Portrait of Giuseppe Tornatore

Directing

Giuseppe Tornatore

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Giuseppe Tornatore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Italian Cinema 2
  • Italian Neorealism Influence 2
  • Ennio Morricone Score 2
  • Bittersweet Nostalgia 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • European Cinema 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
With Her Eyes
With Her Eyes

Writer

Il sognatore indiscreto
Il sognatore indiscreto

Director

The First Dollar
The First Dollar

Director, Writer

2020s

5 titles · average score 83
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary (2025)

Director, Writer

Ennio
Ennio (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Story

Steno
Steno (2022)

as Sé stesso

All Star - Ritorno al cinema
All Star - Ritorno al cinema (2021)

as Proiezionista

Devotion
Devotion (2020)

Director

2010s

5 titles · average score 50
Correspondence
Correspondence (2016)
GoodWatch score 28

Director, Writer

Mafia Millionaires
Mafia Millionaires (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

Thanks

The Best Offer
The Best Offer (2013)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

Il Mago di Esselunga
Il Mago di Esselunga (2011)

Writer, Director

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)

Director

2000s

6 titles · average score 61
Baaria
Baaria (2009)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Film Writer

The Unknown Woman
The Unknown Woman (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Screenplay

Under a False Name
Under a False Name (2004)
GoodWatch score 59

Thanks

Malena
Malena (2000)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay, Director

The Prince's Manuscript
The Prince's Manuscript (2000)

Producer

1990s

8 titles · average score 67
The Legend of 1900
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Screenplay

Bakunin's Son
Bakunin's Son (1997)

Producer

The Star Maker
The Star Maker (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

Lo schermo a tre punte
Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

Director, Screenplay

A Pure Formality
A Pure Formality (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Editor

The King of Ads
The King of Ads (1991)
GoodWatch score 48

Director

Especially on Sunday
Especially on Sunday (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Adaptation

Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

1980s

4 titles · average score 76
Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
GoodWatch score 86

as Projectionist (uncredited)

The Professor
The Professor (1986)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay, Director

One Hundred Days in Palermo
One Hundred Days in Palermo (1984)
GoodWatch score 70

Second Unit Director, Screenplay

Diario di Guttuso
Diario di Guttuso (1982)

Director