Portrait of Luigi Comencini

Directing

Luigi Comencini

Career

Active from 1946 to 2025, with a break from 1992 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Everybody Go Home!
Everybody Go Home!
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Luigi Comencini Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Italian Cinema 9
  • Italian Comedy 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Post-War Italy 3
  • Italian Neorealism 3
  • Anthology Film 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Mistaken Identity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
L'argent de la vieille
L'argent de la vieille (2025)

Director of Photography

2000s

2 titles · average score 60
On the Tiger's Back
On the Tiger's Back (2002)

Original Film Writer

If I Were You
If I Were You (2001)
GoodWatch score 60

Thanks

1990s

1 title · average score 59
Miracle of Marcellino
Miracle of Marcellino (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

1980s

7 titles · average score 64
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)

Director, Screenplay

The French as Seen by…
The French as Seen by… (1988)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

La Bohème
La Bohème (1988)

Director

Pilgrimage to Agen
Pilgrimage to Agen (1988)

Director

A Boy from Calabria
A Boy from Calabria (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Screenplay

Looking for Jesus
Looking for Jesus (1982)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay, Director

Voltati Eugenio
Voltati Eugenio (1980)

Director, Writer

1970s

10 titles · average score 67
Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam (1979)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Director

The Cat
The Cat (1977)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
GoodWatch score 66

Story, Director

Strange Occasion
Strange Occasion (1976)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Keep It To Yourself!
Keep It To Yourself! (1976)

Director

The Sunday Woman
The Sunday Woman (1975)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Somewhere Beyond Love
Somewhere Beyond Love (1974)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

Till Marriage Do Us Part
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay, Director

The Scopone Game
The Scopone Game (1972)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

1960s

13 titles · average score 69
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
GoodWatch score 65

Story, Director

Unknown Woman
Unknown Woman (1969)

Director, Screenplay

Italian Secret Service
Italian Secret Service (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Screenplay

Misunderstood
Misunderstood (1967)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Don Camillo in Moscow
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Dolls
The Dolls (1965)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Six Days a Week
Six Days a Week (1965)

Director, Story

Bebo's Girl
Bebo's Girl (1964)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

My Wife
My Wife (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Story

The Police Commissioner
The Police Commissioner (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

On the Tiger's Back
On the Tiger's Back (1961)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Story

Everybody Go Home!
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Screenplay

1950s

16 titles · average score 64
The Surprises of Love
The Surprises of Love (1959)

Director, Screenplay

Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women (1958)

Director, Screenplay

The Window to Luna Park
The Window to Luna Park (1957)

Story, Director

Husbands in the City
Husbands in the City (1957)

Story, Screenplay

The Sign of Venus
The Sign of Venus (1955)
GoodWatch score 52

Story

La bella di Roma
La bella di Roma (1955)
GoodWatch score 60

Story, Screenplay

Frisky
Frisky (1954)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Story

Bread, Love and Dreams
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

The Suitcase of Dreams
The Suitcase of Dreams (1953)

Director, Story

Heidi
Heidi (1952)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

Girls Marked Danger
Girls Marked Danger (1952)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Story

The City Defends Itself
The City Defends Itself (1951)
GoodWatch score 64

Story

1940s

5 titles · average score 64
The Emperor of Capri
The Emperor of Capri (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Screenplay

The Mill on the Po
The Mill on the Po (1949)
GoodWatch score 64

Adaptation

Guaglio
Guaglio (1948)

Story, Director

Daniele Cortis
Daniele Cortis (1947)

Writer

Children in the City
Children in the City (1946)

Director, Writer