Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture
Arabian Nights (1974)
In ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other Stories are told within stories love, travel and the whims of destiny
The Decameron (1971)
An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccios Decameron
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Pasolinis artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucers most erotic tales
Oedipus Rex (1967)
Rescued from abandonment and raised by the King and Queen, Oedipus is still haunted by a prophecy hell murder his father and marry his mother
Teorema (1968)
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change
Mamma Roma (1962)
An ex prostitute reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme threatens her aspirations for a decent life
Medea (1969)
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea However, when the king banishes her, its only human that Medea plots her furious revenge Can they escape her wrath
Caprice Italian Style (1968)
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing a warm irony to current events
The Witches (1967)
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society
Love and Anger (1969)
Five short stories with contemporary settings In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a womans assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash A man, stripped
Violent Life (1962)
Tommaso Puzzilli is a boy who grew up in the suburb of Pietralata outside Rome Not having a job, Tommaso and his friends are committing crimes to make money
Accattone (1961)
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant la lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew
Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life
Love Meetings (1964)
Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing people in public places about sex, marriage and gender roles
Marisa (1957)
Marisa is a young girl who sells drinks at the Civitavecchia station Her beauty makes all the boys fall in love with her
The Grim Reaper (1962)
When a woman is killed in a park, the police bring in everyone suspected of being there when the incident occurred and question them One of them is the killer
Requiescant (1967)
A preachers adopted son comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged ex Confederate officer who, among other things, is stealing land from the locals with phony land grants
The Big Night (1959)
In Rome, small time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but he is at a funeral and gives them no atte
The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
Toto and his son Ninetto are drifting on a road in Italy when they meet a speaking crow