Michelangelo Antonioni

#1

L'Avventura (1960)

94%

Critics Consensus: L'Avventura marks a bewitchingly ambiguous milestone in Antonioni's career -- and European cinema in general.

Synopsis: In Michelangelo Antonioni's classic of Italian cinema, two lovely young women, Claudia (Monica Vitti) and Anna (Léa Massari), join the latter's lover, Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti),... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#2

The Passenger (1975)

88%

Critics Consensus: Antonioni's classic, a tale of lonely, estranged characters on a journey though the mysterious landscapes of identity, shimmers with beauty and uncertainty.

Synopsis: David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#3

Blow-Up (1966)

87%

Critics Consensus: Exquisitely shot and simmering with unease, Michelangelo Antonio's Blow-Up is an enigma that invites audiences to luxuriate in the sensual atmosphere of 1960s London chic.

Synopsis: Thomas (David Hemmings) is a London photographer who spends his time photographing fashion models. But one day he thinks he may have photographed something far... View Full Synopsis

Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Jane Birkin

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#4

The Girlfriends (1955)

100%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: This Italian drama, based on a novella by Cesare Pavese, follows Clelia (Eleonora Rossi Drago), a young woman from Rome who relocates to Turin to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Valentina Cortese, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#5

Red Desert (1964)

94%

Critics Consensus: Michelangelo Antonioni embraces color for the first time in Red Desert, deploying a searing palette and Monica Vitti's exquisite performance to tell a curious tale of unquenchable desire.

Synopsis: Amid the modern wastelands and toxic factories of Italy, wife and mother Giuliana (Monica Vitti) desperately tries to conceal her tenuous grip on reality from... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#6

Story of a Love Affair (1950)

93%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The uncertainty of passion between two lovers (Lucía Bosé, Massimo Girotti) intensifies as the pace of their plot to commit murder quickens.

Starring: Lucía Bosé, Massimo Girotti, Ferdinando Sarmi, Marika Rowsky

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#7

The Lady Without Camelias (1953)

90%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: An Italian producer (Andrea Checchi) marries a shopgirl (Lucía Bosé) and tries to make her a respectable movie star.

Starring: Lucía Bosé, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Ivan Desny

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#8

The Eclipse (1962)

87%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria (Monica Vitti), a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#9

La Notte (1961)

84%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In Milan, Lidia (Jeanne Moreau) suddenly storms out of a posh gathering held to honor her husband, Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni), who has just written a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki

Directed By: Michelangelo Antonioni

#10