34 Films & TV Shows Set In Italy During The 1980s
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The Godfather: Part III
๐ฎ๐น Italy New Jersey New York ๐ป๐ฆ Holy See The 1970s The 1980sAll the power on earth can't change destiny. โ In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
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A Cat in the Brain
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1980sThe master of Italian horror, Lucio Fulci, stars as... Lucio Fulci, a filmmaker with a reputation for gruesome horror films. His body of work has started to plague his mental state, and he is haunted by the grotesque set-pieces his mind has conjured up during his career. His psychiatrist, Egon Schwarz, uses a hypnotised Fulci as an avatar to carry out his own disturbed fantasies, in hopes of ruining the masterโs reputation once and for all.
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The Big Blue
๐ฌ๐ท Greece New York ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1980s The 1960sDanger...Like Passion...Runs Deep โ Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.
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Cinema Paradiso
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1950s The 1940s The 1980sA celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies. โ A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
England ๐ฉ๐ช Germany Illinois ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ซ๐ท France The 1980sFor over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America! โ The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
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Cop in Drag
๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1980sRome, Italy, early 1980s. A guy who worked at the Blue Gay, a transvestite cabaret, is found murdered, strangled. Marshal Nico Giraldi (Tomas Milian) is responsible for investigating, infiltrating the Roman Gay community.
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Cinderella '80
New York ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1980sIn this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets, and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?