Portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Directing

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Career

Active from 1954 to 2024, with a break from 1982 to 1996, busiest in 1960 with 9 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Pier Paolo Pasolini Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 12
  • Italian Neorealism 10
  • Italian Cinema 7
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Post-War Italy 4
  • Social Critique 4
  • Political Allegory 4
  • Art House 4
  • Moral Decay 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Philosophical 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
imagenaction
imagenaction (2024)

as Archive footage (voice)

2000s

6 titles · average score 73
La Rabbia di Pasolini
La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Editor

Pasolini prossimo nostro
Pasolini prossimo nostro (2006)

as Se stesso

Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer (2006)

as Interviewee (archive)

Via Pasolini
Via Pasolini (2005)

as Interviewee

Arruso
Arruso (2000)

as Sé stesso (Materiale d'archivio)

Pasolini, el poeta en la playa
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa (2000)

as Archive footage

1990s

3 titles
Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975
Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975 (1997)

as Lui-même

Qui je suis
Qui je suis (1996)

Book

Nella mischia
Nella mischia (1995)

Thanks

1980s

3 titles
L'altro enigma
L'altro enigma (1988)

Author

Calderon
Calderon (1981)

Screenplay

Mulheres... Mulheres
Mulheres... Mulheres (1981)

Short Story

1970s

11 titles · average score 67
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus (1976)

as Lui-même

Notes Towards an African Orestes
Notes Towards an African Orestes (1975)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Editor

Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (1974)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

The Walls of Sana'a
The Walls of Sana'a (1974)
GoodWatch score 66

as Narrator (voice)

Bawdy Tales
Bawdy Tales (1973)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay, Story

The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Geoffrey Chaucer

December 12th
December 12th (1972)

Idea, Director

The Decameron
The Decameron (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

as Allievo di Giotto

Ostia
Ostia (1970)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Story

Notes for a Novel About Garbage
Notes for a Novel About Garbage (1970)

Writer, Director

1960s

37 titles · average score 72
Medea
Medea (1969)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Director

Pigsty
Pigsty (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Theorem
Theorem (1968)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Screenplay

Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex (1967)
GoodWatch score 81

as High Priest (uncredited)

The Witches
The Witches (1967)
GoodWatch score 55

Story, Director

The Hawks and the Sparrows
The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
GoodWatch score 80

Story, Screenplay

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965)
GoodWatch score 84

Writer, Director

Love Meetings
Love Meetings (1965)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Mamma Roma
Mamma Roma (1962)
GoodWatch score 88

Director, Story

Accattone
Accattone (1961)
GoodWatch score 90

Story, Screenplay

La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita (1960)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay

Il bell'Antonio
Il bell'Antonio (1960)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

1950s

10 titles · average score 66
The Big Night
The Big Night (1959)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel, Screenplay

Il mago
Il mago (1959)

Writer

Young Husbands
Young Husbands (1958)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The City’s Unknown
The City’s Unknown (1958)

Writer

Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
GoodWatch score 92

Screenplay

Marisa
Marisa (1957)

Screenplay, Story

Grigio
Grigio (1957)

Writer

Manon: Finestra 2
Manon: Finestra 2 (1956)

Writer

Flucht in die Dolomiten
Flucht in die Dolomiten (1955)

Writer

Woman of the River
Woman of the River (1954)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay