Portrait of Massimo De Rita

Writing

Massimo De Rita

Career

Active from 1964 to 2025, with a break from 2013 to 2024, busiest in 1973 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Compañeros
Compañeros
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Massimo De Rita Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Italian Cinema 7
  • Character Study 5
  • Biographical Drama 5
  • Italian Crime Drama 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Moral Dilemma 3
  • 1970s 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Satirical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles
Anita Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi (2012)

Writer

General della Rovere
General della Rovere (2011)

Screenplay, Story

2000s

3 titles · average score 64
Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Film Writer

Ferrari
Ferrari (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

La guerra è finita
La guerra è finita (2002)

Story, Screenplay

1990s

5 titles · average score 59
Incompreso
Incompreso (1998)

Writer

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück (1998)

Screenplay

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

Writer

The Mask of Satan
The Mask of Satan (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay, Story

Eyewitness
Eyewitness (1990)

Screenplay

1980s

14 titles · average score 51
An Australian in Rome
An Australian in Rome (1987)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

Skipper
Skipper (1987)

Writer

The Professor
The Professor (1986)
GoodWatch score 70

Story, Screenplay

La ragazza dei lillà
La ragazza dei lillà (1986)

Writer

Blastfighter
Blastfighter (1984)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

Blood Link
Blood Link (1982)
GoodWatch score 40

Story

Holy Cow
Holy Cow (1982)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

Car Crash
Car Crash (1981)

Writer

Pumaman
Pumaman (1980)
GoodWatch score 26

Screenplay

La baraonda
La baraonda (1980)

Story

The Warning
The Warning (1980)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Speed Driver
Speed Driver (1980)

Original Story, Screenplay

1970s

21 titles · average score 62
The Heroin Busters
The Heroin Busters (1977)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

The Con Artists
The Con Artists (1976)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Story

The Big Racket
The Big Racket (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay, Story

Street Law
Street Law (1974)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

The Valdez Horses
The Valdez Horses (1973)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Revolver
Revolver (1973)
GoodWatch score 68

Story, Screenplay

War Goddess
War Goddess (1973)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

Hospitals: The White Mafia
Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973)
GoodWatch score 66

Story, Screenplay

Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

The Case Is Closed, Forget It
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Compañeros
Compañeros (1970)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Violent City
Violent City (1970)
GoodWatch score 48

Story

1960s

12 titles · average score 59
A Bullet for Rommel
A Bullet for Rommel (1969)

Writer

The Tough and the Mighty
The Tough and the Mighty (1969)

Screenplay

A Brief Season
A Brief Season (1969)

Writer

The Violent Four
The Violent Four (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Bandits in Rome
Bandits in Rome (1968)

Screenplay

The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs (1966)
GoodWatch score 49

Production Manager

War of the Zombies
War of the Zombies (1964)
GoodWatch score 45

Story

Attack and Retreat
Attack and Retreat (1964)
GoodWatch score 68

Production Coordinator

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

Erik the Conqueror
Erik the Conqueror (1961)
GoodWatch score 51

Production Manager

Black Sunday
Black Sunday (1960)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer

Esther and the King
Esther and the King (1960)
GoodWatch score 38

Unit Manager

1950s

6 titles · average score 45
Hercules Unchained
Hercules Unchained (1959)
GoodWatch score 38

Production Assistant

The Giant of Marathon
The Giant of Marathon (1959)
GoodWatch score 43

Assistant Production Manager

Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)
GoodWatch score 48

Production Manager

Ragazzi di Trastevere
Ragazzi di Trastevere (1959)

Production Supervisor

Hercules
Hercules (1958)
GoodWatch score 52

Production Assistant

Noi siamo le colonne
Noi siamo le colonne (1956)

Production Secretary