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Dario Argento
Director 85 years old

Dario Argento

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

24 titles
Occhiali neri

Occhiali neri

Dario Argento 2022 1h 26m 4.7

Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.

Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D

Dario Argento 2012 1h 50m 3.8

Version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" in 3D by Dario Argento.

Giallo

Giallo

Dario Argento 2009 1h 32m 5.3

In Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.

La terza madre

La terza madre

Dario Argento 2007 1h 42m 6.7

Part three of the "Three Mothers" trilogy which takes place in Rome and has to do with Mater Lachrymarum (The Third Mother).

Pelts

Pelts

Dario Argento 2006 58m 7.0

Jake Feldman is a furrier struggling to build a business while being tormented by his obsession with a stripper. When a sadistic backwoods trapper kills a strange group of pet raccoons, Jake knows their luxurious hides could make a coat that will change his fortunes forever.

Ti piace Hitchcock?

Ti piace Hitchcock?

Dario Argento 2005 1h 33m 7.0

A college film student, obsessed with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, investigates a murder committed in the apartment building across from his and suspects that his seductive neighbor hired a girlfriend to commit the deed.

"Masters of Horror" Jenifer

"Masters of Horror" Jenifer

Dario Argento 2005 58m 8.0

After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.

Il cartaio

Il cartaio

Dario Argento 2004 1h 43m 5.3

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

Non ho sonno

Non ho sonno

Dario Argento 2002 1h 57m 6.7

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.

Il fantasma dell'opera

Il fantasma dell'opera

Dario Argento 1998 1h 44m 4.7

Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.

La sindrome di Stendhal

La sindrome di Stendhal

Dario Argento 1996 1h 59m 6.0

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

Trauma

Trauma

Dario Argento 1993 1h 49m 5.6

Série télévisé du Québec

The King of Ads

The King of Ads

Martin Scorsese, Gérard Jugnot 1993 1h 31m

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

Due occhi diabolici

Due occhi diabolici

George A. Romero, Dario Argento 1990 2h 5.8

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Opera

Opera

Dario Argento 1987 1h 47m 6.6

A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

Phenomena

Phenomena

Dario Argento 1985 1h 50m 7.3

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Tenebre

Tenebre

Dario Argento 1982 1h 41m 7.3

A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.

Inferno

Inferno

Dario Argento 1980 1h 47m 8.2

Semi-sequal to 'Suspiria' has a American college student in Rome, and his sister in New York investigating a series of killings in both locations where their resident addresses are the domain of two covens of witches.

Suspiria

Suspiria

Dario Argento 1977 1h 39m 8.1

A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.

Profondo rosso

Profondo rosso

Dario Argento 1975 2h 7m 8.1

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.

Le cinque giornate

Le cinque giornate

Dario Argento 1973 2h 2m 4.5

In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.

Il gatto a nove code

Il gatto a nove code

Dario Argento 1971 1h 52m 7.5

A newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's experimental, top-secret research projects and in so doing, both become targets of the killer.

4 mosche di velluto grigio

4 mosche di velluto grigio

Dario Argento 1971 1h 44m 7.5

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him.

L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

Dario Argento 1970 1h 36m 7.0

In Italy, the American writer Sam Dalmas (Tony Musant) witnesses an attempt of murder of the owner of an art gallery, a couple of days before his foreseen return to the United States of America. He decides to stay with his girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall) and help the police in the investigation, while the serial killer stalks Julia and him.

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