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Bicycle Thieves (1948)

NR ★ 8.2/10 89 min Drama Italy Italian
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay by: Cesare Zavattini, Adolfo Franci, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Oreste Biancoli, Gerardo Guerrieri, Vittorio De Sica, Gherardo Gherardi
Novel: Luigi Bartolini
Story by: Cesare Zavattini
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Description

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

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Top Cast

Lamberto Maggiorani
Lamberto Maggiorani Antonio
Enzo Staiola
Enzo Staiola Bruno
Lianella Carell
Lianella Carell Maria
Gino Saltamerenda
Gino Saltamerenda Baiocco
Vittorio Antonucci
Vittorio Antonucci Alfredo Catelli, The Thief
Giulio Chiari
Giulio Chiari The Beggar
Elena Altieri
Elena Altieri The Charitable Lady
Carlo Jachino A Beggar

Bicycle Thieves Appears on 35 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #803
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #173
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #372
Essential Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #08
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #125
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #767
Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films
Russian Culture Ministry #11
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #41
The Vatican's 45 Great Films
The Vatican #17
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #368

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #02
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #25
Paste Magazines 50 Best Films Of The 1940s
Paste Magazine #03
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #45
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #61
The 100 Best Movies Of All Time By Esquire
Esquire #78
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #05
Vulture's 50 Films To Watch First from The Criterion Collection
Vulture #05
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #12

Curated List

Italian Neo-Realism
CinemaWaves Blog #03

Filmmaker Curation

Alfonso Cuarón's Favorite Movies
Various #37
Ang Lee's Favorite Movies
Various #03
Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #26
Danny Boyle's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #03
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #111
Hayao Miyazaki's Favorite Movies
Far Out Magazine #02
James Gray's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #02
John Woo's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #09

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #42

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #07
Showdown Come To Daddy
Letterboxd Showdown #08
Showdown Riding Giants
Letterboxd Showdown #02
Showdown The Descendants
Letterboxd Showdown #12

Movements

Italian Neorealism
British Film Institute #11

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #54

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