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Paolo Costella has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Perfect Strangers.
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During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini

On a first date in Rome, the inner voices of recently separated Piero and furniture restorer Lara speak aloud, exposing the true thoughts and anxieties hidden behind their conversation.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Edoardo Leo, Pilar Fogliati, Emanuela Fanelli
The story of a loving couple who struggles to keep its relationship alive against the inescapable passing of time, told in a nonlinear way over the course of ten years in their lives.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Alessandro Borghi, Jasmine Trinca, Greta Scarano
Italy from the '80s to the present day, through the dreams, loves, successes and failures of four friends.
Dir. Gabriele Muccino · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Micaela Ramazzotti, Kim Rossi Stuart

In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Toni Servillo, Margherita Buy, Valerio Mastandrea

An extended family reunites on an idyllic island to celebrate their grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. However, a storm causes them to get stuck in there longer than expected, causing secrets and long-held grudges to break out.
Dir. Gabriele Muccino · With Stefano Accorsi, Carolina Crescentini, Elena Cucci

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Nearing death, videogame genius Leone Stella holds a contest to find an heir: several people named like him will compete in a live-streamed reenactment of his most famous exploits, and the winner will inherit his billion-dollar fortune.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Claudia Gerini, Paolo Hendel, Marina Massironi
A wealthy millionaire decided to commit suicide but meets a homeless with whom he experiences a lot of funny adventures until finally makes order in his life.
Dir. Christian De Sica · With Renato Pozzetto, Christian De Sica, Francesca Reggiani
Four married couples find out their marriage is invalid because it was officiated by a fraudulent priest and have to decide what to do next.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Ambra Angiolini, Luca Bizzarri, Carolina Crescentini

Dir. Paolo Costella · With Claudio Bisio, Margherita Buy, Claudio Santamaria
A couple receives an indecent proposal from their younger, more daring neighbors.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Claudio Bisio, Vittoria Puccini, Valentina Lodovini
A chef who yearns for an international reputation helps his son try to win back his ex by arranging to cater her St. Moritz wedding to another man.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Massimo Boldi, Vincenzo Salemme, Nancy Brilli
Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for whom he happily provides standards of living well above his means. He plans to propose to her, but she is thinking to run away with his handsome superior. In the midst of debts, unpaid alimony and other serious financial issues, Gaetano unexpectedly wins the lottery, turning the fortune around.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Vincenzo Salemme, Asia Argento, Nicole Grimaudo
A Milanese businessman is beside himself when his son tells him he's going to marry the daughter of a pizza maker from Naples.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Massimo Boldi, Biagio Izzo, Paolo Conticini
A group of friends gathers for a birthday by the sea, only to face the looming possibility of the world ending within hours, transforming one fleeting, endless night into a life-altering experience.
Dir. Liliana Cavani · With Alessandro Gassmann, Claudia Gerini, Edoardo Leo
Milanese policeman Peppino and Neapolitan florist Ambrogio celebrate Christmas in the same ski resort town along with their families. After they discover that both their sons are dating, but have never met their girlfriends in person, the parents embark on a private war against those dating apps that seem to have reached almost everything and everyone.
Dir. Federico Marsicano · With Massimo Boldi, Biagio Izzo, Anna Tatangelo
Barbara and Matteo are two Italians who live in Miami, managing a small restaurant overlooking the sea. Barbara is pregnant and the happy event brings their respective parents together in Miami: Massimo, Matteo's father, who has recently become a widower and has a hotel in Cortina, and Angela, Barbara's mother, who instead has a chain of restaurants and is separated from her husband. At first, the incompatibility between the two is sky-high. Then, while events, misunderstandings and plots of various kinds revolve around them, the ice slowly begins to break and affinities emerge when the two find themselves busy restoring peace between their children, who have entered into a crisis due to the birth of the little girl.
Dir. Enrico Oldoini · With Massimo Boldi, Simona Ventura, Enzo Salvi
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