169 Dino De Laurentiis Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

La Strada is an Italian drama film which tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman who was bought from her mother by a brutish strongman who takes her with him on the road.

The Nights of Cabiria is an Oscar-winning Italian drama film, which tells the story of a prostitute who wanders the streets of Rome hoping to find true love. However, she only finds dejection and heartbreak. 

In this biographical neo-noir film, idealistic NYPD Officer, Frank Serpico, who refuses to participate in the widespread corruption within law enforcement, is constantly harassed by his colleagues. When higher authorities ignore his complaints and he is shot in the face by another cop, he decides to testify before a government commission investigating into the police corruption.

Alvaro Cosenza, who is also known by the name Hunchback from Quarticciolo, decides to revolt during Rome’s occupation by Nazis in 1943. He fights like a partisan till the Allied forces enter Rome. Although they expected a change after the arrival of the Allied Forces, Alvaro continues living the life of a rebel and eventually becomes a bandit.

Ferdinand is an unhappily married man who is also unemployed. Frustrated with his life, he decides to leave his wife and children behind and run away with Marianne, his ex-lover, who is a weapons smuggler.

When Condor, a bookish CIA analyst tasked with reading all kinds of publications from around the world, comes across an unusual thriller novel, he decides to file a report on it. Then one day he returns to the office to find all his coworkers dead. Rattled, he tries to contact the headquarters; but it results in more bloodshed and personal danger. 

Named after Bobby Vinton’s song, Blue Velvet, is a neo-noir thriller by American filmmaker David Keith Lynch. It starts when a college student, who is in town visiting his ailing father, finds a human ear severed and thrown in a field. What follows, is his journey to try and uncover the mystery and getting involved with an enticing lounge singer.

An upper-class family residing in New York finds a baby of African-American origin abandoned in their garden. They soon find out that the police are about to charge the mother with child abandonment and attempted murder. The mother decides to take the child in into their home, although the father is reluctant. However, things get complicated when the child’s father enters the picture.

A car accident puts schoolteacher Johnny Smith into coma for five years. When he wakes up, he is disturbed to find that he has psychic powers to see anyone’s past and future by touching the person. After shaking hands with an upcoming politician, Johnny realizes that once this man gets in power he will cause upheaval, so Johnny feels compelled to take action. 

After returning home after spending a night with a woman named Orsola, Pietro is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Although his mother and his sister go and request Orsola to provide the required alibi that would free Pietro of all charges, Rocco, Orsola’s brother, makes her stay quiet, fearing a family scandal. Pietro is eventually sentenced to jail, but he escapes, after which he is tracked and killed by the police. Years later, Rosaria, Pietro’s sister decides to take revenge against Orsola and Rocco, for the death of her brother.

Waterloo is an epic historical film which tells us the story of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who is banished with a thousand men after the disastrous Battle of Leipzig. Eventually, he manages to escape and rallies the French to his side. Within a short time, he assembles an army to conquer Europe, against the Allied Forces of the British, the Prussians, the Austrians, as well as the Russians.       

The third installment in the Evil Dead franchise, finds Ash Williams transported to the Middle Ages. Ash steals the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, to return to his time. But before he can use it, he must first lead the humans in a battle against his clone Evil-Ash and the army of darkness. 

The Unfaithfuls is a comedy drama film which tells the story of an industrialist who gets his wife followed. He hopes that she is cheating on him, as he needs a reason to divorce her, so that he can marry the model whom he has fallen for.

The Boom is a drama film which tells the story of a businessman, who is forced to maintain a high standard of living, even during the economic boom of Italy, due to his wife’s craving for luxury. His debts continue to grow, and eventually he is in a situation where he has to agree to sell a part of his body for a significant sum of money. However, he begins to have second thoughts just before the operation.

Five people, who were all on a train to Monte Carlo, find themselves becoming suspects, after the murder of an elderly millionaire. The Commissioner of Police tries his best to find out if the killer is among them, or out there on the loose.

The Bounty is an adventure action drama film which tells us the story of Captain William Bligh, whose crew is fed up of his harsh discipline. This leads to a mutiny between them. Later, eventually the Captain faces a court martial, to explain the events that led to this.

This film provides a unique view on the well-known story of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, through the eyes of the thief named Barabbas, who was spared from the cross since Christ was chosen in his place.  

Snake cult ruler and sorcerer Thulsa Doom destroys a tribe and then orphaned Conan is sold as a slave during childhood. Later, Conan becomes a fearless warrior and after his release, he commences on a mission to avenge his parents’ death. Accompanied by beautiful Valeria and archer Subotai, he rescues King Osric’s daughter, Princess Yasimina, and confronts the evil Thulsa Doom. 

After street thugs murder his wife and brutally rape his daughter during home-invasion, mild-mannered architect Paul Kersey turns to police who are unable to apprehend the criminals. When he receives a revolver as gift from a client, Paul, frustrated with a feeling of injustice, starts patrolling the streets, dispensing vigilante justice to the muggers he encounters in the dark of the night.

Dov'è la libertà is a Italian comedy drama film, which tells the story of a former barber, who has spent 20 years in prison for murder. However, after being released, he is unable to adjust to the changed world, and decides to return to the prison. 

Edward Pierce is a highly intelligent thief who plants to commit a train heist. He teams up with his friends in order to steal a monthly shipment of gold from the London to Folkestone train. However, security seems very tight and the task seems nearly impossible.   

Based on historical events, this Italian action crime drama film revolves around the life of a bandit named Graziano Mesina.

Fortunella is an Italian comedy film which tells the story of a poor girl, who is convinced that her father is a Prince.

Bound is a crime thriller film, which tells the story of Violet, mistress of a gangster named Caesar. After she falls in love with Corky, she makes a plan with the latter, to steal millions of stashed mob money, and pin the blame on Caesar. 

A cunning slaver stages marathon dance contests in order to lure young women into his prostitution ring. When a girl nearly falls into his net, a police officer tries to save her.

Will Graham, an FBI agent able to empathize with psychopaths, narrowly escapes death while trying to catch cannibalistic killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter and retires shortly after. However, with the emergence of another serial killer, nicknamed The Tooth Fairy, he is called back and must seek Lecter's help to make a psychological profile of the new murderer.

Set in the WWII time, a plane carrying British Major Richardson’s troops crashes in the Ethiopian deserts where they encounter Italian forces led by Captain Blasi; but the Italians allow the British to escape. The British return with greater force to capture the Italian troops, which is taken as a discourteous behavior by Captain Blasi, who decides to create all possible trouble. 

In Naples, a voice from the sky announces one morning that there is going to a a final judgment at 6 pm on that day. The film follows the reactions of various people to the announcement. 

The Italian comedy film is comprised of six stories or episodes, directed by different directors. In ‘The Sunday Monster’ Toto deals with hippie youngsters, while ‘Why’ is about Italy’s automobile malpractice. ‘La Gelosia’ is a story of a wife’s jealousy; and ‘Monicelli’ depicts a rude governess. A theatrical performance forms the main part of ‘What Are the Clouds.’ 

Set in 1944, this historical war drama film takes us back to the time of the Second World War, and it surrounds the allied army’s invasion of Germany through the point of view of an American intelligence officer as well as a of a German tank commander.

A love triangle in a department store. The manager and driver of a department store fancy a young female shop assistant while some employees steal goods from the store.

War and Peace is a romantic war drama film which revolves around the lives of few members of the Russian aristocracy, just few years before Napoleon’s invasion. After his friend passes away, Count Pierre Bezukhov receives a significant inheritance, and decides to get married. As for his friend, Prince Andrei Bolonsky, his wife dies of childbirth. Shortly after, he falls in love with another woman named Natasha, but is soon called to war.  

Retired FBI profiler Will Graham is asked by his former FBI superior Jack Crawford, to assist in a case involving a new serial killer dubbed the ‘Tooth Fairy’. This leads him to visit the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecktor who was the reason for Graham’s retirement. But Hannibal soon turns this into a deadly game of survival. 

In a distant future, the Emperor gives noble Duke Leto Atreides control of desert planet Arrakis, the only source of extremely valuable spice melange required for interstellar travel. However, realizing that the hidden agenda was to destroy his house in a clash with their archenemies—the Harkonnens—Leto's son, Paul, organizes an uprising with the native Fremens.

The second installment in the Halloween film series, the story centers on Michael Myers and his traumatized victim Laurie Strode, whom he has earlier failed to kill. It describes how he chases Laurie into the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, on the way killing nurses and doctors, until he is engulfed in flame, yet continuing with his chase.  

Set during the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia, the story follows five women, who have their hair cropped before being driven out of the town by the partisans, allegedly for consorting with the occupational forces. Humiliated and banished, they soon meet a band of mountain guerillas and decide to join them.  

A cunning female German spy allies with a physician in order to attempt to assassinate British Field Marshall Lord Kitchener during the First World War. However, when her team is captured by the enemy, the physician escapes with the knowledge of Kitchener’s whereabouts. 

Anna is a nun and a nurse working at a hospital. One day a man is brought in, after he suffers a car accident. Things get interesting since the man turns out to be her former lover, and is the main reason she chose to become a nun.

This Mysterious Rider is an action adventure drama film which tells the story of Giacomo Casanova, who returns to Venice, in order to help his brother, as the latter has been accused falsely of robbery.

Abel and Max Rosenberg are circus acrobats but Max’s life turns upside down after Abel commits suicide. He faces several problems in his life including unemployment, depression, alcoholism, etc.

Flash Gordon is a sci-fi adventure film, which revolves around a football player and his friends, who travel to the planet Mongo. They eventually have to fight a tyrant named Ming the Merciless, who plans to test the Earth with unnatural disaster. 

Told from a German point of view, this war drama film is based on events of the Second World War. The film revolves around a German raider who uses various disguises and forces British ships to surrender. 

To Bed or Not to Bed is an Italian comedy film which revolves around the experiences of an Italian merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time, to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm.  

While driving cross-country to California, Jeff and Amy Taylor get stranded in desert following a car breakdown. Amy accepts help from a trucker to reach nearby diner to get assistance. After repairing the car, Jeff drives to the diner, but Amy is missing and the trucker doesn’t remember picking her up. With no other help, Jeff starts a desperate search for Amy. 

Woman of Rome is a drama film which tells the story of Adriana, a young model who enters the world of nude modeling. However, due to a love affair gone wrong, she becomes one of the highest paid prostitutes in Italy.

Year of the Dragon is a crime drama film which revolves around Captain White, who makes it his mission to bring down the Chinese organized crime in New York City. He is soon forced to confront Tai, a ruthless crime lord.

In 1950, led by Tony Pipo and Joe McGinnis, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commit the robbery of the century. Eventually, the FBI gets involved, and the cops begin to crack down on the gang, but McGinnis still refuses to hand over the loot.

Directed by three different Italian directors, I tre volti is an Italian drama film which tells three different romantic fables.

Tempest is an adventure drama film which takes us to Russia in the 18th century. Piotr Grinov is dispatched by Catherine the Great to an isolated outpost located far away. However, on his journey, he comes across a rebel leader and his loyalties are put to the test.

Based on a novel of the same name, this drama film revolves around a widow who attempts to build a barrier against the sea, in order to protect her crops.

After an evil landowner mistreats the father and friends of an officer, the officer decides to take revenge by disguising himself as a bandit, and committing robberies against the former, in order to destroy his ‘empire’.

The iconic horror thriller is a sequel to The Silence of the Lambs. The movie sees child molester Mason Verger, also cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal’s only surviving victim, forming an elaborate plan to seek revenge by using Clarice Starling. Hannibal has a weakness for her. He almost succeeds but is ultimately killed. 

Based on a Peter Mass book, the movie adaptation narrates the story of modern-day New York gypsy Dave Stepanowicz. When Dave’s grandfather, the gypsy king Zharko Stepanowicz, names him heir instead of his own son Groffo, violence erupts leading to a major confrontation between Dave and Groffo. 

A peasant girl is deserted by her lover Gino after he learns about her pregnancy. In revenge, the girl reports his smuggling activities to the police. However, after some time, she is informed that Gino has escaped from the prison and is trying to find her to seek revenge.

Crazy Joe is a crime drama film, which is a fictionalized retelling of the murder of a New York gangster named Joey Gallo, who was gunned down in April 1972, in Little Italy. 

When a Nazi U-boat is severely damaged during World War II, it sends out a distress signal which is intercepted by the US Navy. The US Navy captures the U-boat to recover an Enigma machine. But soon they end up in a battle for survival when a German destroyer arrives and attempts to destroy the captured U-571. 

Silvana Mangano portrays different women in five short-films by different directors: inquisitive fans expose the physical imperfections of an unconscious actress; a woman carries a wounded man to pass traffic; a widower finds a new wife and a mother for his son; a father massacres a family for his seductive daughter; and a bored housewife lets loose a wild dream.

This vigilante action-thriller film is set against the backdrop of increasing violence in society in the years that followed JFK's assassination in 1963. The 1982 movie follows the story of a proud Italian-American deli owner in Philadelphia who turns activist and then councilman after being fed up of neighborhood crime.

This Western film revolves around an Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb, who is offered a pardon. He will be reinstated in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a Special Forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico. 

After their father is wrongly accused of murder, two brothers Mino and Lello, attempt to find evidence of his innocence and clear his name.  They begin by investigating a mafia business.

Queen Taramis of Shadizar asks the powerful Warrior-King Conan to accompany her beautiful young niece, Princess Jehnna, and her bodyguard, Bombaata, in the Princess’ quest for the Jeweled Horn of Dreaming God, Dagoth. Conan is joined by Malak, wizard Akiro and fierce warrior Zula as they fight supernatural adversaries to save the world. But can Conan escape the evil Queen’s devious trap?

Barbarella is a science fiction adventure film, which tells the story of Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, who is sent to a distant plan to stop Durand, an evil scientist, who is a threat to humanity’s future.

An expedition to find petroleum takes Jack Prescott to an island that is said to be rich in oil. However, upon reaching the island, he encounters a colossal giant gorilla, Kong, who wreaks havoc.

Luca, a mill runner, and Carmela, a beautiful woman, are married to each other. However, Carmela’s beauty soon captivates Teofilo, a corrupt governor, who wants to have her. He then gets Luca arrested and tries to seduce his wife. However, Carmella resists his advances and does her best to free Luca.

Giovanna Masetti is a young and poor Venetian woman who is working as an assistant in a shop, and struggling with her difficult life. Things take a turn when a young count sees her in the shop where she works.  

When a series of murders haunt a Maine town, Tarker’s Mill, the residents form a vigilante group, some of whom are killed. One night when wheelchair-bound teen Marty Coslaw is attacked by a werewolf, he takes the help of his sister, Jane, and alcoholic uncle, Red. As the Sheriff gets murdered, the trio awaits in readiness, aware that they are the next target.

Luther Sledge, the ruthless leader of a gang of outlaws, learns about a vault deep inside the maximum-security prison of Rockville, where gold cache from the mines is kept overnight. Sledge plots to enter the prison as a captured outlaw, with the help of his gang members; but they have their own plans.

Elite assassin Robert Rath is on assignment when his target is taken down by rival assassin Miguel Bain, who wants to kill Rath and become number one. However, when Rath falls in love with Electra, his final target, the two try to survive Bain and whoever hired them both to kill Electra.

The Flying Saucer is a science fiction film which revolves around American as well as Russian spies who are investigating the existence of UFOs, and whether they are friendly and can be trusted.

Anthology of Stephen King’s stories which have a common thread of a traveling stray cat. In ‘Quitter’s Inc.’, ‘Doctor’ Donatti uses the cat to demonstrate his sadistic treatments to make people quit smoking. In ‘The Ledge,’ crime-boss Cressner makes his wife’s lover walk his penthouse ledge. In ‘General,’ cat finds the girl it was searching for, who is terrorized by a troll.

Hannibal Lecter, who as a child witnessed his parents being killed and his sister cannibalized during WWII, escapes from his ancestral castle in Lithuania to seek refuge with his widowed aunt in Paris. He becomes a brilliant medical student, as well as a skilled murderer, and returns to Lithuania to exact revenge on his sister's killers.

A killer whale hellbent on avenging for the death of its friend and offspring at the hands of a captain causes havoc in Newfoundland harbor.

When $1 million are stolen from a bank, Policeman Lee Stevens is framed in the robbery case, and is removed from the force. Ex-convict Father Charlie, who wishes to avenge the death of his friend, helps Lee to track down the machine gun killer responsible for the bank robbery mystery that encompasses the entire city. 

The Italian black comedy follows upper-class Italian woman Barbara, who travels to London with husband Paolo on his work-trip. While sightseeing on her own, she becomes aware of being pursued by an African-American man. As she contemplates taking on the opportunity of an afternoon adventure, she is faced with many questions……about her own life, and contemporary issues like war, religion, racial clashes, etc.  

Based on the life of Attila the Hun, the film begins with Attila leading his soldiers towards the Italian peninsula. Meanwhile Roman emperor Valentinian III is busy with parties while the court ladies are busy conspiring against him. It now falls upon his mother, Galla Placidia, and his trusted general, Flavius Aetius, to save Rome from total destruction. 

Matchless is a science fiction comedy thriller film which tells the story of a secret agent who possesses an ancient ring that can grant him invisibility powers for a short time, once every ten hours. He is in pursuit of a criminal mastermind, but at the same time, he also has to deal with an enemy agent who is also in pursuit of the ring.

Unforgettable is a science fiction thriller film which tells the story of Dr. Krane who is framed for murder, after his wife is killed. He takes the help of his colleague Dr. Martha Briggs, who is preparing a serum that can help retrieve other people’s memories. He retrieves the Cerebral Spinal Fluid from his wife’s memories, and injects himself with the serum, but he is unable to see the killer’s face. He continues to investigate, but the involvement of police officers in the murder make things worse for him.  

Based on the 1962 novel of the same name, this action drama film revolves around a slave, who is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society. 

Raw Deal is an action crime thriller film which tells the story of a former FBI agent who is now the sheriff of a small town. When the son of the FBI chief is murdered, he is asked to help the chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia.

The Last Legion is an action war adventure film which tells the story of Romulus Augustus, soon-to-be king of the Roman Empire. After the Roman Empire starts to crumble, Romulus embarks on a dangerous mission to Britain to find a legion of supporters.   

A radiation storm, caused by the tail of Rhea-M rogue comet passing through Earth’s atmosphere, brings all machines to life, turning them homicidal. A gang of 18-wheeler semi-trailers is holding a group of survivors hostage in an isolated Truck Stop. As the machines turn more demonic, those trapped-in must fight for their lives and destroy the machines before the machines destroy them. 

Desperate Hours is a crime drama thriller film which tells the story of Michael Bosworth, a psychopathic criminal, who escapes just before his trial, with the help of his lawyer. In order to hide from the authorities, he takes refuge in the house of a married couple, who are having problems of their own.

Dr Daniel and Ellie Grimbridge uncover the terrible plot of an insane man who is planning a mass murder on the upcoming Halloween. 

Hurricane is a romantic adventure film which tells the story of a desperate love affair, between a Navy captain’s daughter and a young native. As tensions begin to boil, as her father is against their love, disaster strikes in the form of a big hurricane. 

In the 14th Century, when Italy is affected by the Black Plague, a group of young people seek refuge in the countryside while the city is ravaged by the plague. Meanwhile, to pass the time, they decide to tell each other tales of romance and adventure.

Body of Evidence is an erotic drama thriller film which tells the story of Frank Dulaney, a lawyer who represents a woman named Rebecca who has been suspected of killing her older lover. Despite the fact that Frank is married, he falls for Rebecca and ends up having a sexual encounter with her, where she dominates him in bed. Soon Frank starts feeling that Rebecca may not be innocent, and he also comes to know that she has a manipulative nature.

Years after King Kong was shot and he fell off the World Trade Center, he is still alive, but in a coma for ten years. Now he is now in need of a blood tranfusion in order to have an artificial heart implanted. Therefore, a giant female ape is brought from a rainforest, and the heart transplant is successful. However, King Kong breaks free after sensing the female ape.