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Dario Argento has 27 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2020s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Suspiria
1977 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Deep Red
1975 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 1%AMC+ · Included

Ennio
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Prime Video · Included

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 5%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Phenomena
1985 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 11%AMC+ · Included

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Dir. Sergio Leone · With Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Dir. Dario Argento · With David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Ennio Morricone, Silvano Agosti, Alessandro Alessandroni

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento

A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi

A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.
Dir. Dario Argento · With James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak

A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi
A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
Dir. Lamberto Bava · With Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Dir. Gaspar Noé · With Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex Lutz
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.
Dir. Michele Soavi · With Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Mariangela Giordano

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Dir. Dario Argento, George A. Romero · With Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.
Dir. Lamberto Bava · With David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.
Dir. Michele Soavi · With Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Steven Weber, Laurie Brunetti, Carrie Anne Fleming
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi
A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano
An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino
Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Zhang
In Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner, Elsa Pataky
When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer
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