Italian films released in 1973| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| ...All the Way, Boys! | Giuseppe Colizzi | Terence Hill, Bud Spencer | action-comedy |
| Amarcord | Federico Fellini | Magali Noël, Bruno Zanin, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Alvaro Vitali | comedy-drama | David di Donatello winner. Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1974, 3 Oscar nominations. |
| Amore e ginnastica | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Lino Capolicchio, Senta Berger | comedy |
| Anna, quel particolare piacere | Giuliano Carnimeo | Edwige Fenech, John Richardson, Richard Conte | drama |
| The Assassination of Matteotti | Florestano Vancini | Mario Adorf, Franco Nero, Vittorio De Sica | historical drama | Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Bawdy Tales | Sergio Citti | Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli | comedy |
| The Big Family | Tonino Ricci | Raymond Pellegrin, Simonetta Stefanelli | Crime |
| Black Holiday | Marco Leto | Adolfo Celi, John Steiner | Drama |
| Black Magic Rites | Renato|Polselli}} | Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raoul Lovecchio | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=102}} |
| The Bloody Hands of the Law | Mario Gariazzo | Philippe Leroy, Silvia Monti, Klaus Kinski | Crime | |
| Il Boss | Fernando Di|Leo}} | Richard Conte, Henry Silva | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=77}} |
| A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza) | Vittorio De Sica | Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Adriana Asti | drama |
| Brothers Blue | Luigi Bazzoni | Guido Mannari, Tina Aumont, Jack Palance | spaghetti western |
| Chino | John Sturges | Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland | Western | |
| Come Home and Meet My Wife | Mario Monicelli | Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido | Commedia all'italiana |
| Counselor at Crime | Alberto De|Martino}} | Tomas Milian, Martin Balsam, Francisco Rabal | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=79}} |
| Cry of a Prostitute | Andrea|Bianchi}} | Henry Silva, Barbara Bouchet | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=109}} |
| Dear Parents | Enrico Maria Salerno | Florinda Bolkan, Catherine Spaak | Melodrama | |
| Death Carries a Cane | Maurizio Pradeaux | Robert Hoffmann, Susan Scott | giallo |
| Death Smiles on a Murderer | Joe|D'Amato}} | Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski | Horror | Curti|2017|p=90}} |
| Devil's Wedding Night|The Devil's Wedding Night}} | Luigi Batzella, Joe D'Amato | Mark Damon, Rosalba Neri, Esmeralda Barros | Horror | Curti|2017|p=97}}{{sfn|Smith|2017|p=104}} |
| Dirty Weekend | Dino Risi | Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed | Commedia all'italiana |
| Don't Look Now | Nicolas|Roeg}} | Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland | {{n/a}} | Sanderson|1996|p=81}}[1][2] |
| Even Angels Eat Beans | Luciano Salce | Giuliano Gemma, Bud Spencer | Action-comedy |
| Flatfoot | Steno | Bud Spencer, Adalberto Maria Merli | poliziottesco-comedy |
| Flesh for Frankenstein | Paul|Morrissey}} | Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Dalila Di Lazzaro | horror | Curti|2017|p=80}} |
| Il figlioccio del padrino | Mariano Laurenti | Franco Franchi, Saro Urzì | comedy |
| The Flower with the Petals of Steel | Gianfranco Piccioli | Gianni Garko, Carroll Baker, Paola Senatore | giallo |
| The Funny Face of the Godfather | Franco Prosperi | Alighiero Noschese, Minnie Minoprio | comedy |
| Gang War in Milan (Milano rovente) | Umberto Lenzi | Antonio Sabàto, Philippe Leroy, Marisa Mell | Poliziottesco | |
| Giordano Bruno | Giuliano Montaldo | Gian Maria Volontè, Charlotte Rampling | biographical-drama | |
| Giovannona Long-Thigh | Sergio Martino | Edwige Fenech, Pippo Franco | commedia sexy all'italiana | |
| La grande abbuffata | Marco Ferreri | Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret | Satire |
| The Great Kidnapping | Romolo Guerrieri | Enrico Maria Salerno, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Sorel | poliziottesco |
| Hail the Artist | Yves Robert | Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian | Comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| The Heroes | Duccio Tessari | Rod Steiger, Rosanna Schiaffino, Rod Taylor, Claude Brasseur | war comedy |
| Heroes in Hell | Joe D'Amato | Klaus Kinski, Ettore Manni | war |
| The Last Ten Days | Ennio De Concini | Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi | biographical drama |
| Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! | Giuliano Carnimeo | George Hilton, Edwige Fenech | adventure-comedy |
| The White Mafia | Luigi Zampa | Gabriele Ferzetti, Senta Berger, Enrico Maria Salerno | drama | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival |
| How Funny Can Sex Be? | Dino Risi | Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli | Commedia all'italiana |
| I Kiss the Hand | Vittorio Schiraldi | Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon, Agostina Belli | Crime |
| Io e lui | Luciano Salce | Lando Buzzanca, Bulle Ogier | Comedy |
| Italian Graffiti | Alfio Caltabiano | Pino Colizzi, Ornella Muti | Crime-comedy |
| Ku-Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore | Nando Cicero | Franco Franchi, Gianni Agus | Comedy |
| The Last Snows of Spring | Raimondo Del Balzo | Bekim Fehmiu, Agostina Belli | drama |
| Little Funny Guy | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Sybil Danning | comedy |
| Long Lasting Days | Ferdinando Baldi | Mino Reitano, Ewa Aulin | crime |
| Love and Anarchy | Lina Wertmüller | Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Lina Polito | comedy-drama | Giannini won Best Actor at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival |
| Il magnate | Giovanni Grimaldi | Lando Buzzanca, Rosanna Schiaffino | Comedy |
| Malicious | Salvatore Samperi | Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro, Tina Aumont | comedy | Entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Man Called Invincible | Giuliano Carnimeo | George Hilton, Chris Huerta, Evelyn Stewart | Spaghetti Western |
| Man with the Golden Winchester | Gianfranco Baldanello | Alberto Dell'Acqua, Fernando Sancho | Spaghetti Western |
| Massacre in Rome (Rappresaglia) | George Pan Cosmatos | Marcello Mastroianni, Richard Burton | War Drama | About Ardeatine massacre in WWII |
| Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Michele Lupo | Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech | {{n/a}} | Curti|2013|p=91}} |
| Milano trema - la polizia vuole giustizia | Sergio Martino | Richard Conte, Luc Merenda | Poliziottesco |
| My Brother Anastasia | Steno | Alberto Sordi, Richard Conte | crime-comedy |
| My Name Is Nobody | Tonino|Valerii}} | Terence Hill, Henry Fonda | Spaghetti western | Curti|2016|p=197}} |
| My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure | Claudio Racca | Ewa Aulin, Barbara Bouchet, Barbara Bouchet, Sylva Koscina | commedia sexy all'italiana |
| Il nano e la strega | Gibba | - | animated |
| No, the Case Is Happily Resolved | Vittorio Salerno | Enzo Cerusico, Riccardo Cucciolla | crime |
| Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? | Robert Lamoureux | Pierre Mondy, Aldo Maccione | war-comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| Number One | Gianni Buffardi | Renzo Montagnani, Claude Jade | crime |
| The Nun and the Devil | Domenico Paolella | Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti | Nunsploitation |
| One Hamlet Less (Un Amleto di meno) | Carmelo Bene | Carmelo Bene | comedy | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival |
| One Russian Summer (Il giorno del furore) | Antonio Calenda | Oliver Reed, Claudia Cardinale | drama |
| The Police Serve the Citizens? | Romolo Guerrieri | Enrico Maria Salerno, John Steiner | giallo-poliziottesco |
| Polvere di stelle | Alberto Sordi | Alberto Sordi, Monica Vitti, John Phillip Law | Comedy, Musical | About Avanspettacolo (artist tours) during World War II |
| Prato macchiato di rosso|Il prato macchiato di rosso}} | Riccardo Ghione | Marina Malfatti, Nino Castelnuovo, Lucio Dalla | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=99}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=100}} |
| Property Is No Longer a Theft | Elio Petri | Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci | comedy | Entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Redneck | Silvio Narizzano | Franco Nero, Telly Savalas, Mark Lester | crime |
| Revolver | Sergio Sollima | Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi, Paola Pitagora, Agostina Belli | crime |
| Ricco the Mean Machine | Tulio Demicheli | Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet | crime |
| Rugantino | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Renzo Palmer | comedy |
| Seduction | Fernando Di Leo | Lisa Gastoni, Jenny Tamburi | Erotic-drama |
| Il sergente Rompiglioni | Pier Giorgio Ferretti | Franco Franchi, Mario Carotenuto | Comedy |
| Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye | Antonio|Margheriti}} | Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Serge Gainsbourg | horror | Curti|2017|p=93}} |
| Seven Hours of Violence | Michele Massimo Tarantini | George Hilton, Rosemary Dexter | crime-thriller |
| Sex of the Witch | Angelo Pannaccio | Susanna Levi, Jessica Dublin, Sergio Ferero | {{n/a}} | Curti|2017|p=104}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=105}} |
| Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad | Pietro|Francisci}} | Robert Malcolm, Sonia Wilson, Luigi Bonos | {{n/a}} | Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=156}} |
| Sgarro alla camorra | Ettore Maria Fizzarotti | Mario Merola, Dada Gallotti | Crime |
| A Slightly Pregnant Man | Jacques Demy | Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni | Comedy | French-Italian co-production |
| Sono stato io | Alberto Lattuada | Giancarlo Giannini, Silvia Monti | comedy-drama |
| Special Killers | German Lorente | Frederick Stafford, Femi Benussi | thriller |
| Stateline Motel | Maurizio Lucidi | Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi, Eli Wallach | crime |
| Story of a Cloistered Nun | Domenico Paolella | Catherine Spaak, Eleonora Giorgi, Suzy Kendall, Martine Brochard | nunsploitation |
| Super Bitch | Massimo|Dallamano}} | Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham | Poliziottesco | Curti|2013|p=101}} |
| Teresa the Thief | Carlo Di Palma | Monica Vitti, Stefano Satta Flores, Michele Placido | Commedia all'italiana |
| Those Dirty Dogs | Giuseppe Rosati | Gianni Garko, Stephen Boyd | Spaghetti Western |
| The Three Musketeers of the West | Bruno Corbucci | Timothy Brent, George Eastman | spaghetti western |
| La Tosca | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Gigi Proietti, Monica Vitti, Vittorio Gassman | Commedia all'italiana |
| Tony Arzenta | Duccio Tessari | Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina | crime | Curti|2013|p=72}} |
| The Train | Pierre Granier-Deferre | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider | war drama | French-Italian co-production |
| Torso (I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale) | Sergio Martino | Suzy Kendall, Luc Merenda | giallo |
| Voyage in Fiatnam | Ettore Scola | Paolo Turco, Stefania Casini | Drama |
| Ultimo tango a Zagarol | Nando Cicero | Franco Franchi, Martine Beswick | Comedy |
| We Want the Colonels | Mario Monicelli | Ugo Tognazzi, Claude Dauphin | Commedia all'italiana | Entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival |
| War Goddess | Terence Young | Rosanna Yanni, Luciana Paluzzi | adventure |
| While There's War There's Hope | Alberto Sordi | Alberto Sordi, Silvia Monti | satirical comedy |
| White Fang | Lucio Fulci | Franco Nero, Virna Lisi | adventure |
| Woman Buried Alive | Aldo Lado | Agostina Belli, Fred Robsahm | Erotic-drama |
| Women in Cell Block 7 | Rino Di Silvestro | Anita Strindberg, Jenny Tamburi | Women in prison |
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1. ^{{Cite news | last = French | first = Philip | author-link = Philip French | title = The sexual power and terror that produced a classic | work = The Observer | date = 9 April 2006 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/apr/09/features.review | accessdate = 17 February 2011 }}
2. ^{{cite web | title = "Don't Look Now" (1973) | work = Film & TV Database | publisher = British Film Institute | location = London | url = http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31673 | accessdate = 17 April 2012 }}