The best Franco Fantasia’s movies

Franco Fantasia

Franco Fantasia

05/03/1924- 10/11/2002
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Franco Fantasia’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Franco Fantasia.
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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur
8.1/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaHistory
  • Release: 18/11/1959
  • Character: Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus (uncredited)
In 25 AD,Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners. Three years later and freed by a grateful Roman galley commander whom he has rescued from drowning, he becomes an expert charioteer for Rome, all the while plotting to return to Judea, find and rescue his family, and avenge himself on his former friend. All the while, the form and work of Jesus move in the background of his life...

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
7.1/10
Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.

El Cid

El Cid
7.2/10
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

The Egyptian

The Egyptian
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 25/08/1954
  • Character: Hittite Officer
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.

Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert
8.2/10
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 14/12/1998
  • Character: Old Man
The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear to him that he has been selected to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem

Slave of the Cannibal God

Slave of the Cannibal God
5.2/10
A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle.

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Zombie Flesh Eaters
6.8/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 25/08/1979
  • Character: Matthias (uncredited)
On the Caribbean island of Matul, white doctor David Menard is trying to stem the tide of cannibal zombies that are returning from the dead. Arriving on the island are Anne and reporter Peter West who are looking for Anne's missing father. The pair soon find themselves under attack from the zombies.

Hands of Steel

Hands of Steel
5.3/10
A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.

Eaten Alive!

Eaten Alive!
5.1/10
A woman's search for her missing sister leads her to the jungles of New Guinea, where she and an expatriate guide encounter a cult leader and flesh-hungry natives.

Constantine and the Cross

Constantine and the Cross
5.8/10
Constantin is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.

Killer Crocodile 2

Killer Crocodile 2
4.4/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 01/01/1990
The Caribbean swamps which is to be made into a holiday resort is terrorized again by a second monstrous crocodile which is killing off anyone unfortunate to be on the water.

Adios Sabata

Adios Sabata
5.9/10
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold.

Return of Sabata

Return of Sabata
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 03/09/1971
  • Character: Circus Owner
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...

The Sign of Venus

The Sign of Venus
6.5/10
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

Something to Believe In

Something to Believe In
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/05/1998
  • Character: Professor Dervol
Reports of a weeping Madonna in Italy reach Las Vegas, where blackjack dealer Maggie has just learnt she has only weeks to live. With a massive leap of faith she convinces herself that seeing the Madonna with her own eyes could lead to her salvation, and travels to Europe to find it. Hitching through Italy, she meets pianist Mike, who is also en route to what he believes could be a life-changing event - a performance at the Barbarina concert in Naples.

Blood for a Silver Dollar

Blood for a Silver Dollar
6.4/10
Two brothers part company only to be reunited when one is hired to stop a thief who turns out to be his sibling.

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
6.3/10
A woman is fatally stabbed in bed, a prostitute is battered into oblivion and a female painter is strangled with a telephone cord. Another woman, Giulia, who is on her honeymoon, is attacked in a train carriage but the killer flees when her husband Mario comes to the rescue. In spite of his protestations to the police, Mario is accused of being the murderer. He sets out to prove his innocence by conducting his own enquiries. In the meanwhile, a woman in an insane asylum is drowned in a bath and another female victim is power-drilled to death...

Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun

Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun
4.3/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 07/08/1964
  • Character: King Ata Hualpa
Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing his Greek shipmates, Hercules is enlisted to overthrow a tyrannical king int he land of the Incas. Featuring scenic views of the mountains of the Andes.

The Railroad Man

The Railroad Man
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/11/1956
  • Character: L'autista, в титрах не указан
Pietro Germi directs and stars in this masterpiece example of late Italian neo-realism. The stark tale centers on unfulfilled railroad worker Andrea (Germi). After his daughter's marriage falls apart and his troubled son leaves for good, Andrea turns to booze to numb the pain. Life gets even worse for Andrea when he causes a serious rail accident and crosses picket lines during a strike. Sylva Koscina, Edoardo Nevola and Franco Fantasia co-star.

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