Best mind-bending Italian movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
14 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.2. 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. Nuovo Olimpo (2023)
Movie · Italian · 1h 52m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (7.7K votes)
MatureSlow-burnHeartwarmingTwisty
In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.
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4. Last Night of Amore (2023)
Movie · Italian · 2h 4m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 7.1 (6.7K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
On the night before retirement, police lieutenant Amore is called to investigate the off-duty death of his longtime partner, who fell prey of an illegal scheme Amore himself was secretly part of.
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5. The Big Fake (2025)
Movie · Italian · 1h 50m · A · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 6.6 (6.5K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.
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6. Still Time (2023)
Movie · Italian · 1h 48m · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 6.6 (5.1K votes)
TwistyHeartwarmingFunny
Dante accidentally kisses Alice and they get engaged. After a surprise party for his 40th birthday, he wakes up a year later, not remembering what happened. Not only does he discover that Alice is pregnant... He feels time is passing too quickly and he starts forgetting some of the most important moments of his life.
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7. Laura Pausini – Pleased to Meet You (2022)
Movie · Italian · 1h 21m · Documentary, Music · IMDb 6.8 (702 votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesFamily-friendlyTwisty
It's the movie that retraces the Laura’s life in a wholly original way. Through never-seen-before footage of her real and fictional life, the artist shows us her essence, giving an honest and bold analysis of her life and how it could have been without that victory at Sanremo that, in 1993, changed her destiny forever.
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8. Parthenope (2024)
Movie · Italian · 2h 17m · Drama · IMDb 6.5 (22.1K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyMatureVisually stunning
Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.
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9. 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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10. The Price of Nonna's Inheritance (2024)
Movie · Italian · 1h 30m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 5.4 (1.5K votes)
FunnyFast-pacedTwistyEdge-of-seat
When a grandmother falls for a cheeky suitor with dubious intentions, her family devises a secret plan to protect her life — and their inheritance.
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11. The Boat (2023)
Movie · Italian · 1h 31m · Thriller · IMDb 4.7 (1.0K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwistyDark & gritty
The trip aboard a luxury yacht of three couples that will turn from an exciting experience to a terrible nightmare.
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12. The Catholic School (2021)
Movie · Italian · 1h 47m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 5.6 (4.3K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedTwisty
Three well-off young men—former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno—brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the uppe
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13. 7 Women and a Murder (2021)
Movie · Italian · 1h 24m · Comedy, Mystery · IMDb 5.4 (8.1K votes)
TwistyFunnyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
When the family patriarch is murdered, seven women find themselves trapped together in his mansion to solve the mystery.
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14. The Tearsmith (2024)
Movie · Italian · 1h 46m · A · Romance, Drama · IMDb 5.2 (15.8K votes)
TwistyDark & grittySerious
Adopted together after a tough childhood in an orphanage, Nica and Rigel realize that unexpected but irresistible feelings pull them together.
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