Editing Italian neorealism (section)

== Significant works ==

=== Precursors and influences ===
[[File:Gli uomini, che mascalzoni… (film 1932) Franca e De Sica (5a).png|thumb|''[[What Scoundrels Men Are!]]'' by [[Mario Camerini]] (1932)]]
The extent to which Italian neorealism was truly innovative continues to be debated among film historians. Despite its wide influence, some have argued that it was more a revival of earlier Italian creative works than a groundbreaking movement. Important forerunners of Italian neorealism include:

* The ''[[Verismo (literature)|verismo]]'' literary movement, characterized by the works of [[Giovanni Verga]] and [[Luigi Capuana]]
* [[Poetic realism]]
* ''Lost in Darkness'' ([[Nino Martoglio]], 1912)
* ''[[What Scoundrels Men Are!]]'' ([[Mario Camerini]], 1932), the first Italian film shot entirely on location<ref name=bergan />
* ''[[1860 (film)|1860]]'' ([[Alessandro Blasetti]], 1934)
* ''[[An Inn in Tokyo]]'' ([[Yasujirō Ozu]], 1935)
* ''[[Toni (1935 film)|Toni]]'' ([[Jean Renoir]], 1935)
* ''[[Men on the Sea Floor]]'' ([[Francesco De Robertis]], 1941)
* ''[[The White Ship (1941 film)|The White Ship]]'' ([[Roberto Rossellini]], 1941)
* ''[[Aniki-Bóbó]]'' ([[Manoel de Oliveira]], 1942)
* ''[[People of the Mountains]]'' ([[István Szőts]]) 1942
* ''[[Four Steps in the Clouds]]'' ([[Alessandro Blasetti]], 1942)
* [[Desire (1946 Italian film)|Desire]] ([[Marcello Pagliero]], 1946), was to begin production in 1943 under the name ''Scalo merci'' with [[Roberto Rossellini]] directing and [[Giuseppe De Santis]] writing, but production was halted by Allied bombing<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |first=Christopher |last=Wagstaff |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/958572098 |title=Italian Neorealist Cinema : an Aesthetic Approach. |date=2008 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4426-8567-3 |oclc=958572098}}</ref>
* ''People of the Po Valley'' ([[Michelangelo Antonioni]], 1947), filmed in 1943

=== Main works ===
[[File:Sciuscià-cavallo.jpg|thumb|''[[Shoeshine (film)|Shoeshine]]'' by [[Vittorio De Sica]] (1946)]]
[[File:TerraTrema-famiglia.jpg|thumb|''[[La terra trema|The Earth Trembles]]'' by [[Luchino Visconti]] (1948)]]

* ''[[Ossessione]]'' ([[Luchino Visconti]], 1943)
* ''[[The Children Are Watching Us]]'' ([[Vittorio De Sica]], 1943)
* ''[[Roma, città aperta|Rome, Open City]]'' ([[Roberto Rossellini]], 1945)
* ''[[Sciuscià|Shoeshine]]'' (Vittorio De Sica, 1946)
* ''[[L'ultimo Sciuscià|The Last Shoeshine]]'' ([[Gibba]], 1946), The only Animated example of Neorealism. 
* ''[[O sole mio (film)|O sole mio]]'' ([[Giacomo Gentilomo]], 1946)
* ''[[Paisà|Paisan]]'' (Roberto Rossellini, 1946)
* ''[[Germania anno zero|Germany, Year Zero]]'' (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)
* ''[[Ladri di biciclette|Bicycle Thieves]]'' (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
* ''[[La terra trema|The Earth Trembles]]'' (Luchino Visconti, 1948)
* ''[[Bitter Rice]]'' ([[Giuseppe De Santis]], 1949)
* ''[[Stromboli (1950 film)|Stromboli]]'' (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)
* ''[[Bellissima (film)|Bellissima]]'' (Luchino Visconti, 1951)
* ''[[Miracle in Milan]]'' (Vittorio De Sica, 1951)
* ''[[Rome 11:00]]'' (Giuseppe De Santis, 1952)
* ''[[Europe '51]]'' (Roberto Rossellini, 1952)
* ''[[Umberto D.]]'' (Vittorio De Sica, 1952), filmed in 1951, but released in 1952. Many film historians date the end of the neorealist movement with the public attacks on the film.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bordwell|first1=David|last2=Thompson|first2=Kristin|title=Film Art; An Introduction|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|year=2010|page=461|isbn=978-0071220576}}</ref>
* ''[[Journey to Italy]]'' (Roberto Rossellini, 1954)