madame-de-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 7.5 · 256 votes
- **[L'Avventura](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/l-avventura-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.5 · 752 votes
- **[Il Grido](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/il-grido-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 7.5 · 168 votes
- **[Mon Oncle](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mon-oncle-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.4 · 614 votes
- **[Black Sunday](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/black-sunday-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.4 · 591 votes
- **[Othello](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/othello-1951/)** (1951) — ★ 7.4 · 210 votes
- **[Europa '51](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/europa-51-1952/)** (1952) — ★ 7.3 · 156 votes
- **[Miracle in Milan](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/miracle-in-milan-1951/)** (1951) — ★ 7.3 · 266 votes
- **[Journey to Italy](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/journey-to-italy-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.3 · 327 votes
- **[The Return of Don Camillo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-return-of-don-camillo-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 7.2 · 307 votes
- **[French Cancan](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/french-cancan-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 7.2 · 107 votes
- **[Senso](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/senso-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.2 · 252 votes
- **[The Flowers of St. Francis](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-flowers-of-st-francis-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 7.1 · 100 votes
- **[Stromboli](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/stromboli-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 7.1 · 226 votes
- **[The Golden Coach](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-golden-coach-1952/)** (1952) — ★ 7.1 · 87 votes
- **[The Barefoot Contessa](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-barefoot-contessa-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 6.7 · 276 votes

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