Best Italian holiday movies
A curated collection of popular holiday movies from Italy.
Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.
Natale sul Nilo (2002)
Natale sul Nilo (2002)
A womanizing lawyer follows his wife and son to a trip to Egypt in a last-ditch effort to make up for his infidelities. Also travelling to Egypt is a bumbling police chief who's desperate to keep his rebellious daughter from becoming a showgirl. The two meet during a Nile cruise. Calamity ensues.
Natale in India (2003)
Natale in India (2003)
Destinies intertwined for two antithetical people who meet during a trip to India, where lots of misunderstandings and funny situations will take place.
Christmas Vacation '90 (1990)
Christmas Vacation '90 (1990)
Several characters coincide during the Christmas holidays in the winter season of Saint Moritz.
The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town (1980)
The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town (1980)
Andrea Damiani sends his wife Valeria off on a skiing holiday so he can spend time with his demanding mistress, Giulia. Little does he suspect that Valeria is having a rendezvous with a Count she recently met. However, Valeria does not know that 'Count' Giovanni is really just a manager's assistant, namely, Andrea's.
Girl in the Window (1961)
Girl in the Window (1961)
A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in Holland where conditions are about as rough as they get. Two of the miners, Italians Federico and Vincenzo take off together for the city's red-light district, where the women pose in windows for prospective customers. There the duo meet Else and Carrel who are willing to leave their windows to spend a weekend at a resort with the two men. Soon Else has fallen in love with Vincenzo and the future of the two hookers, as well as the miners, seems to look brighter.
O Night Divine (2021)
O Night Divine (2021)
St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full of extravagant adventures and joyous celebrations.
A Game for Evelyn (1971)
A Game for Evelyn (1971)
A couple having marital problems goes on holiday around Corsica. At their vacation home they're haunted by disturbing ghostly visions of a young girl.
Trio (1981)
Trio (1981)
Three women leave for a beach holiday. The joy, the carefreeness of days on the beach, lunches on the terrace, lazy afternoons punctuate this "holiday film" which slowly reveals and builds the sensual and playful intimacy of the relationship that binds the protagonists/directors.