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    Italian Thriller Movies

    The 36 most popular italian thriller movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Angels & Demons
    TMDB3.4

    Angels & Demons

    2009 · 2h 19m

    country: Italy

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

    Point Break
    TMDB3.0

    Point Break

    2015 · 1h 54m

    country: Germany

    A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

    The Name of the Rose
    TMDB3.7

    The Name of the Rose

    1986 · 2h 10m

    country: France

    14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

    Madness
    TMDB2.6

    Madness

    1980 · 1h 29m

    country: Italy

    An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

    Don't Look Now
    TMDB3.5

    Don't Look Now

    1973 · 1h 50m

    country: Italy

    While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

    The Holy Boy
    TMDB3.4

    The Holy Boy

    2025 · 2h 2m

    country: Italy

    A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

    Bizarre
    TMDB2.4

    Bizarre

    1987 · 1h 38m

    country: Italy

    A wife escapes her pressure-filled marriage only to have her husband haunt her literally and figuratively.

    Just Like a Cat
    TMDB2.3

    Just Like a Cat

    1993 · 1h 15m

    country: Italy

    A couple is looking for distractions: Julia creates relationships with her daughter’s boyfriend Nancy and with her bodyguard Frank, James seeks contact with her friend Baby Ryan, and so on, between maids, secretaries, girls and men of the house.

    Blu38
    TMDB2.8

    Blu38

    2021 · 1h 50m

    country: Italy

    Andrea the son of Anita and Tristano killed himself on Christmas night. Tristan betrays his wife with Anna, Andrea's ex-girlfriend, who is later killed. A crescendo of tension as Anita listens to the switchboard phone .

    The Big Fake
    TMDB3.3

    The Big Fake

    2025 · 1h 50m

    country: Italy

    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.

    A Bigger Splash
    TMDB3.1

    A Bigger Splash

    2015 · 2h 5m

    country: France

    An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.

    The Smile of the Fox
    TMDB2.5

    The Smile of the Fox

    1992 · 1h 26m

    country: Italy

    Mark, a hitman haunted by his past as a corrupt Miami cop and the death of his wife and son, prepares for his next killing. Gradually he becomes fascinated by the beautiful prostitute who lives in the next apartment and they embark on a passionate affair. Their dreams of a life together are complicated by her pimp being a drugs baron; before they can escape he must die, but things are never that simple...

    Dog Lay Afternoon
    TMDB2.3

    Dog Lay Afternoon

    1976 · 1h 15m

    country: Italy

    A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her own dog, having sex with various guests who visit her.

    Craving Desire
    TMDB2.4

    Craving Desire

    1993 · 1h 37m

    country: Italy

    Luigi, who is engaged to a rich bourgeois, Cinzia, meets his lovely cousin, Sonia, at the cremation of their grandmother. Six months later, Sonia moves in and enters his life, and gradually succeeds in seducing him. Sonia upsets his life. Now, Cinzia is jealous but he can not resist the seductress.

    The Devil's Honey
    TMDB2.8

    The Devil's Honey

    1986 · 1h 23m

    country: Italy

    A young woman abducts a doctor whom she holds responsible for the death of her boyfriend and subjects him to various sexual torture acts.

    Phenomena
    TMDB3.4

    Phenomena

    1985 · 1h 55m

    country: Italy

    A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

    The Eyes of Others
    TMDB2.9

    The Eyes of Others

    2026 · 1h 30m

    country: Italy

    In the untamed beauty of the island owned by an extraordinarily wealthy Marquis, Elena's arrival marks the beginning of a passionate love affair. Complicity and transgression, sex and power, in a film inspired by 1960s Italian true crime, where erotic play unfolds into obsession.

    Orca
    TMDB3.1

    Orca

    1977 · 1h 32m

    country: Italy

    After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

    Opera
    TMDB3.4

    Opera

    1987 · 1h 47m

    country: Italy

    A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

    My Name Is Vendetta
    TMDB3.3

    My Name Is Vendetta

    2022 · 1h 30m

    country: Italy

    After old enemies kill his family, a former mafia enforcer and his feisty daughter flee to Milan, where they hide out while plotting their revenge.

    The Passenger
    TMDB3.6

    The Passenger

    1975 · 2h 6m

    country: Italy

    David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

    What the Peeper Saw
    TMDB2.9

    What the Peeper Saw

    1972 · 1h 29m

    country: Italy

    A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

    Into the Labyrinth
    TMDB3.2

    Into the Labyrinth

    2019 · 2h 10m

    country: Italy

    When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator try to piece together the mystery.

    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
    TMDB4.1

    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

    1970 · 1h 51m

    country: Italy

    Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.

    The Immortal
    TMDB3.3

    The Immortal

    2019 · 1h 55m

    country: Italy

    After reuniting with his first mentor Bruno and receiving his latest mission, an exiled Ciro is left to fearlessly confront whatever comes his way, navigating a new chapter of gang warfare while grappling with devastating memories of loss and trauma. Weaving between his past as an orphan in Naples' cruel underworld and present as a hardened, cunning assassin with nothing left to lose, Ciro is plunged into the cold, dark depths of a world where immortality is just another form of damnation.

    The Unknown Woman
    TMDB3.6

    The Unknown Woman

    2006 · 1h 58m

    country: Italy

    A Ukrainian woman named Irena calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. Stopping at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and the beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter, Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family.

    Assassin Club
    TMDB3.0

    Assassin Club

    2023 · 1h 53m

    country: Italy

    In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.

    The Listening
    TMDB3.3

    The Listening

    2006 · 1h 45m

    country: Italy

    Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.

    The Alcove
    TMDB2.7

    The Alcove

    1985 · 1h 28m

    country: Italy

    In 1936 Italy, Elio returns home from Africa with a present for his wife in the form of Zerbal, the daughter of a tribal king. Unbeknown to him, his neglected wife Alessandra has formed a relationship with Elio’s otherwise frigid secretary Velma who is less than pleased at Elio’s return.

    The Place
    TMDB3.6

    The Place

    2017 · 1h 42m

    country: Italy

    The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

    Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!
    TMDB3.0

    Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!

    1968 · 1h 35m

    country: Italy

    A man, released after a jail term for a crime he did not commit, raises a gang to go after the man who framed him.

    L'immoralità
    TMDB2.8

    L'immoralità

    1978 · 1h 49m

    country: Italy

    Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by an 11 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her wheelchair-bound, reclusive husband. Simona does not take kindly to this new relationship between Federico and Vera.

    The Goldsmith
    TMDB2.9

    The Goldsmith

    2022 · 1h 29m

    country: Italy

    Determined to rob a goldsmith, three young robbers break into his country house. The man and his wife turn out to be less defenseless than they seem.

    The Cat o' Nine Tails
    TMDB3.3

    The Cat o' Nine Tails

    1971 · 1h 52m

    country: Germany

    A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

    Un Flic
    TMDB3.3

    Un Flic

    1972 · 1h 40m

    country: France

    A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.

    Dark Glasses
    TMDB2.4

    Dark Glasses

    2022 · 1h 26m

    country: France

    Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.

    About Italian Thriller Movies

    Italian cinema

    Italian cinema runs from the neorealists working in bombed-out postwar streets to Fellini's spectacle, the Spaghetti Western, and the lurid giallo thrillers that shaped modern horror. Few national cinemas have exported this many distinct genres.

    Thriller

    Thrillers are engineered for tension: the pace, the withholding, the sense that something is closing in. The genre blends freely with crime, horror, and science fiction, and it's where a lot of the sharpest genre craft happens.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1968–2026
    Best reviewed
    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (8.2)
    Often also
    Drama, Horror, Mystery

    Common questions

    What are the best Italian thriller movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Angels & Demons, Point Break, and The Name of the Rose. The full ranked list of 36 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Italian thriller movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these movies?
    Every movie page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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