Franco Villa
Cinematographer, also actor
- Cinematographer, also actor
- 21 on MovieCove · 92 credits in all
What are Franco Villa's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
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 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 8
Grounded 6 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 11
Steady 6 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 5
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous4
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 Franco Villa's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
- The Italian Connection (1972) · cinematographer · free
- Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) · cinematographer · free
- No Room to Die (1969) · cinematographer · free
- Giallo in Venice (1979) · cinematographer · free
- Pecos Cleans Up (1967) · cinematographer · free
- The Return of the Exorcist (1975) · actor, cinematographer · free
- Acquasanta Joe (1971) · cinematographer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Franco Villa'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
92 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Azzurri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Satan's Baby Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Patrick Still Lives(1980)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Peccati a Venezia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Giallo in Venice(1979)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Malabimba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
L'albero della maldicenza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Naked Sicilian Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Batton Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Che dottoressa ragazzi!(1976)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
A Bull for Mounts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Donna... cosa si fa per te (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Maria R. e gli angeli del Trastevere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Who's Afraid of Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Novice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Slight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Shoot First, Die Later(1974)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Italian Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Silence the Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
First Tango in Rome: Romance and Alchemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Boss(1973)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Seduction(1973)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Godfather's Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Italian Connection(1972)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Karzan, Jungle Lord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Caliber 9(1972)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Acquasanta Joe(1971)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Black Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Savage Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Price of Death(1971)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Asylum Erotica(1971)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Gunman of One Hundred Crosses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Naked Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Kill Rommel! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Loving Badly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
No Room to Die(1969)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Sartana and His Shadow of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
A Woman on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
And Now... Make Your Peace with God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Bury Them Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Seven Times Seven(1969)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Red Roses for the Fuhrer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Psychopath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Say Your Prayers... and Dig Your Grave! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Granada, addio! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Pecos Cleans Up(1967)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
My Name Is Pecos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Thompson 1880 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Captain from Toledo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Violence and Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Anche l'inferno trema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Soldiers and corporals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
All the Other Girls Do! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Secret of the Sphinx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Songs, Bullies and Chicks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Desideri d'estate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Slave Girls of Sheba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Canzoni... in bikini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Always on Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
I magnifici tre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Joy of Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Rocco e le sorelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Mariti in pericolo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Noi duri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Gastone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Juke Box - Screams of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Widower(1959)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Devil's Cavaliers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Wolves in the Abyss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Sign of the Gladiator(1959)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Quando gli angeli piangono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Doctor and the Healer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
El Alamein(1957)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Most Wonderful Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Rice Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Il padrone sono me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Divisione Folgore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Easy Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
I Vitelloni(1953)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Lieutenant Giorgio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Career shape
A full career of 91 titles from 1952 to 1985.
Film career
- 1975Screen debut· The Return of the Exorcist
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 Franco Villa's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 21 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the cinematography 56/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 64, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
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 Franco Villa'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 Franco Villa work with?
People who share at least 2 of Franco Villa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fernando Di Leo shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Fernando Di LeoShared titles: Shoot First, Die Later (1974), Seduction (1973), The Boss (1973), Caliber 9 (1972), The Italian Connection (1972), Asylum Erotica (1971), Pecos Cleans Up (1967)See all 7 shared titles with Fernando Di Leo
- Mario LandiShared titles: Patrick Still Lives (1980), Giallo in Venice (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Mario Landi
- Michele LupoShared titles: Seven Times Seven (1969), Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Michele Lupo
Writers
- Sergio DonatiShared titles: Shoot First, Die Later (1974), Seven Times Seven (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Sergio Donati
- Giorgio ScerbanencoShared titles: Caliber 9 (1972), The Italian Connection (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Giorgio Scerbanenco
- Adriano BolzoniShared titles: Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971), Pecos Cleans Up (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Adriano Bolzoni
Actors
- Mariangela GiordanoShared titles: Patrick Still Lives (1980), Giallo in Venice (1979), Che dottoressa ragazzi! (1976)See all 3 shared titles with Mariangela Giordano
- Giulio BaraghiniShared titles: The Return of the Exorcist (1975), Acquasanta Joe (1971), Asylum Erotica (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Giulio Baraghini
- Richard ConteShared titles: The Return of the Exorcist (1975), Shoot First, Die Later (1974), The Boss (1973)See all 3 shared titles with Richard Conte
- Giuseppe CastellanoShared titles: Caliber 9 (1972), The Price of Death (1971), Pecos Cleans Up (1967)See all 3 shared titles with Giuseppe Castellano
Composers and editors
- Amedeo GiominiShared titles: Shoot First, Die Later (1974), Seduction (1973), The Boss (1973), Caliber 9 (1972), The Italian Connection (1972), Asylum Erotica (1971)See all 6 shared titles with Amedeo Giomini
- Luis BacalovShared titles: Shoot First, Die Later (1974), Seduction (1973), The Boss (1973), Caliber 9 (1972)See all 4 shared titles with Luis Bacalov
- Berto PisanoShared titles: Patrick Still Lives (1980), Giallo in Venice (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Berto Pisano
- Mario SalvatoriShared titles: Patrick Still Lives (1980), Giallo in Venice (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Mario Salvatori
Producers
- Armando NovelliShared titles: Seduction (1973), The Boss (1973), Caliber 9 (1972), The Italian Connection (1972), Acquasanta Joe (1971), Asylum Erotica (1971)See all 6 shared titles with Armando Novelli
- Gabriele CrisantiShared titles: Patrick Still Lives (1980), Giallo in Venice (1979), Che dottoressa ragazzi! (1976), No Room to Die (1969)See all 4 shared titles with Gabriele Crisanti