Portrait of Sergio Martino

Directing

Sergio Martino

Career

Active from 1967 to 2026, with a break from 2013 to 2025, busiest in 1983 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sergio Martino Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    1.4, average 3.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.2, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Italian Comedy 8
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Italian Cinema 5
  • Spaghetti Western 4
  • Cult Classic 3
  • Cult Film 3
  • Contemporary Setting 3
  • Creature Feature 3
  • B-Movie 3
  • Mystery Thriller 3
  • Murder Investigation 3
  • Italian Horror 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO (2026)

as Sé stesso

Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo
Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo (2025)

as Sé stesso

Il Bar del Cult
Il Bar del Cult (2025)

as Sé stesso

2010s

2 titles · average score 45
Il paese delle piccole piogge
Il paese delle piccole piogge (2012)

Screenplay, Director

Masks
Masks (2011)
GoodWatch score 45

Thanks

2000s

5 titles · average score 41
L'allenatore nel pallone 2
L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (2008)
GoodWatch score 41

Screenplay, Director

L'ultimo rigore
L'ultimo rigore (2002)

Researcher, Screenplay

Beauty Queen Olivia
Beauty Queen Olivia (2002)

Producer

Honey Horn
Honey Horn (2000)

Director, Teleplay

Il cielo tra le mani
Il cielo tra le mani (2000)

Writer, Director

1990s

11 titles · average score 51
Mozart Is a Murderer
Mozart Is a Murderer (1999)

Director, Screenplay

A due passi dal cielo
A due passi dal cielo (1999)

Screenplay, Director

Padre papà
Padre papà (1998)

Director

Scratch and Win
Scratch and Win (1996)

Script

The Fishmen and Their Queen
The Fishmen and Their Queen (1995)

Writer, Director

The Girl from Cortina
The Girl from Cortina (1994)

Executive Producer

Craving Desire
Craving Desire (1993)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay, Story

The Smile of the Fox
The Smile of the Fox (1992)
GoodWatch score 50

Story, Screenplay

A Bear Called Arthur
A Bear Called Arthur (1992)

Writer, Director

After the Condor
After the Condor (1991)

Story, Director

Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood
Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood (1990)

Director

1980s

22 titles · average score 52
Casablanca Express
Casablanca Express (1989)
GoodWatch score 33

Screenplay, Director

Hands of Steel
Hands of Steel (1986)
GoodWatch score 48

Story, Director

Monster Shark
Monster Shark (1984)
GoodWatch score 29

Story

L'allenatore nel pallone
L'allenatore nel pallone (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

as L'Avvocato

2019: After the Fall of New York
2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
GoodWatch score 56

Story, Director

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

Scorpion with Two Tails
Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

Don't Play with Tigers
Don't Play with Tigers (1982)
GoodWatch score 56

Story, Director

Spaghetti at Midnight
Spaghetti at Midnight (1981)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

Cream Horn
Cream Horn (1981)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Screenplay

The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town
The Wife on Vacation... The Lover in Town (1980)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Screenplay

Sugar, Honey and Pepper
Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

1970s

22 titles · average score 59
Island of the Fishmen
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Screenplay

The Great Alligator
The Great Alligator (1979)
GoodWatch score 45

Director, Writer

Slave of the Cannibal God
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
GoodWatch score 45

Director, Story

A Man Called Blade
A Man Called Blade (1977)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay, Director

The Suspicious Death of a Minor
The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay, Director

Torso
Torso (1973)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay, Story

Giovannona Long-Thigh
Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

All the Colours of the Dark
All the Colours of the Dark (1972)
GoodWatch score 67

as Journalist / Policeman (uncredited)

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Arizona Colt Returns
Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

1960s

12 titles · average score 59
Wages of Sin
Wages of Sin (1969)

Director, Writer

So Sweet... So Perverse
So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer

The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein (1969)
GoodWatch score 41

Executive Producer

The Queer ... The Erotic
The Queer ... The Erotic (1969)

Associate Producer

Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine (1967)
GoodWatch score 66

Story, Line Producer

Adios, Hombre
Adios, Hombre (1967)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

$10,000 for a Massacre
$10,000 for a Massacre (1967)
GoodWatch score 58

Line Producer

Libido
Libido (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

Production Manager

The Dolls
The Dolls (1965)
GoodWatch score 57

Production Secretary

James Tont Operation U.N.O.
James Tont Operation U.N.O. (1965)

Unit Manager

The Demon
The Demon (1964)
GoodWatch score 75

Second Assistant Director

Hercules Against Rome
Hercules Against Rome (1964)

Second Assistant Director