Milano calibro 9
1972 · Italy · 88m
Obscurity: knownDi Leo's masterpiece. Cold, fast, well written.
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Poliziotteschi starter pack
8 films · August 2026
Italian cops who close cases by ignoring the courts and the paperwork. Start at the top, before the moustaches blur together.
Almost Human
1974 · Italy · 100mObscurity: cultTomas Milian as a repellent psychopath. Deeply unpleasant, very good.
The Italian Connection
1972 · Italy/West Germany · 97mObscurity: cultMario Adorf on foot versus a car. Best chase in Italian cinema.
The Big Racket
1976 · Italy · 110mObscurity: cultCastellari's best. The car-rolling-down-the-hill shot is famous for a reason.
Revolver
1973 · Italy · 101mObscurity: cultDi Leo's saddest. Oliver Reed, and a Morricone theme that hurts.
Violent Naples
1976 · Italy/France · 95mObscurity: cultMerli takes his no-mercy cop routine to Naples. Fast, brutal, and politically incoherent as ever.
Street Law
1974 · Italy · 105mObscurity: cultCastellari's Death Wish. An ordinary engineer, brutalised and ignored, arms himself.
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist
1977 · Italy · 100mObscurity: obscureLate-cycle Castellari. Everyone is exhausted and it shows productively.
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