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Tonino Guerra

Tonino Guerra

Writer · Died March 21, 2012, aged 92 · Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors in the world such as AndreI Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Federico Fellini. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 16, 1920
Died
March 21, 2012 (aged 92)
From
Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Works as
Writer
Titles
43 on MovieCove · 100 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 81% in 30 days

What are Tonino Guerra's films like?

Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Drama29 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 91st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

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

share of theme weight
Self
22%
Society
21%
Bonds
19%
Survival
11%
Power
10%
Ideas
9%
Morality
8%
Romantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation10 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 9 · Dark 27

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 19

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 27 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 24 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 31 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 33 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 13

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 22

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 13 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 19

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
29
Contemplative
20
Tense
19
Warm
8
Romantic
7
Other
32

How their films linger

Bittersweet22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic8
  • Ambiguous15

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 Tonino Guerra's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 43 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tonino Guerra'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

100 credits, 43 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Little Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Writer

  • 3XTONINO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Screenplay · as Self

  • Everybody's Fine(2009)

    Original Film Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Dust of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Writer

  • Nuevo / Otro Cine Español - Un Lugar En El Cine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • The Andrei Tarkovsky Companion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Bab'Aziz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer

  • Untitled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Writer

  • Eros(2004)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei(2004)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Untitled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Writer

  • The Dog, the General, and the Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Screenplay

  • The Chimp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Writer

  • Bibo per sempre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Story · Writer

  • Eternity and a Day(1998)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Porto Santo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer

  • The Truce(1997)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Long Yourney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Screenplay · as (voice)

  • Beyond the Clouds(1995)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Ulysses' Gaze(1995)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Lion with the White Beard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Writer · as Peretti (voice)

  • Golem: The Petrified Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Writer

  • The Suspended Step of the Stork (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Writer

  • Especially on Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Writer

  • Journey of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Story · Writer

  • Everybody's Fine(1990)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Night Sun(1990)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Voyage in Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Writer · as Self

  • Dark Illness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Screenplay

  • The Palermo Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Screenplay

  • Burro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Other

  • Landscape in the Mist(1988)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Sparrow's Fluttering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Writer

  • Good Morning Babylon(1987)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold(1987)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Beekeeper(1986)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Ginger & Fred(1986)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Kaos(1984)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Henry IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Co-Writer

  • Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Writer · as Self

  • Voyage to Cythera(1984)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Carmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • The Ship Sails On(1983)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Nostalgia(1983)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Identification of a Woman(1982)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Night of the Shooting Stars(1982)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Mystery of Oberwald (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Writer

  • Three Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Tigers in Lipstick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Screenplay

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli(1979)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Heart of Yugoslavia is made of mills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · Presenter

  • Un papillon sur l'épaule(1978)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dear Michele (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay

  • Illustrious Corpses(1976)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Sex with a Smile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Amarcord(1973)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Flesh for Frankenstein(1973)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Lucky Luciano(1973)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Orders are Orders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay · Story

  • White Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Mattei Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Superwitness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Tre nel mille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Writer

  • The Voyeur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Writer

  • Many Wars Ago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Writer

  • Zabriskie Point(1970)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Sunflower(1970)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • In Search of Gregory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Writer

  • The Uninvited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Original Story

  • A Place for Lovers(1968)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Quiet Place in the Country(1968)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dismissed on His Wedding Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Writer

  • Catch As Catch Can (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Screenplay · Story

  • More Than a Miracle(1967)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Wild Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Writer

  • Blow-Up(1966)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Writer

  • The Queens(1966)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The 10th Victim(1965)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Casanova 70(1965)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • I grandi condottieri(1965)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Saul e David(1964)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Woman Is a Wonderful Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Marriage Italian Style(1964)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Controsesso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Screenplay

  • Red Desert(1964)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Le ore nude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Writer

  • The Empty Canvas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay

  • L'Eclisse(1962)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • His Days Are Numbered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Assassin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Screenplay · Story

  • La Notte(1961)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Story

  • L'Avventura(1960)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Apartment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Writer

  • Piece of the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay

  • The Year Long Road(1958)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Men and Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Nasce un campione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Writer

  • Il cuore della Jugoslavia è fatto di mulini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Story · as self

Career shape

A full career of 99 titles, 98 of them dated from 1953 to 2021.

Biggest box office

Everybody's Fine (2009)

$16M worldwide

Highest rated

La Notte (1961)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Eternity and a Day (1998)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 99: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting2 of 99: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting95 of 99: 90 only writing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score86thOther crew4 of 99: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

99 titles, 5 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1950s4 · crew1960s27 · crew1970s19 · crew1980s18 · crew1990s16 · 2 acting · 16 crew2000s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2010s1 · crew2020s1 · crew

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 Tonino Guerra's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 43; across their 43 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Midcredits score across 43 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 43 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved16
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · writer

Saul e David (1964)

71st percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

La Notte (1961)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 42 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 Tonino Guerra's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles6–54 · median 24 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles19–70 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles7–37 · median 25 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles24–41 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles16–57 · median 28 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Tonino Guerra work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tonino Guerra's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ruggero Mastroianni shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles