Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 5, 1922
- November 2, 1975 (aged 53)
- Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Writer, director and actor
- 23 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
What are Pier Paolo Pasolini's films like?
Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 6 · Wry 3 · Earnest 15
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 4 · Dark 14
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 10
Gentle 3 · Charged 12 · Intense 9
Steady 6 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 6
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 4
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0
Casual 9 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 10
A split, not a type: Resolved 13 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 5
Roles they play
- Mentoras Father Jeremy in Requiescant (1967)
- Heraldas Allievo di Giotto in The Decameron (1971)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic7
- Ambiguous7
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Pier Paolo Pasolini's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (9).
- Mamma Roma (1962) · director, writer
- Accattone (1961) · director, writer
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) · director, writer
- Bell' Antonio (1960) · writer
- Oedipus Rex (1967) · actor, director, writer
- Teorema (1968) · director, writer
- Medea (1969) · director, writer
- La ragazza in vetrina (1961) · writer
- Pigsty (1969) · director, writer
Subscription and free streaming for Pier Paolo Pasolini's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
87 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 33 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
imagenaction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Morceaux de Cannes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Vor mir der Süden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Pier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecento (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Pasolini - Il corpo e la voce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Pasolini maestro corsaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Love Flesh(2011)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
La Rabbia di Pasolini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Pasolini prossimo nostro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Via Pasolini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Salò: Yesterday and Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Arruso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Qui je suis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Nella mischia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Ashes of Pasolini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
L'altro enigma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Calderon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Mulheres... Mulheres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Notes Towards an African Orestes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Arabian Nights(1974)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Walls of Sana'a (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Bawdy Tales(1973)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Canterbury Tales(1972)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
S.P.Q.R. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
December 12th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Decameron(1971)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Ostia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Notes for a Novel About Garbage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Medea(1969)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Pigsty(1969)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Love and Anger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Sequence of the Paper Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Orgy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Teorema(1968)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Notes for a Film in India (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Caprice Italian Style(1968)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
What Are the Clouds? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Oedipus Rex(1967)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Requiescant(1967)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Earth As Seen from the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Witches(1967)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Pasolini l'Enragé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Hawks and the Sparrows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Notes from a Critofilm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Scouting in Palestine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Love Meetings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
La Rabbia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
La ricotta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Ro.Go.Pa.G.(1963)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Mamma Roma(1962)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
La Commare Secca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Violent Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Accattone(1961)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
La ragazza in vetrina(1961)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Milano nera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Marshes' Chant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Hunchback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Stendali (Still They Toll) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
From a Roman Balcony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Long Night in '43 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Bell' Antonio(1960)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
La Dolce Vita(1960)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Death of a Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Caschi d'oro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
The Big Night(1959)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all filmsIl mago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Young Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The City’s Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Nights of Cabiria(1957)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Grigio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Marisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Manon: Finestra 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Flucht in die Dolomiten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Woman of the River(1954)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 86 titles from 1954 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Highest rated
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Most popular right now
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Film career
- 1967Screen debut· Kill and Pray
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Pier Paolo Pasolini's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up12
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th4
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Pier Paolo Pasolini's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Pier Paolo Pasolini work with?
People who share at least 2 of Pier Paolo Pasolini's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nino Baragli shares the most, 17.
Directors
- Mauro BologniniShared titles: Caprice Italian Style (1968), The Witches (1967), Bell' Antonio (1960), The Big Night (1959)See all 4 shared titles with Mauro Bolognini
- Federico FelliniShared titles: Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato (2000), La Dolce Vita (1960), Nights of Cabiria (1957)See all 3 shared titles with Federico Fellini
- Franco RossiShared titles: Caprice Italian Style (1968), The Witches (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Franco Rossi
Writers
- Sergio CittiShared titles: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Bawdy Tales (1973), Accattone (1961)See all 3 shared titles with Sergio Citti
- Ennio FlaianoShared titles: La Dolce Vita (1960), Nights of Cabiria (1957), Woman of the River (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Ennio Flaiano
- Agenore IncrocciShared titles: Caprice Italian Style (1968), The Witches (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Agenore Incrocci
- Bernardino ZapponiShared titles: Caprice Italian Style (1968), The Witches (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Bernardino Zapponi
Actors
- Franco CittiShared titles: Arabian Nights (1974), Bawdy Tales (1973), The Canterbury Tales (1972), The Decameron (1971), Pigsty (1969), Oedipus Rex (1967), Requiescant (1967), Mamma Roma (1962), Accattone (1961)See all 9 shared titles with Franco Citti
- Ninetto DavoliShared titles: Arabian Nights (1974), Bawdy Tales (1973), The Canterbury Tales (1972), The Decameron (1971), Pigsty (1969), Caprice Italian Style (1968), Teorema (1968), Oedipus Rex (1967), Requiescant (1967)See all 9 shared titles with Ninetto Davoli
- Laura BettiShared titles: The Canterbury Tales (1972), Caprice Italian Style (1968), Teorema (1968), Oedipus Rex (1967), Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)See all 5 shared titles with Laura Betti
- Piero MorgiaShared titles: Bawdy Tales (1973), Caprice Italian Style (1968), Mamma Roma (1962), Accattone (1961)See all 4 shared titles with Piero Morgia
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Nino BaragliShared titles: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Arabian Nights (1974), Bawdy Tales (1973), The Canterbury Tales (1972), The Decameron (1971), Medea (1969), Pigsty (1969), Caprice Italian Style (1968), Teorema (1968), Oedipus Rex (1967), The Witches (1967), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and 5 moreSee newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Nino Baragli
- Tonino Delli ColliShared titles: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Bawdy Tales (1973), The Canterbury Tales (1972), The Decameron (1971), Pigsty (1969), Caprice Italian Style (1968), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963), Mamma Roma (1962), Accattone (1961)See all 10 shared titles with Tonino Delli Colli
- Ennio MorriconeShared titles: Arabian Nights (1974), The Canterbury Tales (1972), The Decameron (1971), Teorema (1968), The Witches (1967)See all 5 shared titles with Ennio Morricone
- Giuseppe RuzzoliniShared titles: Arabian Nights (1974), Pigsty (1969), Teorema (1968), Oedipus Rex (1967)See all 4 shared titles with Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Producers
- Alfredo BiniShared titles: Oedipus Rex (1967), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963), Mamma Roma (1962), Accattone (1961), Bell' Antonio (1960)See all 6 shared titles with Alfredo Bini
- Alberto GrimaldiShared titles: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Arabian Nights (1974), Bawdy Tales (1973), The Canterbury Tales (1972), The Decameron (1971)See all 5 shared titles with Alberto Grimaldi
- Dino De LaurentiisShared titles: Caprice Italian Style (1968), The Witches (1967), Nights of Cabiria (1957), Woman of the River (1954)See all 4 shared titles with Dino De Laurentiis
- Franco RosselliniShared titles: The Decameron (1971), Medea (1969), Teorema (1968)See all 3 shared titles with Franco Rossellini
