Comments on: Top 10 Movies About Italians That Don’t Involve The Mafia

By: itslucky

itslucky — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:54:30 +0000

I suppose when most people think of "Italian-American" movies they think of mafia dramas like THE GODFATHER. But to me MARTY staring ERNEST BORGNINE, is one of the classic films to deal with the experiences of Americans of Italian descent. The blue-collar ethos. The thirty-five-year-old "mammone". The almost suffocating closeness of family members. The crushing pressure to marry and raise a family. The ethnic enclave reluctant to let its members intermarry with outsiders. The dependence of the younger and the older generation on each other. All these things ring so true and make MARTY a distinctively Italian-American film. Ernie won a much deserved Oscar for this role.

also ' ERNIE' , his bio is a great read

By: ilgattopunx

ilgattopunx — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:42:12 +0000

you missed “italian mambo”

By: sfasd`

sfasd` — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:38:26 +0000

Kind of amazing how few people seem to have read the actual article and not just the movies.

By: Soren

Soren — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:49:46 +0000

Rocky does involve the mafia, kind of. Rocky works as a leg-breaker for Richie Gazzo, an Italian loan shark, who fronts him money for training and a date with Adrien. I guess not *technically^ the mafia, but totally disqualified it from #1

By: HAGEN

HAGEN — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:56:10 +0000

I don’t know if anyone has write about this one, but I think
you must see “Bread & Tulips”. Excellent light comedy from Italy!!!

Great list!!

By: I4gotmyMANTRA

I4gotmyMANTRA — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:47:38 +0000

haha “top movies about italiens that dont involve the mafia”

for some reason that really tickled me.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:39:51 +0000

I Love You To Death was great, he just wont die. Great cast Kevin Kline, William Hurt, River Phoenix. if i remember wasn’t it based on a true story?

By: astraya

astraya — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:59:23 +0000

lexi – Life is Beautiful is not a Hollywood movie. Please read the introduction and see comment 39 from the member who made the list.

By: LoFaro

LoFaro — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:54:49 +0000

I’m trying to figure out what this one movie is called. I saw it when I was a little kid. Three friends grew up in NYC, two Italian Americans and One Puerto Rican. They we friends all their lives. When they got older, the Puerto Rican got hooked on drugs. Eventually, one of the friends got sick and Confined to a wheel chair. His wife had a baby, but he passed away before it was born. So the remaining friends took care of the baby. Anybody know?

By: lexi

lexi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:02:42 +0000

I’m pretty sure “Life is Beautiful” should be featured on this list

the story about an Italian Jewish man and his toddler son forced into the concentration camps in WWII
it’s an amazingly moving story,
and it’s definitely not about the mafia