Carlo Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. His career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, "Un sacco bello" (1980), "Bianco, rosso e Verdone" (1981) and "Borotalco" (1982). Since the 1990s, he has been introducing more serious subjects in his work, linked to the excesses of society and the individual's hardships in confronting it. Along with Massimo Troisi, Francesco Nuti and Roberto Benigni, he is one of the most important and revelant comedy authors of the '80 and '90 italian cinema.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 17, 1950 (75)
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Actor, director and writer, also producer
- 23 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
What are Carlo Verdone's films like?
Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds 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 2 · Wry 2 · Earnest 19
Light 18 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 18 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1
Gentle 17 · Charged 5 · Intense 1
Steady 15 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 12
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 0
Casual 19 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 1
Resolved 21 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 15 of 19 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Enzo in Fun Is Beautiful (1980)
- Heroas Pasquale Ametrano in Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981)
- Heroas Sergio Benvenuti in Talcum Powder (1982)
- Heroas Cristiano Ferretti in In viaggio con papà (1982)
- Heroas Oscar Pettinari in Troppo forte (1986)
- Tricksteras Piero 'Il Patata' Ruffolo in Compagni di scuola (1988)
- Heroas Saverio in Tonight at Alice's (1990)
- Heroas Raniero Cotti Borroni in Viaggi di nozze (1995)
- Heroas Zorba in Lucky and Zorba (1998)
- Heroas Galeazzo 'Gegé' Tinacci in Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003)
- Heroas Gilberto Mercuri in L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)
- Heroas Goffredo in Manual of Love (2005)
- Heroas Achille De Bellis in My Best Enemy (2006)
- Heroas Ernesto in Manual of Love 2 (2007)
- Heroas Don Carlo Mascolo in Me, Them and Lara (2009)
- Heroas Fabio in The Ages of Love (2011)
- Allyas Ulisse in Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012)
- Tricksteras Arturo Merlino in The Big Score (2016)
- Mentoras Clemente in Scuola di seduzione (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet14
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 Carlo Verdone's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Carlo Verdone'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
68 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 30 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Aldair - Cuore Giallorosso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Scuola di seduzione(2026)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Il Bar del Cult (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
La scuola romana delle risate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Gabriella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Per sempre al Massimo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Roma, santa e dannata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Il mio amico Massimo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
La Conferenza Stampa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
I magnifici 4 della risata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
L'altro buio in sala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Vita da Carlo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Si vive una volta sola(2021)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Tutto Sordi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Vinilici - Perché il vinile ama la musica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Blessed Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Stanotte a San Pietro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Big Score(2016)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Filmstudio, mon amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Sotto una buona stella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Cenerentola - A Live Fairytale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Great Beauty(2013)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Alberto il grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Ages of Love(2011)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Niente paura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Me, Them and Lara(2009)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Verdone racconta Leone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
A Matter of Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Italians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Grande, grosso e... Verdone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Manual of Love 2(2007)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
My Best Enemy(2006)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Manual of Love(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Ma che colpa abbiamo noi(2003)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Zora the Vampire(2000)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
C'era un cinese in coma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Libero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Lucky and Zorba(1998)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Gallo cedrone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Iris Blond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Viaggi di nozze(1995)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Perdiamoci di vista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Al lupo, al lupo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Tonight at Alice's(1990)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Il bambino e il poliziotto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Compagni di scuola(1988)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
My Sister and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
7 Kilos in 7 Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Troppo forte(1986)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Sogni e bisogni (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
I due carabinieri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Cuori nella tormenta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Soap and Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
In viaggio con papà(1982)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Grand Hotel Excelsior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Talcum Powder(1982)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Telepatria international ovvero niente paura siamo italiani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Bianco, rosso e Verdone(1981)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Fun Is Beautiful(1980)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Luna(1979)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Una settimana come un'altra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
That Movement Which I Love So Much (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
24 Hours... Not a Minute More (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Career shape
A full career of 68 titles from 1973 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Manual of Love 2 (2007)
Highest rated
The Great Beauty (2013)
Most popular right now
Talcum Powder (1982)
Film career
Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.
- 1979Screen debut· Luna
- 1980First top-billed film· Fun Is Beautiful
- 1998Career best· Lucky and Zorba
Billing
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Carlo Verdone's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
None of their 23 titles divides audiences: 10 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed10
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Carlo Verdone's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Carlo Verdone work with?
People who share at least 2 of Carlo Verdone's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Danilo Desideri shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Giovanni VeronesiShared titles: Si vive una volta sola (2021), The Ages of Love (2011), Manual of Love 2 (2007), Manual of Love (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Giovanni Veronesi
Writers
- Pasquale PlastinoShared titles: Scuola di seduzione (2026), Si vive una volta sola (2021), The Big Score (2016), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), Me, Them and Lara (2009), My Best Enemy (2006), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004), Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003)See all 8 shared titles with Pasquale Plastino
- Piero De BernardiShared titles: Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003), Viaggi di nozze (1995), Tonight at Alice's (1990), Compagni di scuola (1988), Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981), Fun Is Beautiful (1980)See all 6 shared titles with Piero De Bernardi
- Leonardo BenvenutiShared titles: Viaggi di nozze (1995), Tonight at Alice's (1990), Compagni di scuola (1988), Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981), Fun Is Beautiful (1980)See all 5 shared titles with Leonardo Benvenuti
- Ugo ChitiShared titles: The Ages of Love (2011), Manual of Love 2 (2007), Manual of Love (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Ugo Chiti
Actors
- Mario BregaShared titles: Troppo forte (1986), Talcum Powder (1982), Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981), Fun Is Beautiful (1980)See all 4 shared titles with Mario Brega
- Antonio AlbaneseShared titles: The Big Score (2016), Manual of Love 2 (2007), Lucky and Zorba (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Antonio Albanese
- Rodolfo CorsatoShared titles: Manual of Love (2005), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004), Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Rodolfo Corsato
- Angelo InfantiShared titles: In viaggio con papà (1982), Talcum Powder (1982), Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981)See all 3 shared titles with Angelo Infanti
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Danilo DesideriShared titles: Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), Me, Them and Lara (2009), My Best Enemy (2006), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004), Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003), Viaggi di nozze (1995), Tonight at Alice's (1990), Compagni di scuola (1988), Troppo forte (1986)See all 9 shared titles with Danilo Desideri
- Antonio SicilianoShared titles: Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004), Viaggi di nozze (1995), Tonight at Alice's (1990), Compagni di scuola (1988), Talcum Powder (1982)See all 6 shared titles with Antonio Siciliano
- Fabio LiberatoriShared titles: Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), Me, Them and Lara (2009), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004), Viaggi di nozze (1995), Compagni di scuola (1988), Talcum Powder (1982)See all 6 shared titles with Fabio Liberatori
- Giovanni CanevariShared titles: Scuola di seduzione (2026), Si vive una volta sola (2021), The Ages of Love (2011), Manual of Love 2 (2007), Manual of Love (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Giovanni Canevari
Producers
- Aurelio De LaurentiisShared titles: Scuola di seduzione (2026), Si vive una volta sola (2021), The Big Score (2016), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), The Ages of Love (2011), Manual of Love 2 (2007), My Best Enemy (2006), Manual of Love (2005)See all 8 shared titles with Aurelio De Laurentiis
- Luigi De Laurentiis Jr.Shared titles: Scuola di seduzione (2026), Si vive una volta sola (2021), The Big Score (2016), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), The Ages of Love (2011), Manual of Love 2 (2007), My Best Enemy (2006), Manual of Love (2005)See all 8 shared titles with Luigi De Laurentiis Jr.
- Maurizio AmatiShared titles: Si vive una volta sola (2021), The Big Score (2016), Posti in piedi in paradiso (2012), The Ages of Love (2011), Manual of Love 2 (2007), My Best Enemy (2006), Manual of Love (2005)See all 7 shared titles with Maurizio Amati
- Vittorio Cecchi GoriShared titles: L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004), Zora the Vampire (2000), Lucky and Zorba (1998), Viaggi di nozze (1995), Tonight at Alice's (1990), Compagni di scuola (1988), Talcum Powder (1982)See all 7 shared titles with Vittorio Cecchi Gori
