Franco Villa

Short documentary focused on origins of the Mala, or Italian mob movie genre

In the crypt of the remote castle of the Aguilars lies the recently-deceased body of Maria. Her husband Antonio is a jealous bully, his mute brother Ignazio is in a wheelchair peeping on his caretaker Sol, a novice. Also present are Miria, the couple's virginal daughter, and Isidro, a factotum who fears Satan's power. A frequent visitor is Juan Suarez, a doctor who wants Miria in a sanatorium for a month. She doesn't want to go. Isidro tries to exorcize the castle's evil spirits. Bodies pile up. Is Miria's mother truly dead, and who is Satan's tool?

A group of strangers are summoned to the secluded home of Patrick, a young man rendered comatose after a freak accident, but soon find themselves falling victim to Patrick's mysterious psychic powers and murderous rage.

Venice: The bodies of a married couple, Flavia and Fabio, are discovered on the dockside. She has drowned and he has been stabbed to death with a large pair of scissors. Marzia, Flavia's best friend, is questioned by the police and a chain of slaying is set in motion. The victims include a prostitute who is stabbed in the crotch; Marzia's lover, who is shot in the kneecaps before being doused in petrol and set alight; and Marzia herself, tied to a kitchen table and dismembered, before being stuffed in a fridge. Meanwhile, extended flashbacks reveal that Fabio gained perverse pleasure from forcing his young wife to take part in degrading sexual acts...

Bimba, a teenage temptress, plunges her entire family—including her widowed father, wanton aunt, invalid uncle and even a beloved nun—into the depths of sexual depravity. Is she possessed by demonic lust or just going through a really freaky puberty?

Erotic comedy classic 70’s where a Sicilian chaste and naive moving to Milan lost many of her inhibitions.

Femi is accused of being a prostitute and is thrown into jail with the rest of the clan. Their she befriends the prostitutes and decides to set up an organization for prostitutes' rights.

A small Italian village eagerly awaits the long-overdue arrival of a doctor. Everyone expects a male, so when the sexy female doctor Sigrun S. steps out of the bus, it quickly leads to a series of slapstick events.

A wealthy man suffers from impotence whenever he tries to make love to his wife. Since Viagara hadn't been invented yet, his swinging liberal doctor instead recommends a strong dose of infidelity. Before long he is rolling in the hay with a young lovely and needless to say his impotence problem is cured (it's amazing that he doesn't have a heart attack though). His wife is a little bitter, however, and decides to embark on her own affair. And if you're wondering with whom, well, just look at the title.

An impotent husband is inspired by the bull that he inherited from his father and finds the lost virility.

A young widow becomes a prostitute in order to provide a better life for her son.

An archaeology student photographs a mysterious naked woman by a waterfall, unaware that she is a female demon called Haggia, who soon takes possession of him via a cursed amulet.

An archaeology student photographs a mysterious naked woman by a waterfall, unaware that she is a female demon called Haggia, who soon takes possession of him via a cursed amulet.

Spain, occupied by the French. Zorro, the intrepid swordsman, has an accident. As a result, his friend, Father Donato, is forced by oath to find a temporary replacement for him.

A young man comes back to his provincial home town to visit his dying uncle who is being attended to by a night nurse and novice nun. Before long, the young man develops a deep longing for the young, beautiful nun.

A glamorous playboy thug's brutal trail of murder, terrorism and sexual blackmail across Las Vegas, Rome, Paris and London quickly wins him a prominent place in the Rome syndicate loosely run by an aging and decrepit Mafia Don. He even wins over the Don's much younger wife.

When a rich uncle dies, giving him a great inheritance, Franco will clash with other grandchildren and lawyers.

Luc Merenda gives the performance of his career as a highly regarded police detective who is taking syndicate money in exchange for departmental favors. His father, a simple man, also works for the department but on a lower rung; he isn't jealous of his son, but rather proud of him, little knowing that he's a crooked cop. A series of events leads the young detective to ask his father for a favor (he wants a certain police report that is desired by the syndicate) and it doesn't take long for the detective's father to realize his son is on the take... which leads to numerous complications.

A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to her salivating thesis committee and a large audience of curious on-lookers.

De Luca is killed by Marchetti's chauffeur. Marchetti ordered the murder because he was to be accused by De Luca. The two have a car accident while going home to get an alibi. There is a witness, Sironi, who calls the police. But when the police arrive the car has gone and so have the two men. Inspector Santi and young judge Novelli look into the strange case. Marchetti, however, is a powerful man and Sironi and his family begin to be obsessed first by threats then by assaults.

A man and his assistant invent a powerful aphrodisiac they don't hesitate testing out on the beautiful female populace of their village.

A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He immediately understands that the author of the bomb attack is Daniello from Don Corrasco's clan. Cocchi is determined to revenge. His actions, including the Corrasco's daughter kidnap, in a Palermo in which also the police is corrupted, will soon destroy the old equilibrium giving the way to an escalation of violence that won't save anyone. If Cocchi will survive to the mafia war he will be the new boss for sure.

After returning to Catania after a long period of time, Giuseppe reunites with his old lover, Caterina. Her 15 year-old daughter, Graziella begins to seduce her mother's lover and he soon breaks down and begins an affair with her. As time passes Caterina begins having sneaking suspicions about Giuseppe's & Graziella's relationship.

Richard Harrison is the Mob hit man who finds friendships can get you into trouble when he meets an old buddy who turns out to be part of an opposing family!

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car accident. Carlo takes incriminating shots of the murderers (the victim turns out to be the local public prosecutor) and attempts to sell them to various interested parties, including a gangster and a newspaper owner. One of the murderers' accomplices, a lowlife criminal, is gunned down by a black-gloved assassin, while another is stabbed to death...

Financed by Lord Carter and led by Captain Fox, an expedition is mounted to find and capture a jungle-man who lives in Africa.

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

Dizem que ladrão que rouba ladrão tem 100 anos de perdão. Mas quando o ladrão rouba o dinheiro de um caçador de recompensas ele consegue muitas encrencas. E é isso que acontece com Jeff Donavan e seu bando ao roubarem um banco aonde Joe tinha depositado sua pequena fortuna. O Pistoleiro sai a caça dos malfeitores e, quando ele consegue achar Donavan, um traidor já tinha desaparecido com o dinheiro. Assim, joe e Donavan concordam em juntar forças até reaverem todo o dinheiro. Até lá, seja o que Deus quiser!!

The town of Tombstone is overrun by Ramon, Pedro, Miguel, Ryan and Slide -- five outlaw brothers who are taken on by gunslinger Burt Collins and a deadly lawyer.

Sam is wounded by the Mash Flanigan gang who enters a saloon and kills everybody in sight including his brother. Walbash chases Flanigan to Golden City for revenge, leading to the obligatory showdown. One of the clever scenes is when gunfighters Gordon Mitchell, Lincoln Tate and Peter Martell interview for jobs and are introduced with their acting names Mitchell, Tate and Martell.

Four people are killed in a saloon hold-up. The townspeople pin the murders on local no-count black sheep Chester Conway. Lawyer Jeff Plummer and prostitute Polly Winters don't believe that Chester is guilty of these crimes, so they hire smooth and suave gunman Silver to prove Chester's innocence and find the real killers.

Após ter sua família assassinada por um bandido, John Webb (Paul Sullivan) tem a chance de se vingar. Ele se transformou em um misterioso homem que vaga em busca da vingança, e esse seu sentimento vai levá-lo ao bando de Dan Hogan (Klaus Kinski), o perigoso bandido que matou sua família. Hogan está atrás de uma carga de ouro roubada e, sem saber, aceitará ser guiado por John Webb. É aí que Webb começa sua vingança, atacando de um por um os bandidos até não sobrar mais nada. Um filme de western com uma incrível fotografia e uma ótima e intrigante história.

A masked killer stalks an institution for mentally disturbed rich women.

A pequena e não tão pacata cidade de Black City está vivendo um clima de terror sob o domínio de uma terrível gangue de pistoleiros e contrabandistas liderada pelo temido Bud Willer (Dean Stratford), que não perdoa nada nem ninguém. Um novo xerife chega à região e quer colocar ordem na cidade. Ele é o famoso Sartana (Fabio Testi), um sério homem da lei. Também vem a Black City o pistoleiro Django (Hunt Powers), que está em busca do sangue de um dos bandidos. Duelos violentos serão inevitáveis no encontro de tantos valentes do Oeste.

Some youngsters rape and kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

During WWII, US Lieutenant Morris and British captain Hull are assigned in a mission to kill Rommel.

Anna plays the personal secretary of a rich industrialist who falls in love with her boss' daughter's leftist boyfriend, Carlo. Anna pretty much severs her ties with her boss (who she also had romantic moments with) and after she moves in with the college student Carlo she attempts to provide for both, but soon fails in finding job opportunities and sinks into the sleazy world of drugs and prostitution. Carlo's right wing brother demands Carlo begins his relationship with daughter of the powerful businessman in order to guarantee financial freedom for the rest of his life.

Sartana (Jeff Cameron), um bandido com a cabeça a prêmio, é chamado pelo juiz de uma pequena cidade do Texas. O juiz e mais dois assistentes contratam Sartana para libertar o território de alguns bandidos perigosos, especialmente o bando de Randall. Em troca, Sartana teria seu nome limpo e o prêmio por sua cabeça suspenso. Sartana inicia os trabalhos pelo xerife Logan (Dino Strano), que, anos antes, o tinha acusado, injustamente, de roubo de cavalos. Assim, Sartana mata Logan em um duelo, para, em seguida, enfrentar todo o bando, eliminando um a um todos os bandidos do território. No final, ele luta com Randall (Dennis Colt), que morre acidentalmente (por sua própria arma) durante a briga. Ao final de sua tarefa, Sartana retorna ao juiz, e ele lhe dá a anistia.

Mexican's are being smuggled over the border to work as cheap labour for wealthy land baron Fargo. His gang is made up of known criminals with bounties on their heads, this greatly interests two bounty hunters who may have to team up to achieve their goals.

Clive Norton is a young captain ordered by his superior to recover two shipments of stolen army payroll gold. Clive enlists the help of Ted Hunter, a condemned prisoner whom he has released. They soon discover that two different gangs are responsible for the robberies...

Two brothers, who are the leaders of a gang of outlaws, besiege the village of White City. They rob and terrorize the people of the surrounding countryside which attracts the attention of a bounty hunter who upon arrival becomes involved in their plight. (SWDB)

A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison.

James Daly is an American special soldier who goes behind enemy territory during WWII. His Objective: to steal top secret SS document that can change the course of the war.

The hero steals the haul from the thieves, gives it back to the police but charges 10% for his services.

Fernando returns home from his self chosen exile in Texas to get revenge for the death of his siblings. Instead he tries to start a revolution against the despotism of the landowners, but his relationship to his old friend Cipriano, who had turned in the meantime to a simple bandit, destroys his plans.

When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for the rest of the gang, Foster prefers to rely on fashion model Arabella and news paper photographer 'Flash' instead of the more seasoned Inspector Chandler.

Pécos Martinez foi testemuna de um assassinato e roubo. O dinheiro, escondido pelos assassinos dentro de um barril, transformou a vida dos habitantes do pequeno povoado em um inferno.Cansado, Pécos se apodera do barril e o esconde, ficando a espera do retorno dos bandidos.Sem Piedade, ele empreende uma calçada e vai eliminando cada integrante do bando.

Ray, young and destitute, reaches Desert Spring, carrying a case on top of his mule. A gang headed by Brady uses apparently legal means to prevent anyone from trading and exploits all the town's possibilities for itself. The only one who dares to protest is Sheila, the daughter of a tradesman who has been ruined by Brady. She therefore welcomes Ray, hoping to make him an ally. But the young man doesn't even known how to handle a gun. However, when Brady's men beat him up and humiliate him, Ray decides to stay.

The innocent love of two young students is hindered by their families. The two meet in a squalid apartment where they will perhaps decide their future. At the exit, however, are arrested for a kiss exchanged on the road.

In order to promote a plumcake an adman associates with a mad scientist who has found a way to interfere with TV broadcasts.

A dancer has been murdered in a striptease joint but the body seems to have disappeared.

Saracen pirates aboard the "Black Eagle" attack Christians strongholds along the coast of Spain. When they stop off in Sheba to re-supply, they also buy female slaves and end up fighting over them.

Pablo, Domingo and Jose, three idiots, gunmen exchanged for large liberate a village in the republic of "Nonduras" from the oppression of dictator Bonarios. Parody of The Magnificent Seven, five writers got together for an anemic script that exploits a repertoire mixture with the song "A man alive"by Gino Paoli.

A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely.

Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto becomes a sex maniac to the puzzlement of his girlfriend Mafalda.

Lieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers.

During the period between world wars, vaudeville sketches were popular before film showings.Gastone is one of the characters played by the famous Ettore Petrolini who figures in these sketches.

After serving a conviction for fraud Mario tries to continue with his life and promises Marisa to marry her...

Alberto Nardi é um empresário romano que se imagina um homem de grande capacidade, mas cuja fábrica está perenemente à beira da catástrofe. Alberto é casado com uma rica e bem sucedida mulher de negócios de Milão, Elvira Almiraghi que tem uma atitude no-nonsense e mal consegue tolerar as tentativas de seu marido para manter sua fábrica à tona com seu dinheiro. Alberto tenta "manter-se" com sua esposa e seus amigos ricos e bem-sucedidos, mas ele só consegue ridicularizar a si mesmo. Divertindo-se com suas travessuras Elvira trata publicamente seu marido como um palhaço bobo, confiante de que ele nunca vai deixá-la na esperança de lucrar com sua fortuna.

Captain Richard and a small band of soldiers return home to France to discover the country ruled by horrible nobility.

At some point, somewhere in the relentless events of the Second World War: A submarine returns from a long, successful patrol. Shortly before their native coast, however, they are bombarded by enemy aircraft. The submarine sinks and for the men begins a fight for survival at 110 meters depth.

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.

Em Pianetta não tem médico, até a chegada do Dr. Marchetti. Na cidade, no entanto, um "médico" já está instalado, Don Antonio, o curandeiro local que com um pouco de psicologia, poções mágicas e truques, é muito apreciado, principalmente por Mafalda, que espera seu noivo Corrado, que não escreve mais desde 1942. Até que Pasqua, assistente do médico, usa uma poção mágica e ela se apaixona por ele. Entre Don Antonio e o Dr. Marchetti começou um tipo de guerra à distância na qual todos estão envolvidos, incluindo Clamide, sobrinha de Don Antonio, flertando com Galeazzo.

Italian move on the battle of El Alamein

Pietro is in love with a nurse; they keep their affair secret until she falls pregnant. Worried that marriage will affect his career, she prepares for the upcoming childbirth

The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Having become aware of her name, he finds out that she is his illegitimate daughter of whom he knew nothing. He tries to secretly help Elena, who has fallen in love with the car mechanic Gianni. But that only creates mistrust. When Guerrini's worthless nephew harasses the girl, the situation is dramatically worse.

In Romagna, an Italian district, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the owners of an estate are the professor Edoardo, always lost in reveries, and his wife Maria. They have a son, Robertino, who has a friend: Zvanin. Zvanin is the son of Mingòn and Marianna, two peasants. Dolly is an american cousin and every summer she comes in Romagna. The movie narrates their stories over the years until the post I World War period.

In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front.

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

Quatro amigos mimados vivem na farra e em busca de mulheres. Quando Fausto engravida a irmã de Moraldo, o avô da criança o obriga a casar, o que faz o rapaz repensar sua forma de levar a vida.