| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1948 |
| ...E non dirsi addio! | | | | |
| 1848 | | | | |
| Accidenti alla guerra!... | | | | |
| El Alarido | | | | |
| Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) | Vittorio De Sica | Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola | Italian neorealism | Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners, BAFTA winner |
| La terra trema | Luchino Visconti | Antonio Arcidiacono, Giuseppe Arcidiacono | Italian neorealism | Venice Film Festival award |
| L'amore | Roberto Rossellini | Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini | Drama/ Religion | A tribute to Anna Magnani; 2 episodes, the 1st, based on Jean Cocteau 's The Human Voice, the 2nd, Il miracolo written and starring by Fellini; huge controversy with Hays Code in USA. |
| Tragic Hunt (Caccia tragica) | Giuseppe de Santis | Vivi Gioi, Massimo Girotti, Carla Del Poggio, Andrea Checchi | Italian neorealism | 2 Nastro d'Argento |
| Germany Year Zero (Germania anno zero) | Roberto Rossellini | Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger, Erich Gühne | Italian neorealism | Filmed in Berlin; German language |
| Fuga in Francia | Mario Soldati | Pietro Germi, Folco Lulli, Enrico Olivieri | Italian neorealism | |
| Senza pietà | Alberto Lattuada | Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Giulietta Masina | Italian neorealism | Nastro d'Argento best supporting actress (Masina) |
| Under the Sun of Rome (Sotto il sole di Roma) | Renato Castellani | Oscar Blando, Liliana Mancini, Francesco Golisano, Gisella Monaldi | Italian neorealism | Special Nastro d'Argento. Venice Award |
| In the Name of the Law (In nome della legge) | Pietro Germi | Massimo Girotti, Jone Salinas, Saro Urzì | Mafia drama | 3 Nastro d'Argento |
| Fabiola | Alessandro Blasetti | Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Michel Simon, Massimo Girotti, Paolo Stoppa, Gino Cervi | Sword and sandal | Cut from 183' to 96' in USA |
| Proibito rubare | Luigi Comencini | Adolfo Celi, Luigi Demastro, Tina Pica | Italian neorealism | Close to Father Flanagan and his Boys Town (1938 film) |
| Mad About Opera (Follie per l'opera) | Mario Costa | Gina Lollobrigida, Constance Dowling | Comedy, Musical | |
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