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Stories Set in Italy
Empire and republic, Renaissance courts, Sicilian villages and sunlit Roman holidays — Italy offers storytellers three thousand years of settings. These ten famous works span ancient Rome to 1980s Lombardy; on StoryTerra's map you can browse thousands more by city and century.
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Browse 823 books, 2,794 movies, 30 TV shows and 120 games set in Italy.
The Godfather Part II
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas Hollywood and Cuba.
Gladiator
In the year 180 the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son…
Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp…
Call Me by Your Name
In 1980s Italy a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
Luca
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
In 1938 an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it and the missing man is his…
The Pope's Exorcist
Father Gabriele Amorth Chief Exorcist of the Vatican investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Fast X
Over many missions and against impossible odds Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying…
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the…
Cinema Paradiso
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
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