Gianni Amelio

Italian film director (born 1945)

2.17body-of-work score · ranked #485 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 20, 1945 · San Pietro Magisano
Nationality
Italy
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Gianni Amelio
Gorupdebesanez · CC BY-SA 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Way We LaughedCosì ridevano

    1998 · Italy · drama

    Venice Golden Lion winner 1998

    1.001 citation
  2. 2
    The Stolen ChildrenIl ladro di bambini

    1992 · Italy / Switzerland / France · drama

    Cannes Grand Prix winner 1992

    0.751 citation
  3. 3

    1994 · Italy / France · drama

    Sarris's annual top 10 1995 #3 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.422 citations

Complete filmography

All 23 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1967Il campione
  • 1970I cannibali
  • 1970La fine del gioco
  • 1973La città del sole
  • 1975Bertolucci Shoots 1900
  • 1976Bertolucci secondo il cinema
  • 1979Il piccolo Archimede
  • 1983Blow to the Heart
  • 1985Camera oscura
  • 1989I ragazzi di via Panisperna
  • 1990Open Doors
  • 1992The Stolen Children
  • 1994Lamerica
  • 1998The Way We Laughed
  • 2004The Keys to the House
  • 2006The Missing Star
  • 2011The First Man
  • 2013L'intrepido
  • 2014Felice chi è diverso
  • 2017Tenderness
  • 2020Hammamet
  • 2022The Lord of the Ants
  • 2024Battlefield