Best Italian movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
14 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
Movie · Italian · 2h 8m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.5 (23.6K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunning
Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.
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2. La Chimera (2023)
Movie · Italian · 2h 11m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 7.3 (23.5K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunningFunny
Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these character
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3. La Grazia (2025)
Movie · Italian · 2h 13m · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (11.9K votes)
Slow-burnDialogue-drivenSerious
As his tenure as President of Italy nears its end, Mariano De Santis faces wrenching decisions-both political and deeply personal. Amid these moral quandaries, he must confront his own conscience and seek guidance from those closest to him, including his confidante and daughter, Dorotea.
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4. Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Movie · Italian · 1h 50m · Drama · IMDb 7.5 (5.8K votes)
Slow-burnCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
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5. Martin Eden (2019)
Movie · Italian · 2h 9m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (8.8K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunning
The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.
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6. The Wonders (2014)
Movie · Italian · 1h 52m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (6.8K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
In the Tuscan countryside, a family of traditional honey farmers struggles to make ends meet. The household consists of only daughters—four of them—led by the eldest, Gelsomina, who takes on the responsibilities of the family. When a small boy is sent to stay with them for rehabilitation, their routine is disrupted. As
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7. Corpo Celeste (2011)
Movie · Italian · 1h 39m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (2.6K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesFamily-friendly
After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she encounters there do not nearly satisfy her interest in faith. Struggling to
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8. Four Roads (2021)
Movie · Italian · 8m · Documentary · IMDb 7.0 (1.1K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesLight-hearted
In the absence of any physical connection, this short explores alternative forms of contact among neighbors by making use of an old 16mm camera, a zoom lens, and a few meters of expired film.
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9. Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025)
Movie · Italian · 1h 54m · Documentary · IMDb 6.9 (825 votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyStraightforwardCold & detached
Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeologists work as residents live anxiously, haunted by Pompeii's fate while emergency services strain.
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10. Futura (2021)
Movie · Italian · 1h 45m · Documentary · IMDb 6.8 (671 votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesFamily-friendlyStraightforward
A portrait of Italy observed through the eyes of teenagers who talk about the places they live in and imagine themselves, torn between the opportunities that surround them, the dream of what they want to become, the fear of failing, the trials they hope to overcome.
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11. Lost and Beautiful (2015)
Movie · Italian · 1h 28m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 6.6 (783 votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
Pulcinella, a foolish servant, is sent from the depths of Mt. Vesuvius to present-day Campania to grant the last wish of poor shepherd Tommaso, who spent his whole life looking after a crumbling Bourbon estate: his mission is to save a young buffalo named Sarchiapone. Pulcinella takes the buffalo north and the two serv
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13. Agon (2025)
Movie · Italian · 1h 40m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (228 votes)
Family-friendlyStraightforwardSeriousSlow-burn
Three elite athletes train for the Summer Games, Ludoj, 2024. Facing press attention, injury, and exhaustion, they practice their respective disciplines of rifle shooting, fencing, and judo. The women work with coaches to optimize their performance before competing under acute pressure at the Games.
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14. Beauty Is Not a Sin (2024)
Movie · Italian · 8m · Drama · IMDb 5.5 (537 votes)
Slow-burnDialogue-drivenLow-stakesTwisty
When a young woman attends confession, she admits her fault of resisting temptations, causing the priest to experience a revelation by sharing in her ultimate sin.
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