Best Italian animation movies

West and Soda (1965)

West and soda is a 1965 traditionally-animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is a parody of the traditional American Western.

La stella di Andra e Tati (2018)

The War and the Dream of Momi (1917)

"The War and the Dream of Momi" was a patriotic war film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Segundo de Chomón was responsible for the animation effects.

Cinderella the Cat (2017)

Cenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.

The SuperVips (1968)

A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.

Percorso # 0008-0209 (2009)

When all is wound by the fog and by the obscurity of the memory the game of the figures alternates in a world where signs and images are darkened by now. Only a little spark allows a child to undertake an unpredictable journey.

Spring Waltz (2024)

A man and a woman separated by a wall. But their love does not accept divisions, barriers, obstacles. They are a pair of street performers: freedom flows through their veins. The man cannot stand the 'death strip' that separates him from her. And day after day he tries to return to her arms.

Black Gold (2014)

Commissioned by Italian designer Delfina Delettrez, BLACK GOLD by PES features insects that appear in her latest line of jewelry.

Dreamland (2021)

A meaningful journey into the Italian cultural heritage throughout musical quotes from Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, lithographies by Giovan Battista Piranesi and lines by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Dreamland will bring the audience to some of the most beautiful Italian UNESCO sites: Villa d’Este and Villa Adriana in Tivoli, the historic centre of Rome with the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, Piazza Navona, Castel Sant’Angelo and much more. Passing through the depths of the Tiber, it will arrive also in the most peripheral areas of the city to find out still so much beauty and so many stories about the contemporaneity in a visual and musical journey so evocative as to reveal the Italian cultural identity.

Extra 3D (2013)

At the Mountains of Madness (2018)

A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic.

Viaggio al centro della Terra (1990)

Direct-to-video animation transposition of Jules Verne's novel

Acid Space (2015)

The famous rock band The Paperback music is convened for a big concert at Big Depression. Arriving at their destination, no musical event seems ready for that day, but suddenly a secret passage opens to the planet Planio, where dictator Balthazar has banned all kinds of music.

Yaya & Lennie - The Walking Liberty (2021)

Immersed in the jungle, among relics of a "forgotten future", two kids, Yaya and Lennie, meander. The two live freely in their Eden until armed men, who carry with them an "ancient" concept of civilization, force them to leave their territory. It is the beginning of a journey in search of their place in a world that no longer belongs to man.

Monster Mash (2000)

When old-school monsters Frank, Drac and Wolf are deemed "fun" by a court of elders, they're ordered to scare a suburban family or risk a sentence of party entertainers for eternity.

Allegro non troppo (1976)

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).

Liberato's Secret (2024)

Blending animated storytelling with intimate narration, this documentary paints a soulful portrait of the anonymous Neapolitan singer known as Liberato.

Human? (2020)

A doll claiming his humanity represent all the human being and the idea that we are all the same, we are all equals, we are human beings.

Antigone (2019)

Orfeo ed Euridice (2024)

A love, a journey, perhaps an obsession, the thin line between life and death constantly questioned by love, an immortal feeling, yet experienced by mortals. This animated and musical short film features young Orpheus, the quintessential archetype of the poet, embarking on a journey that will lead him into the depths of the underworld, in a desperate attempt to bring his deceased wife Eurydice back to life

Resterà con te (2015)

Every expectant mother dreams of a bright future for the child she is carrying. As in anticipation, a shooting star falls from a night sky, tracing the dreams of mothers and fathers alike.

The Parents' Room (2021)

A family gathers around a bed to sing a lament to their own deaths, accompanied by a blackbird.

L'apetta Giulia e la Signora Vita (2003)

Little Bee Julia is just born but already curious of the world. She's a rebel feeler and a little bit lazy, she doesn't feel like working as her sisters, so she asks her mother, the Queen Bee, to tell her stories about life, one night after the other.

Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss (2014)

The archenemies of the Winx Club, the Trix witches, team up with the evil nymph Politea and find out that, to defeat the fairies once and for all and become invincible, it takes very little: a Pearl hidden in the Deep of the Infinite Ocean! As small as powerful, the Pearl of the Depth gives enormous powers to those who possess it! For the Winx there is not a minute to waste: how will they stop the plans of their enemies before it's too late? Get ready: the most dangerous mission of the Winx is about to begin!

Momo (2001)

Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.

How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996)

When Santa's helper La Befana falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys. No one but the toys knows is that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means the toys won't make it to the children who have been good all year and deserve them. The toys decide to deliver themselves, and the story follows them as they struggle to avoid the heartless Scarafoni and to find their true homes.

Angel's Friends - Between Dream and Reality (2011)

A television movie based on the animated series and settled between the first and the second season aired, in Italy, on 23 April 2011. The movie focuses on the Angels attending the Summer School at the Sunny College in Alpinville, where Raf hopes she will not meet Sulfus. The Devils show up at the school and Raf tells Sulfus she has fallen in love with someone else. Meanwhile, the Earthly ones receive the task of refurbishing the Theatre of Princes (Italian: Teatro dei Principi) and organising a play, Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. However, they are attacked by a mysterious hooded man who wants them to leave the theatre. The Angels and the Devils decide to investigate and find out the truth about Tyco and Sai's fate. At last, Raf and Sulfus conclude that they'll decide what to do about their future together once returned to the Golden School for the new term.

Aida of the Trees (2001)

In a world divided between two cities, the evil stone dragon Satam and his followers in the city of Petra wage war against the peaceful Tree People of Alborea. Beautiful Princess Aida, the daughter of Alborea's king, is taken prisoner by the Petrans and enslaved. As a servant, Aida meets and falls in love with handsome soldier Ramades. Ramades feels the same for Aida, but can their young love end the war between their two peoples?

Framed (2017)

In a world that someone else has shaped for us, are we really in charge of our destiny?

The Magic Flute (1978)

Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)